6th cruise and 1st on Royal Carribean. This was a 4 night quickie to Ensenada and the previous 5 were week long cruises with 4 on Norwegian and 1 on MSC. The trip was good, Ensenada better than expected, and our 1st Royal cruise had some things better than any we had cruised and some not so good. Head to head? Royal vs NCL on our previous ships (MSC was not good, so leaving them ...
Fantastic vacation on the Navigator 7 day itinerary to Cabo, Mazitlan and PV. Overally the reviews of the Navigator have been very good but I am always surprised by the sniping about the food. Lets be honest - the food isn't 5 star quality on any RCL ships. But is that really what your expectation is? Ive learned on my first few RCL cruises that the food is going to be...fine. I always find ...
Sailed the 7 day Mexican Riviera itinerary on Navigator of the Seas. It was our first time cruising with Royal but our sixth cruise thus far. We have sailed primarily with Disney and once with Princess and Carnival.
The good: service was pretty good. I had traditional early dining and we loved our head and assistant server. They were polite, and on it. Fulfilled our requests and understood ...
We had family members visiting us who had never cruised before so we decided to book 3 cabins and take them on their first cruise.
We drove from Vail, AZ (The Town Between the Tracks) to the port.
We had a 1:00-1:30pm check-in time. We arrived early and we on-board, sitting in the Windjammer, by noon. Very smooth & fast embarkation process.
We booked Inside cabin. They were fine for a ...
We had a great time aboard the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Sea. Our cabin steward was amazing, and the food was delicious at the Dining room and the buffet. We loved the guy singing the Washy Washy song!
We mainly hung out at the bar where Michael was, or The Pub, or The Sports Bar, the staff at all of them were amazing.
A special shout out to Michael, Sandeep, and the sweet lady ...
Overall this cruise was well done—everything went smoothly, staff was friendly and helpful, food was well made, embarkation and disembarkation was a clear, simple and speedy process, a wide variety of activities were offered for varying interests.
Unfortunately, there were two instances that quite negatively impacted my experience. The first being, I attended a minute-to-win it event that was ...
This cruise was a last min memorial trip. We have been on 20+ cruises/various ships RCL, NCL, Carnival and Disney. Did Carnival same itinerary 2022 memorial and had a great time. RCL this was by far the worst cruise experience. Embark Day: prk lot 80% full but they refuse to let anymore cars in even with handicap they directed us to a lot blocks away and we had to wait for a shuttle take us to the ...
My S.O. and I have cruised with RCCL multiple times. One of the reasons we have repeatedly cruised on this line is that RCCL rewards loyalty with various perks: abbreviated embarcation waiting, champagne receptions, free drink vouchers (diamond level and above), etc. This cruise embarked from Los Angeles Port and the embarcation process was a little unorganized outside the terminal with long ...
We had booked transfers from LAX to the ship through the cruise line. Our plane was late and we arrived well past the 1 o'clock deadline. I figured we had forfeited our transfer fare and would need to collect our baggage and find our own way to the pier. As we made our way to baggage claim, I was shocked to find an RCCL representative by the name of Bill, who said he had been waiting for us and ...
This was our first cruise and the experience was terrible
-Dated ship / staterooms that were falling apart (paint falling off, rust, mildew, stains on couch)
-Activities were meh. Large pool deck that was mostly full of drunk bachelor / bachelorette parties. Some cool water slides but it was freezing the entire voyage.
-Trivia was hit or miss. We did the Harry Potter one and the person ...