Royal Caribbean - Monarch of the Seas Reviews

So i took a 4 day Royal Carribean Cruise on Monarch of the Seas to the Bahamas recently.  Never having been on a cruise I was a little diappointed.  All my cruise goer friends told me how attended to I would be and how friendly the staff would be but...I did not feel that. 

The cruise itself was smooth, no sea sickness here but things looked dated from the 80 throughout the ship.  The variety of food was smaller thank i expected and not as tastey as everyone raved. 

The service at dinner was poor, at least at our table, at other tables it looked great, so we only attended formal dinner once...

We went on this cruise for our honeymoon.  It was affordable and the staff made it so nice and fun!  I've never been on a cruise before, but I loved every minute of it!  There's a ton to do at the ports and tons to do on the boat!  I look forward to cruising again in the future!

One downfall was that on the excursions you can choose from, if you don't get your #1 choice for a port of call, they don't give you your #2 choice even though they ask you what your second choice would be.  That was a downer for us one of the days.  We also learned that on the Catalina Island stop, we would rather...

Monarch of the Seas - March 2007 - 5-day Baha cruise -ex LA

 My wife and I love to cruise and have done so for over 20 years, travelling to every continent in the world. Having cruised with most of the cruise lines during that time on some of the smallest to largest ships in their respective fleets we perhaps have some insight into what we like and dislike and what is good and bad. Twenty years ago the cruise experience was somewhat different to what it has now become and catered historically for upper middle class and above passengers. The classic seperate "Class" ships having different dinning...

I just got back from a 4 day cruise on the Monarch of the Sea with my sister and two other girlfriends. We flew from Chicago to LA and cruised to Ensenada Mexico. Maybe it was the company I had or the fact that it was 80 degrees but we had a great time. The staff was wonderful, our room was small yet our cabin attendant helped to keep it very clean. The food was good, the wine was plentiful and the laughs seemed to go on forever. We chose to be put at a large table for dinner so we could meet other people. We had a great time with the 6 others they put us with. Unfortunately the casino wasn't as...

We booked this cruise in California as a short getaway before visiting with friends.  Having cruised many times before, I had certain expectations.  Some of these were met and others were not.  The buffet restaurant near the pool had lots of stations and no direction.  I went to two or three stations only to find the same food at each one. 

The ports on this trip (San Diego, Catalina Island & Ensenada) were very nice.  We are planning to visist San Diego again, we couldn't get enough.

 For the price, this cruise wasn't bad.  I am willing to pay more though, to travel on our preferred cruise...

My cruise was pretty fun. There's a lot of stuff to do on board such as gambling, eating (a lot), and watching shows&going to art auctions etc.
The food part is the best. And it's really nice being out at sea and not seeing land&pollution. Sunset is really beautiful.

We recently returned from a five day/four night cruise to Nassau and RC's private island.  This ship was really wonderful with service, and I would highly recommend the jet ski excursion on their private island -educational, exhilarating and fun!