Reviews about Cruises

JonathanJones says "Fairly Enjoyable, But Could Have Been Better" about Royal Caribbean - Monarch of the Seas

JonathanJones — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:32:25 GMT

Me and my family took a 3 night Bahamas cruise aboard Monarch of the Seas recently and overall, had a fairly relaxing, fun, and enjoyable vacation. The food in the dining rooms, the informal buffet, the pizza parlor, and the Saturday midnight buffet was all exceptionally served by the staff who were curtious and professional, and tasted great! However, icecream from the Ben & Jerry's and items from the coffee shop both cost extra. The cost of the cruise was fairly reasonable. For me, me wife, and our young son, it came to a total of around $750. Considering that you could easily pay over a thousand dollars for just a couple, I was pleased with the price. However, you really do "get what you paid for". The interior cabin we recieved was EXTREMELY small. It was basically no bigger than the inside of a standard SUV, and for 3 people sharing the one room, it was very tight. Not to mention that the bathroom was even more horrifyingly small than the room itself. The shower was so small, you...

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DisneyExtreme says "Disney Cruise AMAZING" about Disney Cruise Line - Wonder

DisneyExtreme — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:59:15 GMT

Being a Disney fan I have always wanted to go on a Disney Cruise. Dec 2008 my husband and I decided to surprise our 9 year old for Christmas and take a 3 day cruise. It turned out to be the best Christmas present we have ever gotten. We all had a great time. We have been on a Carnival cruise before so we were a little apprehensive about taking another cruise because that cruise was not very good (a lot of drinking, smoking, not a lot to do). The Disney cruise is a complete turn around. There was plenty to do for our daughter and for us. We had to make her come out of the Oceaneers Lab. She was having so much fun she did not want to leave. After the cruise was over we had decided to plan for another one in 2011 when the new ship arrived. Needless to say we can not wait that long, we have already booked a 7 day Disney cruise for Dec 2009. Once you go Disney you can never go back to anything else!!!!

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prinsispenny says "Do not cruise on NCL's Spirit!!!" about Norwegian Cruise Line - Spirit

prinsispenny — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:52:11 GMT

My husband and I, along with four of our friends, boarded the NCL Spirit in Boston on October 23, 2009, and ended our trip in New Orleans on November 8, 2009. The following is a list of problems we encountered along the way.

When we boarded the ship, I noticed a sewerage odor. When we entered our stateroom and bathroom, there was the same sewerage smell, and that smell remained the entire cruise. I believe a system problem exists.

A couple of days into the cruise came the "Norwalk" virus. Two of our party contracted the illness and were quarantined to their cabins for 24-48 hours. One of the two received a $100 credit on their account; however, the other party received nothing. From that point on, we were "sprayed" everywhere we went, which lent for a miserable situation....it was like we were on a hospital ship!

Then there is the matter of the lounge area with leaking windows (above the bridge), carpet full of mildew and odor. Unsightly and disturbing, in a (potentially) attractive area...

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mom2aecl says "Great time!" about Princess Cruises - Caribbean Princess

mom2aecl — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:16:17 GMT

I went on the Caribbean Princess in February 2009. I was not on my normal husband and kids trip. I went with my 75 year old Mother and Aunt, my brother and my cousin. I say this to show that there is something for everyone. I was at first amazed at the size of the ship. The staff is very accomodating from the first moment you are greeted. You first are gathered in a building built at the dock. Then you are sent into a room like an airport with lines to the various agents. Here you get your room assignment and keys. Then you get to find your rooms and that is not easy. After a day you get more familiar and it gets easier. The ship has a number of pools maybe 4 or more, an inside and outside movie theatre. The outside one can be watched from one of the pools. We saw great live shows almost nightly. The buffets were amazing, with dessert even at midnight. The reason everyone gains weight on a cruise. The restaurant and wait staff were amazing. If you do the reserved option then you eat at...

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rlpowell says "Carnival Fascination a great experience." about Carnival Cruise Lines - Fascination

rlpowell — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:35:58 GMT

This cruise was a great value. However, the quality was outstanding. The destinations were fun and exciting. The food and the crew were wonderful. The only complaint was that creme brulee was not on the menu. Getting on and off the ship went very smooth. I was never bored. There is too many fun and exciting things to do. And if I just wanted to do nothing then my room was always clean and very comfortable. I went with about thirty people with many different interests and all had a wonderful time. Our ship left from Jacksonville and went to Keywest Florida and the Bahamas. We had some rain in Keywest but we found something fun to do regardless of the weather. All other days we had wonderful weather. I will cruise with line and on this ship again. I am an avid cruiser and try to cruise at least once a year. Take a cruise with Carnival. You wont regret it. Get on board now.

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JDGeorgia says "Convenient way to see seven countries in a short time." about Princess Cruises - Star Princess Baltic/Russia

JDGeorgia — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:23:41 GMT

The Star Princess is a lovely ship. The cabins are beautifully appointed and comfortable, the on-board amenities are extensive, the entertainment is delightful, and the food (served around the clock in a variety of restaurants) is delicious and plentiful. It makes for a luxurious vacation.

That said, I'm not normally a cruise ship traveler. I prefer to create and follow my own itinerary and have the freedom to change my plans if I want, but I thought it was a great way to see the Baltic. The Baltic nations are not the easiest places to travel, particularly Russia, and there's a lot of ground to cover. On our cruise, we visited seven countries--Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Estonia, Germany, Russia. If we had been doing that on land, we would have been packing and unpacking and on and off trains and cars constantly. It would have been exhausting. In addition, navigating immigration for that many countries would have been a nightmare, especially in Russia where special...

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pam2896 says "Carnival Cruise Line was a surprisingly great affordable cruise." about Carnival Cruise Lines - Inspiration cozumel, grand caymen and jamaica

pam2896 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:39:35 GMT

I recently took a cruise on the Carnival Inspiration and was blown away by the level of service this ship offered. This was my first budget cruise and was a little skeptical at first, but after checking out the room, food, excursions and shipboard entertainment I was wowed. The servers were magnificent, food was as good as any other luxury ship I had experienced. The room was great. The size was perfect, beds very comfortable wiht plenty of closet space and drawers for our clothing. We had a great day at the pool with a reggae band playing Bob Marley songs while we sipped tasty adult beverages. This ship offered great experiences while onboard such as; made to order sushi, great shows, drinks with the captain, a beautiful casino, lots of clubs and a really funny comedian. We loved every meal we ate and really liked Grand Cayman Island. I will take this cruise again.

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jaymas says "I LOVE Carnivale!" about Carnival Cruise Lines - Freedom Bermuda

jaymas — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:07:55 GMT

Everyone has their own idea of what a perfect cruise vacation is. That's why Carnival believes in giving their guests a variety of entertaining options -- one more fun than the next. You can choose to spend your time browsing the Carnival Freedom duty-free Fun Shops, dining in the variety of eateries, relaxing in the lounges, dancing in the clubs or checking out Carnival Freedom's Seaside Theatre -- a 12-foot-high by 22-foot-wide LED screen located on her Lido deck. It's your choice to do whatever you want, whenever you want -- even if that's nothing at all! We departed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and traveled throughout the Eastern Caribbean islands. With 2 fun days at sea, it was exciting to visit San Juan, Tortola, St. Thomas, and Antigua. The fresh ocean air does wonders for your spirit and mood. The food was delicious and plentiful. With stupendous service, what more could we ask for?

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Piglet72 says "Beautiful" about Celebrity Cruises - Infinity

Piglet72 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00:30 GMT

I am not a cruise lover because I think you have limited time at the ports of call but this Alaskan cruise was adifferent experience. Its not like a cruise in the Caribbean were all you see is water til you get to your destination here you are constantly looking at beautiful scenery. I also had the opportunity to see wildlife throughout the cruise. Best part of the trip was probably our visit to Hubber Glacier. Wow! is probably the only way I can describe it. We were right there. The staff on Celebrity was great as well. From the waiter staff to the people that made up the rooms they were all great. They also had an environmentalist (I forget his name) talking about all the wildlife we would see in Alaska and he was great (an I'm not an a very green person) but he was very funny and informative. If I had to say one negative about the cruise is the length of stay at the ports especially at Ketchikan. In Juneau we went on a whale watching cruise and were able to see over a dozen whales as...

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CeeCeeI says "Great vacation!" about Carnival Cruise Lines - Freedom

CeeCeeI — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:54:26 GMT

My husband, myself and 3 other couples went on a cruise on the Carnival Freedom from Oct 10 -18, 2009. We had a fantastic time! The ship is beautiful, our room steward, Skinner, was the best! We ate in the Lido Restaurant and had fantastic waiters, head waiter, Jonathan, was the also the best! If you wanted seconds on anything, just ask and they will deliver, even the lobster! We enjoyed the shows that were offered, but did notice they weren't as good or as many as shows we have seen on previous cruises, maybe the cruiselines have had to cut back like the rest of us. We also ran into some uncomfortable situations during the cruise with the large group of gay men that were on this ship (175+). They made it uncomfortable for many of the cruisers, in the pools and hot tubs, and also on certain decks after dark. We experienced and heard a lot of negative talk from many others about their experiences with this group. I feel that the cruiseline should have told us beforehand...

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katandgil says "The Pearl is a "one of a kind" cruiseship." about Norwegian Cruise Line - Pearl Alaska

katandgil — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:43:57 GMT

Eariler this year we took an Alaska trip on the Norwegian Cruise Line ship Pearl. I truly loved it. I had did my research on other cruiselines but this one caught my eye -- Freestyle cruising ((what I want)). This was my first cruise so it was going to be Alaska. The ship was hugh and it was beautiful. The staff was very friendly and made you feel right at home. I would have to say that the fact that you didn't have a certain time (time scedule) to go eat was great.It gave us the joy of doing what we wanted when we wanted and that included eating. Although we had excursions on every port therefore we didn't get toenjoy everything the ship had to offer. The Pearl had a bowling alley which we played a few games. It was small but the fun was there. They had plenty places to eat on the ship with a few specialties. The specialty restaurant charged a fee but the price was small. Food wise; the food was great and you get a variety. They had many things to do night club, bars (a few), casino, etc....

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danlety says "DIVERTIDO ,SERVICIAL Y ELEGANTE" about Royal Caribbean - Majesty of the Seas (various)

danlety — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:52:14 GMT

MAJESTY OF THE SEAS UNO DE LOS MEJORES CRUCEROS DE TRES DIAS QUE PUEDES HACER CON TUS FAMILIAS Y AMIGOS O SI QUIERES CON TU PAREJA PARA DESCANSAR Y RELAJAR, EXCEELENTES CAMAROTES , EXCELENTE COMIDA , EXELENTE ATENCION , EXELENTE DE TODO, LOS RESTAURANES QUE TIENE SON DOS MAGNIFICOS Y CON UN PERSONAL ADORABLE NADA QUE ENVIDIARLES A NINGUN OTROS , MAJESTY OF THE SEAS TIENE DIFERENTES ACTIVIDADES EN SU INTERIOR TODO EL TIEMPO SI DECIDES NO BAJAR DEL BARCO EN LOS PUNTOS E BAJADA, MAJESTY OF THE SEAS TIENE UN EXCELENTE SPA CON VARIADOS SERVICIOS ASI COMO UN GIM QUE PUEDES HACER TUS EJERCICIOS DE RUTINAS ASI COMO SERVICIOS QUE TAMBIEN TE BRINDAN, MAJESTY OF THE SEAS TAMBIEN TE OFRECE UN ESPERTACULAR CASINO PARA AQUELLOS QUE LES FACINA EL JUEGO, Y PARA AQUELLOS QUE NO LES GUSTA FUMAR COMO AMI TIENE UNA NOCHE LIBRE DE TABACO PARA OTROS PODERLO DISFRUTAR TAMBIEN, MAJESTY OF THE SEAS TAMBIEN TE OFRECE VARIAS LOCALES DE DISCOTECA PARA EL DISFRUTE DESDE LOS MAS JOVENES HASTA LOS DE LA TERCERA EDAD,...

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JohnRMarler says "Comfortable with excellent food and service" about Royal Caribbean - Vision of the Seas Mediterranean Greek Isles

JohnRMarler — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:43:50 GMT

On the Vision of the Seas for a 12 day cruise that included Greece, Israel for 2 days, Egypt for 2 days and Turkey.

Ship was always clean and cabin stewards are the best I have experienced.

Food was well above what I had expected. RCCL always has excellent service, but the dinner menus were exceptional. Every night had a fruit based cold "soup" that tickled my palate and the rest of the meals were well above the fare for RCCL. They may have found that the food determines a lot of the mind set of passengers.

Our tour guide in Egypt was one of the nest we have ever had. An educated (masters in Egyptology) man that had a great fun-loving personality and played "psycho-dramas" to illustrate the mythology and other facets of the tour using the passengers as the actors. Highly educational and fun. Enjoyed the learning and the man. Food on the excursion was poor and my wife got ill from the last meal served at La Meridian Hotel.

Guides, irritatingly, seemed to always take the front seats instead...

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Babyblue1 says "Will never cruise with these again" about Celebrity Cruises - Century europe

Babyblue1 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:38:11 GMT

Not a lot to say except please do not book cabin 4163 unless you take earplugs with you. We went on this cruise to celebrate our 30th Wedding anniversary, we had booked and paid for a Celebration deluxe package for the day, this was delivered 3 days early and the special breakfast was well let me just say not worth mentioning. I could go on for ages but won't however just to give you an idea of what we had to encounter on the 5* cruise ship I have uploaded a photo of the fridge in the cabin. note the build up of Ice at the top, the mold and mildrew on the side and the filth on the bottom. The staff were not good the noise in the cabin so bad we could not sleep for 3 nights and got through a packet of headach tablets and we even had the fun of watching cockroaches on deck at night - as I have told CELEBRITY CRUISES I could have had the same holiday noise, lack of sleep, rude staff, muck up's and cockroaches if I had opted to go to San Antonio except it would have cost me less than a...

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Patrick70 says "We love to cruise!" about Royal Caribbean - Grandeur of the Seas

Patrick70 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:31:09 GMT

This is one of the best vacations you can take. I go on a Royal caribbean ship at least once per year. I was on the Granduer last October and had a great time. We had to miss 2 of our stops due to a hurricane wiping out 1 island, and a storm closing in on another. The captain did a great job and was able to get us into another port. The only problem we had were the nasty people screaming at the staff for missing ports that they wanted to go to. I think we should have put them in the dingy and gave them a compass. Royal Caribbean cannot control the weather, just like a hotel can't on land.

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blahblahblah33 says "hungry,thirsty, and bored outta my mind" about Carnival Cruise Lines - Valor

blahblahblah33 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:44:06 GMT

the ships decor and atmosphere is terrific. but every activity costs a fortune and you have to use a sail and sign card (no cash accepted). the fine dining wasnt that fine, they had alternate dining of crappy food wiht fancy names, like fresh eggs that were powdered eggs, and only unsweetened tea and water and coffee to drink. They only have coke products for your fountain card, and they only come in can form. I didnt purchase one and i had tea or water all day, and oj in the morning. When i asked for oj in teh day they wanted to charge me. So if you dont enjoy water or tea you will be thirsty. Their 24 hour pizzaria offers pepperoni that id never pay for so thank god it was included, adn the five deli options never change. The other pizzas offered had weird things on it like artichokes and anchovies, and the pizza maker loved to ignore customers. My fine dining was awful, wrecked by some redneck with no shoes always comming to dine drunk and loud, and even though we asked the waiter to...

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andi66 says "WOW,I love freedom of the seas by royal caribbean." about Royal Caribbean - Freedom of the Seas

andi66 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:27:12 GMT

royal caribbeans freedom of the seas is the best cruise I have taken out of three others.It has somthing for everybody.If your into sports,dancin,ice skating,surfin or just relaxing,this ship is for you.I was never board there was somthing to do at all times,even if it was after midnight.In one day I went rock climbing,body surfed,ice skatted,and played a game of miniture golf.I even won some prizes playing name that tune,watched a broadway musical.I am getting ready to book another cruise.I highly recomend this ship to anyone who is looking for a great time.

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bkosten says "A Dream Getaway" about Princess Cruises - Caribbean Princess

bkosten — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:13:34 GMT

My husband and I have taken two cruises, both on the Caribbean Princess - same ship and even the same room! Obviously we loved this cruise line and this ship so much that we were thrilled to return for a second voyage. There is no vacation that seems like a dreamy getaway paradise more than a cruise, and Princess knows how to do it up right! I love all the destinations, but the days onboard are equally as enjoyable. One of our favorite features of the Caribbean Princess was the outdoor theatre - a huge screen above the deck. At night, all the beach chairs are covered with theatre covers and everyone who shows up for the movie is served free popcorn. It is a treat to lie there at night feeling the cool Caribbean breeze blow through your hair while you relax and enjoy some entertainment. The food on board the Caribbean Princess is also wonderful; every night we were served up unbelievable gourmet delicacies that would make any chef proud. Everything we ate was fantastic, and the best part...

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annkitbo says "Fun Ship offered fun times for our family" about Carnival Cruise Lines - Miracle Eastern Caribbean

annkitbo — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:40:51 GMT

I cruise fairly frequently (2-3 times a year). Carnival Cruise lines draws a younger, rowdier crowd than most of the other cruise lines. This is has advantages and disadvantages. The pluses are that we are younger (early 30's) so there are always more people our age on Carnival cruises. The cons are that we really enjoy elegant cruises, and Carnival is more casual.--and with a lot more kids/teens. You very well might hear yelling/laughing/running up and down the halls at 3 and 4 in the morning.

The Miracle is one of the newer, larger ships. We enjoyed the ship and the various rooms very much. The food was nicely done. A favorite was the international station on the top deck that changed each day to represent a different culture's food. The entertainment was fun. We also enjoyed the itinerary and the excursions.

Over-all it was a nice trip and a very nice ship.

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annkitbo says "Smaller, older ship, but still a great cruise!" about Holland America Line - Rotterdam

annkitbo — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:37:21 GMT

We selected the Rotterdam due to the type of cruise - a European tour that traveled into the Black Sea. A smaller ship was needed to navigate some of the passages.

Pros:

* The itinerary - the ports of call were top notch and the excursions available were fantastic

* The staff was very friendly and delivered excellent service

* The on-board entertainment was nice

Cons:

* The average age for the passengers was 60+ (we are in our 30's) so that's just something to keep in mind if you are a younger traveler

* It was a national holiday in one of the countries that day that we visited, so most of the shops and attractions were closed - it would have been nice if the cruise line had notified us of this in advance. Lesson learned for us is to check the holiday schedules of other counties prior to booking travel.

Over-all, it was a wonderful trip and I would recommend the trip and the ship to future passengers.

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