Liberty changes Aug 27 itinerary.

[fdthird]

So, last week they missed St Martin due to a medical emergency that necessitated a return to Bermuda. Now, the next Caribbean cruise becomes a New England and Canada cruise!

[Ken at the beach]

So, last week they missed St Martin due to a medical emergency that necessitated a return to Bermuda. Now, the next Caribbean cruise becomes a New England and Canada cruise!

 

The August 27 has always been a Canada / New England cruise.

[barbon2]

The August 27 has always been a Canada / New England cruise.

 

Yes, it's a nine night Canada/NE cruise and cannot wait till Thurs.

[Yorkvillain]

So, last week they missed St Martin due to a medical emergency that necessitated a return to Bermuda. Now, the next Caribbean cruise becomes a New England and Canada cruise!

 

Lol. There would be riots if that ever happened.

[Guest maddycat]

Lol. There would be riots if that ever happened.

 

It's happened in the past. I believe that it was due to a hurricane.

[Yorkvillain]

It's happened in the past. I believe that it was due to a hurricane.

 

They've re-routed a Caribbean cruise to a New England/Canada cruise?

[molsonschooner]

They've re-routed a Caribbean cruise to a New England/Canada cruise?

 

I think it was just last year when they had to change from going to Bermuda to Canada/New England. I think it was on Explorer but not 100% sure

[Yorkvillain]

I think it was just last year when they had to change from going to Bermuda to Canada/New England. I think it was on Explorer but not 100% sure

 

Wow. Interesting.

 

I must have been in Cruise Critic hibernation when that happened and missed it.

[Ken at the beach]

I think it was just last year when they had to change from going to Bermuda to Canada/New England. I think it was on Explorer but not 100% sure

 

I believe that you are correct. I remember reading the posts and many people did not find out about the change until arriving at the port. They had all packed nothing but shorts and summer clothes and didn't have anything packed for the cooler weather they were in for. They were not happy campers.

[LibertyCruiser]

OK, heart rate returning to normal. Breathing calmly once again.

[nbsjcruiser]

They've re-routed a Caribbean cruise to a New England/Canada cruise?

 

Several times. We live in Saint John NB, Canada and have seen more than one ship diverted from Bermuda to here because of a hurricane. Its one reason why I would never book a Bermuda cruise in the fall unless it was last minute. I do not want to drive to New York or Boston only to end up cruising to my home town, as has happened to people in the past.

[cot427]

I think it was just last year when they had to change from going to Bermuda to Canada/New England. I think it was on Explorer but not 100% sure

 

This is correct...I was on the October 9th, 9 night Bermuda/Caribbean cruise last year and we were impacted by missing St. Maarten and going to PR early because of Gonzalo. I can't remember if we left Bermuda an hour early or not. But in any event, the next cruise was supposed to be a 5-night Bermuda and when we were on the ship they confirmed that it would change to a Canada/NE cruise. So that sailing was 10/18.

[cruzinlady1947]

Just found this......I know this has happened since then too. I remember reading about it a couple years ago. Not the law suit, but the diversion of a ship.

 

New Jersey Files Suit Against Royal Caribbean - Royal Caribbean International - Cruise Critic

 

 

 

Gwen :)

[talent chief]

Royal Caribbean Line vacation day one: my wife and I have been on more than two dozen cruises over the years. We have been on almost every line, some no longer in business. So we were excited when an opportunity arose to sail on one we have never been on. What made it even more appealing was the fact that we didn't have to fly to the ship because it left from New Jersey.

Our ride to Cape Liberty was uneventful. We had no traffic and a great driver who whisked us right to the port. Unfortunately that was the highlight of our day. We waited on line to check in for over three hours. We have been on larger ships in the past so the number of people waiting with us was not the problem. The staff at the check in counter was the worst organized of any ship's crew we had ever encountered. It was as if the RCL management had gone out of its way to have an inefficiency expert teach its staff.

When we finally got to board the ship the lifeboat drill was already underway. To add insult to injury our stateroom key did not work so we couldn't get into our cabin. We had to go to the Guest Services Desk to get keys that worked.

I could honestly say that one of the highlights of cruising is the excellent cuisine one can usually find on the better ship lines. We thought that that would also be the case on RCL. Wrong! I ordered a Caesar salad appetizer. It was the Ides of March again because they managed to slay Caesar a second time. For my main course I requested the sliders. It was a new dining experience. This was the first time I had ever had silver dollar sized burgers. After requesting a magnifying glass from our invisible waiter so I could see my dinner I decided to augment my meal with linguini Al dente pomodoro. The menu should have read "mushy pasta in Campbell's tomato soup" The desert choices made me thankful that I was a diabetic because they were equally unpalatable.

So much for day one. Tomorrow is another day. I doubt it could be worse.

RCL vacation day two: we tried two of the different restaurants on board today. The food is still lousy! Tomorrow we will be in Boston. At least we will have a decent lunch on shore. Different ship lines cater to different demographics. HAL is for the upper middle class baby boomer, Disney is for people with children, NCL is for the traveler that likes good food at sea, etc., etc.

Apparently RCL is for the hicks that think Robins and Applebee's is gourmet dining. Their idea of sushi at the Japanese restaurant here is rice wrapped in seaweed with a piece of avocado in the center. Perhaps my being a lifetime NY'er has made me too sophisticated to dine on this ship or most likely my fellow passengers, based on their comments just don't know what food that isn't fried or boiled tastes like.

BTW, so far I haven't been impressed by the entertainment on board either. It is a good thing that I have seen some good shows on other ships (with the exception of NCL's "Rock of Ages") or I would wonder RCL vacation day three. Today we docked in Boston. We had lunch reservation at Legal Seafood, one of our favorite beantown eateries. It was so far the first decent meal on our trip. When we arrived back at the ship, RCL once again showed us how utterly inefficient they were. Instead of having several security check in location to hasten returning to the ship, they had only one and that one was the farthest from the pier entrance. The line to reboard was the equivalent of several NYC avenue blocks. It took some passengers over an hour and one half to get back on board. As a result the ship departed an almost two hours later than scheduled. We managed to get in a game of trivia before going to the pre dinner show. This time the entertainment was superb. They had a ventriloquist that was fantastic.

After the show we once again risked eating dinner in the main dining room. The food was up to their usual inedible standard. Tomorrow we arrive in Portland. Once again we have reservations for lunch since eating on board is now considered for emergency meals only.

Tomorrow night we will dine in their premier on board steakhouse. I'll report on that after the meal. Until then, happy sails to you (apologies to Roy Rodger and Dale Evans).why they bother. Oh well, tomorrow I will at least have some good seafood for lunch. Until then...

RCL vacation day three. Today we docked in Boston. We had lunch reservation at Legal Seafood, one of our favorite Beantown eateries. It was so far the first decent meal on our trip. When we arrived back at the ship, RCL once again showed us how utterly inefficient they were. Instead of having several security check in location to hasten returning to the ship, they had only one and that one was the farthest from the pier entrance. The line to reboard was the equivalent of several NYC avenue blocks. It took some passengers over an hour and one half to get back on board. As a result the ship departed an almost two hours later than scheduled. We managed to get in a game of trivia before going to the pre-dinner show. This time the entertainment was superb. They had a ventriloquist that was fantastic.

After the show we once again risked eating dinner in the main dining room. The food was up to their usual inedible standard. Tomorrow we arrive in Portland. Once again we have reservations for lunch since eating on board is now considered for emergency meals only.

Tomorrow night we will dine in their premier on board steakhouse. I'll report on that after the meal. Until then, happy sails to you (apologies to Roy Rodger and Dale Evans).

RCL vacation day four: Portland, Maine was today's stop.

We were awoken very early this morning by the "abandon ship" alarm wailing in our room. We jumped out of bed, still half asleep, and looked out the terrace window. We were in port and didn't see any problem. We called down to the reception desk to ask if perhaps an iceberg had broken away from the arctic because of global warming and somehow drifted to Maine where it struck the ship. We were assured that it had not and that the wailing alarm was just a crew drill. When I inquired why it was being held so early on a Sunday morning, I was told that because some of the crew had shore leave the captain wanted to drill them before they departed. The fact that this was a vacation day for the passengers and with the exception of a few hearty souls; most of us were still sound asleep was of no concern to them.

The ship docked so far from the port that people that had a problem walking and didn't have a wheelchair or a walker could not get off the pier didn't matter. Every cruise we have ever been on, in every port we have ever gone to the cruise line had provided some form of transportation to get people off the pier. I should have realized that RCL would not be equipped to do this after our trek at the pier in Boston, but no, customer service is not their forte. After all they are part of the Celebrity Cruise Line group where Nickel and Diming the passengers is what they do best. So instead of providing even a golf cart to help get you off the pier, they ignore the disabled. Needless to say, we couldn't get off the ship to get a taxi into town for lunch because my wife couldn't do the one mile hike to the cab stand. We were in Portland before so except for going to lunch and also seeing a few pottery makers it was not a major problem. The major problem was eating lunch on board.

I had promised myself that when I left the Air Force I would never again wait on line for food. That promise was broken today because only the buffet was open for the passengers. These passengers apparently had never seen food before. They jostled, pushed and shoved to get what in their minds was going to be their last meal. It reminded me of the films I had seen of farmers feeding their livestock. If someone had shouted out "sooee, sooee" I would not have been surprised.

After a dismal meal we went back to our cabin to read and try to make up for the lack of sleep this morning. After a long nap we were ready for dinner. Surprisingly the specialty steak house was very good. It cost extra to eat there. In fact, the meal was about the same price as Morton's Grill in NYC. While we were dining the Captain and his Executive Officers also came in for dinner. This group also contained the ship's Executive Chef. I commented to my wife that even he wouldn't eat the slop his staff prepares for the passengers.

Tomorrow we land in Bar Harbor. We will have to take a tender from the ship to get there. At least we will be able to get to public transportation when we arrive.

RCL vacation day five: today we arrived in Sag Harbor. We had to take a tender to the port. The tenders left from deck one on the ship. The forward elevators only went to deck two. Some idiot had locked the elevators so that they couldn't go to deck one. The second deck was packed with passengers with wheelchairs, walkers, and canes. Finally one of the passengers that was escorting a person with a walker, went down the extra flight of stairs to tell a crew member of the problem.

Speaking of the elevators on this ship, the Liberty has redefined the term "anchor baby." Because it seems that the only way to get on elevator is to be born in it. We have waited upwards of twenty minutes for one to arrive. Apparently the people that ran the check in desks were also the ones that programmed the elevators.

The cruise director is also an idiot working on a ship line of idiots. All activities that older people might avail themselves of are scheduled during the dinner hours. If you want to partake of any of them you either have to skip dinner (no sacrifice) or rush through it.

Tonight the show was "Saturday Night Fever." However there were not enough seats in the theatre for the first showing. We, along with about 200 other guests had to miss it.

Tomorrow we arrive in St. John's, N.B., I can't wait to see how RCL screws this up.

RCL vacation day six: the ship docked today in St. John, NB. We were only an hour late. A record breaking time for RCL! We had a great lunch in City Market at Billy's restaurant. One of my clients is a native of SJ and she told me to try the town's special seaweed dish. I did and really liked it. After lunch we hired a driver to show us the sights. He was fantastic. We really enjoyed our day here. We were supposed to stay here for two nights but RCL must have discovered that the passengers (us especially) were having a good time so the ship upped anchor and left in the middle of the night.

Dinner was comprised of two dishes. One they called "gourmet meatballs" and the other was the chef's version of "kreplach." The former need a hacksaw to slice and the later should have been called "craplach."

Although our next port is really close (Halifax) we will be spending tomorrow at sea, arriving there on Thursday. That is, if the Captain can find the port. Until tomorrow...

RCL vacation day seven: the ship is at sea. Nothing on toward happened today. We ate dinner in their Italian specialty restaurant. While it was nothing to write home about, it was better than the food in the dining room. Did I mention that they charge $20 a day for Internet access and you have to take a nine day package. The package is only for one device, either laptop, phone or tablet. If you want another device it is a extra $10 per day. They call the system Vroom and claim that it is the fastest Wi-Fi at sea. I know from personal experience that it is not. It is so slow that it should have been named snail.

Tomorrow is our last port before heading home. It is Halifax.

RCL vacation day eight: We slept late this morning as the ship docked in Halifax. Our first stop on shore was for lunch at McElvey's restaurant. The meal was fantastic. I had an authentic jambalaya and Harriet had fabulous salad and a gluten free seafood "shepherds" pie. After lunch we hired a driver to show us the city. He was extremely knowledgeable and a delight to be with. We then explored the tourist shops at the pier (didn't buy anything) and then back to the ship.

The ship set sail for the voyage home. The afternoon was spent catching up with my email and reading. Then we went to dinner in the main dining room.

If I hadn't mentioned it before, the cuisine on this ship is sponsored by slim fast. That is because it is so horrific that one taste of it and you'll be slim fast. Cruise lines have competitions as to who has the best of etc...

The Liberty of the Seas is certainly the winner of the worst food served to passengers contest.

Just as we thought it was save to dine on the water (apologies to Jaws) our evening meal was served.

To wit, tonight's dinner. My meal started off with a "clam chowder." The broth was so thin that I swear it was made not with cream but with skim milk with dish water added. There was a small clam in the soup that must have been accidentally thrown into the bowl with a small potato cube. Harriet started her meal with what they called "pork tenderloin Oscar." The Oscar they were referring to was not of Waldorf Astoria fame but most likely from the Odd Couple because it was a mess.

For my main course I had the driest chicken breast ever served at sea. Actually I think it was a relative of Johnathan Livingston seagull that was snagged by the chef as it flew over the ship. The menu should have called the dish "revenge" because it was served cold. Harriet saw me playing with my meal and asked why I was doing so. I replied that it was so cold that I was letting it come at least to room temperature before attempting to ingest it.

For her main course Harriet had a wreck of lamb. This poor little sheep had apparently lost her way and found herself in the ship's kitchen. Surprisingly despite the way it looked my better half thought it was quite tasty.

We then left the dining room and went back to our cabin. If you wanted to partake of the scheduled evening activities (i.e. games) you would have had to skip dinner because the cruise director schedules everything so that it conflicts with the late sitting dining. Maybe he has eaten in the dining room and is trying to tell us something.

Tomorrow we are still at sea sailing home.

RCL vacation day nine (last): The last day of a cruise is always hectic. This is regardless if it is a short trip or a lengthy one. There are so many things one has to do and so little time to do it all. That is why we decided to leave an 8:30am wake up call. We however woke naturally at 7:45 so after our morning ablutions we cancelled the call. The operator confirmed the cancellation, so I went into the shower while Harriet started drying her hair after her shower. Promptly at 8:29am with their reputation of being the most inefficient crew at sea to maintain, the telephone rang with our cancelled wake up call. No use my saying anything because it would have fallen on deaf ears.

Since we were up so early we decided to go to breakfast. The daily program listed the various dining rooms and when they were open for breakfast. We went to the one closest to our room because they would be open the longest. WRONG!!! When we got there the line was out the door and the staff informed all that they were not open for breakfast. It was a "cut and paste" in the program. We were told that the only place still open was the dining room several decks down. By the time we arrived the augmented line was three times the length of what it was upstairs. When we finally were shown to our seats the waiter informed us that they were our of most of the items on the menu.

After our abbreviated repast Harriet and I went our separate ways. She to a Mah Jongg game and me back to our cabin to start organizing our luggage for our departure. We agreed to meet up for lunch. It was the usual pig slop, so I had a hot dog and she had a bowl of chili and rice.

Because of the fiasco with the entertainment show the last few nights the cruise director had gotten the performers to put on a special matinee of their headline show "Saturday Night Fever."

I now know where all the people I auditioned that didn't make the cut ended up. This had to be one of the worst productions I had ever seen. If this were a Caribbean cruise I would have ordered the Casting Director to walk the plank. My idea of singing and dancing means singers that aren't tone deaf and dancers that understood that choreography is not an individual event but is instead coordinated. We left after several numbers.

When we booked this cruise among the various freebies we were given was a free spa day. I inquired if I could use the coupon to get a manicure. I was told that I could, so I had made an appointment for our last sailing day (today.) when I arrived for my appointment I was given a several page form to fill out. The form asked for my complete medical history. Honestly when I went into the hospital seven years ago for my surgery I had given them less information. I told the receptionist that I was not there for any type of treatment, just for a manicure. She was adamant about my either filing out the form or I couldn't get my nails clipped. After arguing with her for several minutes she told me that either the form got filled out or she would call security to forcibly remove me. I left without redeeming my free coupon. So much for customer relations!

The rest of the day was uneventful. We packed, had dinner, and retired to our cabin. Tomorrow is check out. I hope that it goes smoother than check in went. I will report again once we are safely in our apartment. Until then, I bid you all sweet dreams.

RCL vacation post, last: Home at last, home at last, and thank the lord almighty we are home at last.

RCL must have hired efficiency experts while we were away. Of the dozens of cruises we have gone on over the years, this was the smoothest and most trouble free disembarkation we have ever encountered. We couldn't believe that this was the same cruise line we had been sailing with for the past ten days.

Unfortunately for me, although we were sailing from our northern border instead of from the other border I was hit with a case of Montezuma's revenge last night. I know it was something I ate cause I swore the RCL gods were taking it out on me because of my Facebook posts. It was touch and go (fortunately not any "go") until I got upstairs to my apartment.

Before we sailed we had also booked our January cruise on RCL's "Anthem of the Seas." The second thing I did after getting home was to call our travel agent to cancel that trip. The only time I will ever sail on an RCL ship again would be if I died and this was the transportation on the River Styx bound for Hades. Since I hope that this won't be the case they will never ever see us again.

[denatravels]

Royal Caribbean Line vacation day one: my wife and I have been on more than two dozen cruises over the years. We have been on almost every line, some no longer in business. So we were excited when an opportunity arose to sail on one we have never been on. What made it even more appealing was the fact that we didn't have to fly to the ship because it left from New Jersey.

Our ride to Cape Liberty was uneventful. We had no traffic and a great driver who whisked us right to the port. Unfortunately that was the highlight of our day. We waited on line to check in for over three hours. We have been on larger ships in the past so the number of people waiting with us was not the problem. The staff at the check in counter was the worst organized of any ship's crew we had ever encountered. It was as if the RCL management had gone out of its way to have an inefficiency expert teach its staff.

When we finally got to board the ship the lifeboat drill was already underway. To add insult to injury our stateroom key did not work so we couldn't get into our cabin. We had to go to the Guest Services Desk to get keys that worked.

I could honestly say that one of the highlights of cruising is the excellent cuisine one can usually find on the better ship lines. We thought that that would also be the case on RCL. Wrong! I ordered a Caesar salad appetizer. It was the Ides of March again because they managed to slay Caesar a second time. For my main course I requested the sliders. It was a new dining experience. This was the first time I had ever had silver dollar sized burgers. After requesting a magnifying glass from our invisible waiter so I could see my dinner I decided to augment my meal with linguini Al dente pomodoro. The menu should have read "mushy pasta in Campbell's tomato soup" The desert choices made me thankful that I was a diabetic because they were equally unpalatable.

So much for day one. Tomorrow is another day. I doubt it could be worse.

RCL vacation day two: we tried two of the different restaurants on board today. The food is still lousy! Tomorrow we will be in Boston. At least we will have a decent lunch on shore. Different ship lines cater to different demographics. HAL is for the upper middle class baby boomer, Disney is for people with children, NCL is for the traveler that likes good food at sea, etc., etc.

Apparently RCL is for the hicks that think Robins and Applebee's is gourmet dining. Their idea of sushi at the Japanese restaurant here is rice wrapped in seaweed with a piece of avocado in the center. Perhaps my being a lifetime NY'er has made me too sophisticated to dine on this ship or most likely my fellow passengers, based on their comments just don't know what food that isn't fried or boiled tastes like.

BTW, so far I haven't been impressed by the entertainment on board either. It is a good thing that I have seen some good shows on other ships (with the exception of NCL's "Rock of Ages") or I would wonder RCL vacation day three. Today we docked in Boston. We had lunch reservation at Legal Seafood, one of our favorite beantown eateries. It was so far the first decent meal on our trip. When we arrived back at the ship, RCL once again showed us how utterly inefficient they were. Instead of having several security check in location to hasten returning to the ship, they had only one and that one was the farthest from the pier entrance. The line to reboard was the equivalent of several NYC avenue blocks. It took some passengers over an hour and one half to get back on board. As a result the ship departed an almost two hours later than scheduled. We managed to get in a game of trivia before going to the pre dinner show. This time the entertainment was superb. They had a ventriloquist that was fantastic.

After the show we once again risked eating dinner in the main dining room. The food was up to their usual inedible standard. Tomorrow we arrive in Portland. Once again we have reservations for lunch since eating on board is now considered for emergency meals only.

Tomorrow night we will dine in their premier on board steakhouse. I'll report on that after the meal. Until then, happy sails to you (apologies to Roy Rodger and Dale Evans).why they bother. Oh well, tomorrow I will at least have some good seafood for lunch. Until then...

RCL vacation day three. Today we docked in Boston. We had lunch reservation at Legal Seafood, one of our favorite Beantown eateries. It was so far the first decent meal on our trip. When we arrived back at the ship, RCL once again showed us how utterly inefficient they were. Instead of having several security check in location to hasten returning to the ship, they had only one and that one was the farthest from the pier entrance. The line to reboard was the equivalent of several NYC avenue blocks. It took some passengers over an hour and one half to get back on board. As a result the ship departed an almost two hours later than scheduled. We managed to get in a game of trivia before going to the pre-dinner show. This time the entertainment was superb. They had a ventriloquist that was fantastic.

After the show we once again risked eating dinner in the main dining room. The food was up to their usual inedible standard. Tomorrow we arrive in Portland. Once again we have reservations for lunch since eating on board is now considered for emergency meals only.

Tomorrow night we will dine in their premier on board steakhouse. I'll report on that after the meal. Until then, happy sails to you (apologies to Roy Rodger and Dale Evans).

RCL vacation day four: Portland, Maine was today's stop.

We were awoken very early this morning by the "abandon ship" alarm wailing in our room. We jumped out of bed, still half asleep, and looked out the terrace window. We were in port and didn't see any problem. We called down to the reception desk to ask if perhaps an iceberg had broken away from the arctic because of global warming and somehow drifted to Maine where it struck the ship. We were assured that it had not and that the wailing alarm was just a crew drill. When I inquired why it was being held so early on a Sunday morning, I was told that because some of the crew had shore leave the captain wanted to drill them before they departed. The fact that this was a vacation day for the passengers and with the exception of a few hearty souls; most of us were still sound asleep was of no concern to them.

The ship docked so far from the port that people that had a problem walking and didn't have a wheelchair or a walker could not get off the pier didn't matter. Every cruise we have ever been on, in every port we have ever gone to the cruise line had provided some form of transportation to get people off the pier. I should have realized that RCL would not be equipped to do this after our trek at the pier in Boston, but no, customer service is not their forte. After all they are part of the Celebrity Cruise Line group where Nickel and Diming the passengers is what they do best. So instead of providing even a golf cart to help get you off the pier, they ignore the disabled. Needless to say, we couldn't get off the ship to get a taxi into town for lunch because my wife couldn't do the one mile hike to the cab stand. We were in Portland before so except for going to lunch and also seeing a few pottery makers it was not a major problem. The major problem was eating lunch on board.

I had promised myself that when I left the Air Force I would never again wait on line for food. That promise was broken today because only the buffet was open for the passengers. These passengers apparently had never seen food before. They jostled, pushed and shoved to get what in their minds was going to be their last meal. It reminded me of the films I had seen of farmers feeding their livestock. If someone had shouted out "sooee, sooee" I would not have been surprised.

After a dismal meal we went back to our cabin to read and try to make up for the lack of sleep this morning. After a long nap we were ready for dinner. Surprisingly the specialty steak house was very good. It cost extra to eat there. In fact, the meal was about the same price as Morton's Grill in NYC. While we were dining the Captain and his Executive Officers also came in for dinner. This group also contained the ship's Executive Chef. I commented to my wife that even he wouldn't eat the slop his staff prepares for the passengers.

Tomorrow we land in Bar Harbor. We will have to take a tender from the ship to get there. At least we will be able to get to public transportation when we arrive.

RCL vacation day five: today we arrived in Sag Harbor. We had to take a tender to the port. The tenders left from deck one on the ship. The forward elevators only went to deck two. Some idiot had locked the elevators so that they couldn't go to deck one. The second deck was packed with passengers with wheelchairs, walkers, and canes. Finally one of the passengers that was escorting a person with a walker, went down the extra flight of stairs to tell a crew member of the problem.

Speaking of the elevators on this ship, the Liberty has redefined the term "anchor baby." Because it seems that the only way to get on elevator is to be born in it. We have waited upwards of twenty minutes for one to arrive. Apparently the people that ran the check in desks were also the ones that programmed the elevators.

The cruise director is also an idiot working on a ship line of idiots. All activities that older people might avail themselves of are scheduled during the dinner hours. If you want to partake of any of them you either have to skip dinner (no sacrifice) or rush through it.

Tonight the show was "Saturday Night Fever." However there were not enough seats in the theatre for the first showing. We, along with about 200 other guests had to miss it.

Tomorrow we arrive in St. John's, N.B., I can't wait to see how RCL screws this up.

RCL vacation day six: the ship docked today in St. John, NB. We were only an hour late. A record breaking time for RCL! We had a great lunch in City Market at Billy's restaurant. One of my clients is a native of SJ and she told me to try the town's special seaweed dish. I did and really liked it. After lunch we hired a driver to show us the sights. He was fantastic. We really enjoyed our day here. We were supposed to stay here for two nights but RCL must have discovered that the passengers (us especially) were having a good time so the ship upped anchor and left in the middle of the night.

Dinner was comprised of two dishes. One they called "gourmet meatballs" and the other was the chef's version of "kreplach." The former need a hacksaw to slice and the later should have been called "craplach."

Although our next port is really close (Halifax) we will be spending tomorrow at sea, arriving there on Thursday. That is, if the Captain can find the port. Until tomorrow...

RCL vacation day seven: the ship is at sea. Nothing on toward happened today. We ate dinner in their Italian specialty restaurant. While it was nothing to write home about, it was better than the food in the dining room. Did I mention that they charge $20 a day for Internet access and you have to take a nine day package. The package is only for one device, either laptop, phone or tablet. If you want another device it is a extra $10 per day. They call the system Vroom and claim that it is the fastest Wi-Fi at sea. I know from personal experience that it is not. It is so slow that it should have been named snail.

Tomorrow is our last port before heading home. It is Halifax.

RCL vacation day eight: We slept late this morning as the ship docked in Halifax. Our first stop on shore was for lunch at McElvey's restaurant. The meal was fantastic. I had an authentic jambalaya and Harriet had fabulous salad and a gluten free seafood "shepherds" pie. After lunch we hired a driver to show us the city. He was extremely knowledgeable and a delight to be with. We then explored the tourist shops at the pier (didn't buy anything) and then back to the ship.

The ship set sail for the voyage home. The afternoon was spent catching up with my email and reading. Then we went to dinner in the main dining room.

If I hadn't mentioned it before, the cuisine on this ship is sponsored by slim fast. That is because it is so horrific that one taste of it and you'll be slim fast. Cruise lines have competitions as to who has the best of etc...

The Liberty of the Seas is certainly the winner of the worst food served to passengers contest.

Just as we thought it was save to dine on the water (apologies to Jaws) our evening meal was served.

To wit, tonight's dinner. My meal started off with a "clam chowder." The broth was so thin that I swear it was made not with cream but with skim milk with dish water added. There was a small clam in the soup that must have been accidentally thrown into the bowl with a small potato cube. Harriet started her meal with what they called "pork tenderloin Oscar." The Oscar they were referring to was not of Waldorf Astoria fame but most likely from the Odd Couple because it was a mess.

For my main course I had the driest chicken breast ever served at sea. Actually I think it was a relative of Johnathan Livingston seagull that was snagged by the chef as it flew over the ship. The menu should have called the dish "revenge" because it was served cold. Harriet saw me playing with my meal and asked why I was doing so. I replied that it was so cold that I was letting it come at least to room temperature before attempting to ingest it.

For her main course Harriet had a wreck of lamb. This poor little sheep had apparently lost her way and found herself in the ship's kitchen. Surprisingly despite the way it looked my better half thought it was quite tasty.

We then left the dining room and went back to our cabin. If you wanted to partake of the scheduled evening activities (i.e. games) you would have had to skip dinner because the cruise director schedules everything so that it conflicts with the late sitting dining. Maybe he has eaten in the dining room and is trying to tell us something.

Tomorrow we are still at sea sailing home.

RCL vacation day nine (last): The last day of a cruise is always hectic. This is regardless if it is a short trip or a lengthy one. There are so many things one has to do and so little time to do it all. That is why we decided to leave an 8:30am wake up call. We however woke naturally at 7:45 so after our morning ablutions we cancelled the call. The operator confirmed the cancellation, so I went into the shower while Harriet started drying her hair after her shower. Promptly at 8:29am with their reputation of being the most inefficient crew at sea to maintain, the telephone rang with our cancelled wake up call. No use my saying anything because it would have fallen on deaf ears.

Since we were up so early we decided to go to breakfast. The daily program listed the various dining rooms and when they were open for breakfast. We went to the one closest to our room because they would be open the longest. WRONG!!! When we got there the line was out the door and the staff informed all that they were not open for breakfast. It was a "cut and paste" in the program. We were told that the only place still open was the dining room several decks down. By the time we arrived the augmented line was three times the length of what it was upstairs. When we finally were shown to our seats the waiter informed us that they were our of most of the items on the menu.

After our abbreviated repast Harriet and I went our separate ways. She to a Mah Jongg game and me back to our cabin to start organizing our luggage for our departure. We agreed to meet up for lunch. It was the usual pig slop, so I had a hot dog and she had a bowl of chili and rice.

Because of the fiasco with the entertainment show the last few nights the cruise director had gotten the performers to put on a special matinee of their headline show "Saturday Night Fever."

I now know where all the people I auditioned that didn't make the cut ended up. This had to be one of the worst productions I had ever seen. If this were a Caribbean cruise I would have ordered the Casting Director to walk the plank. My idea of singing and dancing means singers that aren't tone deaf and dancers that understood that choreography is not an individual event but is instead coordinated. We left after several numbers.

When we booked this cruise among the various freebies we were given was a free spa day. I inquired if I could use the coupon to get a manicure. I was told that I could, so I had made an appointment for our last sailing day (today.) when I arrived for my appointment I was given a several page form to fill out. The form asked for my complete medical history. Honestly when I went into the hospital seven years ago for my surgery I had given them less information. I told the receptionist that I was not there for any type of treatment, just for a manicure. She was adamant about my either filing out the form or I couldn't get my nails clipped. After arguing with her for several minutes she told me that either the form got filled out or she would call security to forcibly remove me. I left without redeeming my free coupon. So much for customer relations!

The rest of the day was uneventful. We packed, had dinner, and retired to our cabin. Tomorrow is check out. I hope that it goes smoother than check in went. I will report again once we are safely in our apartment. Until then, I bid you all sweet dreams.

RCL vacation post, last: Home at last, home at last, and thank the lord almighty we are home at last.

RCL must have hired efficiency experts while we were away. Of the dozens of cruises we have gone on over the years, this was the smoothest and most trouble free disembarkation we have ever encountered. We couldn't believe that this was the same cruise line we had been sailing with for the past ten days.

Unfortunately for me, although we were sailing from our northern border instead of from the other border I was hit with a case of Montezuma's revenge last night. I know it was something I ate cause I swore the RCL gods were taking it out on me because of my Facebook posts. It was touch and go (fortunately not any "go") until I got upstairs to my apartment.

Before we sailed we had also booked our January cruise on RCL's "Anthem of the Seas." The second thing I did after getting home was to call our travel agent to cancel that trip. The only time I will ever sail on an RCL ship again would be if I died and this was the transportation on the River Styx bound for Hades. Since I hope that this won't be the case they will never ever see us again.

 

WOW!!!

1. We were not scheduled to stay in St. John for two nights. We were scheduled to arrive at 12:30pm and leave at 12:30 am. This is not two nights-- We did leave about 2 hours later (planned several days before due to immense tide variations)

2. We arrived at ports on time or even early

3. Crew drill-- sorry that you were asleep, but "most" were not-- many people getting off ship or in public areas.

4. Sliders are, by definition, "small hamburgers". And the servers were VERY willing to bring more food

5. Legal seafood is a tourist trap- glad you enjoyed it.

6. Cold food can be sent back

7. Rack of lamb was very good

8. I thought quantum class has "fastest internet at sea". This ship is not that. Did not purchase a package, but never saw it touted as "fastest at sea"

[melbur]

Royal Caribbean Line vacation day one: my wife and I have been on more than two dozen cruises over the years. We have been on almost every line, some no longer in business. So we were excited when an opportunity arose to sail on one we have never been on. What made it even more appealing was the fact that we didn't have to fly to the ship because it left from New Jersey.

Our ride to Cape Liberty was uneventful. We had no traffic and a great driver who whisked us right to the port. Unfortunately that was the highlight of our day. We waited on line to check in for over three hours. We have been on larger ships in the past so the number of people waiting with us was not the problem. The staff at the check in counter was the worst organized of any ship's crew we had ever encountered. It was as if the RCL management had gone out of its way to have an inefficiency expert teach its staff.

When we finally got to board the ship the lifeboat drill was already underway. To add insult to injury our stateroom key did not work so we couldn't get into our cabin. We had to go to the Guest Services Desk to get keys that worked.

I could honestly say that one of the highlights of cruising is the excellent cuisine one can usually find on the better ship lines. We thought that that would also be the case on RCL. Wrong! I ordered a Caesar salad appetizer. It was the Ides of March again because they managed to slay Caesar a second time. For my main course I requested the sliders. It was a new dining experience. This was the first time I had ever had silver dollar sized burgers. After requesting a magnifying glass from our invisible waiter so I could see my dinner I decided to augment my meal with linguini Al dente pomodoro. The menu should have read "mushy pasta in Campbell's tomato soup" The desert choices made me thankful that I was a diabetic because they were equally unpalatable.

So much for day one. Tomorrow is another day. I doubt it could be worse.

RCL vacation day two: we tried two of the different restaurants on board today. The food is still lousy! Tomorrow we will be in Boston. At least we will have a decent lunch on shore. Different ship lines cater to different demographics. HAL is for the upper middle class baby boomer, Disney is for people with children, NCL is for the traveler that likes good food at sea, etc., etc.

Apparently RCL is for the hicks that think Robins and Applebee's is gourmet dining. Their idea of sushi at the Japanese restaurant here is rice wrapped in seaweed with a piece of avocado in the center. Perhaps my being a lifetime NY'er has made me too sophisticated to dine on this ship or most likely my fellow passengers, based on their comments just don't know what food that isn't fried or boiled tastes like.

BTW, so far I haven't been impressed by the entertainment on board either. It is a good thing that I have seen some good shows on other ships (with the exception of NCL's "Rock of Ages") or I would wonder RCL vacation day three. Today we docked in Boston. We had lunch reservation at Legal Seafood, one of our favorite beantown eateries. It was so far the first decent meal on our trip. When we arrived back at the ship, RCL once again showed us how utterly inefficient they were. Instead of having several security check in location to hasten returning to the ship, they had only one and that one was the farthest from the pier entrance. The line to reboard was the equivalent of several NYC avenue blocks. It took some passengers over an hour and one half to get back on board. As a result the ship departed an almost two hours later than scheduled. We managed to get in a game of trivia before going to the pre dinner show. This time the entertainment was superb. They had a ventriloquist that was fantastic.

After the show we once again risked eating dinner in the main dining room. The food was up to their usual inedible standard. Tomorrow we arrive in Portland. Once again we have reservations for lunch since eating on board is now considered for emergency meals only.

Tomorrow night we will dine in their premier on board steakhouse. I'll report on that after the meal. Until then, happy sails to you (apologies to Roy Rodger and Dale Evans).why they bother. Oh well, tomorrow I will at least have some good seafood for lunch. Until then...

RCL vacation day three. Today we docked in Boston. We had lunch reservation at Legal Seafood, one of our favorite Beantown eateries. It was so far the first decent meal on our trip. When we arrived back at the ship, RCL once again showed us how utterly inefficient they were. Instead of having several security check in location to hasten returning to the ship, they had only one and that one was the farthest from the pier entrance. The line to reboard was the equivalent of several NYC avenue blocks. It took some passengers over an hour and one half to get back on board. As a result the ship departed an almost two hours later than scheduled. We managed to get in a game of trivia before going to the pre-dinner show. This time the entertainment was superb. They had a ventriloquist that was fantastic.

After the show we once again risked eating dinner in the main dining room. The food was up to their usual inedible standard. Tomorrow we arrive in Portland. Once again we have reservations for lunch since eating on board is now considered for emergency meals only.

Tomorrow night we will dine in their premier on board steakhouse. I'll report on that after the meal. Until then, happy sails to you (apologies to Roy Rodger and Dale Evans).

RCL vacation day four: Portland, Maine was today's stop.

We were awoken very early this morning by the "abandon ship" alarm wailing in our room. We jumped out of bed, still half asleep, and looked out the terrace window. We were in port and didn't see any problem. We called down to the reception desk to ask if perhaps an iceberg had broken away from the arctic because of global warming and somehow drifted to Maine where it struck the ship. We were assured that it had not and that the wailing alarm was just a crew drill. When I inquired why it was being held so early on a Sunday morning, I was told that because some of the crew had shore leave the captain wanted to drill them before they departed. The fact that this was a vacation day for the passengers and with the exception of a few hearty souls; most of us were still sound asleep was of no concern to them.

The ship docked so far from the port that people that had a problem walking and didn't have a wheelchair or a walker could not get off the pier didn't matter. Every cruise we have ever been on, in every port we have ever gone to the cruise line had provided some form of transportation to get people off the pier. I should have realized that RCL would not be equipped to do this after our trek at the pier in Boston, but no, customer service is not their forte. After all they are part of the Celebrity Cruise Line group where Nickel and Diming the passengers is what they do best. So instead of providing even a golf cart to help get you off the pier, they ignore the disabled. Needless to say, we couldn't get off the ship to get a taxi into town for lunch because my wife couldn't do the one mile hike to the cab stand. We were in Portland before so except for going to lunch and also seeing a few pottery makers it was not a major problem. The major problem was eating lunch on board.

I had promised myself that when I left the Air Force I would never again wait on line for food. That promise was broken today because only the buffet was open for the passengers. These passengers apparently had never seen food before. They jostled, pushed and shoved to get what in their minds was going to be their last meal. It reminded me of the films I had seen of farmers feeding their livestock. If someone had shouted out "sooee, sooee" I would not have been surprised.

After a dismal meal we went back to our cabin to read and try to make up for the lack of sleep this morning. After a long nap we were ready for dinner. Surprisingly the specialty steak house was very good. It cost extra to eat there. In fact, the meal was about the same price as Morton's Grill in NYC. While we were dining the Captain and his Executive Officers also came in for dinner. This group also contained the ship's Executive Chef. I commented to my wife that even he wouldn't eat the slop his staff prepares for the passengers.

Tomorrow we land in Bar Harbor. We will have to take a tender from the ship to get there. At least we will be able to get to public transportation when we arrive.

RCL vacation day five: today we arrived in Sag Harbor. We had to take a tender to the port. The tenders left from deck one on the ship. The forward elevators only went to deck two. Some idiot had locked the elevators so that they couldn't go to deck one. The second deck was packed with passengers with wheelchairs, walkers, and canes. Finally one of the passengers that was escorting a person with a walker, went down the extra flight of stairs to tell a crew member of the problem.

Speaking of the elevators on this ship, the Liberty has redefined the term "anchor baby." Because it seems that the only way to get on elevator is to be born in it. We have waited upwards of twenty minutes for one to arrive. Apparently the people that ran the check in desks were also the ones that programmed the elevators.

The cruise director is also an idiot working on a ship line of idiots. All activities that older people might avail themselves of are scheduled during the dinner hours. If you want to partake of any of them you either have to skip dinner (no sacrifice) or rush through it.

Tonight the show was "Saturday Night Fever." However there were not enough seats in the theatre for the first showing. We, along with about 200 other guests had to miss it.

Tomorrow we arrive in St. John's, N.B., I can't wait to see how RCL screws this up.

RCL vacation day six: the ship docked today in St. John, NB. We were only an hour late. A record breaking time for RCL! We had a great lunch in City Market at Billy's restaurant. One of my clients is a native of SJ and she told me to try the town's special seaweed dish. I did and really liked it. After lunch we hired a driver to show us the sights. He was fantastic. We really enjoyed our day here. We were supposed to stay here for two nights but RCL must have discovered that the passengers (us especially) were having a good time so the ship upped anchor and left in the middle of the night.

Dinner was comprised of two dishes. One they called "gourmet meatballs" and the other was the chef's version of "kreplach." The former need a hacksaw to slice and the later should have been called "craplach."

Although our next port is really close (Halifax) we will be spending tomorrow at sea, arriving there on Thursday. That is, if the Captain can find the port. Until tomorrow...

RCL vacation day seven: the ship is at sea. Nothing on toward happened today. We ate dinner in their Italian specialty restaurant. While it was nothing to write home about, it was better than the food in the dining room. Did I mention that they charge $20 a day for Internet access and you have to take a nine day package. The package is only for one device, either laptop, phone or tablet. If you want another device it is a extra $10 per day. They call the system Vroom and claim that it is the fastest Wi-Fi at sea. I know from personal experience that it is not. It is so slow that it should have been named snail.

Tomorrow is our last port before heading home. It is Halifax.

RCL vacation day eight: We slept late this morning as the ship docked in Halifax. Our first stop on shore was for lunch at McElvey's restaurant. The meal was fantastic. I had an authentic jambalaya and Harriet had fabulous salad and a gluten free seafood "shepherds" pie. After lunch we hired a driver to show us the city. He was extremely knowledgeable and a delight to be with. We then explored the tourist shops at the pier (didn't buy anything) and then back to the ship.

The ship set sail for the voyage home. The afternoon was spent catching up with my email and reading. Then we went to dinner in the main dining room.

If I hadn't mentioned it before, the cuisine on this ship is sponsored by slim fast. That is because it is so horrific that one taste of it and you'll be slim fast. Cruise lines have competitions as to who has the best of etc...

The Liberty of the Seas is certainly the winner of the worst food served to passengers contest.

Just as we thought it was save to dine on the water (apologies to Jaws) our evening meal was served.

To wit, tonight's dinner. My meal started off with a "clam chowder." The broth was so thin that I swear it was made not with cream but with skim milk with dish water added. There was a small clam in the soup that must have been accidentally thrown into the bowl with a small potato cube. Harriet started her meal with what they called "pork tenderloin Oscar." The Oscar they were referring to was not of Waldorf Astoria fame but most likely from the Odd Couple because it was a mess.

For my main course I had the driest chicken breast ever served at sea. Actually I think it was a relative of Johnathan Livingston seagull that was snagged by the chef as it flew over the ship. The menu should have called the dish "revenge" because it was served cold. Harriet saw me playing with my meal and asked why I was doing so. I replied that it was so cold that I was letting it come at least to room temperature before attempting to ingest it.

For her main course Harriet had a wreck of lamb. This poor little sheep had apparently lost her way and found herself in the ship's kitchen. Surprisingly despite the way it looked my better half thought it was quite tasty.

We then left the dining room and went back to our cabin. If you wanted to partake of the scheduled evening activities (i.e. games) you would have had to skip dinner because the cruise director schedules everything so that it conflicts with the late sitting dining. Maybe he has eaten in the dining room and is trying to tell us something.

Tomorrow we are still at sea sailing home.

RCL vacation day nine (last): The last day of a cruise is always hectic. This is regardless if it is a short trip or a lengthy one. There are so many things one has to do and so little time to do it all. That is why we decided to leave an 8:30am wake up call. We however woke naturally at 7:45 so after our morning ablutions we cancelled the call. The operator confirmed the cancellation, so I went into the shower while Harriet started drying her hair after her shower. Promptly at 8:29am with their reputation of being the most inefficient crew at sea to maintain, the telephone rang with our cancelled wake up call. No use my saying anything because it would have fallen on deaf ears.

Since we were up so early we decided to go to breakfast. The daily program listed the various dining rooms and when they were open for breakfast. We went to the one closest to our room because they would be open the longest. WRONG!!! When we got there the line was out the door and the staff informed all that they were not open for breakfast. It was a "cut and paste" in the program. We were told that the only place still open was the dining room several decks down. By the time we arrived the augmented line was three times the length of what it was upstairs. When we finally were shown to our seats the waiter informed us that they were our of most of the items on the menu.

After our abbreviated repast Harriet and I went our separate ways. She to a Mah Jongg game and me back to our cabin to start organizing our luggage for our departure. We agreed to meet up for lunch. It was the usual pig slop, so I had a hot dog and she had a bowl of chili and rice.

Because of the fiasco with the entertainment show the last few nights the cruise director had gotten the performers to put on a special matinee of their headline show "Saturday Night Fever."

I now know where all the people I auditioned that didn't make the cut ended up. This had to be one of the worst productions I had ever seen. If this were a Caribbean cruise I would have ordered the Casting Director to walk the plank. My idea of singing and dancing means singers that aren't tone deaf and dancers that understood that choreography is not an individual event but is instead coordinated. We left after several numbers.

When we booked this cruise among the various freebies we were given was a free spa day. I inquired if I could use the coupon to get a manicure. I was told that I could, so I had made an appointment for our last sailing day (today.) when I arrived for my appointment I was given a several page form to fill out. The form asked for my complete medical history. Honestly when I went into the hospital seven years ago for my surgery I had given them less information. I told the receptionist that I was not there for any type of treatment, just for a manicure. She was adamant about my either filing out the form or I couldn't get my nails clipped. After arguing with her for several minutes she told me that either the form got filled out or she would call security to forcibly remove me. I left without redeeming my free coupon. So much for customer relations!

The rest of the day was uneventful. We packed, had dinner, and retired to our cabin. Tomorrow is check out. I hope that it goes smoother than check in went. I will report again once we are safely in our apartment. Until then, I bid you all sweet dreams.

RCL vacation post, last: Home at last, home at last, and thank the lord almighty we are home at last.

RCL must have hired efficiency experts while we were away. Of the dozens of cruises we have gone on over the years, this was the smoothest and most trouble free disembarkation we have ever encountered. We couldn't believe that this was the same cruise line we had been sailing with for the past ten days.

Unfortunately for me, although we were sailing from our northern border instead of from the other border I was hit with a case of Montezuma's revenge last night. I know it was something I ate cause I swore the RCL gods were taking it out on me because of my Facebook posts. It was touch and go (fortunately not any "go") until I got upstairs to my apartment.

Before we sailed we had also booked our January cruise on RCL's "Anthem of the Seas." The second thing I did after getting home was to call our travel agent to cancel that trip. The only time I will ever sail on an RCL ship again would be if I died and this was the transportation on the River Styx bound for Hades. Since I hope that this won't be the case they will never ever see us again.

 

WOW

Welcome to CC

My sympathies to Harriet :D;)

Bye Bye

[allthatjazz]

WOW! I can't believe I just wasted my time reading this! We just got off this cruise and loved this itinerary. The one thing I agree on was we were 2 of the many people who had to wait in line in Boston for an 1 and a half, but it was due to the tide and that's why only 1 security line was opened. We loved the entertainment as we saw every show. We ate at every venue and enjoyed it. My sympathy goes out to Harriet too, as I don't think anyone or anything will ever make you happy.

Good luck to you as you sail other cruise lines.

:)

Edited September 6, 2015 by allthatjazz

[Janet524]

I think it was just last year when they had to change from going to Bermuda to Canada/New England. I think it was on Explorer but not 100% sure

 

It was a few years ago on Explorer. I had family members on that cruise. They traded shorts and flip flops for sweatshirts and sneakers. The change was due to a hurricane - can't remember which one.

[BND]

WOW! I can't believe I just wasted my time reading this! We just got off this cruise and loved this itinerary. The one thing I agree on was we were 2 of the many people who had to wait in line in Boston for an 1 and a half, but it was due to the tide and that's why only 1 security line was opened. We loved the entertainment as we saw every show. We ate at every venue and enjoyed it. My sympathy goes out to Harriet too, as I don't think anyone or anything will ever make you happy.

Good luck to you as you sail other cruise lines.

:)

 

I started reading, then started scanning and then decided I didn't need to waste my time.

 

My question is, why is that post on this thread? It's really a review by a supposedly experienced cruiser in his very first post. It's one thing to respond to the thread topic, but that was way over the top.

Edited September 6, 2015 by BND

[negc]

Talent chief - another first post wonder. I know that everyone has a first post but not everyone has such negative experiences that he has to find CC to regurgitate everything that he finds lacking in his very first post. Since many others have disputed the accuracy of his claims, I won't respond except to say our most recent experience on Liberty did not match his. Fortunately, since his experience was so bad, I think we can safely conclude that we do not need to fear encountering him or poor Harriet on one of our upcoming sailings.

[WrittenOnYourHeart]

I started reading, then started scanning and then decided I didn't need to waste my time.

 

My question is, why is that post on this thread? It's really a review by a supposedly experienced cruiser in his very first post. It's one thing to respond to the thread topic, but that was way over the top.

 

I'm with you all the way. I started trying to read it, but the lack of spacing between paragraphs made it one giant blob. Definitely seems like it should be in its own post.

 

And I'm with a PP in that "sliders" ARE small hamburgers (I did get that far). Not sure what the complainant thought he was ordering when he ordered them.

[Big_G]

I'm with you all the way. I started trying to read it, but the lack of spacing between paragraphs made it one giant blob. Definitely seems like it should be in its own post.

 

And I'm with a PP in that "sliders" ARE small hamburgers (I did get that far). Not sure what the complainant thought he was ordering when he ordered them.

 

My eyes hurt. I had to stop.

[DaniDanielle]

All I can say is on our 5 day to Bermuda I had excellent pasta and sliders were very tasty. Service was great. As far as check-in, we went through security and had sea passes in hand within ten minutes. I don't know of anyone who left hungry from the dining room....

[denatravels]

I don't know of anyone who left hungry from the dining room....

 

 

They outlawed that....

On more than one occasion, though, I ended up getting something else because I didn't like it (usually when I ignored their suggestions). The staff was really awesome!!

Edited September 6, 2015 by denatravels

[CCC3]

A vacation is what you make of it...