Majesty Nightlife/not in the Viking lounge

[monctonguy]

I am currently booked on Enchantment but looking at possibly switching to Majesty.

 

I have done Majesty before, and the one thing that I found surprising was the lack of night life after 10pm. It was a short cruise and out of Miami.

 

I wondered if perhaps the lack of the Viking lounge for a club/disco was a reason for this. It seemed like people were spread out maybe at all different places around the ship, but not one designated area for a nightclub/dancing?

 

Or was it just the cruise that I was on that was dead?

 

Anyone that has been on Majesty recently or since she switched to Port Canaveral perhaps that can shed some light or let me know what its been like with the nightlife and lack of dancing in the Viking crown lounge.

[venicia]

Off Majesty on 9/16 and the front portion of the Viking Crown Lounge is reserved for the Diamond Lounge. We went there each night for a short time and they had nice cocktails and appetizers. The food portion is now set up where the bar at the front used to be.

 

We stayed up for Karaoke in one of the lounges and in Bolaro's (sp??) they had latin music and had a crowd each night.

 

There is a fantastic rock & roll band on board, One4One and they play some requests. They are very, very good.

 

If you choose to change to Majesty, the only balcony cabins are suites. We had a cabin on deck 9, one of the larger cabins and it was ok. If you looked out the window and down you looked at a life boat, but looking straight ahead you looked directly at the ocean.

 

There is no solarium on Majesty and the pool is quite small.

 

We did not attend any of the shows in the theater, but heard from others they were ok.

 

The main dining room food left quite a bit to be desired. We went 2 times and were disappointed both times. We were at a table for 6 and some persons sent their food back.

 

We chose to go to Johnny Rockets and paid the $6.95 p/person and then tossed a coin for the other night to determine if we would go to the Compass Deli that turns into a Mexican pay dinner. Johnny Rockets won the 2nd time and we were not disappointed. Both times had great service and very good food.

 

The crew on the Majesty is one of the best we have ever sailed with and it is a shame the dining room chef's cannot get the food better in the dining room. We ate other meals in the Windjammer and always found good food there and again, super great service from the crew.

 

If you choose Majesty, let me make you aware of one event they had. They have a Galley & Brunch tour for $35.00 p/person. This was held on the last day, we did the 4 night cruise. At 11:30 am all parties met in the dining room and were split into 3 groups of approximately 20 persons. Then you are escorted by the appetizers and the deserts to the galley. There are too many persons in each tour. Persons at the end cannot hear or see what is being explained.

 

After the galley tour, you are seated at tables and they invite you to help yourself to the appetizers, we were in group 3 and the appetizers were very picked over for our group.

 

Then a server gives you a menu to choose your meal. We were seated at a table of 10 and only one or two persons actually ate what was brought to them. Not good at all. We waited to be invited to the desert table but when we saw others leaving the dining room and no waiters,we made our way to the desert table, but it was practically all gone. The crew was actually breaking down the tables, one gentleman asked the crew about our deserts and was told by crew they were told to break down the tables as everyone had been served.

 

Not so, and the other table of 10 was still sitting there waiting for their desert. The galley tour was very nice, but not for $35.00, since the food was not good at all.

 

We loved Enchantment and wish it was still here at Canaveral, not going to drive to Miami for a 3 or 4 night cruise, so we are planning on other types of short weekend getaways instead of cruising. We still will do the 7 night and longer cruises, but we will not be going back on Majesty.

 

I hope this long post has given you some information between the 2 ships. If there is anything else I can answer for you, please feel free to ask.

 

V