Trickie Dickie Posted February 15, 2017 #1 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Last week I was docked on another ship in Cozumel near Liberty of the Seas. What have they done?! It had these horrible giant Carnival style water slides on the highest level at the aft of the ship. Horrible thing to do to such a beautiful ship. It looks like a floating amusement park now. So sad. I saw Freedom of the Seas a few days later. It did not have this modification. I guess the young and the young at heart will enjoy the slides, but to me it looks like a horrible mess on top of such a beautiful ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdthird Posted February 15, 2017 #2 Share Posted February 15, 2017 The new slides are there for those who want to use them, and for the rest of the passengers who don't, they will probably never see them when they're on the ship. I'm sure Royal cares little for what non passengers think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BecciBoo Posted February 15, 2017 #3 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfganghowell Posted February 15, 2017 #4 Share Posted February 15, 2017 The slides are at the back of the ship. How the ship "looks" from afar really doesn't have an impact on the experience. Those slides are a blast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateUpNorth Posted February 15, 2017 #5 Share Posted February 15, 2017 So choose Freedom instead? It's a bunch of slides. They look fun to me. I found the hallway carpet on Freedom to be terrible looking, but it didn't affect my cruise at all. Guess it's all about perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trickie Dickie Posted February 15, 2017 Author #6 Share Posted February 15, 2017 So choose Freedom instead?It's a bunch of slides. They look fun to me. I found the hallway carpet on Freedom to be terrible looking, but it didn't affect my cruise at all. Guess it's all about perspective. There is a big difference between carpet inside and adding an ugly massive twisting slide structure to the top of a ship. Good gravy! :) Have you even seen it? It appears there is no issue with RCL turning into Carnival by the readers so far it seems. And I am booked on Freedom in the fall - Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruzieSue Posted February 15, 2017 #7 Share Posted February 15, 2017 The "horrible giant Carnival style water slides" are the very reason we chose Liberty for our upcoming cruise for our family !!!! To each his/her own I suppose. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted February 15, 2017 #8 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Slides are the future. There will be more. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted February 15, 2017 #9 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Slides do not bother me, I will never use them, they were added last year during retrofit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euphscott Posted February 15, 2017 #10 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I welcome the new toys - something to do in between spins on the Flowrider! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akcruz Posted February 15, 2017 #11 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Slides are the future. There will be more. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Forums mobile app Yep. Liberty is not the only Royal ship currently with slides, Adventure and Harmony also have them with more ships to come. Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCC3 Posted February 15, 2017 #12 Share Posted February 15, 2017 They're not bothering me, and perhaps keep people out of the pool so I can use it! [emoji23] Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealstuber Posted February 15, 2017 #13 Share Posted February 15, 2017 They did a much better job on the Liberty than they did in the Navigator which was sailing from Galveston previously. When DW &I I sailed the Liberty, it was just us, the kids stayed home. Even so, we appreciated that there was this huge complex dedicated to keeping other people's kids away from areas we enjoyed. Probably will be going back with our kids this summer. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladysilver Posted February 15, 2017 #14 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Last week I was docked on another ship in Cozumel near Liberty of the Seas. What have they done?! It had these horrible giant Carnival style water slides on the highest level at the aft of the ship. Horrible thing to do to such a beautiful ship. It looks like a floating amusement park now. So sad. I saw Freedom of the Seas a few days later. It did not have this modification. I guess the young and the young at heart will enjoy the slides, but to me it looks like a horrible mess on top of such a beautiful ship. I think it looks tacky. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LMaxwell Posted February 15, 2017 #15 Share Posted February 15, 2017 It looks like a floating amusement park now. That's what they advertise it as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordnlkon Posted February 15, 2017 #16 Share Posted February 15, 2017 How dare they put additional entertainment options on their ships!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdthird Posted February 15, 2017 #17 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Hey...put your money where your mouth is. We did a b2b on Liberty last October. No issue in our mind to the slides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookster99 Posted February 15, 2017 #18 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Was on the Liberty over New Years, and the slides did not detract from the beauty of the ship at all. In fact, we will be on her again in 2019. We did have fun watching the people use the Flowrider, but didn't dare to try the slides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trickie Dickie Posted February 16, 2017 Author #19 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I think it looks tacky. :rolleyes: At least one person shares my opinion :D I'm not Alone anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internetwhiz Posted February 16, 2017 #20 Share Posted February 16, 2017 The slides and Tidal Wave are great. Love the new mini golf on the front of the ship. I wouldn't prefer Freedom. No musical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAOk1945 Posted February 16, 2017 #21 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Last week I was docked on another ship in Cozumel near Liberty of the Seas. What have they done?! It had these horrible giant Carnival style water slides on the highest level at the aft of the ship. Horrible thing to do to such a beautiful ship. It looks like a floating amusement park now. So sad. I saw Freedom of the Seas a few days later. It did not have this modification. I guess the young and the young at heart will enjoy the slides, but to me it looks like a horrible mess on top of such a beautiful ship. We enjoyed our Christmas cruise on the LOS, and plan another RC cruise (different ship and itinerary) in the future, but I agree with you and Ladysilver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F27TW Posted February 16, 2017 #22 Share Posted February 16, 2017 OMG I just looked up some pix of it on Google .. what a hideous mess .. looks cheap too .. like it could just fall right over the side in heavy seas ... and why orange and green?? Very Very ugly. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaveitallbehind Posted February 16, 2017 #23 Share Posted February 16, 2017 At least one person shares my opinion :D I'm not Alone anymore! Not a fan of water slides? Wait till you see Harmony! BTW - none of that bothers me. It's one thing if someone thinks a ship looks like another line - its another altogether to be it! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trickie Dickie Posted February 16, 2017 Author #24 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Here is a picture I took in Cozumel. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted February 16, 2017 #25 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I like it. The slide tower is actually very innovative Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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