Sovereign smell question

[kruz]

I've only cruised on Carnival before, so I'm taking a leap and going for a cruise on RCCL. My friend and I are looking at the Sovereign but about half of the reviews say there is a sewer smell on the ship...did anyone experience this and was it that bad??? Also what about smoking? Bad???? We are not smokers...

 

Thanks!

 

P.S. I looked for a thread addressing this but didn't find one...so if you know of one, point me to it!

 

 

I have been on this ship 3 times, the first two times never had a problem. The third time was horrible..deck 2 forward. Sewer smell so bad all three days ( thank goodness it was a short cruise!) Or cabin stweard tried putting chlorox soaked rags over the drains in our bathroom but to no avail, it only made the smell worse.

[bambam2972]

We were looking at booking a quick cruise to the Bahamas and were trying to decide between SOS or the Majesty. Our Travel Agent suggested the Majesty since it has been refurbished. Just a thought . . .

 

Just so you know, Sov. was refurbished too... but Majesty was more recent. I've been on Sovereign pre- and post-refurb and she looked great! I love the Sovereign, it was my first cruise and got me hooked!!

 

I was on her last June and didn't notice any smell... you'll have a GREAT time!! :D I'm not sure which Carnival ships you have been on, but I went on the Elation in Dec. and found more similarities than differences between Elation & Sovereign.

 

Have a great time!!!!

[realtreebar]

we booked the sov. for january 2008 in febuary 2007 and are hearing all sorts of different reviews and i take things with a grain of salt as you have complainers & you have COMPLAINERS and guess what? we can not back out now that would be a shame.:D

[EdisonNJ Cruiser]

We sailed on SOS last summer and never noticed this sewer smell. We found the ship to be in tip top shape and very clean. On occasion, you would find a dirty bathroom as in any public place, but found the houskeeping staff to be very much on top of things.

[OliverTheCat]

Check out my thread dated 27 Jan.....

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=482184

 

and here are my pictures from the "Girl's Weekend" with pics of the room and repair persons :p .....

http://travel.webshots.com/album/557250046kIIvNn

 

Don't sweat it! You'll have a SUPER time!!

 

 

So is the Deck 2 Midship cabins more nortorious for having drain backup issues? I am booked in this area for a special occasion cruise in October on SOS, and I would really be bummed if I had to deal with this during a celebration....

[barbarah]

Hi - we were on the Sovereign three weeks ago in a deck 7 cabin and had no odor at all. It was a great trip!

[caskim]

The smell is on all ships. The morning after the Mexican Buffet...:D

I'm sorry but I thought this was really funny!!!!

I owed you one.