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aprilgail2
Guest
Positives and Negatives on my 4/30 cruise
Positives-
Stateroom host was fantastic!* Last cruise ours wasn't very friendly but this time he was friendly and took good care of us.
Basket from Shirley at the Perfect Gift-awesome as usual!!-THANKS!
Dining Room-Servers were fantastic-if my daughter wanted something no on the menu they went out of their way to get it for her.
Shows-All of the shows were great- I was pleased that they got rid of the Hercules show-Golden Mickeys and Disney Dreams were great and the 2 Variety Shows we saw were great....my daughter loved the magic show!
Scoops was great as usual!
The Adult pool was great, not crowded and relaxing.
Rainforest room-empty and relaxing.
Spa-Had a back facial that was awesome-SO relaxing!
Bingo- I like playing bingo but they drag it out SO long...and by the 2nd night I thought I would scream if I heard a "yea baby" or "doh" one more time I would scream LOL....
The Games like Family Trivia and scavenger hunt were a lot of fun.
Palo- Fantastic!!
St. Thomas-Megans Bay was awesome.* So easy to walk off the ship and the taxis right there, cheap enough to get to the beach.* Then on the way home plenty of taxis to get you back. Our driver back was very nice...even stopped at one point so we could take a picture of the cruise ships all docked in a row from up high.
St. Maarten-very nice-water was great there, not wavy so perfect for little ones or non swimmers.* Vendors a pain in the butt though every 5 minutes!* We went to the beach right to the left of the boat dock.
Castaway Cay-fantastic.* I could walk all the way out to the buoys and the water still wasn't over my head.* The only downside was that the water playground was only opened for about 2 hours before the water went to low to use it anymore.
Smoking......yes, I am actually putting smoking in the positive part of this....Very very few times was I even around a smoker. Rockin Bar D is always non smoking so the times we were in there for family events it did not smell at all! Diversions is non smoking until 9pm. We had an entertainer the last day and he was making a joke of the smoking and he asked how many smokers there were and very few raised their hands or clapped, though I am sure some just wouldn't raise theirs or clap...but when he asked for non smokers I would say it had to be 90 percent of the place so we far outnumber the amounts of smokers. I was bothered at one of the deck parties by a stinky cigar, but I just moved to the other side and was fine...
Medical Facility- This was the first cruise out of 3 I had to pay a visit to the medical facility, and surprisingly it was NOT for my daughter (who actually did wake up screaming at 3am with an ear infection but I brought antibiotics and just mixed them up and started her on them with no need for the medical facility for that) but for my mom....I had filled her prescription for her heart medicine and she packed the bottle that was almost empty-had just 2 pills in it-we went down and they didn't charge us the 100.00 for the visit, just $1.60 for the 6 pills she needed.
BTW-if you happened to be one of our neighbors that night my daughter woke up at 3am with ear pain and screamed for an hour- I am SO sorry!!
Negatives
Never ever ever again would I book a Cat 11 room.* It was like living in a shoebox.* We were only 3 people, and one of them was a 5 year old but we were tripping over each other all the time!* There was no where to store your clothes since these rooms don't have the steamer trunk.* They also dont have the split bathroom which we loved last cruise.* It was terribly cramped, I can't imagine what a family of 4 would be like in there!
Pools-well the pools as they always are-crowded, though the goofy pool was cleaner this time around but kids still jumping off the sides onto people and at one point it was just body to body in there.* The Mickey pool was just gross as usual....one day we were there and some non toilet trained kid pooped right in the pool...nice green poop just sitting there...causes the pool to be shut down and cleaned.* People just will NOT follow the no non potty trained kids in the pool rule!* The Adult pool was great though, not crowded and relaxing.
Food- sub-par.* Nothing great or awesome about the dinners...the servers make up for it though LOL...they cater so much to you that you forget the quality of the food!
Well can't think of anything else....
Positives-
Stateroom host was fantastic!* Last cruise ours wasn't very friendly but this time he was friendly and took good care of us.
Basket from Shirley at the Perfect Gift-awesome as usual!!-THANKS!
Dining Room-Servers were fantastic-if my daughter wanted something no on the menu they went out of their way to get it for her.
Shows-All of the shows were great- I was pleased that they got rid of the Hercules show-Golden Mickeys and Disney Dreams were great and the 2 Variety Shows we saw were great....my daughter loved the magic show!
Scoops was great as usual!
The Adult pool was great, not crowded and relaxing.
Rainforest room-empty and relaxing.
Spa-Had a back facial that was awesome-SO relaxing!
Bingo- I like playing bingo but they drag it out SO long...and by the 2nd night I thought I would scream if I heard a "yea baby" or "doh" one more time I would scream LOL....
The Games like Family Trivia and scavenger hunt were a lot of fun.
Palo- Fantastic!!
St. Thomas-Megans Bay was awesome.* So easy to walk off the ship and the taxis right there, cheap enough to get to the beach.* Then on the way home plenty of taxis to get you back. Our driver back was very nice...even stopped at one point so we could take a picture of the cruise ships all docked in a row from up high.
St. Maarten-very nice-water was great there, not wavy so perfect for little ones or non swimmers.* Vendors a pain in the butt though every 5 minutes!* We went to the beach right to the left of the boat dock.
Castaway Cay-fantastic.* I could walk all the way out to the buoys and the water still wasn't over my head.* The only downside was that the water playground was only opened for about 2 hours before the water went to low to use it anymore.
Smoking......yes, I am actually putting smoking in the positive part of this....Very very few times was I even around a smoker. Rockin Bar D is always non smoking so the times we were in there for family events it did not smell at all! Diversions is non smoking until 9pm. We had an entertainer the last day and he was making a joke of the smoking and he asked how many smokers there were and very few raised their hands or clapped, though I am sure some just wouldn't raise theirs or clap...but when he asked for non smokers I would say it had to be 90 percent of the place so we far outnumber the amounts of smokers. I was bothered at one of the deck parties by a stinky cigar, but I just moved to the other side and was fine...
Medical Facility- This was the first cruise out of 3 I had to pay a visit to the medical facility, and surprisingly it was NOT for my daughter (who actually did wake up screaming at 3am with an ear infection but I brought antibiotics and just mixed them up and started her on them with no need for the medical facility for that) but for my mom....I had filled her prescription for her heart medicine and she packed the bottle that was almost empty-had just 2 pills in it-we went down and they didn't charge us the 100.00 for the visit, just $1.60 for the 6 pills she needed.
BTW-if you happened to be one of our neighbors that night my daughter woke up at 3am with ear pain and screamed for an hour- I am SO sorry!!
Negatives
Never ever ever again would I book a Cat 11 room.* It was like living in a shoebox.* We were only 3 people, and one of them was a 5 year old but we were tripping over each other all the time!* There was no where to store your clothes since these rooms don't have the steamer trunk.* They also dont have the split bathroom which we loved last cruise.* It was terribly cramped, I can't imagine what a family of 4 would be like in there!
Pools-well the pools as they always are-crowded, though the goofy pool was cleaner this time around but kids still jumping off the sides onto people and at one point it was just body to body in there.* The Mickey pool was just gross as usual....one day we were there and some non toilet trained kid pooped right in the pool...nice green poop just sitting there...causes the pool to be shut down and cleaned.* People just will NOT follow the no non potty trained kids in the pool rule!* The Adult pool was great though, not crowded and relaxing.
Food- sub-par.* Nothing great or awesome about the dinners...the servers make up for it though LOL...they cater so much to you that you forget the quality of the food!
Well can't think of anything else....
