Making halfway decent time, just got into SC. About 4 more hours and we will be home!
Trying to wrap up my thoughts on the trip overall, here’s a few randoms for the moment:
*The ship had areas that were extremely cold (aft dining room even made Chris, a hot blooded person, comment on it) and then areas that were extremely hot (elevators, atrium stood out to me). Our stateroom, 5239, was bipolar in a WEIRD way…it was freezing cold during the day and then super stuffy at night. You’d think it would be the other way around!
*Guest Services this time around were awful. I’m not the only one who commented that either, a few others with issues said the same, and even Chris got frustrated with them when he went to ask about canceling our Jiji’s reservation for last night. We wanted to cancel well in advance, as our reservation was for when they first opened, and GS told him to just call during open times. He explained we wanted to give them a heads up so that if someone else wanted our spot they could reserve it, and finally the agent “took care of it.” We got a call at our stateroom at the time of our reservation asking if we were planning to come…ummmm, GS supposedly let you know one of us is sick and we won’t be coming. They also never, ever followed up with us on the other issues we had, which is a first for me.
*Marty was, I felt, a good CD. He did not make any announcements into the stateroom unless necessary, and we saw him out & about interacting with guests quite a bit. I really liked him!
*As always, the Havana area just MADE the cruise. They totally got it right on Vista class ships. That area, even on a “school’s out for the summer” cruise, was a great oasis away from the crowds. We had some kids (maybe about 8-10 of them?) in the area, and overall they behaved. If they did jump/cannonball into the pool the attendant quickly (and nicely) told them it wasn’t allowed. The attendants were also enforcing “interlopers” trying to come in, more than once I saw them asking non-Havana guests to leave.
*Parking situation at terminal 6 is a bit confusing. Ok, fine, Chris said it’s horrid. Hopefully when they finish the construction it won’t be so bad. It’s easy to get out on debarkation day (at least has been for us, but we get off early) but do bring your patience for embarkation day. Now that we have done it (more than once for me) I think we have it down, but it can be chaotic.
That’s all I got for now, if I think of more I’ll add them. If anyone has any questions, ask away! I won’t be back
on a CCL ship until December, and I’m not sure if I’ll be doing a review on that sailing or not, so you may not see me around for a bit. Until we meet again…smooth sailing!