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Go to da fish fry. Just ask a cabbie and he'll take you there. Awesome conch fritters and seafood. Local fare. Where the locals go to eat. We go there every time we stop in Nassau. Plenty of cabs back to the ship as well.

 

 

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We went over there in Sept and nothing was open, we probably were too early arrived at 11:30, but you are correct, the food here is fantastic! get the #10 jittney close to the straw market, it is around $1.25 a person.

The time before Sept, we went over there it was around 1:30 or so and it was up and running and we had some of the best fish fry you can imagine and the conch fritters were amazing!

Not sure if you can still be able to purchase this tour, but The Bahamian Food Tasting Tour is great food and your guide provides quite a bit of information about the Bahama's. This is a walking tour and you visit (I think it is 5) Bahamian restaurants and get samples of food and beverage. Trust me by the time you finish the last restaurant, you are full.

Sometimes we just get off and wander around a bit. Yep, persons will try to get you to take a cab or some other purchase, just say no. Have never been worried in Nassau like Columbia or a few other locations. The straw market is in a building and is probably the one place that we always avoid. Too crowded and the same stuff at every stand (mostly made in China).

If you have never been to Nassau there are some really nice sights to see, google what to do in Nassau and you will get a bunch of good ideas.

Or maybe I'm just mature enough to be cool, calm and collected instead of irate and aggressive. :)

I think I am in the mind set that for some persons a 4 night cruise may be the only cruise they get for the year and I would be upset. Its easy to be cool, calm and collected when you can cruise more than 4 night cruises and especially if you can cruise more than once each year.

Yes DH and I do maybe 3 or 4 cruises a year, but I would even be a bit put off to be told we could not board until after 5:30 for Majesty. We live just north of PC but I cannot imagine what it would be like to fly in for this cruise and have to try and find something to do until you board. Many persons save their vacation time and with travel included it can be costly for them to try and figure out what to do.

I think RC should be more forthcoming about what it is that they are doing and why they are delaying the boarding time for such a long time. I think I mentioned previously that the cruise begins for us when we step foot on board the ship, not the hassle and concern of getting there and being at the port or when the ship sails.

this will be our 3rd time on deck 8 on Oasis and we have been very lucky to get the same cabin each cruise. We are in a suite, but we love deck 8 and I have a feeling after you experience it you will as well.

we were on deck 10 one time on Allure and it was ok, but if a suite is available on 8 will take it in a heartbeat.

have a fabulous cruise

the delay may be to put pepper grinders on all the tables and I bet they are going to move the banana's to the fruit section??? :D

this really cuts into the fun time on a short cruise, for us it starts the minute we board the ship.

at Coco Cay:

"OMG!!! there are shells in this water! You would think this would be cleaned up, we paid GOOD money for this cruise and this is in the water?????"

Standing in line for the tender and a female pushing her way to the front of the line.........stating she needed to get a shady place for her skin (We guessed it was the skin she was wearing, didn't see any other:D)

Ages ago at a large dining table an older man makes the statement, so I guess you are on this cruise???? Ah, Yep sure am and staying until we dock! Did not know him or his very, very, very well traveled wife.

Scott,

I think you ask a very reasonable question and I don't understand why there are so many snarky responses. As you can see I have been on CC for quite a few years and really don't post much, but we do cruise a lot.

We will be going on Oasis again in January and this is the 3rd time on her. We have been on once after the referb and found it to be great. We are very excited that it will be ported at Port Canaveral since that is so close to our home.

Let me apologize for those that know everything and try and put persons down, this almost seems as if it is getting out of hand. We have sailed on various lines and we are now over 60 cruises. I still have questions and I truly thought yours was very good.

As for the suggestion you should sail Majesty, I will tell you we sailed her in September and it was a good cruise, but not one that we will do again. There is NO comparison to Oasis and Majesty and that was a bit of a put down reply.

I really don't care how many of the regular posters flame me because I am getting tired of reading all the negative responses, and when I see its just snarky, I skip over it so I may have missed some on this thread. Again, I think you will truly enjoy Oasis and by the way our least favorite one so far was the Quantum.

BLAST AWAY FOLKS!

I believe Crystal or Regent would meet your specifications. Of course the price for these luxury cruise lines is greater than Royal. Since you want to sail Star on Royal, then I would suggest an upgraded suite on Regent. This would provide what you described as your normal type of vacation.

I love most of the Royal ships, but there is absolutely no comparison to the luxury lines.

Do a bit of research on them and that should provide you with additional information as to the line you would feel most comfortable with.

As you can see, we will be on Oasis again in January and this is our 3rd time on her. We have over 60 cruises that we have done with multiple lines. If you enjoy cruising, try them all and you will find a favorite, but just know what we like may not be your cup of tea.

Off Majesty last Friday and had to go to GS to have my bill adjusted also. I was charged for the Diamond drinks that I had receipts showing $0.00, made a difference of $61.52 for the 4 nights.

agree, watch your statements!

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

totally agree on small bathroom light, when we cruise on the older ships I always take one of those battery operated really small candle's. It is just enough light when you need to use facilities.

really would LOVE potato chips on every ship, good french fries wings.

Off the Majesty on the 16th and the crew was amazing!!! Lots of sewer smells in our hallway, we were in cabin 9308. We had a great cabin Stewart, and we tipped him extra as soon as we saw him and request ice every day and we did receive it.

We went to the dining room on night one and night three and had food that was terrible and did not eat it. Our servers were amazing and tried their best to make us happy and offered other food, but nothing served at our table of 6 was appealing or very good. Two persons actually sent their food back, we just left.

BEWARE: there is a Galley Buffet special they are selling and it sounds great, $35.00 p/p and it is a tour of the galley and a buffet. It was on Thursday at 11:30, I believe it was approx 60 persons and we were divided into 3 groups.

We had champagne or mimosa's as we entered the dining room and were divided into groups. We were told there would be 3 groups and we would pass by the appetizers and deserts before we do the galley tour. Twenty persons on this tour is too many persons and the people at the back could not see or hear what was being described. After the tour we were seated at tables and then allowed to help ourselves to the appetizers. So, we were in group 3 and of course the appetizers were quite picked over, but we made the best of it.

Then we waited while we saw the others being served the meal. After a bit of a wait a server brought our table a menu and we all ordered our meals. UGH!!! The food was terrible and almost no one ate any of it. By now some of the others were actually leaving the dining room as they had already been served and had their desert. Our table looked around and saw there were staff breaking down the desert and appetizer tables. We got up on our own to get our desert but the trays were so picked over there was really nothing left to eat.

Some of the group asked the crew doing the breakdown where the servers were and what about their deserts???? One of the breakdown crew said they thought everyone had been served, well, no there was still the table next to us that had not been served either. We chose to leave, this is just to let you know that this is not worked out to well yet in case you choose to pay this additional fee.

We ate DINNER at Johnny Rockets 2 nights so we would have edible food. The crew on this ship is fantastic, but unfortunately that cannot make up for nothing to do other than some trivia in the Schooner Lounge and not such good food.

By the way, we are Diamond, so we were able to enjoy the VCL, but the good section of it is now roped off for Diamond and above. We have always enjoyed sitting up there and now feel sorry that even that small nice location has been taken away from the general customer.

Nope, we will not be back on the Majesty, but again, this ship has one of the best crews we have sailed with.

We have sailed on both Allure and Oasis and going on Oasis again in January. We have almost always sailed in 8660, fantastic location, no noise from above you or below you. Easy access to everything. Coastal Kitchen is easy to get to.

We sailed on deck 10 on Allure one year and much preferred deck 8. We had a chance for a loft but after a cabin crawl where we got to see it, we much prefer our GS.

The ship is fantastic and I'm sure which ever cabin you choose you will have a wonderful time.

Happy Anniversary!!

Just off Majesty and went there 2 times, $6.95 and there was not added tip, we just added the tip when we signed the receipt.

Excellent both times and soda is included.....great burgers, FF and oh my gosh the onion rings! Had the best server and he even came over and spoke to us the second time we came in and we were not at one of his tables. The first time he told us we MUST save room for the special apple pie they made just for us :), we were too full and could not try it. On the second visit when he came over he told us they baked a new pie for us and it was just warming down enough to put the ice cream on it. Well, how can you not get a slice after that???? Even though we were stuffed, we got a slice to split between us and we ate it all, it was delicious!

I guess I am one of the whiners, we did not like DD in any way what so ever. We sailed on Quantum and here I guess is another whine, I'm not going to sail on Anthem since we were not overly impressed with Quantum. It seems there are more complaints about Anthem than the other ships???? We'll stick to Oasis class ships and some of the smaller ships.

On our sailing on Quantum there were so many complaints I felt so sorry for the crew, there were some extremely nasty comments from passengers. Even though you had your reservation, there were lines to be seated each night. Most of the time the food came out cold when you were finally able to place your order.

Maybe we just had a bad sail date, but it was among one of the worst cruises we have taken in our 60+ cruises. (not all with RCCL) The crew was trying so hard to please, but we preferred to have my time dining and before you jump all over me about NCL, nope don't like them, not sailing with them. Things change and sometimes you hit the ball out of the park and some times its just a loser as far as many are concerned.

I'm very glad Royal listens to ALL their customers, including the ones on cruise critic.

I can't say this is the best place (that would be objective to each person), but I can say it is where we usually park when we drive down.

Park & Cruise, 1700 Sea Ray Drive, Merritt Island, Fl.............1-866-706-8999. We are cruising Majesty on Monday and we always purchase our tickets ahead of time. Our total cost for our 4 day cruise was $51.54 (that included the tax). I don't have the web site in front of me now or I would include that as well.

when you arrive you drop off your passengers and luggage, you are directed where to park and you keep your keys. They have several shuttle buses and we have never had to wait long either at their location or when we got off the ship.

There is another location run by Raddison and we have parked in their lot as well and never had any issues. These both places are less costly than the parking at the terminal, but each person has their own preference.

happy cruise

V

following, great review

LOVE 8660, we are in this cabin in January......close to everything. 3rd time for us in this GS, so I guess you could say we really like it! Did deck 10 on Allure, but much prefer deck 8

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long, long ago I was a travel agent and when I quit I was always able to do my own booking. then I guess you could say I got a bit lazy and contacted a TA for a long European cruise. She did book the trip for me, but I wound up doing everything else myself. There were some major issues and I was unable to contact her.

That did it, I decided to do it myself going forward. Except, this year I contacted a TA for a quick cruise since I read on here about the OBC and other nice perks that others get. So, get the cruise booked through this TA, we were told all that was available was late dining. We do not do late dining, so I asked to be wait listed. That has not happened and since the cruise is fully paid now I can't get a hold of this agent either.

NEVER again, there truly are great TA's out there, but finding them can be quite the challenge.

I booked Regent myself and Oasis myself and have not had one issue and prefer to be in charge of my travel and not depend on others.

V

thanks for your review on Majesty. first time on Majesty in September and as you mentioned, it will be a quick get away

great review and appreciated your positive and some not so positive issues reported in a most excellent manner

V

following and like your writing style

thanks for taking the time to do this

V

I remember we were feeling "snacky" one night on Enchantment and we stopped by the Windjammer just before they were closing. They had wings! we got some and demolished them in no time and were able to grab the last few just before they closed for the night. OMG, I have never had wings that good since, of course it could be that we were really hungry and had consumed a few adult beverages!!!:D

We are now retired and travel quite a bit. I'm trying to think of any place we have been recently that there are not available upgrades.....hmmm, flying, yep, there was business and first class as well as economy. Were the persons in business and first class treated differently, no, I don't think so, but did we have more perks. Yes, we got better food and drinks. I think the cost of our ticket probably covered some of that. Did we board before others, yes we did, probably since the price of the ticket was more than economy.

Checking into the hotel, we had a very nice ocean FRONT suite, were we treated differently? No, I don't think so. I feel we received the same courteous treatment that I saw others receive. Did we have more perks than persons that did not pay for the large suite, yes we did. (Our room was more expensive than those not in the same category)

Cruising, DH and I cruise in suites. Why, because the cabin is larger, this is the most important factor. Are we treated differently, I don't think so, but we do get more for what we paid then if we cruised in an interior cabin. Yep, Oasis and Quantum have Coastal Kitchen and it is reserved for suite guests. Again, our cabin is quite a bit more costly than an interior cabin or other category and paying a bit more provides a bit more.

We are fortunate after working long and hard we are able to enjoy the finer airline seats, hotel rooms, and cabins on ships.

I would only hope that all persons that take a vacation do it with the awesome knowledge they are seeing a different world than where they live.

If persons pay a higher price for amenities, they should not be criticized nor should the provider be criticized for providing this to them. They paid for it, why would you be upset about this?