Liberty of the Seas - In depth review of our Mediterranean Cruise!!

[mskaufman]

We went last July and the seas were calm. But that is only one data point.

[kyjoe]

Now the fun begins.....

 

Our final wake up call at 6. No room service this morning… darn! We headed to the Windjammer for breakfast and then met in the dining room at 8 for our 815am turn to get off the ship. Becky and Amanda met us in the dining room and got off the ship with us. It was all very quick and very easy…. Up until this point.

 

We were group 24. We headed to the luggage carousel with everyone else. Becky got her first bag and then Amanda got hers. Then we got mine. They got their final bag, but we were still waiting on Greg’s. I told them to go ahead and we would see them later. We were getting increasingly worried.

 

We waited and waited and then we saw Bob and Melissa. They were group 27. When they both got their bags, I knew there was a problem and I had one VERY upset husband. I told him to hold on and went over to the desk to tell them we were missing a bag. I gave them a description and the girl went to look for it. No luck. So I had to fill out a lost luggage form. Once I got everything filled out, we headed out to the bus that was to take us to the airport. I had prepaid our transfer, but had not received vouchers. So, on top of losing a suitcase, my poor husband was upset over the possibility of not getting to the airport when they asked for our vouchers. I am guessing a lot of people didn’t get vouchers because when I told him I had prepaid, he took our cabin number and he had lots of cabin numbers written down.

 

Once at the airport (my poor hubby was still upset) a RCCL employee came on the bus and explained to all of us where we were to go and said if any of us were waiting for luggage from the ship, to see him. Greg and I just looked at each other and said…hmmmmm. Once off the bus, we went over to the man and explained our situation. He told us to get in line (It was long with one person working), give him 5 minutes and one of us come back and check with him. So after 5 minutes or so, Greg went out while I stayed in line with my luggage. A few minutes later, here comes my husband with his suitcase…… thank goodness!!! It still had our group number tag on it, so I am not sure where it was, but we got it and that’s all that matters.

 

We got our boarding passes and were told to go to gate B10. There is no such gate… haha. After searching and searching we finally asked and were told we needed D10. UGH!!! We got to our gate and heard my Aunt calling my name. They should have been in the air already, but turns out their flight had been cancelled so they were put on a later flight. My mom ended up having to stay in London for the night and my Aunt had to stay in New York. They both ended up getting home a day later than planned.

 

 

While waiting at our gate, I got a picture of our plane

 

 

 

 

See the duct tape??? LOL, we didn't have that nice warm, fuzzy feeling!!

 

We boarded our flight to JFK on time and left a few minutes late. Lunch was served, chicken and rice or lasagna with spinach and mushrooms. The cookies… ewwww. They served a snack 2 hours before landing which was a Margherita con Pesto pizza and was pretty darned good!!!

 

We landed at JFK with a 2 ½ hour window to catch our connecting flight to Nashville. NEVER AGAIN. If we do this again, I will make sure we have a 3 or more hour window. Immigration at JFK is a complete mess. No clear lines. US Citizen lines were full of people from other countries who could not read or speak English and it slowed us all up. This took almost an hour. When we finally got thru there and found our luggage, we had to go thru customs and then recheck our luggage. Then, we had to go thru security to get back into the airport. We almost missed our flight. Of course our connecting flight was at the very last gate of the terminal…UGH!!

 

We got on our connecting flight and got to Nashville 30 mins early!!! I called the Radisson and they sent the van over immediately, thank god. At this point, we had been up for 21 hours, and looked like it too.. haha. The staff was wonderful and got us checked in pretty quickly and even put us in a suite!! We dropped off our luggage, headed out to get a quick bite to eat and then back to the room for a nice hot shower and a good night sleep in one of their sleep number beds.

 

Remember at the beginning when I said something about a fruit and cheese tray? Well, my husband woke me up to tell me that the hotel had just delivered this tray of fruit, crackers and cheeses. I wouldn’t even open my eyes… lol. He said there was a note with it so I told him to read the note. The note congratulated us on our wedding… hahahaha!!! They delivered the tray to the wrong room. I told him to take it back down to the desk, because it wasn’t ours. Well, they said enjoy! It was their mistake. And we did!!! I woke up at 330am (1030 Barcelona time… lol) and had a nice little snack!

 

We got up the next morning, had breakfast, loaded the car and headed home. We were home by noon!! My daughter, and the dogs, we all happy to see us!! We have one dog that smiles (really, she does) and she was so happy we were home she had a smile on her face everytime she looked at either of us!!!!

 

 

We are thinking about staying at the Radisson in Nashville the day before our flight and parking our car there for our cruise in March. Do you recommend it???

[chasinraynbowz]

We are thinking about staying at the Radisson in Nashville the day before our flight and parking our car there for our cruise in March. Do you recommend it???

 

 

Yes, I would highly recommend it. They were great getting us to the airport and picking us up. I never worried about my car at all.

[kyjoe]

Yes, I would highly recommend it. They were great getting us to the airport and picking us up. I never worried about my car at all.

 

Thanks for the info!

[chasinraynbowz]

Thanks for the info!

 

 

What cruise are you going on in March? DH and I are going on a cruise on March 8 out of Port Canaveral.

 

Have a great cruise!!!

[kyjoe]

What cruise are you going on in March? DH and I are going on a cruise on March 8 out of Port Canaveral.

 

Have a great cruise!!!

 

We're doing the exact same cruise we did this March. It's a 10 night cruise on the Celebrity Equinox 3/14. We're about a 2 hour drive from Nashville so that's why I was looking into a hotel where we could leave our car. It's the first time we've done this, but it sounds like a pretty good deal. At your recommendation, I booked the Radisson yesterday! Y'all have a great cruise too!!!

[DEERINH2O]

Have to subscribe since we are looking a booking this cruise.

 

thanks can't wait to read it all.

 

Kathy

[chasinraynbowz]

We're doing the exact same cruise we did this March. It's a 10 night cruise on the Celebrity Equinox 3/14. We're about a 2 hour drive from Nashville so that's why I was looking into a hotel where we could leave our car. It's the first time we've done this, but it sounds like a pretty good deal. At your recommendation, I booked the Radisson yesterday! Y'all have a great cruise too!!!

 

 

You won't be disappointed!! Thanks, I am counting down the days!!!

[chasinraynbowz]

Have to subscribe since we are looking a booking this cruise.

 

thanks can't wait to read it all.

 

Kathy

 

 

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!!

[HardHeadedWoman]

Loved your review! Makes me want to take another Med cruise!

[chasinraynbowz]

Loved your review! Makes me want to take another Med cruise!

 

 

Thanks so much!! I love to go back and read it and relive the cruise! Trust me, we want to go back also... lol!!