Spectacular Splendour Birthday Cruise Review with Pictures

[Kcjarvis]

The sandy beach was wonderful and the water was surprisingly warm.

 

(7 euro for chairs and umbrella)

 

 

 

 

After a great day, we returned the car and walked back to the ship.

 

Statue on the harbor road

 

 

[Kcjarvis]

Cruise Depression Day at sea

 

Decided to take pictures before packing.

 

 

 

 

 

[Kcjarvis]

 

 

 

 

Viking Crown Bar

 

[Kcjarvis]

The R Bar in the Centrum

 

 

 

 

Only visited this place to take the picture :-)

 

 

Sailing back to Venice

 

[Cruising89143]

Thanks for the review. We board the Splendour Saturday. We are also booked in a GS. Can you please tell if there were any loungers on the balcony? I have seen one photo of the balcony and there were no loungers. Only a dining table and two chairs.

 

Thanks.

[Kcjarvis]

Thanks for the review. We board the Splendour Saturday. We are also booked in a GS. Can you please tell if there were any loungers on the balcony? I have seen one photo of the balcony and there were no loungers. Only a dining table and two chairs.

 

Thanks.

 

No loungers, 2 chairs and a table - Have a great time

[Cruising89143]

No loungers, 2 chairs and a table - Have a great time

 

Thanks.

[Kcjarvis]

Venice is even more beautiful at dawn...

 

 

 

 

 

Back where we started from:-(

 

[Holly2]

Thanks for posting. Great pictures.

Any recommendations from menus or entertainment?

[Kcjarvis]

Quickly off of the ship, no passport control or customs. Dropped our bags in the red building luggage storage for 4 euros per bag. They close at 5pm. Jumped on the 1 euro people mover

 

 

And took the express #2 vaporetto down the Grand Canal to St. Marks

 

 

 

There was a peaceful Turkey support rally going on.

 

 

We retraced our steps, picked up our luggage and took a 40 euro cab ride to the airport.

[scottishwee35]

Venice is even more beautiful at dawn...

 

 

 

 

 

Back where we started from:-(

 

 

Oh beautiful photo of sunrise... can you tell me what time?

 

thank you

 

Scottishwee35

[Holly2]

What time did you have to be off the ship?

[leeselee]

I have no idea what it is??????

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello,

 

enjoying your posts, thank you.

 

This piece of artwork was on display in central London at the request of our crazy London Mayor some years ago.

 

It is called "Alison Lapper Pregnant" by a sculptor called Marc Quinn. - it caused quite a surprise when it went on display - still having the same effect years later!

:)

[louhun88]

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Then on to Love and Marriage. Cruise Director Anthony Edwards is Great!!!!!!

He reminds me of a young Ken Rush

 

 

That Love & Marriage show was hilarious wasn't it!

[louhun88]

For some crazy reason, I sat outside. IT WAS FREEZING AND ROUGH!!!!!

 

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Eeek, think this was the tender we were on - horrible ride back to the ship!

[louhun88]

That evening we attended THE QUEST!!!!!! We do prefer The Quest in Studio B (Voyager class and above), but the Cruise Director and Staff did a great job in the smaller Top Hat Lounge venue.

 

Enzo - Call me.... (private joke)

 

 

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Enzo was brilliant, we watched the dancing in the Centrum one night from deck 6 and he kept winking at me and tried to reel me in - so funny :D

[JM-1972]

Thanks for your review, brought back wonderful memories as we were on Splendour the same week. Your photos are fanatastic. Do you have more photos online?

Edited June 12, 2013 by JM-1972
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[swim13]

Thank you! Myrtos Beach looks incredible!

[Kcjarvis]

When we arrived at Marco Polo Airport and went to check in, we were told since we were on a Delta code share flight she had to call her Supervisor to check us in. 40 mins later we were finally checked in and on our way to Amsterdam, the Agent said we would get our boarding passes for the JFK flight in AMS.

 

When we arrived at AMS the agent said she showed our final destination as AMS and of course the seats we had selected 90 days ago were gone. To make a long story bearable, 50 additional mins later, a 10 mile hike to the gate, and another security check, we were finally headed home….

 

 

Summary

 

We will never fly Air France / KLM again.

 

IPAD – We did have the iPad, which worked great for the 1st 4 days, then died.

 

 

Suite – GS was very nice except the constant sound of people dragging their chairs around. It made it difficult to take a nap during the day.

 

Food – (Subjective) - Very good. There were fewer choices then Voyager and above, but there was always something good. We didn’t eat in the main dining room but enjoyed the full menu in our suite on most nights. Bring back the Vidalia Onion Tart!!!! Room Service was very quick and made no mistakes. Windjammer staff was very friendly. Chops was good even if they overcooked the steak

 

Park Café – THE ROAST BEEF SANDWICHES ARE AWFUL!!!!!! They are not like Allure or Oasis. The beef is dry and over cooked!!!!!!!! Shameful :-)

 

Concierge Lounge vs. Diamond Lounge - Both were nice; however since there is no internal bar, the server had to go out to get your drinks. Server Alina from Romania was very friendly and did a good job. Michael from Guyana was very slow and seemed very nervous. I’m not sure why they would put a new waiter in the Diamond Lounge. Telma the Concierge was efficient, but did not really spend time with the guests, unlike Gustavo the Diamond Concierge who was very friendly. One thing that needs to be added to both lounges is a steno set instead of the french fry heat lamp. The hors d'oeuvres were cold on most nights.

 

Shout out to – Jean Marc and Patrice our new friends from France.

 

 

Suite Attendant – George was outstanding.

 

Bar Service – Shout out to Devon, the Beverage Manager, who came to the Diamond Lounge almost every night to talk to the guests. Thanks for having Guava for the Guava-ritas!!!!!

 

Score – I was going to give this cruise a 98, but I’m going to deduct 8 points for the bad roast beef sandwiches, so the overall score is a 90. Splendour is a great little ship. The staff did a fantastic job. I would definitely sail on her again.

 

Another great RCCL vacation – We remain “Loyal to Royal”

 

This is Ken Jarvis and I approve this review

 

Enzo, call me…..

[Kcjarvis]

Oh beautiful photo of sunrise... can you tell me what time?

 

thank you

 

Scottishwee35

 

This was 6am

[kevpc110]

Great review Ken. we are on the Splendour out of Venice on Oct. 19th. We are really looking forward to it. Looking forward to cruising with guys on the Freedom in august.

[scottishwee35]

This was 6am

 

Thank you and thank for your time for write trip report and photos... they are superb.:cool:

 

Scottishwee35

[peteukmcr]

Thank you for sharing your great photos and review. We're sailing on Splendour on Oct 19th and expecting a little different experience to Allure which we've just returned from!

[Holly2]

In Venice, boarding tomorrow. Thanks for your timely posting.

[Kcjarvis]

In Venice, boarding tomorrow. Thanks for your timely posting.

 

Enjoy