Ascent Spring Break Review

[GnarleeDude]

Was on Ascent the week of March 24th with the kiddos and had a great time.  Heard there were around 400 kids on the ship, and noticed a wide age range from infants to high-school aged kids.

 

We were on Beyond last year and Ascent is virtually the same.  The food on Ascent seemed better.  Oceanview buffet was great, and only really seemed crowded on the last day for lunch with the seafood buffet.

 

We ate at Le Petit Chef, Eden, and Rooftop Garden Grill.  The kids liked the animations of Petit Chef and ate the food, but I wouldn't say it was kid friendly.  Eden was good but the music from the bar (a solo guitar player) kind of killed the vibe.  Rooftop Grill was the best, plenty of food, you could order as much as you wanted - the steak was the best.

 

We ate in all four of the main dining rooms.  We had 6 PM reservations for each night but showed up between 5:45 and 6 and never had a wait.  Dinner in the dining rooms did take long and averaged over 90 minutes, but lots of down time between courses (especially desert).

We had the classic drink package and stuck with beer, wine, frozen drinks and coffees and never received an up charge.  

 

Entertainment was good, this was the first cruise after Luigi (Cruise Director) left for vacation.  We didn't attend any of the large production shows, but the comedian and magician were a hit.

The kids club was crowded (as expected), but unlike we experienced on RCCL a few months ago, they did not have a capacity limit.  The staff there was great and would take the kids to the boarding area on deck 2 to play games and run around.

 

We had two adjoining IV cabins on deck 8.   On the second to last night we were apparently moving fast to get around some weather and the creaking and moving of the cabin was very loud and woke us up.  Other than that, no issues.