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gworkingmom

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While we were in Samana, we did the self drive Jeep tour. The beach that they take you to is fantastic. The farm was interesting and the waterfall was also cool. My kids thought that it was the highlight of the cruise. Others in our group did the cave and mangrove tour and were not quite as impressed. If you do either of the 4x4 excursions, you will be gone until mid afternoon. They furnish drinks, but no food, other than samples of the fruit. So take a snack with you. The also were native people selling items at the farm and the beach, and some drinks you could buy at the beach (water and soda were furnished), so take some small bills.

 

We enjoyed the ship. It was definitely smaller, which was nice - made it easier to get around, but there is also less to do. I think my kids would have enjoyed a bigger ship more but they loved the cruise and we loved leaving out of Baltimore.

 

-Gerri

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I love the Grandeur, we will be on there in November for our 3rd trip.

The ship is smaller and older but great. The crew on this ship can't be beat.

 

If you are a beach person, do the Cayo Levatado tour through RC for Samana. It is a beautiful peacefull day. The sand is soft and smooth. Plenty of loungers and trees if you need shade.

Take care of the ship for me. :)

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I love the Grandeur, we will be on there in November for our 3rd trip.

The ship is smaller and older but great. The crew on this ship can't be beat.

 

If you are a beach person, do the Cayo Levatado tour through RC for Samana. It is a beautiful peacefull day. The sand is soft and smooth. Plenty of loungers and trees if you need shade.

Take care of the ship for me. :)

 

We absolutely love the Grandeur having sailed on her several times. I would also recommend the Cayo Levantado Beach tour through RCCL. We've done this tour several times both with RCCL and MSC.

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crusintoo

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Chris, in answer to your question, I live 10 mins. from the port and it's just great for easy departure and return, as for Grandeur she is one of our favorite ships , we've done 5 sailings on her and her staff and crew are one of the best in the fleet. We stopped at Samana Oct. 08 but only walked around the dock area, check out the beach tours we were told they were great....ENJOY!!!....Ed

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We were on Grandeur in July to Bermuda. She rides great, felt almost no motion. The seas were pretty calm, but compared to other ships I've been on, she rode very well. She definitely does show her age, but is well maintained. And, leaving out of Baltimore was great and very easy. It's nice to drive just over an hour from home to cruise.

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Batch5

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Wow, thanks everyone for the great feedback. We loved the Empress of the Seas of the Sea’s and someone told us if you like the Empress that we would really enjoy the Grandeur.

Thank you

Chris

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We had a safe in a balcony cabin on Grandeur. We enjoyed th ship and her staff very much in 2006 on a Western Caribbean cruise and are going on the 7 night Bermuda cruise in October.

Mary Anne

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BND

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Our JS had a safe too. It had a keypad, but the instructions that they had on the door of the cabinet were on how to use the safe with a card with a magenetic strip. I assume they had replaced those with the ones with keypads, but it was kind of funny.

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Our JS had a safe too. It had a keypad, but the instructions that they had on the door of the cabinet were on how to use the safe with a card with a magenetic strip. I assume they had replaced those with the ones with keypads, but it was kind of funny.

 

:D

 

Ours still took the card in May, but it would have been much more convenient to use the keypad!

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First of all, I loved the Grandeur and didn't feel it was missing anything the larger ships have (except the Flowrider, anyways).

 

We had an OV room. There was no safe - we kept valuables in a locked suitcase under the bed; RCCL also offers safety deposit boxes, I believe.

 

Onboard: Latte-tudes would only give out cakes/pies if you bought a coffee; many of the same pastries were available around the ship (mornings in the Casino; afternnons cookies at the Solarium Cafe) if you looked for them.

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We had two ocean view rooms, each of these had a safe. Our friends had an inside an it also had a safe.

The Latitudes is hit and miss, sometimes you could get items without a purchase, other times you could not. I guess it just depended on who was working.

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Grannycb

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Another vote for Cayo Levantado Beach tour through RCCL. It was beautiful!

 

We've enjoyed multiple cruises on Grandeur all in different cabin categories. There's always been a safe. However, you should know there isn't a refrigerator unless you request it. A small portable model can be fitted under the desk.

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My GF and I are doing the 2 week Baltimore - Tampa Repo cruise Nov 19 and really looking forward to this trip. It will be our first 2 week cruise. Have only done 7 day cruises before and weren't lacking for things to do so I could imagine there will be plenty to do for 14 days other than the entertainment possibly repeating itself over the 14 days

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We just sailed Grandeur - was she the Freedom of the Seas with all the extra activities - no. Was she a great ship - yes. My 13 yo missed a few of Freedom's Bells and Whistles but enjoyed herself 100%. It was so much easier to find pool chairs on a sea day. With the exception of 1 crew member the Grandeur had a fantastic crew. Would we sail her again - yes!

Sailing for Baltimore was so convenient and I thought the port was very well run.

 

We did the Cayo Levantado beach break discussed above - kenevenpar's pictures do a wonderful job of capturing the beauty. We thought it was a better beach day the Labadee (except for the food - they could use a little help there).

 

I thought I had read all the rooms now had safes - we has a Grand Suite that had a the electronic punch pad. I know many rooms have the swipe readers.

 

I was on the same cruise a gworkingmom - We had no trouble getting cookies etc. at Lattitudes. If they say no I would go ask the guest relations desk - they should be included - it sounds like a training issue

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