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Ship Details
Began service: December, 1996 Refurbished: January, 1998
Guest capacity: 2,446
Total staff: 760
Length: 916 feet
Passenger decks: 11
CDC inspection score: 95
Grandeur of the Seas Overview
The Grandeur of the Seas cruise ship departs from
Baltimore, MD and New Orleans, LA.
Throughout the year, she offers ocean cruises to Bahamas,
Bermuda, and Western Caribbean.
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Prices for cruises to Bahamas, Bermuda, and Western
Caribbean.
The Grandeur of the Seas is a beautiful and elegant
ship. We visited when the ship was filled to capacity
with a mix of couples and families, but never felt a sense
of overcrowding and never experienced any longer-than-normal
lines. The ship offers plenty of daily activities and
entertainment to appeal to every age group.
The cabins on the Grandeur of the Seas are considerably
larger than those on the Sovereign-class vessels of the
Royal
Caribbean fleet. The service in both the cabins and
the dining rooms was excellent. Royal Caribbean has added
a computer center, offering passengers access to the Internet
and to their email 24-hours a day, for .50 per minute
and $4.95 for a digital postcard.
Cabins
The Grandeur of the Seas has 576 outside staterooms,
212 staterooms with private verandahs
and 399 inside cabins. In addition, there
are 83 suites and 4 family suites.
All of the staterooms have a private bathroom, twin beds
that convert to queen-sized beds, telephone, color television,
radio, wall safe and individually controlled air conditioning.
The suites have additional amenities like refrigerators
and VCR's. There are 14 staterooms designed for the physically
challenged. While the standard cabins are smaller than
those found aboard many other mass market ships, the 157
sq ft. staterooms are well designed, with ample storage
space for a seven-night cruise. |
Dining
The Great Gatsby Dining Room is Art Deco with
sea views. Tables are available for two to ten people. While the service
in the dining room was excellent and attentive, we found the food
to be either under-seasoned or not prepared according to our tastes
or expectations. The meat dishes tended to be the best. Our waiter
and assistant waiter were constantly apologizing for the food. They
tried hard to please us as best they could, and their guidance about
what to order was usually right-on.
Entertainment
Royal Caribbean is known for having quality entertainment,, and the Grandeur of the Seas is no exception. We had two headliners
on our cruise -- The Coasters and Rondell
Sheridan. The disco was a lot of fun, playing a variety of
dance music for the late night crowd. A talented singer performs Cole
Porter standards and Broadway show tunes in the Centrum each evening.
Fitness & Recreation
The Grandeur of the Seas boasts a generous amount of open deck space and ample deck chairs.
The Main Pool is large and offers a wading area and
whirlpools. An Roman-themed Solarium Pool is more
subdued and features a retractable glass roof in case of inclement
weather. The Solarium Pool itself has underwater
jets, and is surrounded by additional whirlpools.
The spa and salon offer a superb selection of treatments and
services. The salon and the spa have floor-to-ceiling windows affording
wonderful views. The private treatment rooms are quiet and relaxing,
and some of them have private showers or hydrotherapy tubs.
The gym, which is part of the same complex as the spa and salon, offers
the latest in exercise equipment, as well as fitness classes. The
ship also offers table tennis and shuffleboard.
Public Areas
Passengers enter the ship by way
of the Centrum, with expansive glass on every level,
affording breathtaking views of the water.
There are many lounges and bars scattered throughout the public
areas. Our favorite lounge is The Schooner Bar, a
warm, nautical-themed piano bar - the perfect place for an after-dinner
drink and conversation with friends. The dramatic Viking Crown
Lounge is used primarily for social functions and is the
location of the late night disco.
The ship's Casino Royale is very glitzy and gaudy,
but a bit cramped and smoky. At the entrance of the casino there is
sunken treasure (literally), covered with a glass floor that you must
walk across to enter. Many passengers do a double-take the first time
they see this glass-covered treasure trove, as you almost get the
feeling that you are going to step into it and fall. The casino offers
the usual assortment of slot machines, as well as blackjack, roulette,
craps and Caribbean stud poker tables.
Kids
We had four kids in our group, ranging
in age from six - 13, and we could barely drag the younger ones out
of the children's center and Adventure Ocean program.
They adored the ball pit and the pipe-like sliding board, as well
as the arts and crafts activities and video arcade. The activities
were perfectly in tune with the various age groups. Royal Caribbean
also has children's menus in the dining room, as well as a soda card
program for unlimited soft drinks for a flat fee depending on the
length of your cruise. A 3-night card is $7, 4-night $9, 7-night $15,
10-night $21,and an 11-night card is $23 per child for the entire
cruise.
Expert Grandeur of the Seas reviews are edited by Michelle, and provided by Ian and Cruise Critic.com,
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help you choose just the right ship for your next cruise vacation.
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Grandeur of the Seas cruise reviews
Cruise
Ship Inspection Report
All passenger cruise ships arriving at US ports are subject to unannounced
CDC inspection. Grandeur of the
Seas Score: 95
Cruise
Critic: Grandeur of the Seas
The Cruise Critic gives Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas
a 3+-ribbon rating.
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