Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas - Cruise Review

Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 03:26:49 -0400
From: imzoomn@nctc.com (Stephanie)
Subject: Review

We I never thought our cruise vacation would get here....now it is over. So sad!

Arrived in Miami at 9:30. Seemed like a Mad Dash to get to the Bus to be transported to the Boat. My husband and I rode in the front seat of the bus hoping to see some of Miami on the way to the boat. What we saw was a BLURRRRR.... Oh I we did almost see the back seat of the car in front of us as we almost rammed it. The driver drove way to fast...I mean FAST! When we departed the bus, the driver said, "Lady, don't you want to tip your driver?" Okay..I didn't say what I wanted to say... My husband gave him a very nice tip. Still confused on why since he almost killed us.

Embarkation for us was easy. Showed the proper paperwork, credit card and Id's and we were walking onto the boat.

Immediately on the boat we were greeted and told to go to the "Windjammer" for Lunch. Just what we needed to here. None of us had ate since 3am that morning. The "Windjammer" had no idea what was coming it's way. Ha!

The food was beautifully prepared and was scrumptious. The "Windjammer" became our Kitchen for the rest of the cruise. We had all decided not to eat in the main dining area. Too much to do and didn't want to be tied down to dinner times.

The drinks were to die for, I should know I drank enough of them. Margaritas were soooooo good.

The boat was beautiful, top to bottom. The people were so nice. Our Room Attendant was Javier. He was really nice and a Cutie Pie also. He left us a Swan one night, with my sunglasses perched on the head of the swan. As soon as I saw it, I took pictures.. I am photo nut. Took 7 rolls of film on the trip. After that, I immediately went to find Javier and gave him a side tip. I know they do it for everyone. But it was sweet and he was cute too. Ha!

The only complaint I have about the boat, which may be common since I have never cruised before,but we had a problem in our bathroom at night. It would gurgle in the shower and would emit a foul smell.

The pool and jacuzzis were nice looking, but I never made it in one. The kids on the boat took them over all the time. That was a problem area.

Nassau was really pretty as we docked, but once we got off the boat, I became really sad. The children begging for money was too much for me to bear. The straw market was packed and was almost suffacating in there. The drivers are crazy over there. My aunt got hit by a car mirror as she was walking. Crazy drivers. Warning if you haven't been to Nassau. Expect to be Bombarded with taxi drivers yelling for you let them drive you somewhere, children beggin for money(heartbreaking) and people trying to sell you "Weed". We were approached twice by men trying to get us to by "Ghangi".

If you can go to "Paradise Island" to Atlantis. It is well worth it. Very beautiful. The aqaurium is Awesome!

I wouldn't reccommend the GlassBottom Boat. It was very dull. Only highlight was the "Rum Punch" Dolphin Swimming is better.

Back to the boat. If you stay up late, you have to go to the Disco. And the Casino.... Wild!

Coco Cay
I have to say this Private Island is Awesome. We had so much fun here. Wished the boat had came straight here and stayed the entire trip.
We snorkeled in Coco Cay. You really need to do this. All day snorkeling here, not like the 2 hour deal in Nassau. There were so many beautiful fish. I took an underwater camera. Get you one, you wont regret it. There is a wrecked plane and sunken boat out near the lifeguard towers. It is well worth the swim out.

The catered lunch was oh so good. Music all day. Shopping. Hair Braiders. I got my hair partially braided for 40 bucks. Looked good and stayed nice looking until I tooked it down a week after I returned home.

Back to the boat. Going home. Okay this is where I have to say, I started wanting off the boat. We ran into a storm coming back and it was terrible. That was the first and only time I was scared and almost got sick. The rest of the trip was smooth. But I stayed up all night, wondering should I get my lifejacket. It was that bad. People on our flight home said they had been on another cruise boat and they had people sick all over their boat.

Customs--- The Line was oh so long. Hurry & Wait! But once we got to the desk. It was fast, not sure what made it so long waiting in line.

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