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Royal Caribbean's
Radiance of the Seas
January 4 - 11, 2003
Cruise Review
by
Paul Amos
From : paulamos111@msn.com
(paul amos)
Subject : Review
Date : Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:01:28 -0500
fantastic! great ship, wonderful waiter, head waiter, assistant
waiter, cabinboy, coffee attendant, great entertainment. thought
prices for bingo were a little high, but did it once...did everything at
least once! didn't miss anything.
1. assistant waitress...jana, a real gem, everyone wanted to
take her home with them, very delightful young lady, couldn't do enough
for you.
2. head waitress...shirley, very gracious young lady, excellant.
3. only bad experience....young lady filling in behind "guest
relations" counter...not a good attitude. went to book a tour, said
was sold out, asked if could put name on standby list, said yes, but never
wrote names down, asked for information about panama canal cruise, was
told "look it up on tv or internet". Later she was overheard getting
into a shouting match with a cruise passenger.
went to stateroom, used tv and clicked on tour we wanted, and it
was not sold out and we were able to book it. advised young man who
normally works the guest relations desk of events, he apologized
and was most helpful. he was aware of problems with the girl filling
in for him...several complaints about her.
4. even taking into consideration the aftermath of 9/11 and
the need for heightened security.....on the return trip...the airport at
san juan is not capable of handling the amount of traffic it receives from
the cruise lines. 3 hour + waits in line...only 2 ticket agents.
Yet they had 7 security guys who watched luggage go down the conveyor.
besides shooting the breeze...that's all they did was watch the luggage.
Delta and US Air both need more ticket agents, or else the cruise lines
needs to change ports. Will not travel to san juan again. Town
may be nice to see, but the people and airport is just typical U S inter
city who's only luck has been to have the cruise lines dock there.
without the cruise industry there..it would be just another ghetto.
5. suggest doing away with "formal nights"...most people, on
vacation, really don't want to get dressed up...and it would save on alot
of extra baggage.
6. cuise lines...in the wonderful booklet "guest vacation documents"...should
put in something about the purchase of tobacco and liquer...keep it separate
and with receipts, so if someone buys 5 cartons with receipt they don't
have any problems with customs..friend traveling with us packed the cartons
and had thrown away the receipt...had to pay taxes.
7. wonderful trip, fantastic memories. planning our next one,
and would highly recommed royal caribbean lines.
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