The Grandeur, A Grand Time June 1, 2017

I am glad you enjoyed your cruise on Grandeur. We sail on her 2 times a year in March and then again in November. Just wondering about the menus. When we were on her in March we did not have prime rib, I have read somewhere they have put that back on the menu. Did you have it any night on your cruise. I also enjoyed your review. Happy Travels

I am glad you enjoyed your cruise on Grandeur. We sail on her 2 times a year in March and then again in November. Just wondering about the menus. When we were on her in March we did not have prime rib, I have read somewhere they have put that back on the menu. Did you have it any night on your cruise. I also enjoyed your review. Happy Travels

I was on Grandeur 3 weeks ago and they did not offer prime rib in the MDR

I had the prime rib on the second formal night of our June 1 cruise. It was delicious!

I was on this cruise too. Agree it was great! Enjoyed all of the ports. Prime rib and lobster tails on the second formal night. Really appreciated the gathering for active duty military and veterans on first sea day, and the recognition of same (plus first responders, nurses and teachers) on the last night. This was our first Royal cruise and the crew was outstanding, from cruise director Paul to our servers Made and I. Komrang and cabin steward Collin. Can't wait for our next cruise to Bermuda in May 2018!

Great review! Grandeur is our favorite ship (we prefer smaller ships - Vision and Radiance class. We've sailed on every class.) so it was great to hear your favorable review. We sail on the Grandeur at least 4 times a yr (We have her booked for 5 more sailings between now & fall of 2018. Baltimore is the most organized efficient port - South Fl needs to learn from them. In addition, the Grandeur sailing from Baltimore year round offers a wide variety of itineraries. Check her out if you've never sailed out of Baltimore and on the Grandeur with the friendliest staff in the RCCL organization!

I am glad you enjoyed your cruise on Grandeur. We sail on her 2 times a year in March and then again in November. Just wondering about the menus. When we were on her in March we did not have prime rib, I have read somewhere they have put that back on the menu. Did you have it any night on your cruise. I also enjoyed your review. Happy Travels

Our cruise was nine nights, and on the second formal night prime rib and lobster tail were both choices among other offerings.

I sure hope it is still on the menu when we sail in November. I agree the Grandeur has the friendliest crew of all the ships we have sailed other than Holland America.

I was on Grandeur 3 weeks ago and they did not offer prime rib in the MDR

I failed to disclose that I was on a 5 day cruise. Sounds like they're offering it again on 7 & 9 day cruises.

This was our 12th cruise, but our first one to not be in the Caribbean. We have cruised in the past with Carnival and Norwegian, as well as Royal Caribbean.Our very first cruise was ten years ago on The Grandeur, and it is still as grand as it was then. Granted, it doesn't have some of the dining options of the bigger ships, and the activities aren't as widespread, but for this cruise with five ports keeping us quite busy, we appreciated the two sea days on the end with not much to do!

 

We drove from Mississippi and stayed two nights pre-cruise at a Holiday Inn near the airport on Aero Drive in Linthicum Heights.We made an excellent choicewith them.Our bed was comfy, our room was perfect, but not fancy, and the price was fantastic.We had a great breakfast, and we were shuttled to the port, and picked up afterwards.We basically parked for free, a great value! The first evening we ate at Olive Grove, and we had crab cakes. The salad was served family style like Olive Garden. It was ok, but we thought the crab cakes were much too dry and rather bland. The second evening we ate at G & M's and we thoroughly enjoyed that meal. If you go there, I highly recommend the crab dip. Delicious!

 

Embarkation in Baltimore was a breeze.We were on the boat by11:00am and in our room at 1:00. Disembarkation went just as smoothly, and we didn't do the self-assist this time. Our luggage was easy to find, and going through customs was hassle free.

 

What drew us to this cruise were the ports.Being from Mississippi, we had never had the opportunity to visit this area.We were awed with the beauty.

 

In Boston, we made a good choice of a RCI excursion that lasted close to eight hours. Boston,Lexington, Concord, and lunch was included at Union Oyster House, with clam chowder, a choice of a chicken or fish dish, and a dessert. This was a great tour for getting to see a lot in a day. Our tour guide was Olive, and she was quite knowledgeable.

 

In Portland we took a tour of Portland and Kennebunkportwhich was also a RCI excursion and another good choice for us. We stopped at Cape Elizabeth for a while and it was gorgeous. We loved Kennebunkport and had time there for lunch on ourown. We had lobster rolls at Allison's. DELICIOUS! Kennebunkport was such a neat place!

 

Bar Harbor was COLD. We did a tour on our own with Oli's Trolley, and it included touring the town plus Acadia National Park where we went to the top of Cadillac Mountain with a few stops along the way.This tour was well worth what we paid, and again, beautiful scenery and a tourguide, Jim, who was knowledgeable and pleasant.

 

The last two ports were in Canada, Saint John and Halifax. In Saint John we did a RCI tour and saw the reversing rapids, the town, and stopped at City Market and walked back to the ship on our own. We enjoyed our time at City Market.

 

In Halifax we decided not to book a tour, and we walked to the Citadel, quite a hike, but it was a gorgeous day, and we went at our own pace and enjoyed it all.

 

We enjoyed the ship and spent our evenings in the piano bar, the casino, near the atrium, or walking around the ship. We went to the Viking Crown Bar on the last night,We did not attend any of the shows on board. We purchased a drink card for $79.95 plus gratuity that was good for ten drinks. If you've seen their drink prices you know this is a good deal. We don't drink enough to justify a beverage package. We did carry bottled water and Diet Mountain Dews back onboard from a couple of the ports - no problem as long as they were unopened.

 

We purchased the Internet package and it worked well. It disconnects you when you aren't using it for a couple of hours, and you have to sign back in, but we had service whenever we tried to use it.

 

This was our first time to try an inside cabin, but it won't be the last.We were nervous since we'd always had a balcony or a window, but we were fine.Yes, it was small, but we never felt claustrophobic,The worst part was the shower curtain, but it's the same that's in the balcony cabin we had on ourprevious Grandeur cruise.They reallyneed to do something about those!Ourcabin was on the seventh floor and our cabin attendant was very attentive and kept our collapsible ice cooler filled with ice. (I did miss not having arefrigerator.) I had read on Cruise Critic that having hooks for the wall comes in quite handy, and this was a great tip. It definitely helped to keep our cabin tidy!

 

Our only problem on this trip was with the laundry. We did the "fill a bag special", and when they returned our laundry, my husband had four or five white tee shirts (crew neck undershirts) missing. I called and asked about it, but there was a language barrier, and I pretty much just told them to forget it. I suppose someone is enjoying his Kirkland tees.

 

Dining was excellent. Breakfast for us was usually in theWindjammer buffet, but we did go to the dining room one morning. I do wonder, however, why they no longer have chocolate milk. Where we live, chocolate milk and white milk cost basically the same thing. Why was there no chocolate milk available? Seems strange to me. When we asked they offered to make us some by stirring hot chocolate mix into cold milk, but we declined.

 

Lunch when we were on the boat the firstcouple of days was just getting a sandwich or salad in the Windjammer, but onthe last two sea days we discovered the joy of having a salad in the diningroom.This is a MUST DO.We truly enjoyed those lunches. You go through a line and tell a server what ingredients you want in your salad, then he takes it and chops it. DH and I both thought these salads were great!

We ate most night meals in The Great Gatsby,and dined one night at Giovanni's. Our opinion is that Giovanni's wasn't worththe price.Next time we will try Chops.One night we upgraded our meal to a fillet from Chops for $10 and it wasgreat. This was offered most every night, and one night there was a dining room upgrade offer of a lobster and a fillet for $15. On the second formal night,lobster tail and prime rib were offered as regular entrees in the dining room, We enjoyed our dining and have no complaints about the foodin general. We had "my time dining" and our servers were Tony and Airy. They were very efficient as well as pleasant. The Windjammer can get quitecrowded and on the days where it's too cold and windy to eat outside finding aseat can be quite difficult. The earlier you arrive, the better your choices are.

I pre-ordered the coffee card because I like iced coffees and frappes. This was a good deal at fifteen specialty coffees for $35 or so plus gratuity. They punch your card, and a large coffee gets you two punches where a regular is one punch. There were several unhappy customers, myself included, because they ran out of white chocolate on the third day and never replenished.

 

We were pleased with the service we received all around theship. The Grandeur has a pleasant crew, and we always felt that they wanted usto have a great vacation.

I hope that we have the opportunity to sail again on TheGrandeur of the Seas in the future.

If anyone has questions, I will be more than happy to try to answer. We truly had a great time.

Please forgive the words that aren't spaced correctly! I tried to edit, but it wouldn't me allow me to go back. I have no idea why the post looked differently than the review I posted unless it had something to do with me changing the font or copying it from a word document.

Thank you for this review. Can you tell me if tax/gratuity are included in the alcoholic drink cards?

Thank you for this review. Can you tell me if tax/gratuity are included in the alcoholic drink cards?

There is no tax if you purchase it on board, but the gratuity was additional - 90 something total.

Hi, thanks for the great review, we leave thursday the 29th of June, What Day were you able to purchase the 10 drink cards?

Hi, thanks for the great review, we leave thursday the 29th of June, What Day were you able to purchase the 10 drink cards?

I think it was first mentioned in the Compass on the third day, but I read on here that you can ask a bartender the first day. We didn't get one until we saw it in the Compass.

Going on the Grandeur the end of July. Thanks for the review.

Going on Grandeur July 22nd. What time were you able to get in the parking lot? Been on the Pride a lot and had to wait til noon to get in parking lot. Thanks.

Going on Grandeur July 22nd. What time were you able to get in the parking lot? Been on the Pride a lot and had to wait til noon to get in parking lot. Thanks.

We have always been able to get into the gate at 9:00am for Grandeur. Wait 1/2 hour in the car line and right about 9:30 they start loading your bags from the cars.

Thanks!!!

Does anyone know if there is a white party on the Grandeur? Have been on NCL many times and love the white parties but can't remember if RCL does them too. Thank you!