Navigator of the Seas Review - 03-17-2017

03-17-2016 – Navigator of the Seas – First Time cruisingwith Diamond Status on RCL

Embarkation:Arrived at the Miami Port approx. 10:45 am and was pleasantly surprised at thelayout of how all the ships are arranged and more importantly how the trafficcan get to the appropriate ship without all that much delay. Security was no more than a 10 minute waitand the diamond check in like probably had about 20 people in line. I was pleased with the organization of theport and check in process, we were on the boat by approx. 11:20 am.

Room: SuperiorBalcony D3: Rooms opened up at 1:15 pm and so we headed to the room to dropoff the carry-on luggage. One initialpleasant surprise was that they removed that table that always took up most ofthe floor space in the rooms. This madethe room look larger and less tripping obstacles in the middle of thenight. Bed was terrible, absolutely terrible. I realize they push the two twins togetherwhen you have a together bed format but both of these twins should have beentossed and replaced long ago. They wereeach so indented (I took plenty of pics) that I could only imagine we would besleeping on a steel frame and that surely was the case. Asked for a mattress topper later thatevening and was told there were none available so this was going to be the bedfor the 9 nights. The balcony wasclearly never cleaned as there were stains of who knows what all over theground outside. Also looked like theglass on the balcony hadn’t been touched in quite some time, it was more thanjust sea water mist, it was foot prints and just nasty. There were no diamond welcome gifts in theroom when we got there. I waited untilthat night and still nothing. Then I calledthe room attendant the next day and yes he delivered the stuff then but I donot enjoying having to ask for something that is set up ahead of time. Luggage showed up around 6:45 pm on day one,kinda late but not much you can do about that. Not a lovely start to this trip but oh it only gets worse, much worse.

Night 1 SpecialtyDining Chops: Line of approx. 15 people waiting to be seated at 8 pm when Ihad my reservation for two for. Thisseemed odd to me but we waited a bit to be seated. Then when we got seated we waited, and waitedetc…. Food orders took a LONG time,drinks orders were non existent, heck our waiter was like a gypsy, you wouldsee him and then he would disappear for a long period of time. The table next to us and the table next tothem all got to talking about how terrible service was so a few of us walkedout to the Windjammer bar to get our own drinks. Food came and my Filet was overcooked to approx.a MED-WELL / Well Done when it was ordered as Med Rare. The manager decided arguing that it was closeto Med Rare was a good idea but I think he realized he was just blowing smokeso he asked if I wanted a new one and yes I wanted one cooked morecorrectly. The new one came, was more onthe rare side but still good and I finished it all. These side dishes they say are for sharingare pretty funny. They are the size of asmall restaurant monkey dish and the sides were for the most part bland andbad. When we finally got done eatingaround 10:30 pm, we never received a bill or even a thank you and the managerwas nowhere to be found, but this was just the start to a bad experience. I later found out from the head of the specialtydining establishments that the reason for the chaos was that NONE of the onlinereservations came through to their system so all of the people that booked theday 1 special which was 50% off night 1 at chops were trying to be forced inwith all the people who booked online and believed they had a validreservation. Needless to say a mess.

Night 2 SpecialtyDining Giovannis: This line to get seated at 8 pm was longer than theprevious night at Chops. At least 20people queued back into the windjammer entrance where the hand cleansermachines are. Service was slow at firstto get any orders taken or wine but I think we were expecting that now sincethere were so many people seated at the same time. Apps took a while to come out but weretasty. Filet mains took a good deal oftime to come out and mine was again overcooked. I am not talking med vs med rare, again this steak was closer to welldone so I asked for a new one. New onecame and was perfect and very tender. This dinner was around 2 hours long, not terrible but there were a lotof long waits for food and re-fills on wine.

Night 4 SpecialtyDining Sabor: One would think that after those first two nights of specialtydining not being a great experience I should just cut my losses and stop withthem. I learned one night too late andSabor did me in. Again reservation for 8pm, line up of people at the door waiting to be seated. Probably more like 12 people this time. We get to the host to seat us and tada noreservation. That’s funny because Saborcalled at 7 am that morning to confirm our reservation. Anyways after a few more minutes wait we gota table. Again service washorrible. We placed orders for Guac andMargaritas at around 8:10 pm and they showed up at 8:50. I was so fed up during this time that I hadleft Sabor to go get my own Margarita at Schooner right outside. Only one of the two Guacs came and its stillmade back in the kitchen. The guacamolewas fine but it was a bit watery for my liking. No wow factor as I have read before but it was good based on how hungry Iwas. I must say the apps at Sabor arequite delicious, I had the queso fondido and the jalepeno chicken things. Where things go really south Is when themains arrive. I had ordered the MoleShort Rib and my wife had gotten the red snapper. My short rib was an absolute piece of shoeleather, almost as if it had only cooked for a very short period of time. My wifes Snapper tasted as if it werespoiled, even the mango chutney couldn’t fix it. We quickly called the waitress over to haveher try to cut into my short rib (keep in mind, you should be able to shred ashort rib with a fork when done right). We then asked for the manager and again no manager was available so shesuggested we talk to Guest Services. Wewere so tired of waiting and of the issues so we went without a main or desert andwalked out (these were pre-paid meals so we didn’t walk out on any tabs). Went straight to guest services to talk tosomeone and this was a fun adventure.

Guest Services / Headof Specialty Dining: I was fed up enough with my 3 experiences with specialtydining that I felt I needed to make it known. Hannah who initially helped me at guest services was lovely and got thehead of specialty dining to come talk to me. I asked that they cancel my two remaining pre-paid booking at Sabor andthey did and I was told I would be refunded for my other 3 nights based on myexperiences. They wanted to make itright by sending me to specialty dining one more time complimentary. I picked Giovannis on the last night becausethis was the best experience. I wrotedown the date/time I wanted and they said they would take care ofeverything. The day before the Giovannisreservation I stopped by Giovannis to check on the reservation and nothing wasever reserved. I then headed back toguest services to talk to Hannah again who immediately got on the phone to takecare of it. I asked about my refund forthe original 3 nights and she said I would have to work with corporate for thatbut she assured me that all of the notes were in the account. YAY we all know how much fun working withcorporate is. The last night inGiovannis was a great meal, attentive services, smiles all around and verypleasant. What I did find funny is thatthe head of specialty dining said he would come check on us but never did,maybe because I had to call them out on never making the reservation.

Bar / BeverageService: I had the deluxe beverage package. My initial observations is that they have cut back bar servicedramatically to where now you will only find 1 bartender at most bars for agood majority of the day. Getting drinkstook longer than I was used to but I did find some awesome bartenders (Abel& Alladin at Pub and Bartenders at R Bar) who were still always smiling andwanted to get to know you and give you a positive experience. I felt like a lot of the other bars(Schooner, Boleros, Pool Bars, Windjammer Bar, Casino Bar) were always grumpyor just tired of being bothered. I was abit disappointed in the first day we boarded that the bars were out of a lot ofbeers and liquors. They said theprevious cruise had drank a lot and they hadn’t replenished yet. Come to find out some of the beers they saidwere gone were actually gone all week as they are doing away with a lot ofbeers and liquors that they will no longer carry.

Main Dining RoomExperience: I was very pleased with the main dining room service and thefact that our waiters were able to get us a different curry every night. Each curry that they brought was full offlavor had a nice potent spice level to it and was a welcome change to the MDRfood that sometimes lacks flavor. Having been on many RCL cruises over the past5 years we all know the MDR food doesn’t change much and therefore it’s hard toget all that excited about the offerings but what I did have was good and theattentive service by our MDR staff made the experience great. Kudos to you folks for making up for thespecialty dining messes.

Upselling / Crowdingof public areas: When you put 3500 people on a ship, many with walkers,canes and give them 3 – 4 feet on either side of a table full of who knows whatfor sale it just ends up being an uncomfortable experience. As most of us know people get overly excitedfor the “sales” and this makes already tight areas to the point where it’s justimpassable. Another thing that irked mewas the annoying selling of specialty restaurants. I almost feel like I need to wear a “No Solicitingsign” around my neck at all times to get these people to let me enjoy my timewithout being harassed for buying another specialty dining experience. I guess with all of the negative experiences Ihad with specialty dining this upselling irked me even more than it usuallywould.

Diamond Lounge: There were a lot of Diamond, Diamond +onboard this 9 night sailing and therefore they opened the full cosmopolitanclub up to these guests each evening from 4:30 – 8 for the top tier happy houras I called it. This was quite a perk asit is always enjoyable to sit in the “Viking crown” and watch the sunset, I personallywas presented with some pretty negative experiences. On the first formal night which was the dayof Labadee I had gone up into the lounge at 4:30 with some khaki shorts, boat shoesand a button up short sleeve shirt on. The diamond lounge concierge came to me as I was enjoying someappetizers and advised me since it was formal night I shouldn’t have shortson. I accepted this without incident andwent to change into slacks. Upon comingback up I started to notice MANY people wearing shorts and flip flops, thediamond lounge concierge wasn’t talking to any of them, hrmmmmmm. Two days went by and I was back up in thelounge and I had on some shorts again and a polo. I was then approached yet again by the diamondlounge concierge whose exact words were “Shorts Again I See”. I immediately turned around to him and said “Areyou serious?” Him and I had a very very longtalk about how he had been singling me out (I am young but earned my diamondstatus just like every other person up there, by paying for enough cruises overthe years to earn the status) and this got me to now photograph every singleperson wearing shorts (Some in swimsuits) that he did not talk to. I have over 30 photographs from the remainingdays of the cruise of folks in shorts, flip flops etc in the diamondlounge. I filed a formal complaint withguest services and nothing was done but I needed it on file. To avoid any further humiliation I woreslacks / dress shoes every evening after that second incident but I proceededto take pictures each and every night for the remainder of the cruise of folksin shorts. Interestingly it was alwaysthe same people wearing shorts every night but there were clear differencesbetween them and me, I’ll leave it at that. I promised the diamond concierge I would be cancelling every upcomingcruise I had booked, which is 4 of them and listing him as the reason for notsailing RCL anymore. I cancelled all 4which were all within 100% refund and am no longer a customer of RCL.

Windjammer Food: Iam not going to sit here and type that the windjammer food was inedible becauseit was exactly what it’s supposed to be, mass produced, low flavor low spicefood for the masses. I made the mistake of going up one night for the “SpanishDinner”. I hope there were no spanish folksat the windjammer that night because it was as close to Spanish as PF Changs isto Asian food. Always kids dartingaround the buffet area, service to get drinks or to even get plates picked upwas lacking. Overall a pretty depressingexperience each time we had to eat there.

Ports of Call:

Labadee: Always love Labadee. This trip was no exception. Beautiful weather, nice breeze, easy to finda chair and just relax. BB Q lunch was like it always is but it wasgood. Enjoyable time in Labadee.

Curacao: Opted to rent a car inCuracao. Getting the car was a littledifficult and kind of a stressful start to the day but it ended up OK. First I had rented with AVIS which is rightoff the dock. Avis told me they gave myreservation to Budget (They are partners) and that all my original rates/cartype are still the same. Got to thebudget which is inside the Renaissance hotel and there were 6 couples in frontof us. The people who had reservationstook only a few minutes, people who didn’t took literally 10 minutes. Anyways when it was my turn I was told myrate from Avis is now higher at Budget. I questioned it for a second but then figured it would get me nowhere soI submitted a fraud report on my credit card to let them handle thedifference. The other thing that irkedme was when we got the car the gas was at 3 / 8 full. The lady said bring it back with the samelevel. How am I supposed to know whatGAS KM/L a little kia gets to bring it back exactly at 3/8 full. All service stations in Curacao are FULLservice only so trying to tell the man to not fill the tank was a fun littlechallenge. Drove around the island toPlaya Lagun and Playa Kalki. Both wereabsolutely amazing snorkeling and well worth the trip.

Aruba: Took the Arubus Line 10 up toBoca Catalina. Amazing Amazing snorkelingagain here but it was more difficult to get a bus back since they didn’t comeup that far very often so we started to walk south flagging down every bluearubus we saw. We made it back and thebus is a very economical way to get around: $2.60 USD one way cash fare.

Bonaire: Got off at Bonaire and hadplans to snorkel again on Klein Bonaire. Found an operator who had 20.00 round trip over to the island perperson. It was a 60 person catamaran so itworked out well. It came to the islandevery hour and they were pretty much ontime to the hour to take you back whenyou were ready. Amazing snorkeling heretoo, highly recommend this little desolate island.

Overall: If youread this whole review you will see that I will not cruise with RCL anymore. There were things and people I enjoyed andothers that I refuse to pay money to be put through. I travel 40+ weeks a year for work, spend200+ nights a year in hotels, believe me I know how travel is not perfect. What I saw however a continuation of servicedegradation, pushy upselling and overall a less than enjoyable cruiseexperience. The one thing that pushedme over the top was the Diamond Concierge and unfortunately he represents the toptier cruisers of RCL.

Wow, sorry you had such a rough time on your cruise. How have all of your other cruises on Royal been? Once in a while you get a lemon. I don't think I'd quit cruising with Royal because of one bad cruise.

Good luck with your new Cruise Line

Thanks for the report. Very odd behavior from the Diamond Concierge.

Wow, sorry you had such a rough time on your cruise. How have all of your other cruises on Royal been? Once in a while you get a lemon. I don't think I'd quit cruising with Royal because of one bad cruise.

 

Good luck with your new Cruise Line

Sorry about some of the words mashed together, I wrote it all in MS word and pasted and it may not have liked the carriage returns.

To be honest maybe I am just tired of paying more and feeling like i am getting less and less. Examples are in the specialty dining, beverage packages etc. One would think you pay extra for specialty dining and you get extra service and superior food, i found the opposite to be true. My MDR staff was FAR superior in attentiveness and even willing to get me anything special to make my vacation memorable.

I think for those of us who travel RCL 3 - 4 times a year it becomes a bit of a twilight zone, jokes from the CD are all the same, 10.00 sales are all the same etc.. When people complain and then continue to go right back on that brand we all call them nuts, this time i am speaking with my $$$.

So sorry you had this experience. Now, I'm nervous as we have this same cruise booked in November. Hopefully, you wrote this all in an email to Royal Corporate.

I am hoping this is a one off bad experience. We are also booked on our first cruise with Royal on the Navigator (Carnival and NCL previous).

We booked this based on comments from friends that Royal was a great experience, with better food and service than perhaps our previous cruises. We loved our other cruises and generally can make any vacation enjoyable. Yorkvillian and CruiseLifeRick had me excited about cruising Navigator, this review takes a bit of the air out of that !

Can I ask you if you tried other cruise line? Because what I ear is that the cruise industry is not the same anymore....

Food is less and less, no midnight buffet on many lines now. Many cut backs, like no more lobster night etc...

But, overall, a cruise is still a good vacation I think.

Very sorry about this time on vacation that was not so good :(

Can I ask you if you tried other cruise line? Because what I ear is that the cruise industry is not the same anymore....

Food is less and less, no midnight buffet on many lines now. Many cut backs, like no more lobster night etc...

 

But, overall, a cruise is still a good vacation I think.

 

Very sorry about this time on vacation that was not so good :(

Been on carnival about 10 yrs ago. but ever since then i have had about 12 on Royal Caribbean. They still had lobster on this past cruise, and it was good. I do agree it is a "Good" Cruise vacation, i was just super disappointed that the stuff i paid more for actually were worse than the core cruise itself.

Maybe it's time to try something different! We've cruised Carnival many years, and at one point I knew before I boarded what was on the menu each and every night:o because it did not change year after year!!!!

Went with NCL for change, and change is always good! Now, we come back for another one with RCCL!

I know that when you stick with a cruise company we get perks, but somethings going to the competition is better then the perks ;)

Hope the next one is better for you!!!;)

We were also on this same trip and our experience was a little different. We went to Concierge Lounge every night and the service could not have been better. The first night we ate at Chops (5:30 reservation) and it was OK, not great. The next night we ate at Sabor. Again we got there early and everything was fine. I will say if we didn't have the Diamond + BOGO coupon, I would never have gone there, I don't think the food is worth $30 PP. I did hear from another couple of guests that went there at 8 PM that they didn't get out of there till almost 11 PM.

The dinning room food that OK, not great. Many nights I asked for a steak and a baked potato. The service was great. When we went there on night 3 our server asked if we wanted relaxed service or fast. We don't like to linger so we said "Fast" We got there at 5:30 PM and were usually out the door by 6:30 PM. More time for the Concierge Lounge.

The Windjammer was always packed and the food somewhat mediocre so we only went there a couple of times to get a snack.

The Hotel Manager came into the Concierge Lounge every night and asked each person how things were going. The fourth night my wife asked if they could have doughnuts in the Diamond Lounge in the morning. He said he would make it happen and he did. He also offered to send a plate of doughnuts to our cabin every morning which we declined. The next two nights he came by the Concierge Lounge and offered the doughnut deliver to our cabin again, we again declined. One other thing the coffee maker in the Concierge Lounge was broken the whole cruise so we did use the one in the Diamond Lounge.

We did have problems with water pressure in the shower and lack of hot water and loose door stop on the bathroom door (screws fell out on the floor). Each problem was fixed within 10 minutes of calling the front desk.

Shows and entertainment was OK again not great.

The biggest plus for us was meeting lots of very interesting and friendly people. We meet some really nice people that we certainly hope to see again.

All in all there were some glitches, but we had a great time. Will I go on Royal Caribbean again? Yes I most certainly will.

The biggest plus for us was meeting lots of very interesting and friendly people. We meet some really nice people that we certainly hope to see again.

 

All in all there were some glitches, but we had a great time. Will I go on Royal Caribbean again? Yes I most certainly will.

Sounds like you had similar experiences with the specialty dining as I did. I also heard the Concierge lounge manager was great and i also heard from some guests in there they never ever called anyone out for shorts. Some Gold Card suite guests we ate lunch with a few times said they were always treated well, even times when they came up in swim trunks and flip flops.

Sorry you had such a bad experience. Our son and his husband and their 17 month old son were on the same cruise and they said they had a really good cruise. Rick thought Chops was the best one he had ever been to, and they both loved Sabor.

They also really liked the DL concierge and felt he was very friendly & helpful. They enjoyed having the DL in the Viking Lounge.

I guess I will have to ask them what they wore each evening.:D

Sherri:)

Myself, my husband and our 2 boys were on this cruise. There were always multiple bar tenders, and we ate at Chops, Sabor and Giovanni's and had no issues. Chops was a little slow but otherwise the food was great.

The main dining room food was good. Some things were great, some just ok. We had a great time.

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We were on the same cruise as well.

Chops - Horrible. Nite 2 6:00 reservation. No Stella, streak under cooked, whiich caused my wife's to get cold while waiting to properly cook mine. Service was also terrible.

Sabor - Great. Nite 4. 6:00 reservation. Love the food and drinks. Wish we got the transitional Sabor Margaritas glass.

Giovanni's- Great. Nite 8. 6:00 reservation. Again no Stella. Food was great. Server was excellent.

MDR - Outstanding - 5:30 seating on Deck 3.

Bar Service - Good. Pool attendants always got the orders wrong.

Shows - didn't go to any. Nothing seemed all that entertaining. Miss the bigger ship type shows and entertainment. Wanted to do ice show, but never got it to work.

Labadee - Cabana. Best relaxed beach day

Curaçao - rode the bridge and toured the town.

Aruba - Beach day

Bonaire - Scuba North and South shore. Great island tour. Favorite island.

Love the 9-night. Enjoyed the smaller class with all the options of larger Freedom class. Overall. A great cruise.

If it was the same one we had in January then she is speaking the truth. The same thing happened to me. I am younger too and worked my way up too. He tried kicking me out too, but I said are you going to kick them out too? Pointing at an older couple in the lounge? How about them too? Pointing at another older gentleman, and his wife.

Needless to say, I was allowed to stay in shorts the rest of the sailing. I was on a back to back too, and the 2nd sailing I wore shorts too.

Thanks for the review.

OP, you stated you sail 3-4 times a year, we would love to be able to sail that much but will be content doing 1 every 18 months. With that said, I can imagine things being the same would become quite old after awhile. We enjoy the MDR, no need for specialty restaurants but even sailing every 18 months, I have to admit the menu is getting old. What we never tire of is the peaceful times on our balcony, just enjoying the view and sitting in the hot tub, sleeping in and just plain old R&R. Hoping your next cruise is better.

The OP should have hung out with CruiseLifeRick on this cruise. Then he would have had a great time.

Never had issue waiting to be seated at specialty but with all the specials being offered I understand the delays , we will eat at least 5 nights and maybe 7 on next 7 day cruise in specialty. Looking forward to Navigator again in November ( will turn diamond plus on that cruise)

We were also on this cruise and understand fully how the OP felt. However, we had other issues: We had made reservations for all 9 nights at MTD and on the first night we were told a different time was in their system...this is how things started. In our D3 balcony room the couch was badly stained (gross!). When we mentioned this to our cabin attendant, he said he would put a sheet over it. So I didn't even bother to mention the stains on the vanity chair and stains on the bathroom counter. The sink fixture was also rusted. The chairs in the WJ were not matched and many of the seats were torn and worn. As you can conclude the Navigator is very tired and needs "refurbed" very soon!

As Diamond members, we didn't have the same experience the OP had because we went to the D-lounge 5-10 min. before dinner so that my DH could get his glass of wine and a few appetizers. I don't drink and would rather spend more time at the pool or doing other things than hanging around the D-lounge.

The entertainment was just "okay." The volume was deafening!!! I beg RCCL after every cruise to please turn down the volume. All I could think of was how many people were going to suffer harm on their eardrums. I put kleenex in my ears so that it would cut down on the piercing sound. Cuddy, the cruise director's microphone was also way too loud. The ice show was disappointing. The skaters were wonderful but the production was strange...the segway from one song to another just did not work.The comics were funny and the magician was entertaining...but we've had much better entertainment on our other cruises,

What we have decided is that newer is better. We plan to go on Harmony in September because the newer, larger ships are in better condition with better entertainment.

The ports of call were great! Labadee is always relaxing, Mambo beach was so beautiful in Curacao, Palm Beach in Aruba was lots of fun (rented a small catamaran for an hour) and Sorobon Beach in Lac bay, Bonaire had gorgeous light aqua blue crystal clear water. ...But watch out for the windsurfers! One girl fell off and frustratingly threw her sail over and the tip hit me in the back...ouch! ..Large black and blue mark..so glad it didn't hit me on the head....and I thought we were in clear distance from them. Their sails are very large!

We loved that the cruise was nine nights long and made the best of it...we just wish we were on a different ship!

Happy cruising everyone!

We were on this cruise and we had a VB inside cabin. We splurged and ate at Johnny Rockets once for lunch. We booked 3 excursions that were inexpensive, we had 5:30 dining in the MDR every night. I have never sailed on RCCL before so I didn't really know what to expect. I have to say this was probably the best vacation I have ever had. I thought all the staff and crew were top notch. 70's night was a riot, shows were good, the food was good and plentiful and our cabin was always clean and neat. I don't have any complaints. I will be back for sure. Sorry your vacation wasn't what you expected.

I was also on this cruise and always find it interesting how different people have different experiences.

I did not eat in any specialty restaurants so I cannot comment. I ate in the MDR and really had no major complaints. One time entree was cold, and was quickly replaced with an apology. Had breakfast and lunch there several times. Breakfast service was slow, but they were very busy. Service was always pleasant - had late seating traditional dining and excellent servers.

I found staff to be friendly and competent. No problems with bar service.

As far as diamond lounge,I spent a lot of time there. The concierge was friendly and pleasant, but didn't seem to overly mingle with guests. He seemed to be busy; often on the phone at his desk, and he was working. You could hear him making reservations, etc. There was definitely a sign saying no shorts in the evening. I found people to be well dressed, especially on formal night; mostly dark suits/tuxs/cocktail dresses/sparkly tops, etc. I honestly don't remember seeing anyone in shorts in the evening. I did see a young man turned away wearing basketball-type shorts one night.

My cabin was clean and well maintained. I noticed the vanity chair had a vinyl seat - hence no staining. Also I thought sheer drapes looked new. Mattress was great - very comfortable. This was all in hump stateroom 8612.

Entertainment was so-so; nothing great. Ice show offered 4 times, including day time, so I think if anyone wanted to see it they should have had a chance. As always, very good.

Sorry that OP did not enjoy cruise. I would definitely cruise Navigator again.

I was also on this cruise and always find it interesting how different people have different experiences.

 

I did not eat in any specialty restaurants so I cannot comment. I ate in the MDR and really had no major complaints. One time entree was cold, and was quickly replaced with an apology. Had breakfast and lunch there several times. Breakfast service was slow, but they were very busy. Service was always pleasant - had late seating traditional dining and excellent servers.

 

I found staff to be friendly and competent. No problems with bar service.

 

As far as diamond lounge,I spent a lot of time there. The concierge was friendly and pleasant, but didn't seem to overly mingle with guests. He seemed to be busy; often on the phone at his desk, and he was working. You could hear him making reservations, etc. There was definitely a sign saying no shorts in the evening. I found people to be well dressed, especially on formal night; mostly dark suits/tuxs/cocktail dresses/sparkly tops, etc. I honestly don't remember seeing anyone in shorts in the evening. I did see a young man turned away wearing basketball-type shorts one night.

 

My cabin was clean and well maintained. I noticed the vanity chair had a vinyl seat - hence no staining. Also I thought sheer drapes looked new. Mattress was great - very comfortable. This was all in hump stateroom 8612.

 

Entertainment was so-so; nothing great. Ice show offered 4 times, including day time, so I think if anyone wanted to see it they should have had a chance. As always, very good.

 

Sorry that OP did not enjoy cruise. I would definitely cruise Navigator again.

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