(New) Empress of the Seas review

Has anyone sailed in this reconstructed ship just started sailing Jan. (Royal Caribbean)?

You should ask this on the RCCL boards, you have a much better chance of getting a response.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=83

Has anyone sailed in this reconstructed ship just started sailing Jan. (Royal Caribbean)?

Welcome to Cruise Critic. She has not been reconstructed, just refurbished - which means stateroom upgrades, internet improvements, specialty restaurant additions, casino upgrades, etc. But she still is the same basic ship.

The Empress of the Seas has not made any revenue trips for Royal Carib since being transferred from Pullmantur. She is still in the yard at Freeport and is scheduled to begin service towards the end of May.

Yep, RCI has had to cancel a total of 11 4 and 5 day cruises because of the need to do significant repairs to the galley and provisions areas of the ship in order to meet USPH sanitation requirements. They have reported that they are essentially gutting and renewing all 5 galleys onboard, including walls and ceilings.

Thank you all so very much! I was very concerned with the myriad of comments smallest ship in the fleet. I'll move onto another ship.

I sailed on this ship <cough> years ago back when it was the Nordic Empress. It was my first cruise.