Cruise Review: Mariner of the Seas and Perfect Day at Coco Cay
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
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After sailing on 13 cruises, I figured that its about time I give a cruise review. But be kind... Serious amateur hour here.
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I was skeptical about sitting through this review, but it was great! Thanks for giving a straightforward review and avoiding sugarcoating everything or just complaining. Loved it!
Ha! ... yeah, I was skeptical about doing it. Who cares about what I think? But that was my goal: honest review of my experience onboard. Thanks for watching!
I enjoyed your honesty
Thanks... I’m amazed that there are some who don’t. And thanks for watching!
LOL that Ricky part got me, BTW thank you for this great review
Ha!... Thank YOU for watching
By far this is the best I have seen! Getting ready to go in less than two weeks and now I feel ready. Thank you!
Thx! You'll love it... and thanks for watching.
Great, unbiased, and detailed review!
Thanks!
Voyager Class and Freedom Class are my favorite, mostly because they're big enough to have a nice promenade but they're not too big. They typically don't feel super crowded. I like Enchantment mostly for the crew. She's a little old and tired, a little small, but the crew makes up for it. We cruised the Allure one time. The oasis class is just TOOO big. I haven't been on Mariner but have been looking for a reason to go. Specialty dining on Enchantment is just okay. I've had better steaks in the main dining room than I did at Chop's.
I need to spend more time on RC. Mariner is the perfect size ship IMO. Would love to try a Freedom Class. Seems like the perfect size. Need to try Oasis just to say I did, though. I did celebrity edge (RC Quantum class, basically. That was solid. Thx for watching my vids!
@@JoeTolley I haven't cruised celebrity yet. Did you go in that bar that goes up and down the side of the ship? You may have a video....I'll have to check.
Cool... thx for the honesty
Always... thx for watching!
I never thought I would sit through this....man, I gotta tell you, it was a great delivery. I have watched probably 8 to 10 reviews of this ship and I got more out of your 22 minutes than I did all the others combined. To me this was so authentic, believable and right from the heart, no sugar or sales pitch. Great job, I could hang with you. Will be on the ship with our 2 grand daughters in December. I'm going to subscribe just to hear what else you have to say. You're not a moron.....
NICE!!! You're too kind. I never expected ANYONE to make it through the whole thing. The more and more I edited it, the more and more I felt like a babbling idiot. Thanks for watching and the kind words.
Thanks for the honest review. We are going on a family cruise in Jan 2020. Very excited. This will be our first time on Royal. My wife and I have been on NCL and Carnival previously. This will be our kids first cruise (8 yo b/g twins) My parents and sister and her husband are also going. Their first cruise as well. I am pretty sure that they will all love it. I will be sure to come back and update you after we check it out for ourselves. Our kids love water so I know they are going to love CocoCay. We are getting the thrill park for one day.
Awesome! Yeah, they'll love it. Would love to hear your thoughts... I'm always curious where my opinions stack up with others since everyone "cruises" differently.
@@JoeTolley for sure! 80 days before I can do that. 😉
@@YardGuy FYI I just saw your follow on IG, Thanks... but I forgot to update my header. I'm slowly migrating over to instagram.com/shiphead_/ . I'm more "cruisey" there.
Great review. Thanks for sharing!
Thx! And thanks for watching!
We are going in March, they are charging $99/person for the water park. $30/person would have been nice!
Keep your eye on the price. I’ve heard that it sometimes fluctuates. If it goes does down you can cancel then repurchase... I’ve heard. Thanks for watching!
Joe Tolley Checked again today, the price for the water park is up to $131/person! Crazy high.
@@mikelp72 That's ridiculous! HARD pass for me.
We just came off the mariner of the seas on Monday we did our cruise July 5-8 and it was ok like you said the dining room food could be better but the second day for dinner I order the filet mignon and it was really good the windjammer food could be better as well.
Crap... I should've gotten the filet... Still kicking myself for not squeezing in wings from Playmakers.
Not an idiot. This was a great review. Felt very real. Disapointing to hear about the main theater show. I also love the big production shows on ships and on my last cruise on Harmony of the Seas I loved all of the shows. Loved your review here so please do another one on your next cruise. Nice job. My cruise on Mariner in Sept will be a 4 night so got one more night extra. Wonder if Ricky will be our cruise director he looked pretty awesome in your clips.
Ricky was outrageous. Didn't see him outside of the shows though. Yeah, not sure what it was about the show. It was an art theme where paintings came to life and sang. No correlation between the songs though. Probably produced by a fine arts major. I bet that 4th night will be HUGE. Would have loved a sea on that ship. Doing Carnival Horizon and Celebrity Edge reviews in the next couple of weeks, form earlier sailings. Hopefully I'll remember enough. Thanks!
Thanks for the review. Never been to CocoCay but agree with you that that balloon thing will be gone in a year!
Most other videos I've seen, people are raving about coco cay. I do wish I would have at least experienced the waterpark it to see if it justified the price. But my late teen daughters just wanted to sun worship.
@@JoeTolley True. I also have seen a few that like the waterpark but thought price was high like you said.
Hey joe thanks for the comprehensive review of the ship and activities. I had initially booked the helium balloon thing; but canceled it after realizing the ride is only 10 mins. Forget it, because of your vlog I decided my wife and I were just going to enjoy coco cay and not pay anything extra. We sail in 11 days, can’t wait man.
Oh great,... now I'm costing Royal Caribbean money :) I could easily see doing the balloon at 10 clams, but I also overheard that if there's a lot of wind it will only go up like 200 ft. Yeah, forget it. Thanks so much for watching!
Joe Tolley agree! Ten bones and I would be all in. At checkout it came close to 80 and I said nope! Haha! I’ll follow up with a comment in a few weeks and let you know how our cruise went. Have a good one man.
@@nathanshaw7250 Awesome! Please do. looking forward to hearing about it.
The balloon was amazing. But the Waterpark is out of this world, a must if your going. Check the cruise planner prior for discounts
We are going in April 2020 on a 4 night. We have two people in our group who have never cruised and a 5 and 11 year old. Im really glad to hear that the ship didn’t feel packed.
I can't confirm that it was a full sailing, but I do now that only balconies were available as far out as about 3 months. And considering it was a weekend cruise, It had to at least be just shy of full. But, yeah. GREAT flow... pool deck was always packed though. Forgot to mention that since we weren't there much and you'll have a Sea Day,
Much Appreciated. This is the type of review I was looking for.
Awesome! Thanks for watching.
Absolutely love your videos. Love your delivery and sense of humor. Totally agree with everything you said. I've been on 11 RC cruises and this was one of my favorites. Thoroughly enjoyed the ice show. Saw it twice. Food was just " ok " for me too. Keep up the good work. You make me smile🙃
Nice! Thank you. I have a couple more review coming up, but unfortunately my next sailing isn't til late November :(
Thank you for the informative video! Will be sailing on this ship in 3 days! My 10th RC cruise and thus far, biggest ship to date. Excited. Thanks again!
Awesome. It's a great size for me. Biggest RC I've been on as well. Would love to do Oasis class just to say I did it, but hate the idea of 6,000 PAX to contend with. Enjoy!!!
I love your honest opinion. I get the fact that you are being sarcastic but I can appreciate that you are honest.
Thanks!
and thanks for watching :)
Love the Honesty
Thanks!... Apparently 6 (dislikes) didn't :)
My Coco VLOG is my most "disliked" video. I didn't fanboy it like everyone else seems to. That had to be the reason.
Love love love your very detailed and honest review. We are going Aug 2020.
Thanks! I think that's why I've gotten a few DIS-likes :) You'll love it!
Blessings to you and family you are too funny had me laughing from the start to finish video amazing thumbs👍 up 100000000% keep up the great vids you are the man!!!!....
Ha! THX! I’ll do what I can :) thanks for watching.
Thanks for your review l am going on the Mariner in November ...I have been on RC in the past l agree the food is just average. I am excited about the updates at Cocoa Cay
Awesome! Yeah it's pretty amazing what they've done at Coco Cay. Happy sailing!
I agree about Cocoa Cay. I cannot fathom spending the money (and a lot of it) for those extras. Some of the cabanas are going for over $800 dollars on my cruise coming up!!!
I think my ultimate advice would be to take the money you would spend on Coco Cay and invest in RCL stock :)
Thank you for the review. We are headed out on this ship for the first time next week with family members who have never cruised before. I thought many of your comments were good, and I actually said something to my husband about the Stowaway Piano Man about 30 seconds before you mentioned him. So sorry you did not get to see him! I, too, am concerned that since RC has all the specialty restaurants and are pushing those packages, they have really let the MDR & Windjammer food quality drop. We noticed that recently on our Harmony cruise, too. As far as Coco Cay, I agree with you about private islands and actually preferred the Island in it's more "natural" state before the upgrades. We do snorkel there and even though they have reduced the size of the swim/snorkel area and the plane wreck is no longer within the area, we did see great fish and several lobster.
Thanks so much for reading. Hopefully the food was just a fluke, either way, your family members are going to LOVE this since they've never cruised before. Consider the MDR for breakfast at least one morning, especially day 2, I've heard it's relatively empty. Has a buffet and/or order off the menu.... I've never seen lobster in the wild. Had no idea they were there. Always assumed they were in Maine :)
going in April 2020. Hope the food gets better too. Were trying a suite this time and I want to see how they nickel dime us. lol
Ha! Hopefully, you'll get some perks in that suite. Hopefully the food was just a fluke. Comment cards actually go a LONG way.
victoria prouty may see you there 28th April for us !!! 🥳🤩😚😛
were going on the 20th of April 2020
@@bocbocbocbocboc
Will be boarding Oct 2019
I'm jealous. Would love to give it another go. Enjoy!
Thank you for your review, I’ll be cruising with a Royal Caribbean Mariner of the Seas September 2019.
Awesome!... I'm jealous :) Enjoy!
Me too from 23 - 27
I'm going on this ship on November 18th, so hopefully my wife and I will have a good trip, we have one night booked at the Chops Grille
Nice! I'll be on Carnival Sunshine at the same time, though I'm not sure it will compare :)
I thoroughly enjoy your videos. You’re funny yet blunt and the videos are always so clear and top notch. Good job. And great review. I’m sailing on this ship week after next and hoping for a good experience. Thank you for the vlogs.
Thank YOU!... You'll love it.... and I"m jealous. Would LOVE to give her another go.
1975prissy are you going on the 22-26 July sailing? That’s the one my wife and i are going on!
Great "Tee"
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@@JoeTolley I knew you weren't a moron.......you want a You Tube retirement 😉
@@JoeTolley I did.....
@@rknee4647 Awesome! Thanks!