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Renaissance Cruises
MS R One
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Reviewed by: Walter Jordan
# previous cruises: 9
Date of Trip: December 28, 1998
Itinerary: Mediterranean
Only cruise we've ever been on with no "Welcome Aboard" cocktail
party to meet Capt. & officers, and no Capt's Dinner. Cheap outfit. New
Year's Eve-one glass champagne about ll45. Optional tours good in general,
but overpriced. If you want bottled water on all day tours you'll have to
buy it.
Public areas nice overall. Very nice Library, operated on the
honor system. Two computers set up for e-Mail, but it would cost $9.50 per
minute sat. time. Walk-around promenade around pool area, excellent health
club facilities, signup list for treadmills. Poor group exercise classes.
Nice pool, hot tubs, casino & shops. Sports Bar great.
Two restaurants-The Grill & the Italian Rest., required reservations, and had poorer service than the open dining Club rest. Panorama Rest. buffet style, good selection, great views outside, best place to eat breakfast and lunch. You can ask the waiter for items from dining room.6 seat tables in Club Rest. offered good chances to meet folks.
Cabin was great. Had a veranda. Nicely furnished. Bathroom very well
furnished, but a very large person would have difficulty squeezing into it.
Cabin very quiet, never heard any noise.
Shows ran the gamut, from really really bad to very good. Rl
doesn't have a very large theatre, more like a cocktail lounge with a stage,
best view from the bar rail, elevated a bit. Vocalists were excellent, comic
wasn't bad,magician stunk. Cruise staff fairly good about explaining
upcoming tours.
On board, if it's warmer than Jan. in the Med, the pool area is
really nice, Library nice. At most ports you can bargain with a taxi driver
for a much less expensive tour, or just walk around town. Tour was Athens,
Ashdod & Haifi, Israel, Rhodes, Cyprus, Crete, Kusadasi &
Istanbul,Turkey.Expect 1.5+ hr wait for cable car ride to near top of
Masada. Don't miss Ephesus.
They were like one big AARP meeting. Wasn't as diverse a group as usual on a
cruise. Only 2-3 couples would we consider inviting over.
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