Royal Caribbean Monarch of the Seas

Pros: Good food, good service, lots of onboard activities, good ports of call.
Cons: Busy elevators, midnight buffet available only 2 out of 5 nights

Cruise Ship Review

Depart: Saturday Oct. 5
Boarding Time: 2pm sailing time: 5pm
Ship: Monarch of the Seas
Stops: Day at Sea – Cozumel – Grand Cayman – Day at Sea – Ft. Lauderdale

We had a group of 11...

Pros: great dollar value, excellent service, royal treatment, lot's of fun!!
Cons: Not completely all inclusive, island stops are short.

(Quick Update Announcement: March 11, 2003: you can also read a review by us on this ship at www.cruisereviews.com and view pictures of this ship, Cozumel and Grand Cayman from our trip by going to www.cruisemates.com then picking on the photo...

Pros: Good value for the money; food is very good overall, staff is friendly and helpful.
Cons: No at-sea days; too short a cruise; ports were fun but not that exciting.

This 4-day cruse to San Diego, Catalina Island, and Ensenada was a very good value for the money; I wouldn't say that it was great, but it was a very enjoyable cruise overall. The food was very good and had a lot of variety. Although they don't serve ...

Pros: Refurbished ship, good destinations, good for kids
Cons: Small cabins, food was just ok, trip a bit too short

We were having some work done on the house and had to be out for a few days so I decided to take the family on a cruise. We live in the Los Angeles area so we decided to take the 4 day Mexico cruise on the Monarch of the Seas. Overall the trip was a ...

Pros: Great food, attentive crew, wonderful entertainment
Cons: Easy to spend more than you intended and with all the good food you're sure to gain a little weight

My husband and I honeymooned on Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Sea in May of 95. Our cruise was 8 days 7 nights. We could not have dreamed of a more fabulous honeymoon, we truly were treated like royalty. The crew was helpful, personable and went out...

Pros: many ports, different tour options
Cons: fly/cruise not a good deal

Thinking about a Royal Caribbean cruise? If you've never cruised before, or are taking your first trip to the Caribbean, I'd say try the Monarch of the Seas.

We had taken RCCL before on a Mexican cruise, so we trusted them to make a...

Pros: None
Cons: All

In April, 2000 I had the unfortunate experience of cruising Monarch of the Seas with a group of friends.

We had planned and anticipated this vacation for over a year. We booked a total of 8 people through our local travel agent.

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Pros: Food and Service
Cons: Too Short Itinerary

We had an uneventful trip down, we flew down from North Florida a big benefit of living here and as we approached the airport, we could see several cruise ships in the harbor. We were met at the gate by a
representative of Royal Caribbean. Soon we...

Pros: Overall great experience
Cons: Some may call the trip expensive.

Here is my account of what turned out to be one of the greatest travel experiences of my lengthy travel history.

Flight to San Juan was uneventful - I highly recommend RCI's air-sea package. Hindsight and horror stories from fellow cruisers...

Pros: Excellent main dining food and friendly staff
Cons: Overpriced and the ship is outdated - bad buffet meals

This was our first cruise - my wife and two children decided to go on Dec 24th - we booked in early August. At the time we thought we were getting competitive prices - but after talking to multiple people on the ship - we found out that we paid almost...

Pros: Plenty of activities to choose from around the clock!
Cons: Service was not consistent.

We cruised out February 8th 2003. The weather was absolutely perfect the whole time. OK before I get ahead of myself, let me start by telling you, that my Mom won this cruise. She actually won a cruise for 4 people, for 7 nights, and upgraded rooms...

Pros: Great Itinerary! Great Kid's Program.
Cons: Cabins are pretty small for four people

I have sailed several of the major cruise lines (including Costa, NCL, RCCL, Carnival) to nine Caribbean islands on at least 12 cruises over the past few years. For me, the 4-night Mexican Baja sailing on the Viking Serenade was a delightful change of...

Pros: Great itinerary, good service
Cons: So-so food, lousy coffee!!!

I and two friends went on the Monarch Southern Caribbean trip back in September 2000. We had a great time. It was my first cruise, Dan's second, and John's umpteenth (he was 'slumming'--he usually goes on Cunard). A rundown:

We arrived in...

Pros: Relaxing, luxurious and fun
Cons: Pricey excursions and frozen food

Luxurious, delightful, fantastic itinerary-you get to visit a different country every day. Cruising on Royal Caribbean is almost a blessing.

I just want to point out a couple of things to watch for. First,
the food is not as spectacular...

Pros: A good time can be had by all!
Cons: Too much to do if that's a problem!

First of all let me put in a disclaimer, I live in St. Thomas, so why would I want to go on a cruise? A high school class reunion! My on island classmates were tired of doing all the work for the past two we had so we said let the cruise line do the...