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Majesty + Windjammer = Bad News!


MrB

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This is going to take a while. Buckle up.

My wife and I were on the Majesty of the Seas 30 Nov 2019 – 4 Dec 2019, Ft Lauderdale – Key West – Nassau.  We had a friend with us and it was a very pleasurable cruise. Except the Windjammer.

We had been on other cruises on this particular ship in the past. On certain past cruises, the food in both the WJ and the Dining Room were utterly fantastic. Beyond reproach. Not this time. The food in the Windjammer was the worse encountered on Royal Caribbean by far. Everything was not warm enough and was not a good exemplar of what it was supposed to be. For instance, on last full day lunch (Tuesday 3 Dec), the WJ messed up spaghetti and meatballs. How do you do that?

We had always planned on eating in the Main Dining Room for dinner at the 5:30 seating. This turned out to be a saving grace. If anyone asks me about the dining options on Majesty based upon this experience alone, I would have to tell them that Main Dining Room is not really an option, but a requirement. It’s the only alternative and defense against the Windjammer. At least you will have one good consistent meal per day if you use the Main Dining Room.

Also, the Windjammer on the Majesty is a bit different from other ships in the fact that it has two sections; one midships next to the pool and one forward of that. The forward section has a stunning view facing forward from the 11th deck. One deck above the bridge. This is a place you want to be. For some unannounced reason, the forward section of the Windjammer was closed and roped off except for a few hours at breakfast. One of the nicest places to be and one of the most spectacular dining views of the fleet gets blocked off for most of the day. My conjecture is that the boat was not full so they just blocked it off as not needed. Boo! Hiss! It’s one of my favorite places to be on sea days.

Also, Sorrento’s. That’s just bad pizza. I sort of understand that, because if the pizza is waaayyy too good, then it gets crazy expensive for RC and nobody eats anything else and everything else suffers. But this needs to be better.

CONJECTURE AGAIN: The boat seemed not to be full (they do not announce occupancy figures) and this is the boat that they kept around for the Cuba run, which has since been cancelled. It may be that Majesty of the Seas is now an extra ship in the fleet and RCCL is not treating it well. /CONJECTURE FINISHED.

The staff, as always, was fantastic – top to bottom.

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Maybe well pass time to let Majesty go & replace it with something new. RCL may start to cannibalize itself as more & more people are becoming more & more attracted to the latest & greatest mega ships & ignore some of the smaller ships who offer much less, for a price that some passengers may deem not worth it.

A newer class of smaller ships, could offer much more & help cement more, Royal's leadership & innovation, in the world cruise industry, imho.

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13 hours ago, CruiseGus said:

Sorry to hear that you were this dissatisfied.  I'm sailing on her in Feb from NOLA, so i took notice of your post

Love the Majesty as a boat. Great smaller size, well laid out, very calm in comparison to the newer mega-ships. Somewhat ironic, because at the time of launch it was the biggest in the world. Your food could be great at the WJ, but it depends on who the executive chef is on your cruise. 

This is before "all balcony all the time". You get a porthole. It's great, actually. Gets you out of the room. Also, the standard staterooms are smaller than you think. Upgrade one level to the 151 sq ft cabin. It's worth it. We like the 9th or 10th deck. 

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I've done four cruises on MJ this summer including a B3B.  I only did the MDR once.  I ate all dinners in the WJ.  

I found it quite good and never had cold food.  The lasagna was very good.  When I saw it on subsequent nights I went straight to it.  All of my cruisers did not include Cuba so all had higher casino comps than normal.  

Pizza if personal.  Many who are from areas with great pizza will never like pizza on a ship.  It's better than I can do at home so I eat it.  I survive.    

It's not unusual on many ships to isolate sections of the WJ off during non peak demand.  Dinners in particular because many people eat in the MDR.  The entrance to MJ's WJ brings you into the first section so logically that is where they will open seating.  The forward section remains closed because it requires more staff to bus and clean a larger area.  During most of my dinners it was dark outside and there was nothing to see so it was a moot point.  I like lower fare cruises so anything that contains costs like not have guests spread out with 4 tables between each other makes sense to me and I support it.  Other ships do this too during dinner.  It's usually a 20 minute meal so it's hardly something that bothers me.  

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