I am also done with Royal Caribbean. First cruise was in 1994 aboard Sovereign of the Seas.
FANTASTIC!
Next time was a cruise on RC to Cozumel 2 years ago.
AWFUL!
Next was a Caribbean cruise same as 1994 cruise but on Harmony of the Seas.
ABSOLUTELY AWFUL!!!
Huge ship. Lousy dining unless you want to pay extra in a specialty restaurant.
Tiny stateroom on 14th deck. Over 100 yards to elevators from stateroom. Screwed up orders for room service, which is now extra. 1994 it was included. More concerned with hand washing than guest comfort. If ship is in port restaurants are closed. Starve until you get to shore. Then a buffet lunch with 6,000 of your closest friends.
Done with RC and done with cruises. Total trip cost more than a month at a beach condo.
“More concerned with hand washing than guest comfort.”
Yeah, afraid of pax like me getting sick and vowing never again. On Explorer of the Seas some Malay gal is at the dining saloon entrance with a huge bottle of hand san going “Washee, washee! Happee, happee!” (squirt, squirt).
On Hilton Head Island right now. Drove here in four hours. Come and go as we please; beach, bicyling, walking, restaurants galore, and most of all, freedom.