Review -- Splendour of the Seas

Deck 4:
42nd Street Theater: an obvious difference to the other ships we know is that it stretches only over one floor. Good view from everywhere, even when seated in the back of the theater, which we prefer, so that we can leave without any disturbance, if we donīt like the show. Comfortable sofas for 2 or 3 persons, still in good condition. Quality of the shows very different, but I must admit, that we did not see all the shows. Band with 10 musicians surprisingly big, 10 dancers, 4 singers.
Schooner Bar, which we did not like as much, as on the other RCCL ships. Smaller and darker, pianomusic too loud, so it was almost impossible to have a conversation with other people.
Casino, like all Casinos loud and smoky, because passengers were allowed to smoke there. If we wanted to go from the atrium to the theater we had two choices, either through the casino or over the deck below the lifeboats. We prefered the latter.
King & I Dining Room, tastefully decorated, with blue or red chairs and dark wood. Tables for 2 to 10 persons, very spacy, even for the waiters for better service.
Lunch: to be able to write about the lunch in the dining room, we have eaten there once and were very disappointed. Like our experience on other ships, the staff is during open seatings not as polite as in the evening to their guests at their dinner tables. In this case it was so terrible, that we spoke with two of the headwaiters and complained about both the service and the food. The result was, that the headwaiters had a meeting with the dining-room-staff and discussed this. I told them people could have the impression that the waiters are only friendly to those at their own tables because they know, that they'll receive a good tip at the end of the cruise. This is both not correct and not acceptable for me as a guest. The food quality also was not good and our waiter expected that we'd use the same cutlery for all our courses. He was not inclined to bring us new cutlery after clearing up the plates. So we got it by ourselves from other free places. He also did not serve the ordered softdrinks (we had a soda-package - 14 days - 102 $ per person), even as we asked him again to serve Sprite. It was so different to the excellent service at our table for dinner.


42nd Street Theater Schooner Bar
King & I Dining Room King & I Dining Room


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