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American Canadian Caribbean Line, Inc.

MV Grande Caribe

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Reviewed by: Lun T.
# previous cruises: 10 to 20
Date of Trip: July 12, 2006
Itinerary: Canada/New England

BOTTOM LINE - I would avoid this cruise line if you have ever cruised before, if you have never cruised before you may find it acceptable & buy into their "small ships make sounds" tale. There are other nicer cruise lines that deliver better service for the money.

The lounge was in the bow and had ample seating with sofas & tub chairs with additional seating on the sides in the form of bench style seats - the upholstery could use a good clean.

There was a large T.V. for watching movies, no TV. Stations or radio...if in port they would buy the newspaper.

The bar was B.Y.O.B. and snacks were in the bar area, goldfish, nuts and snack mix. Sodas were free from the pop dispenser.

There was a games cupboard and a small choice of books to read, plus magazines on the coffee tables.

The dining: the food was very good and they always had goodies in the cupboard, there was a coffee machine and tea selections as well as ice tea.

Andy the cook & his assistant Leah were the best - a very good selections of menus through the cruise & very accommodating for those that had special dietary needs or did not like the meal offered that day.

We had booked the 40's cabin - behind the dining room. At the time of booking the reservation agent told me they were good cabins only to find out when we boarded they were over the engine room and a compressor or some machinery that cycled on/off every 10 minutes.

The A/C was so noisy we could not talk to each other unless standing side by side.

The cabins are small, consisting of 2 twin beds, metal hanging cupboard and a metal set of drawers. The door to the cabin is a folding door with no lock from the outside & a hook lock from the inside.

The premium cabins have a chair and small writing table.The head is small but functional, no door and had to use the shower curtain as the door. To shower you need to have the shower curtain in front of toilet and around in front of doorway.

Only bar soap, toilet tissue and tissues supplied so need to bring shampoo etc - The staff did not seem to clean the room and the toilet area very well..After a few days we noticed odors from around the toilet area and the shower curtain was soiled.

We had a 3 piece jazz group come on one night & a lady from the local Pioneer village dressed in period costume. Other nights they played older movies or nothing.

The tours were not well organized or the information on taxis or things to do in the Port was very sketchy.

Mostly older crowd- 55+