The ship

Navigator of the Seas

Voyager-class · Royal Caribbean International
Entered service
2002
Guests
3,286at double occupancy
Decks
15
Cabin grades
12on this ship

What sets her apart

Navigator of the Seas at sea

The Blaster, an aqua coaster about 245 metres long that runs along the top deck and out over the side of the ship, added in the 2019 refit.

Cabins on this ship

12 grades on this ship. What each costs depends on the sailing, so the prices are on the itineraries.

Interior

No window. The cheapest cabin on the ship and completely dark with the lights off, which suits some sleepers and disorients others. This is an older ship than the Quantum pair and the standard interior is smaller, so it is worth treating as somewhere to sleep and change rather than anywhere to sit.

Interior with Virtual Balcony

Eighty-one interior cabins were fitted with floor-to-ceiling screens carrying a live outside camera feed during the 2019 refit, on decks nine and ten. It tells you the time of day and the weather, which is most of what an interior cabin lacks. It is a screen and it does not make the cabin any bigger.

Promenade View Interior

An interior cabin with a bay window onto the Royal Promenade, the four-deck indoor street running through the ship - a genuinely unusual room, and there are a hundred and thirty-eight of them. The drawback is straightforward and worth taking seriously: parades, bands and bars run late directly below you, and the glass does not stop much of it.

Ocean View

A sealed picture window, generally low down and forward or aft. The cheapest way to have daylight and a horizon, and the horizon is the part that matters if anyone in the party is prone to seasickness. Some categories in this grade are partly blocked by lifeboats, so the specific cabin number matters.

Spacious Panoramic Ocean View

Forward-facing, with a floor-to-ceiling window running almost the full width of the cabin. It is the best view on the ship without buying a suite, and there are only about two dozen. No balcony, the glass does not open, and forward is the part of the ship that pitches most in a swell.

Ultra Spacious Ocean View

A very large ocean-view cabin with no balcony, built to take four or more berths and sold mainly to families. It buys more floor area than any balcony grade on this ship and prices below them. The trade is straightforward - no outdoor space of any kind - and the window is sealed, as every ocean-view window here is.

Ocean View Balcony

Private outdoor space, and the grade most people are pleased they paid for on any sailing with sea days. Navigator's standard balconies are small by current standards - this is a 2002 hull - so the cabin is the ordinary size and the terrace is narrow. Connecting pairs are sold as their own category.

Spacious Ocean View Balcony

A balcony cabin with noticeably more inside floor area than the standard one, and enough berths for a family of four. On a hull of this age the extra room is the point rather than the balcony, which is the same modest size as every other balcony on board. Ask for the cabin number; the grade spans several positions.

Sunset Ocean View Balcony

Aft-facing, looking back down the wake, with a balcony substantially larger than the ship's standard one - the best balcony on board for the money. A Spacious version with more inside room is sold alongside it. There are few of them, and the aft of the ship is where engine vibration is most noticeable.

Ocean View Panoramic Suite (No Balcony)

A suite in floor area and in name, forward-facing behind a wall of glass, with no balcony at all - which is the one thing to be certain a client has understood before booking it. The outlook is the best on the ship. Forward is also where the hull pitches most in a swell.

Junior Suite

A larger cabin with a sitting area, a bath and a bigger balcony. It sits outside Royal Suite Class, so it comes with the floor area and none of the suite restaurant, lounge or concierge access. On this ship the step from balcony to junior suite buys space and very little else, which is worth being clear about.

Suite (Royal Suite Class)

Grand Suite upward, tiered by what they admit you to rather than by size: a private restaurant, a suite lounge, a concierge and priority boarding and tendering. The top rooms are genuinely large. Suites are charged the higher daily gratuity rate, and there are relatively few of them on a ship of this age.

Sailings on Navigator of the Seas

3 sailings in the catalogue right now.

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