Great cruise with cruise friends, with a birthday and engagement

Icon of the Seas Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 8
Helpful Votes: 125

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Icon of the Seas

7 Night Eastern Caribbean & Perfect Day (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 06, 2024

Ship: Icon of the Seas

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

We were a group of 20, Framily, friends who have met on cruises and continue to cruise together, plus my daughter, and her mother. We celebrated several engagements including and engagement on the first day, and my Daughter's 16th birthday.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Was very fast, in fact we arrived around 1030am for 1130 check in, but was on board before 11am.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Junar and Aki at Lime and Coconut bar were amazing Noel and Swapnil in dinning room went above and beyond especially with my daughter's 16th birthday

Schooner Bar

5 out of 5

Spent a lot of time here, the layout was perfect.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
I went to most trivias and game shows, had a blast, won a lot but gave all the prizes away, not there to win just have fun, plus kids love those prizes more than me.

Cloud 17

5 out of 5

Spent a ton of time here and at the smoking section, bar staff was excellent.

Crown's Edge

5 out of 5

My Daughter did this, she said it was both scary and exciting at the same time, for the price she went 2 times and got a video.

Category 6 Waterpark

5 out of 5

My Daughter did all 6 slides, I did both raft slides and the drop slide, we all had a blast.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
I was unable to make it to any shows, except for Effectors, however they canceled it do to technical difficulties, Wizard of Oz was moved to later in the week do to difficulties the previous week, so the day we were booked for it we were at dinner celebrating my Daughter's 16th birthday. The Agua show happened about 10 times during the week, so I had planned to wing it and failed to make any, my Daughter and her mother went to the Ice show and loved it.

Aquadome

5 out of 5

They held Love and Marriage, and Sexiest Man competition here, both were entertaining.

Absolute Zero

5 out of 5

My Daughter and her mother really enjoyed the Ice show, I was here for the Friendly game show, and the Crazy quest.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Room steward was excellent, we had a problem with room temperature on first day, but he was able to solve it quickly, for future reference leave room setting on morning.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The cleanliness of ship was amazing, never crowded, the layout was easy to navigate.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was long in size, in fact if you took balcony Cabin with balcony it could fit inside my cabin, was a little lacking in storage, but still a great cabin for the money

Ship tip

The biggest piece of advice would be to do a B2B, because there is so much to see and do, one week is not enough.

Ports of call

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5
As with previous islands didn't leave ship, but have been multiple times, it is a great experience.

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
My second favorite island, been a half dozen times, so on this voyage didn't leave ship, as so much to do on board.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
My third favorite island, but as mentioned with St. Martin didn't leave ship.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Ever since they went to the stand and look at camera, disembarking is a breeze.

Traveler Photos

Promenade during baloon drop Promenade during baloon drop Pearl before baloon drop Panoramic ocean view cabin Panoramic ocean view cabin Stayed with my friend Dan aka MR Royal at Trump International North Miami
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8 Comments

nsbilson     19 days ago

Did your cabinet steward switch the sofa and the chairs around for you?

Ship2Shora     7 months ago

Maybe someday a B2B on the Icon after the rates become more aligned with reality😉

Gwbigdog     8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

rschany     8 months ago

Sounds like you have a fun group to travel with. Loved hearing your feedback!

cruising2004     8 months ago

Great way to celebrate all those special occasions! Glad everyone had a wonderful cruise! Thank you for your review.

javawoody     8 months ago

Appreciate the review

BPRD2696     8 months ago

Awesome. Thanks

HeavySeas     8 months ago

Awesome....thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed your cruise

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