Not real happy

Item: Icon of the Seas
Rating: 4.1
Author: shelly974

Icon of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

shelly974

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean & Perfect Day (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 21, 2024

Ship: Icon of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14594

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 month ago

Review summary

Very disappointed with the amount of children running around the ship unattended yelling and screaming. This made it really difficult to enjoy our cruise!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Fast but lots of people

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The main dining didn’t have our dinner reservations scheduled and they added us to a really late dinner. One day we received uncooked chicken.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

We attended 3 shows not a lot of shows for adults! Lots of children,

Entertainment

4 out of 5

The shows were great but over booked,

Children's Programs

I didn’t have children with me

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Room steward was great not too happy with dining staff!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

I like the layout but the adult areas were way too small and children were in the swim up bar area.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Really liked our cabin!

Ship tip

Be prepared to deal with thousands of kids running around the ship unattended!

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

We skipped St Thomas as it was canceled due to maintenance with shop! We did go to beach in st Maarten.

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

4 out of 5

No we went to the beach. Lots of residents out trying to get us to give them money for beach chairs very pushy!

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas Did not visit port

It was canceled by cruise line

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Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

4 out of 5

It was okay we spent time at beach.

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Fast but lots of people all at once!

4 Comments

danphx 1 month ago

Agree 💯. I've never seen so many baby strollers and kids on a cruise during the school year. The fact that no one was watching the kids most of the time became really annoying. At least have them stick to the overly generous sized kids areas!

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javawoody 1 month ago

Appreciate the post

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javawoody 1 month ago

Appreciate the post

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Sopchoppy 1 month ago

Kids don't belong on a cruise. Nobody wants your kids ...stay home

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