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Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Independence of the Seas

14 Night Mediterranean Treasures (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 25, 2011

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 13 years ago

Review summary

This is the third largest ship of the RC line! If I had not been on the largest one, the Oasis of the Sea, I would have had no comparison.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
I have had better food on the Oaisis of the Sea. But, this is a good second!

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The shows were much better on the Oasis of the Sea.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Large number of friendly people everywhere on the ship! They were very polite and helpful, all the time!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everything about this ship was top shelf! It was extremely clean and laidout very well.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
If I had not been on the Oasis of the Sea, I would not know that there was a stateroom the next notch better than this one.

Ports of call

Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5
Well worth seeing and going on the tour that went in to the caves of "the rock".

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
We needed much more time to see this large city! Our excursion was very good but not long enough.

Vigo, Spain

5 out of 5

Lisbon, Portugal

5 out of 5
Clearly the best of the best! This city is extremely beautiful!

Cannes, France

5 out of 5

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5

Alicante, Spain

5 out of 5

Pros: The excursions were outstanding

Cons: The amount of time spent at each port was to short

Recommends Independence of the Seas? Yes!

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