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Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Independence of the Seas

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 04, 2014

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8261

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 10 years ago

Review summary

First the not so good.  Fox news has been droped from the channel line up and we were completely in the dark on stateside news.  CNN is not the "headline news" I remembered.  This is 2014 and you would think some sort of basic internet service would be available at no charge.  The chair situation is a little crowded when you have this many people on a ship.  Even Windjammer seating was tight most of the time.  Now for the good.  The service was personable and friendly.  There is more to do on this ship than you can get done.  I thought there would be long lines for the Flowrider or the rock wall.  Generally this was not the case and the well orginized staff kept moving along.  Stateroom and Dining room service was excellent.  I thought the food was very good.  It was never as hot as you would like, but they were serving 3500 guests.  All in all an awesome time in 80 to 90 degrees when it was 9 degrees where we were from.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Notice and enjoy the detail that has gone into the building of this ship.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5
traffic and road construction are an issue.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Island is congested with 5 Cruise Ships

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5
not as congested

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
USA cell service to catch up

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5
Beachside R & R
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