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Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern
7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)
Sail date: July 19, 2015
Ship: Independence of the Seas
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 8344
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 9 years ago
Review summary
I was disappointed in this ship's entertainment. The only show that I enjoyed was "Once Upon A Time". They actually had a nightclub that catered to Hispanics, and others that catered to Caucasians but none for African Americans. I even sat with one of the Cruise Directors at the sail away party from San Juan and asked if African Americans were forgotten because they did not have any venue for us and there were quite a lot of us onboard. I also, had issues with the service on the first night in the Main Dining Room where the assistant server filling in for my regular one, threw the food at someone sailing with me. The excursion we in St. Maarten, did not match the brochure description and I complained to Guest Services about it. They reimbursed us 50% but I felt it should have been 100% because it was a guest services employee that recommended. The ship was able to fix the dining room situation but I did not spend the amount of money I did to go on vacation to complain. They also catered to children and children were allowed into venues they shouldn't have been, ie. the Love & Marriage game. Things were done and said in there that children should not have been privy to.
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Ship tip
Don't go on this ship if you are not taking children, they catered to children.
Ports of call
Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
7 Comments
glomarrone 9 years ago
So sorry to read that this cruise was a disappointment for you. Cruiselines usually offer all kinds of music. Perhaps different types of music could play in the lounges changing nightly. I guess that it is difficult to satisfy everyone. I am unsure how many small groups can play different types of music.
zcruzzer3 9 years ago
sciqueen55 9 years ago
I was on this cruise last week as well and TOTALLY agree with the original reviewer re: the ships entertainment; the large numbers of children being at adult only venues and problems in the dining room. Lol, I even had a half glass of white wine spilled down my back in the Windjammer by one of the assistant waiters and no one even batted an eye! Speaking of the kids they were pretty out of control on this ship. I left my own review of this cruise on here too. Worst one we've taken with RC. And I hear the concern about the lack of African American culture on the ship...and I am white. It was a good point.
Jnf619 9 years ago