Wont be taking Royal Caribbean again...

Item: Independence of the Seas
Rating: 1
Author: Cruiser837

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruiser837

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

1 out of 5

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4 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 26, 2015

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Second cruise ever and had the worst time! To many things that went bad. Food was cold and poor tasting. Only positive about the cruise was John and Kenger as our servers that were awesome, and the cruise director was funny! Cozumel was also fun and beautiful!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Food was cold and not enjoyable. Everyone in our group tried different things and none of it was good! Was better off at the buffet where they have food under heat lamps!

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Was not as fun as i hoped. Went with other couples and only time activities were fun was after dinner. Nothing during the day that was exciting unless you are into shopping or have kids. Which was not for us!

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

John and Kenger were awesome and funny servers! On formal night we did not have them and we had the worst time. Everything from food to service was not helpful. Stick with John and Kenger

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Not a lot of staff walking around cleaning or taking drink orders. Especially by pool! Had to walk to the bar everytime and wait 10 min until i could order a drink. Mostly because everyone was having to do the same so it was busy

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Small cabin. Was just two single size beds pushed together to make a full size bed. So if you were in the middle of the bed, you are stuck between the two beds!

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

6 Comments

cablock 8 years ago

did anyone have the a lamb shank. my mom said it was excellent and shes very picky. i dont eat lamb so i cant say.

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trishytishy 8 years ago

I have cruised loads of times with royal caribbean about 4 times on independance and the food was fantastic.

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frank212 8 years ago

I heard that Royal Caribbean serves very good upscale food I was thinking of taking a cruise with them I usually cruise ncl

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cablock 8 years ago

i agree the food was not great but i do understand they have to cook for thousands at a time. :(

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ryanaubin 8 years ago

Funny that there wasn't one good thing that happened... I could think of a few things in your life that were worse than you vacation on a luxury cruise ship in the Caribbean...

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Weber7 8 years ago

" had the worst time! " lol

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