Not the best cruise I've had.

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 52

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Independence of the Seas

5 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 30, 2016

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9678

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Still not sure why, but embarkation was a nightmare, stood for 2 hours in line (Diamond) member because there were immigration issues?? Ship is in good shape, room fine, food ok, not great. Ice show lots of fun, spa fine, Cozumel was great as always. Big disappointment as we couldn't dock at Costa Maya because of high winds and waves. Heard dock wasn't well built and this is a constant problem with this new port. So, 5 day cruise and 1 port...ugh!!! Disembarkation was fine. RCL should have communicated better about embarkation issues, started cruise off badly and there was no effort to assuage anger and then it would have helped if we could have had another port on Friday so we didn't spend another day at sea. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Some good, but spotty.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Good cabin, steward Duria was great!!!

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5
Really busy, lots of mega ships, arrive early!!

Cozumel, Mexico Did not visit port

Chakanaab by cab is always great!!!!!

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

1 out of 5
Didn't dock, bad wind and seas. Maybe not a good choice for port!!!!
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