Spring BREAK WHAT?

Item: Independence of the Seas
Rating: 3
Author: rkolk2

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

rkolk2

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 07, 2016

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 9648

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

This ship was nice but the only bad thing is my Travel agent should have warned me that this was College spring break. I never would have booked had I known this. The pool deck and bars were just crazy with drunk kids. We hung out most of the time at the schooner bar cause it was far removed from the pool deck bars. I was a kid once but never remember doing shots of tequila at 11 am in the morning.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Our cabin was perfect location!

16 Comments

7Qx01VcLW3VEzB4NZwhB3sqD1 8 years ago

Spring break can be the whole month of March it's hard for any TA to know which cruise has more spring breakers.April is safe but March 1st-26th is a gamble!Least you know for next year!!

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glenaroo 8 years ago

That's why were going April 1st. When all the little ones will be on the ship instead of college kids lol

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samanthakicks 8 years ago

@Goblue...I'm in my mid-30s, don't have kids and live in Cleveland...what college kids do in March is not even on my radar

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goblue45 8 years ago

How did you NOT know it could be spring break? Come on...common sense folks! All of March, somewhere in North America is S.Break. LOL!!!

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slovel 8 years ago

We were in the March 12th-17th and it wasn't so bad although we had young kids so we hung out in the kids pool area and were in bed by 11pm.

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owen571 8 years ago

We're going March 26 do u think it will be bunch of college kids were taking are kids 15 and 6 ?

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ncornelius 8 years ago

I was on the March 7 sailing and it was pretty packed with spring breakers... The lines were long at the pool bar. I really didn't hang much on the pool deck but I still enjoyed myself. March is the best time for me to cruise and every time is spring break. It was annoying sometimes but I still had a great time.

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lake1028 8 years ago

I'm going on a girls trip on this ship april 23. Hopefully there won't be many kids, since this is my first getaway from my two boys, 7 and 9. Oh and my husband too. Ha.

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mike816 8 years ago

Just googled spring break for this cruise ship. They had two dates March 7-12 and March 12-17, which they were advertising to spring breakers. Hopefully I miss the Spring breakers on our March 17th trip.

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samanthakicks 8 years ago

We're sailing this weekend with spring break and saint patty's day.... we really didn't think about the spring break thing!

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kknorr0320 8 years ago

Yeah we definitely go on more cruises because we live in FL. If we added plane tickets for every cruise we do we wouldn't be able to.

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glenaroo 8 years ago

Good to hear but I have to say if you Google flights they're so high that you would still think it's still pretty peak time. Almost $2000 for airline tickets for 4 when I went to Texas in January for $106 roundtrip. Flights going on the cruise kinda hurt a little

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kknorr0320 8 years ago

Probably although I guess some schools could be in April. We've run into this a few times in March but I don't remember any in April.

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glenaroo 8 years ago

So I'm safe going April 1st?

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kknorr0320 8 years ago

Most schools go to spring break in March.

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reupman 8 years ago

Spring breakers taking shots at 11? Seems like they got a late start.

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