Independence of the Seas

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 83

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5
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Independence of the Seas

8 Night Northern Europe Cities (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 07, 2017

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 3642

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This is a big ship and it is easy to feel like you are one in a million onboard. we have been on this ship twice and like the ammenities (pool, fitness room, spa) but found the onboard activities to be a little lackluster for families with teens. The food in the main dining room was actually better than the paid dinner I did at Giovinnis. I had a charge on my statement that they gave me that was wrong (this is the third time this has happened with RC) went to the guest services desk before trying to disembark and the line is a mile long with people (I assume) in a similar situation. Have to dispute it with my credit card company. Frustrating that this continues to happen. They blame Steiner (the spa) for not picking up on the fact that the services I had were prepaid but someone is dropping the ball.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Rather slow moving line - have had much better experiences with RC

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The food was pretty good!

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
The hours that the rock wall was open, etc made it tough to get to. They did not have many movies (if any) outside on the main pool area.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England Did not visit port

Zeebrugge (Bruges), Belgium

3 out of 5
Just okay, small city and not a whole lot to do aside from shopping.

Oslo, Norway

3 out of 5

Hamburg, Germany

3 out of 5

Le Havre (Paris), France

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
I had a charge on my statement that they gave me that was wrong (this is the third time this has happened with RC) went to the guest services desk and the line is a mile long with people (I assume) in a similar situation. Have to dispute it with my credit card company.
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Cruisers4Lyfe     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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