How can I ever take a short cruise again!!!
Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean
14 Night Mediterranean Highlights (Southampton Roundtrip)
Sail date: July 14, 2018
Ship: Independence of the Seas
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 8392
Traveled as: Family (older children)
Reviewed: 6 years ago
Review summary
As far as cruise excursions are concerned, mix it up! There are several ports where you are very close to the city center and you can explore on your own! Villefranche is a close 10 minute bus ride away, Barcelona and Lisbon you walk right in the middle of the action! Rome and Florence and Pisa are an hour and 1/2 away and you can only do so much but just remember to enjoy your time and don’t worry about what you can’t get to! But most of all.. mind your time!!!Tours WILL leave you!!!We took a transportation tour to Rome with a smartphone GPS , we were 4 of us with 2 phones.. we were told a meeting time and we later received a text with a different meeting time on one of the phones and they left us!!! Our original meeting time was 2:45 and the text said 3:00, we arrived at 2:55 and were left behind! Turned out that one of the phones given to us was registered to another tour! Not our fault!! We were lucky to have found a different tour bus from the same company that took us back to the ship, but we should have been reimbursed more than the 20% refund we received!!! That was our only disappointment! Everything else was wonderful! And the cruise director Joffe was a hoot!!!!Embarkation
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Ship tip
If you are interested in the escape room, book early ! We are a family of 4 with 2 children in 20s , we did not purchase an alcohol package and after doing the math, we are very glad we did not!dont over pack there are many casual nights where cute resort wear is Key!
Ports of call
Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy