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Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 6
Helpful Votes: 80

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Independence of the Seas

8 Night Norwegian Fjords (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 31, 2018

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

8 days of indulgence. Great service food and entertainment. Norway generally expensive but worth going for spectacular sail ins and beautiful scenery

Embarkation

5 out of 5
No queues. Was checked in and on board within 10 mins

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
12 cruises on RC and the best food and service ever in main dining room. Like the newly refurbished windjammer more space although sometimes a queue to get in at peak times

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Joff Eaton great cruise director. Headliner shows were all good. Orchestra great. No complaints

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Can’t fault any of them. Hardworking pleasant and helpful. Loved the guys in sky bar!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Geiranger, Norway

5 out of 5
Beautiful sail in and scenery
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Alesund, Norway

5 out of 5
Close to town lots of shops but very expensive as is most the ports of call
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Skjolden, Norway

5 out of 5
Just did our own thing but beautiful scenery
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Stavanger, Norway

1 out of 5
Torrential rain so didn’t disembark
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Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

lrgd    6 years ago

Great times
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canalview    6 years ago

Thank you for your positive review, pleased you had a good time, exactly the same experience that I recently had,for some reason people seem very eager to put down the Indipendace,I had a really good time,thank you again,happy cruising xxxx
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Cruise1st    6 years ago

Good info
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gkevin35    6 years ago

Awesome. Thanks for the review
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CaptPoppi    6 years ago

Explore there culture...it's free!
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Amazing!!!
We really enjoyed the Norwegian Fjords cruise.