Never again!

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

jaxblk

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

2.4 out of 5

4 Night Paris & Bruges (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 26, 2016

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

From the moment we embarked there was nothing but hard sell tactics. All anyone was our money! The ship was crowded, so much so that it proved impossible to ever get a table for our whole party in the buffet area at any meal time. There was a looped message playing asking people to vacate their chairs as soon as possible do others could sit down to eat - hardly a relaxing way to eat!! I will NEVER sail with Royal Caribbean again. Of the almost 20 cruises I have been on in the last 5 years, this was by far the worst.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

3 out of 5

Southampton (London), England

3 out of 5

Zeebrugge (Bruges), Belgium

5 out of 5

Le Havre (Paris), France

3 out of 5

Cherbourg, France

3 out of 5

Cherbourg

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

5 Comments

Sarahs58 5 years ago

Review is for a 4 nighter at the end of October. These cruises get filled with families with children on half term autumn break from school and stag and hen groups who want to spend a mini break drinking. You will therefore get lots of cabins occupied by three or four people and the ship will feel very full. The review is 2 years out of date and is the only review which this person has bothered to put on out of all those cruises.

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audrabeth13 5 years ago

In oct 2016?

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Shh813 5 years ago

I just looked at your cruises. Why are you giving a review of the Indy when that was over 2 years ago.???

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Shh813 5 years ago

That's too bad, but I've heard many great reviews. ALSO because you had a bad experience, don't blame it on the whole cruiseline. Try other ships on RC, but not the Indy. And you could have gone to the main dining room for a delicious relaxing meal instead of buffet.

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Sionainn 5 years ago

Yea I almost feel the same way..

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