Not a good experience.

Item: Independence of the Seas
Rating: 2.5
Author: lawrencess843

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

lawrencess843

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

2.5 out of 5

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4 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 06, 2018

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin number: 7380

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Did not get to enjoy everything on the ship. And the food was not good at the speciality diners or the main dinner.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Good. But was not informed if the switch in ports.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Not good. Food was flavorless.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Rock climbing. Was fun and an experience. Reality Bounce was only open for a few hours each day. And took almost 3 hours.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Too many of the programs were during dinner times or at the same time as other popular shows. Which were not available other nights. Or events like ice skating was for scheduled for short periods which did not allow many to enjoy.

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Terrible. Kids attended but nothing special was planned so they spent the trip with the adults.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

No leaving party. Did not know the cruise director until the last night.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

The ship was always being cleaned. But this meant that things had to be closed down early to do.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Good set up.

Ship tip

Don't sail on royal. Not enough things to do to keep you excited about.

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico Did not visit port

Switched to Haiti.

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Baggage handler was great to get us to our van.

5 Comments

wgammon1 4 years ago

Try a land based vacation next time. Cruising is not for you.

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kathycruiser101 5 years ago

@tcjc2324, you are going to love Independence! We cruised last week and the food was outstanding! Activities were great as well as the entertainment.

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tcjc2324 5 years ago

It just seems like a silly, nonsensical thing to do. We are overly excited for our first cruise on the Independence in 12 days! When I read these bad reviews with no details to back up their negative remarks, I completely throw them out the window.

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Shh813 5 years ago

Whenever I near a bad review and there are no cruises listed in profile it usually means a fake review. Plus the person posting doesn't reply to any questions.

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tcjc2324 5 years ago

When did you go? What was wrong with the food? What specialty dining locations did you visit? The lack of details, plus the fact that you have no previous cruises on your profile, makes this poor review.

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