Not great Trip

Item: Independence of the Seas
Rating: 3.5
Author: devorahb529

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

devorahb529

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

4 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 03, 2019

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Not good Cruise. I had a nervous stomach and hard bed not doing this one again.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The food is so bad. Thank Goodness we got the Ultimate Dinning package or I would have been starving. We went to the Dinning Room one time I order a steak and it was like something you would find on the Buffet. Horrible. I had a nervous stomach the entire trip. I could not figure out what was setting off my stomach but I went to the Bathroom more times than ever. First I thought it was the salad. Then I thought it might be the Ice Cream or the Potaotes, but after eliminating all of those I still had a nervous stomach with horrible gas pains.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

3 Bings for $52 dollars is insane. No good gifts at trivia. One woman was so kurt.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Boring as ever. The only good acts were the Headliners Mike Pace and Ronn Lucas

Children's Programs

No Children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

We had the best Steward his name was Markuf Fnu. He was fantastic. We loved him. No one else impressed us

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Nice

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

The bed was hard as rock! OMG I could hardly sleep

Ship tip

Not worth the $$$

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

9 Comments

Sarahs58 5 years ago

So why, if it was so bad, did you rate the cruise 4 stars. There is no way that you can possibly starve on this ship. No idea what dinning is. The vast majority of staff on this ship are excellent and go out of the way to help, but perhaps they are nicer to me because I don't spend my entire cruise moaning at them.

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kathycruiser101 5 years ago

Food was outstanding on our cruise. Love the Indy. Can’t wait to sail on her again!

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ColeenTangerine 5 years ago

More room for me on my favorite ship. Toodles!

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Shh813 5 years ago

My first post I did not see your review. Now that I’ve read the review and nothing good, its you, not the cruise.

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sandy73 5 years ago

So you didn't enjoy the west end show? Or the rock night ? Nothing to eat in the windjammer that was decent. The specialist restaurants cook the food same way as main dining. Beds hard ask them for a topper. Eating different rich foods can give you upset stomach.

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Lor610 5 years ago

We had a great time on Indy

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lkriegel 5 years ago

We’ve been on independence twice. Had a great time

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Shh813 5 years ago

What was wrong with the cruise? We loved the Independence when we were on

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Arkham 5 years ago

Sorry to hear that

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