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Item: Independence of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: tdknight

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

tdknight

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

14 Night Italian Mediterranean (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 13, 2019

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

If we were to do another we would probably choose another cruise line, there were so many passengers that it gave it a Benidorm at sea feeling.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Incredibly smooth and stress free

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food was very good and

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Activities were quite good.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

We found the entertainment to be quite repetitive for 2 wks.

Children's Programs

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5

Excellent excursion to the rock.

Thumbs Up 2

La Spezia, Italy

5 out of 5

Beautiful place.

Thumbs Up 0

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

2 out of 5

After driving 3hrs there and back in total we felt that the 45 minutes free time once we had arrived just wasn’t enough.

Thumbs Up 1

Naples, Italy

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Really bad experience it took over an hour to get off and unfortunately It didn’t appear that there was much management around this.

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