Bit of a miss

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

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review

triviumsoad

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

14 Night Italian Mediterranean (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 15, 2019

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 3348

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Far too busy - not enough deck chairs or general seats. Over booked and ruined the whole holiday. If it was quieter it would have been much better. Despite going outwith school holidays there were over 500 kids on board

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Not much selection

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

A few things to do but they wanted extra for pretty much everything

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Bar and restaurant staff are amazing

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Easy lay out - not very clean. Caught a virus 2nd last day before home port and was cabin bound

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Cabin was spacious, balcony was great. A little out dated

Ship tip

Take extra cash to do anything, they will shake you down for anything and everything!

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Gibraltar (U.K.)

3 out of 5

Beach transfer - traffic was awful and we were 2 hours late back to the boat but the beach was great

Thumbs Up 1

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

3 out of 5

Port is an industrial port - Rome was too busy

Thumbs Up 0

Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France

4 out of 5

Just stunning - not much to do if wandering around

Thumbs Up 0

La Spezia, Italy

4 out of 5

Lovely port

Thumbs Up 0

Naples, Italy

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Staff had no idea what was going on!

4 Comments

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