Fantastic Holiday

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Independence of the Seas

7 Night France Spain & Portugal (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 19, 2019

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 9502

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Loved it so much we booked with Royal for Aug 2020 on Anthem of the sea. would love see Independence come back to UK in future. felt amazing and spoilt by all the staff aboard. expect to do some walking and stair climbing. we was doing 20k to 25k steps a day.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
smooth, no que and straight on, good advice where to head

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Done formal night MDR only, tried johnny rockets and spent most time windjammer as more choice for food and could try small bits.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
weather was great so spent most time on pool deck watching big screen. night times shows were great and always place to get drinks in bars so good all round

Entertainment

5 out of 5
loved the iceshow. shows were good, only night was leaving spain port that not alot was put on for shows and some cancelled. but we found promanard fun and place to be.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
all were fantastic. our room guy couldn't do enough for us, everyone had smiles and always pleased to help.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
spotless, staff were always cleaning and polishing. never see any mess.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
great room, was nice to wake early and watch out window coming into ports. plenty of space to. bed was comfortable, only down was tv kept freezing so nothing watch before bed.

Ship tip

relax and enjoy as time goes quick from fun. expect to put bit weight on.

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

5 out of 5
easy to park and find. stayed in holiday inn night before so fresh for day 1

Le Havre (Paris), France

4 out of 5
first look out window & thought oil depot, but once off found to be a nice place, shame it rained and was sunday as most things shut. day trip out to honfleur, enjoyed it and tour operator was great

Vigo, Spain

5 out of 5
nice and clean, enjoyed the day we had in spain, done a tour to santiago half day. tour operator was useless, kept repeating herself and her mic didn't work so couldn't hear when was talking. didn't do head count when back on coach and 3 people got left behind. going back Vigo on Anthem of the seas in Aug 2020

Lisbon, Portugal

5 out of 5
loved this place, first time ever been, done open top tour hop on hop off bus redline, 22 euro and worth it. walked through town and tasted local food plus the custard tarts mmm. could have spent couple days here as so nice. want to go back in the future.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
put our cases out side our door night before and when we got off next day it was so easy to collect. would have loved tay onboard longer. will miss independence of the sea's and hope it comes back to the UK as i can't fly.
Was this review helpful? 37

5 Comments

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

royalcruisers    5 years ago

Try it again. Enjoy your next cruise.

royalcruisers    5 years ago

Anthem is cool. Enjoy h Th our next cruise.

tomika75    5 years ago

Thanks for sharing your experience. Anthem is a great ship, you should have a great time on her as well.

GospelCruiser    5 years ago

Nice review- glad you loved your cruise and booked another- may you always find the positive!

Other reviews of this sailing