Absolutely awesome!

Item: Independence of the Seas
Rating: 4.1
Author: DZSunshine

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

DZSunshine

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 16, 2019

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Had a great time with my Badass Sisters, swimming, shopping, dancing and the food...oh the food!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Sister is Privledge member, was very quick and easy. Luggage took waaaay to long to arrive.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Eriberto and Jener made our dining experience the best, Raj came to our table every night to say hello and the Windjammer staff was very attentive. We did not go to any specialty restaurants because of Eriberto and Jener.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Watched the sexy man and belly flop contests, shopped the promenade and went to the silent disco party, was great. The pool and hot tub was great and our friend did the Wave rider. Did not go to the casino as it was too smoke filled for us. We also loved the special sale days everyday.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

We went to the Grease show, was so good...plus went to the farewell show...comedian was so funny! The silent disco party, was great also.

Children's Programs

Badass Sisters Trip...no kids allowed!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

From Eriberto and Jener to Byron our room steward it was a wonderful introduction to cruising and made it a trip I will always remember. Thank you!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Everything was always kept so clean, never had to avoid any area...except smoking and casino (get bad reaction to smoking)

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

The balcony was very clean and the chairs were so comfortable, the room was a little smaller than I thought for 4 people to walk through...I slept on pull out couch and it was fairly comfortable. The shower was clean, small, and lighting was good.

Ship tip

Take advantage of every opportunity available.

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

Just went from airport to ship

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Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

4 out of 5

The beach was well cleaned, transportation was quick and shopping was at your pace, not being bombarded by retailers

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Falmouth, Jamaica

2 out of 5

Too much time driving, not enough time to see sites, meal for $22.00 was not very good, very disorganized service. Loved the rum tasting. No time to shop...got back to boat too late, really discouraged.

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Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Very disorganized, people didn't know where you should go. Waiting too long in line to have card scanned by one person. Winding way through seating area was a waste of time.

Traveler Photos

3 Comments

Fiesta83 4 years ago

Outstanding

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GospelCruiser 4 years ago

Oh and Falmouth Jamaica is definitely different. We booked a resort for the day and our driver had to also pick up and drop off others who were going to a different place and were on a different ship that was leaving later so he wouldn't pick us up earlier- we had the guy at the desk call him and try but it didn't happen. Instead her drove like a maniac to get us to our ship and we RAN to board but not knowing until we boarded that our ship was leaving a hr late because 100 or more were not back from their excursions and they weren't about to leave that many behind. And when waiting at our meeting place for our excursion we saw a lot of confusion going on, so wasn't my favorite place even though the resort " jewels paradise cove" was beautiful.

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GospelCruiser 4 years ago

Glad you had something positive to say about the food because way to many do nothing but complain... You had a different experience for shopping at Haiti. We had a guy at the Columbus Cove section practically pull us into his little shop and stupid us spent the lil bit of money we brought to port. Way to aggressive there so next time if we ever cruise there I will be prepared. Were usually the type who just keep walking and say no thanks so definitely it was different there.

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