Nassau and CocoCay on Independence of the Seas

Item: Independence of the Seas
Rating: 5
Author: rwm2255

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

rwm2255

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 71

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

Verified Review

4 Night Bahamas & Perfect Day (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 04, 2022

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8542

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

We had a great cruise on Independence of the Seas but I am not impressed with using a third party travel group. Dining was wrong, not a group table, only a table for two unless we travel with someone, we got that fixed with dining staff. Got charged for Gratuities after prepaying, got that fixed and was told this happens with third party. No mattress topper, we always get a matress topper

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

The new Cruise Director, Ricky put together awesome activities. My favorite were the 80's Dance Party and the 70's Disco Party on the Royal Promenade. He had other people from his team help out with the Sexist Man Contest and Freeze Frame Ice show

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The comedian was excellent, the music on board was excellent, Grease was great to hear songs with people in costume and character, just missed seeing the whole play, but it is a start

Children's Programs

no children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Our room steward was awesome, the wait staff in the MDR was awesome, All the bartenders, bar staff, and everyone else on the ship went above and beyond expectation

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Had to wait for elevators some time but the passenger count is increasing. Also RC needs to increase their staff to pre pandemic levels, with the amount of passengers onboard, some areas suffered due to not enough staff

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

It was a spacious balcony so it was great and right at the elevators which was great, also no noise friom elevators