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Item: Independence of the Seas
Rating: 3.9
Author: yanakay

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review

yanakay

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

4 Night Bahamas & Perfect Day (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 23, 2022

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7222

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Even though there were some hiccups along the way a cruise vacation is what you make it and we made it fun!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Fairly smooth.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Not of the quality of food expected from Royal Caribbean . Iwayan and Jai in main dining room were exceptional!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Great variety.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Also great variety.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

We met our cabin steward at 1pm on embarkation day and told him we needed our beds separated, towels, ice, etc. Standard requests. After 4 requests in person and 4 phone calls throughout the day, it was finally taken care of by another room steward at 1:30am the next day. Iwayan and Jai in the main dining room were excellent!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Design was a little weird getting to places on deck 3. On previous Royal Caribbean cruises you consistently saw staff cleaning common areas, hand rails and elevator buttons. On this cruise I did not once see anyone cleaning common areas, rails or buttons. This is probably why my ship companion now has Covid the day after the cruise.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Except for the problems with our cabin steward our cabin was set up nice. Lots of storage for a cruise cabin. Very large balcony compared to Oasis class balcony. But you can see the wear and tear of this being an older ship.

Ship tip

We did manage to enjoy our cruise. Just remember to take the time to enjoy the experience. Also remember to allow enough time to get to shows and events, the ships very crowded and are full now.

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