Excellent solo cruise

Item: Independence of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: Lovethesea38

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review

Lovethesea38

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 10

Helpful Votes: 78

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

3 Night Bahamas & Perfect Day (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 04, 2022

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8264

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Solo and excellent. I’d try it again on more then s 3 day cruise

Embarkation

4 out of 5

I got off the shuttle at 10:15 was on the ship after my 11am boarding time. I consider this to be good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

All speciality were excellent! Ari was amazing excellent service. Chops and Izimui were the best. Fish and ships was good but loco fresh would be better. Overall most locations were excellent and all tasted good. Service was all excellent

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Spa was amazing. Faith did an excellent job and gave me a discount. Truly helped a lot of issues I have. Swimming in adult pool was good most of the time. Chairs hard to find but manageable. I used this trip to mostly rest and recoop

Entertainment

4 out of 5

I only heard the guy outside wind jammer on last night. He was excellent.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ari was amazing very friendly. Faith in the spa. I was traveling solo and felt taken care of by the crew and never felt unsafe.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Layout and design are good. I wish they would stop letting people smoke on the pool deck. Overall very good

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Huge balcony very clean. Pillows were better. Beds still need improvement

Ship tip

Book your speciality dinning when you board and secure a good spot early at the beach club

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

I stay on the ship. The ship was very good

Thumbs Up 6

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

I asked crew since I’m doing a side to side cruise. I waited on the ship left later then waited for shuttle to next ship. Very smooth from wait time in line to outside 15 minutes