Dining room staff and food taste/quality significantly worse post-covid

Item: Independence of the Seas
Rating: 3.3
Author: TimTimSalabim

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

TimTimSalabim

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5

Verified Review

4 Night Bahamas (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 15, 2024

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin number: GTY

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 months ago

Review summary

The ship is showing its age, but the main issue is the change since covid, since the cruise line laid off the majority of its staff for a number of years and then had to rehire everyone. Wait staff in the main dining room were not warm, inviting, or friendly. We sat next to dirty, uncleared tables for 45 minutes at a time, the food used to be wonderful, but this was more in line with Golden Corral.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Problems with plumbing causing urinals to overflow onto passengers while being used, strong smell of raw sewage on the stairs to waterslides

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

6 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

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javawoody 3 months ago

Appreciate your comments

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MJP52 3 months ago

Hi when i was on the ship before COVID it was a very nice ship.sory to hear about the ship now.

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Gwbigdog 3 months ago

Oops sorry thanks

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HeavySeas 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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cruising2004 3 months ago

Sorry you were disappointed with portions of your cruise.

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