Beautiful Labadee - Haiti

Item: Independence of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: dar1333

Independence of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

dar1333

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 76

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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4 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 07, 2024

Ship: Independence of the Seas

Cabin number: GTY

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 month ago

Review summary

Labadee is a great example of what a private island should be. Now they simply have to offer Haitian food to complete the entire experience.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Buffets were average but meals in the main dining room were very good.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Attended 2 strech classess. 1 was great and the other was ruined by an employee trying to sell shoe insoles instead of starting the class on time.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

The production shows left much to be desired - in desperate need of diversity and variety of music and choreography. On the other hand, Crazy Quest and Battle of the sexes were wildly entetaining!

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Our cabin steward and main dining room waiters were very attentive.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

The ship was well maintained but cabin locations didn't seem to make sense. The interactive deck plans were very helpful.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Our cabin was well maintained but a bit smaller than other cruise lines, which made maneuvering around the bed etc. more difficult.

Ship tip

Have lunch in the main dining room whenever possible. The food is much better.

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Ports of call

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5

We thoroughtly enjoyed this port - gorgeous beaches, great shopping and lots to do.

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

A large part of the queing was standing outside in the sun on deck where others could easily skip the line. That must be fixed.

8 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 29 days ago

Thanks for sharing

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Teesimon725 1 month ago

I was on the Independence back in January. We also loved Labadee and we really enjoyed the Ice Skating Show and Grease in the theater. That was an awesome cruise!!

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Gwbigdog 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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cpd407 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

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deboftheseas 1 month ago

Except it is not an island….Labadee is on a peninsula at Cap Hatien…..it is a private destination of Royal Caribbeans, a land lease to be exact, but it. Is not an island.

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TiffyTaffy 1 month ago

I appreciate your post. Thanks for sharing your experience.

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Tuts 1 month ago

On same cruise. Enjoyed ice skating show. Love love love Labadee! On debarkation day we had leisure breakfast in MDR and disembarked about 8:30 ish without any waiting. Indy is now my favourite...even more so than Allure

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HeavySeas 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

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