Independence of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Just got off the Indy yesterday. Had good time because I was on vacation, but there were definitely some issues. Not sure if anyone else has had this problem, but but weary if you win a Royal Up bid. I bid the absolute lowest amount so I was not expecting an upgrade. On our way to Florida, I received an email stating my bid had been accepted and we won an upgrade to a Balcony cabin. So when we got to the hotel, we reprinted the boarding information with the new cabin number. The next day when we went to check in for the cruise, they couldn't find us under the new cabin number. They searched our names and found us listed under the original cabin number. When we asked what was going on we were told we had to go to Guest Services. Nothing puts a bad taste in your mouth like having to visit Guest Services right after getting onboard instead of enjoying your vacation. We spent an hour in line because there were many people with issues after first arriving. We were then assured our upgraded cabin was the correct one so we went to enjoy ourselves. Several hours later everyone had received cabin keys but we did not. So once again we had to spend 30-45 min in line in order to get cabin keys. The ship hasn't left port yet and we've already visited Guest Services twice. The rest of this day turned out good other than several times we ordered drinks only to be told that they were out of several things. The things we know they were out of was white wine, Johnny Walker, all draft beer except Heineken and ingredients to make a mojito which I'm assuming was just the mint. Maybe it's just me, but if you know you are out of so many drink items, should you still be charging people full price for drink packages? Day 2 we go to Playmakers and enjoy some appetizers. We didn't know to tell them that we have Unlimited Dining because every other restaurant had that information in the computer. We ended up getting charged for our food. Well now here's a third visit to Guest Services in order to get that fixed. Luckily there wasn't a line this time but the lady helping us thought Playmakers wasn't included and had to ask a supervisor. The supervisor assured her it was and instead of just taking off the charge she called Playmakers to find out why they charged us. We were told it was our fault for not stating we had the Unlimited Dining. 10 minutes later, and it was fixed. We also had several other issues with meals at the paid dining venues. Johnny Rockets was understaffed and extremely slow. Nothing like immediately getting your fries and onion rings, but having to wait 30 minutes just for water. 10 minutes after the water the burgers came and another 10 minutes we finally got melted milk shakes. Chops and Giovanni's was not worth the money paid. If I didn't have the Unlimited Dining I would have been even more upset about those meals. We only ate in the MDR once and that was after the bad meal at Giovanni's and it was really good. We wished we had just ate in there all weekend as opposed to eating at some of the paid options. Izumi and the last night in the MDR were the two best meals we had. Izumi was probably the best hibachi meal we've ever eaten. We didn't ever make it to see the ice skating show, but we did catch the juggling comedian Scotty Cavanaugh and the production of Grease. Both of those were definitely worth watching and I highly recommend them. It was vacation, so we made the best of it, but just know they are short staffed and having lots of supply chain issues so experiences may not be what you are used to having.

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

Very enjoyable cruise. Will definitely cruise on her again!

It was a short cruise for us which attracted a younger crowd which adds life to ship activities. I love Coco Cay and I'm glad Nassau has had a money infusion and the port area is being modernized, I know people will complain about getting back to ship, but that is temporary till new port building is complete.

It was a great vacation for my 40th birthday. I just wish it was a little longer. I had a perfect weekend and recommend going on the ship. Look forward to going on a cruise soon.

Cruise was ok except for the food. Better food on other RCL ships.

Food was wonderful, the beds in the cabins are a to firm for my liking.

We live in Florida and cruise often. We are also retired so tend to enjoy the ship and not get off at the ports. This is a great ship to do just that. Plenty to keep us occupied or lots of quiet places if that was our preference. This is a nice sized ship. Not too small. Not to big. Just right!

We don't recommend sailing this ship until refurbished and fully staffed. Cleanliness is an issue. The day we came home my husband tested positive for covid.

It's a great cruise. Just few things that need improvement but overall you will have fun.

We had so much fun!!! I definitely recommend cruising with friends if you get a chance. I love cruising in general, but including friends makes it twice as nice.

Overall, I belive with capacity limits being dropped recruiting crew needs to be a focus, mainly in the bar service(s). A face-lift wouldn't hurt mainly in corridors and carpeting throughout. Port Canaveral needs to up their game up especially if they want to attract these larger ships into the fold in regards to the terminals.

Was the second time on ship. Had family with us. Had a great time.

It was okay the Main dining food was a disappointment I was not a fan of The Windjammer lunch or dinner. I did enjoy our get away

We had an amazing time since day 1! Travel with my 1year old and the childcare was amazing! I also got engaged on formal night !

Wanted to get my 90 y/o Dad on a cruise, hadn't cruised for decades. We were in a suite to accommodate him, and it was great. A 3-day cruise is pretty much too short for us.

Overall was very good. Just the check in process is a pain especially if you have kids.

Ship is enjoyable and ports appropriate for length of cruise but it’s just not long enough for me.

I was very impressed. The ship was very clean and fancy. There were many fun activities and I loved they had Easter services. I'm looking forward to the next cruise.

We absolutely had the best time!! Can't wait for our next Cruise!! Royal Caribbean you definitely have a beautiful ship with Independence of the Seas!!! Oasis class here we come!!!