First Cruise with Royal Carribean

Symphony of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 89

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Symphony of the Seas

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 13, 2018

Ship: Symphony of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10600

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Had previously sailed with NCL which we loved. This was our first cruise with Royal Carribean and while we enjoyed the cruise and chose it for the sheer size of the ship, we discovered that it was just far too big for us. While we cannot pinpoint anything in particular - entertainment was good, staff were lovely, food and drinks were great, we decided that this ship is not for us. Maybe because it is so new we found when we sailed (13-20 May) there seemed to be what looked like large corporate groups on board, which detracted from the holiday feel of the ship. In the main dining room we felt the choice of menu each night was quite limited and repetitive e.g whatever we chose to eat the vegetables that were served with it were carrots and broccoli !! I have to add that the staff were superb and we had no complaints at all with them but we actually thought the food was far better on NCL. To sum up I think each individual has to try it for themselves - it’s like most things in life, you like some things more than others. While I am not running the ship down in any way, this is just my personal opinion but it was not for me.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Food was good, Wonderland was a completely different experience but Main Dining Room food was a bit repetitive each night

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

4 out of 5

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5
Stayed on the ship this day as we had visited Palma many times before.

Marseille (Provence), France

3 out of 5

La Spezia, Italy

4 out of 5

Naples, Italy

3 out of 5
Nothing to do with the ship but the day we were in Naples we came across a large demonstration with armed police in attendance - made you feel uneasy.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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6 Comments

graham123    6 years ago

marilyn27    6 years ago

Yes thanks

GrLd    6 years ago

Thank you for your honesty.

capttrips    6 years ago

Royal has recently limited changes to their menu in the main dining room, and it has not been well received. Hope they revert back. Thank you for the review.

IkeDeb    6 years ago

Very nice

onlysail    6 years ago

Fair and honest review

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