Excellent first trip to Europe!
Symphony of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean
7 Night Western Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip)
Sail date: September 06, 2018
Ship: Symphony of the Seas
Cabin type: Balcony
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 6 years ago
Review summary
This is a big ship but well designed so as to not feel crowded (other than the in demand entertainment productions). Very smooth.. No sense of motion whatsoever. Rooms were larger than we have had on other RC ships. Dining in the my time dinner was fine...did not need other restaurants. Staff was outstanding.Embarkation
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Ship tip
We had pre cruise reservation to see Hairspray but did not realize many of the other shows also required reservations. I called guest services to schedule our choices once we were underway and it turned out only one was actually reserved for us so we were turned away at 3 others. They had a stand by policy but all were filled so that didn't work out. Make your reservations. Also be aware that excursions all ran longer than scheduled by 30-60 minutes. In La Spezia we had both morning and afternoon tours and almost didn't make it to the second one. This cruise had two ports taking on and letting off passengers. Barcelona and Rome. For some reason that made it feel a little disjointed. Passengers were not on the same experience schedule with a split in the comings and goings. However the merchandise sales took place on two nights so you can take advantage of that.
Ports of call
Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands