We enjoyed the cruise and booked our next cruise while on the ship.

Symphony of the Seas Cruise Review to Transatlantic

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
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Symphony of the Seas

12 Night Transatlantic Westbound (Barcelona To Miami)

Sail date: October 28, 2018

Ship: Symphony of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10583

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

When we booked our cruise in july, 2017, there was no stop in Orlando and we were very disappointed that the stop was added. Our 44th anniversary was November 8th. All passengers were required to leave the ship and go through immigrations. Our entire anniversary day was ruined by spending the entire day standing in line to get off the ship and standing in line to get back on the ship. In addition, a coast guard inspection was conducted as it was the first time the ship was in US waters. The sole reason the Orlando stop was added was so the ship would be ready for a new cruise leaving the same day we arrived in Miami. We lost an entire day of our 12 day cruise just so Royal Carribbean could have the Symphony ready for another cruise the same day our cruise ended.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
disorganized and crowded.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Entire staff friendly, helpful and courteous.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
larger than expected and well organized.

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Malaga, Spain

4 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

1 out of 5
This stop was added long after we booked our cruise so that ship would be ready for the next cruise scheduled to leave Miami the day our cruise ended.

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5
didn't see much of Miami but liked what we saw.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Ground transportation was a zoo. Totally disorganized. 5500 Passengers trying to leave the ship at the same time that 5000 passengers were arriving to get on the ship.
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4 Comments

candeez00    5 years ago

I'm sure your anniversary wasn't total ruined by this! Stop complaining and enjoy life

DanB56    5 years ago

I'm sure there were many enjoyable moments during your cruise. Why worry about this?

ThomasCuthbert    5 years ago

They always schedule same day departures. Yours wasn't unique.

BASSON61    5 years ago

Well happy anniversary sorry to hear you had to spend it that way I hope the rest of the cruise was very nice will be on symphony of the seas in July sailing out of Miami I hope she’s beautiful and a lot of fun enjoy your cruise I love to cruise

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