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Item: Symphony of the Seas
Rating: 2.6
Author: trinaburnett

Symphony of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

trinaburnett

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

2.6 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 29, 2018

Ship: Symphony of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 7549

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The ship crew is unable to manage saving of pool deck chairs, spent too much for this cruise to not be able to find a place to sit by the pool. And to see 30 plus empty chairs being held by towels for hours at a time is extremely frustrating.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food Service was great, food quality and variety just okay

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Plenty of pool deck chairs being "saved" but empty for hours making it impossible to find a place to sit; ship crew was not helpful.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

It was clean

Ship tip

Save your money, don't go. Overpriced because it is the largest ship in the world

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

1 out of 5

Dirty port, nothing to do; no beaches

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Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

1 out of 5

Shopping that looks like Ship owned stores, no authentic shops. You need hire a cab to get to beaches or downtown area.

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Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

You are ported away from downtown, need to hire a cab to get to beaches or downtown area

Thumbs Up 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

7 Comments

wgammon1 3 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for the review.

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cruisellama 5 years ago

Nice

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mlovett3 5 years ago

Tell the crew. They should remove the items. I've heard of fights started because passengers moved other people's things. At least y

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stitchman 5 years ago

Look out for me ...... I'm the one that couldn't give a toss 😉

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stitchman 5 years ago

To be honest ...... just move them ...... most of these people are just chancing their arms and almost expect them to be moved. It's the ones that have books, flipflops and their own towels that are normally genuine people. However, they still leave them for long periods sometimes. So I usually drag the whole sunbed out of the way and put my own (And my girlfriend's) beds in their place. So I haven't touched their stuff and they still have their sunbed :)

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mistybleu17 5 years ago

Yep agreed, very frustrating but 30-minute rule applies

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CVCruiser 5 years ago

If you see chairs wuth towels on them for more than 30 min... take them. RCCL has clear rules on this.

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