Great Ship !

Item: Symphony of the Seas
Rating: 4.1
Author: zippd

Symphony of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

zippd

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 49

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 02, 2019

Ship: Symphony of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The Ship was clean and new and very nice. Getting coffee and continental breakfast free of charge first thing in the morning to enjoy on the balcony was wonderful. dining for breakfast was very good in the main dining room. They have a buffet or a sit down to be served option. Which we felt was much better than the Windjammer. Lunch buffet at the Solarium was great. Dinner in the main dining room, also very good. Severs Jacob and head waiter Romeo made are experience very pleasurable. Dining highlight was the Wonderland restaurant. A must do! Ship was set up so you didn't feel crowded. Although, the pools were undersized. The poolside chair reserving policy was not enforced, even when brought to staff's attention. There are a lot of options to get snacks and drinks. Most people should not have a problem finding something to eat that is enjoyable.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Very smooth

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Main dinning room Waiter Jacob was great, along with head waiter Romeo. Wonderland restaurant is spectacular, The Hatter in wonderland was terrific and made the experience so much more pleasing. We even ran across him in the windjammer and you can tell he loves doing what he does. Jamie's Italian food was a bit bland for our taste. But we are Italian

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Pools are too small and the enforcement of reserving poolside chairs was not enforced. People put towels down left for hours and nothing was done about it. We even brought it to the attendants attention. Flow rider was good. Abis slide is right in the flow rider area, but you cant go on in swim suit or flip flops

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Hairspray , 1977, and Flight were great along with the fantastic performers . Hior diving show was terrible

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Get reservations for shows well in advance of your sailing

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

2 out of 5

Run down not much there

Thumbs Up 0

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

Shopping is good, the beach Maeghan`s way was just OK, I wouldn't return there

Thumbs Up 0

Basseterre, St. Kitts

3 out of 5

nothing there but to take a bus tour. Sir Walters tour was fantastic. Didn't book from on board the ship ($100 ). He introduced himself as a private tour person who runs his own business. We loved his tour. $25 and beer and Rum punch was provided free of charge. The Island would have been a bust without meeting him

Thumbs Up 2

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

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