Great Eastern Caribbean Cruise

Symphony of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 86

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Symphony of the Seas

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 19, 2019

Ship: Symphony of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11612

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Fantastic cruise and will definitely book the Symphony of the Seas again. Everything was outstanding un like some reviews I have read.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
It was fantastic. If you complete all documents on line in advance you will be on board in a flash. Once I handed in my luggage it took all of maybe 20 minutes and I was on the ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
I hav3 seen reviews of how bad the food was but everything I had was excellent. I will say they have repeated items nightly but also have 2 to 3 new items nightly. I also did Chops, Jamie’s Italian and Hooked and it was all great

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
On sea days basically sat out in the Solariam and we enjoyed it, watched game shows, karaoke.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
All the shows were good but I was not wild about Hairspray. I like the Las Vegas type singing and dancing

Children's Programs

N/a

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All the staff I encountered were great. We had a great room Stewart named Sheldon in room 11612. Our waiter Rodney and his asst Rosemary on main dining table 438 were fantastic. Our waiters at Chops, Hookes and Jamie’s were also good.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Layout I thought was good as I never felt crowds at all. Many places you can be, so many restaurants to choose. Just a hint go to the Solsriam for breakfast and lunch as it will be less crowded than windjammer

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Room was great. We had space for all of our clothes and we had 2 large suitcases and 1 hanging bag under the bed

Ship tip

Make you show and specialty restaurants in advance

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5
Great port. Did the river tour seeing all the large houses and yachts

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

4 out of 5
Did not do any tours as we had been here before

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5
Did not do any tours as we had been here before. Not in port long enough

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5
This place is beautiful. We were the only ship in that day but again was not crowded. They did a great job designing the island.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Again it didn’t take any time getting off the ship and with clear customs was a breeze
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6 Comments

Prplblazer    5 years ago

Great feedback!! I always say if you have a good attitude and not serious about the hiccups in life you'll do great. Looking forward to the tour in Miami!!

cruisereckoning    5 years ago

Very nice

tomika75    5 years ago

Thanks for sharing your experience. I will be on Symphony next Saturday. Purchased the UDP and do you have any standout dishes to recommend from the specialty restaurants?

Cruiserike0322    5 years ago

Outstanding, glad you enjoyed it

wooti05    5 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise, we were on the SOS in April and also had a wonderful time, nothing like I have also read in the reviews.

trvljet    5 years ago

All in the attitude. Positive attitude, even a not so good cruise can be outstanding.

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