Once in a life time opportunity. Amazing ship with wonderful crew, only 1100 passengers so social distancing was easy and the weather was perfect.

Item: Symphony of the Seas
Rating: 4.7
Author: rcederholm

Symphony of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

rcederholm

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 13

Helpful Votes: 315

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

Verified Review

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 21, 2021

Ship: Symphony of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 8660

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 years ago

Review summary

Now is the time to cruise. This is a time where it is comparable to the 911 shut down. We went a week after and it was great. This time period is very similar where you are safer than you will ever be and the number of people is down so more opportunities exist to do all the Wow things.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

They did a nice job of managing the process.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

We spent most of our time eating at Coastal Kitchen. Excellent food and service.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Pretty exciting when no lines at the flow rider.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The two headliners were some of the best we have seen.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Very comfortable, nice to have the living area and the lounge chairs on the balcony where great. The only two areas we would like to see changed are in the bathroom. My wife missed the magnifying makeup mirror from past cruises and we missed not having the extendable line in the shower/tub area to hang our bathing suites on.

Ship tip

Be prepared for amazement if you have not been on an Oasis class ship.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Our Blue Lagoon VIP beach day was fabulous.

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

We enjoyed Megans Bay beach.

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

11 Comments

wgammon1 3 years ago

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

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purpl 3 years ago

Sounds like it was a delightful cruise

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feuerstein61 3 years ago

We felt the same way…sailed two weeks ago and was fantastic…..perfect. Going again in three weeks. Great time to cruise.

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wakinsupra 3 years ago

Thanks for the review! You are right about 9-11…we left out of Florida 9-14 and it is still one of the best most memorable cruises we ever took! We just got off Carnival Breeze 8-16 and had an amazing time, enjoyed leas crowds for sure, but still enough to make many new friends!

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javawoody 3 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise thanks for the review

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CruzeFan 3 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it. Another reviewer on the same cruise posted that they did not enjoy it at all. Amazing how people can see the same experience so differently.

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Curt34 3 years ago

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

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AuntPinkie 3 years ago

Appreciate your review. Sometimes those little things are most frustrating. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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Kmlb 3 years ago

Thanks for this review. I go on the Oasis in January. My first RC cruise. I’m looking forward to less passengers, for sure.

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hollysmomtravel 3 years ago

Awesome thanks 💙

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izrgreen 3 years ago

Thanks

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