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Symphony of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Symphony of the Seas

7 Night Eastern Caribbean & Perfect Day (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 09, 2022

Ship: Symphony of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 11450

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

The key program incident makes us want to not want to return next year. Looks like we will give Carnival a try!

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Excellent

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Speciality dining was perfect. Main dining rooms smelled of smoke, and had slow service.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Solarium

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Great shows, clubs, daily activities

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Need more waiters in high volume venues

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Smoke noticeable in Royal promenade and dining rooms. Need to figure out a better ventilation system with the casino!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The virtual screen helped make the room feel much larger. Fridge was dirty

Ship tip

Don’t buy the key! Not worth it!

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

2 out of 5
Dirty outside. Horrible signage for parking and terminal directions.

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Very clean. Great staff

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5
The port area wreaked of waste and dead marine life!!! Our excursion was nice “ fast cat 2” would have liked to have gotten to the port on time!!

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Beautiful excursion to Kim Shaw beach! Worth every dime

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
We had the key program. There was only one sign on the gangway! No signage anywhere else. We tried to ask several people where to pick up our luggage for the key program but were told By everyone to keep moving. We had to wait 3 hits for our luggage to be brought to us. Ruined our experiences with Royal Caribbean!!!
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6 Comments

renob420247    2 years ago

Although I like other lines better than Royal, I wouldn't let a bad experience with disembarking with they Key stop me from going back, especially if you really enjoyed everything else

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

Dadm    2 years ago

The Key is useless. People that work at the port have no clue what it is. I have heard of so many complaints. Spend your money on something you will actually enjoy.

javawoody    2 years ago

Don’t understand why you let the disembarkation overshadow your cruise

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

GabeNSteph    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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