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Symphony of the Seas Cruise Review

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Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Symphony of the Seas

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 27, 2024

Ship: Symphony of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10266

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 months ago

Review summary

Loved the cruise/ship overall. Would recommend it to everyone!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Fast and easy getting on. Only showed passport once.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
El Loco was great and close to the sports and pool. Main dining room has great service. Solarium Bistro was much less crowded than the Windjammer and had a nice atmosphere. Park Cafe has salads, and sandwiches that were good. Nice place to eat outside. Johnny Rockets has good milkshakes

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
There is SO MUCH to do on the ship. The shows are amazing! The Aqua Theater had super exciting shows. We saw four shows there and they were all different. The ice skating show was great. The Finis Henderson show was very entertaining . We saw it twice. He sings and dances and does some impersonations. Comedians were funny. Pools were always packed and also the hottubs.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The ship band was good. The pianist played well but did not know the words to some songs he played.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The waiters in Main dining room were very attentive and friendly. All the ship personnel were friendly and always smiling.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship was very clean and always being cleaned and picked up. Our balcony room was bland and could use more color.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The room is laid out nicely. Plenty of storage with two closets and several drawers. Room was clean. The bed was harder than I am used to. The balcony had cozy chairs, footrests, and a table.

Ship tip

Go to every Aqua Show that you can! You will love it!

Ports of call

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
We did an excursion to Aloa factory and some other spots. It was good.

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

4 out of 5
Enjoyed the beach. Lounge chairs were close to the wAter. The beach was beautiful. Did not do the shops because the locals were too aggressive. The lunch was good -BBQ food. Relaxing place

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5
Walked around the stores and had a delicious pina colada at the first bar between the shop/stands

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Disembarking was easy. We used the ship transfer service which means we prepaid for a bus ride to the airport for us and our luggage. The bus let us off very far from our airline however and it was hard to get all our luggage that far to check in. That sucked.
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