Too big but awesome!

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

Symphony of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

NickfromBmore

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Bahamas & Perfect Day (Cape Liberty Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 27, 2024

Ship: Symphony of the Seas

Cabin number: GTY

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 13 days ago

Review summary

great but too big. too many people in dining areas and clogging up lines all over ship. too many kids in hot tubs so Solarium was great! fire the smoke guy! LOL

Embarkation

5 out of 5

staff was great

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

need more breakfast variety. Mexican place closed for breakfast...sad

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Fine standard room

Ship tip

Too many kids that act like animals. If you dont like a few low level people then dont go on a cruise with over 6000 people. Low cost attracts low lifes....not too many but just enough to make it less desirable than a smaller ship that cost more and keeps the riff raff away.

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Ports of call

Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey

2 out of 5

staff was GREAT. Just an ugly area but you do get to see NYC on the way out.

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Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

need better cheaper ways for people to tour the area with multiple stops. Charge like $10 pp for 4 hours hop on hop off...hire locals.

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Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

4 out of 5

stop RC from destroying every port it goes to!

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Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

8 Comments

JimnKathy384125 7 days ago

It sounds like cruising isn't really his thing.

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Gwbigdog 9 days ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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TiffyTaffy 12 days ago

Thanks for the post

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javawoody 13 days ago

Thanks for the review

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cruising2004 13 days ago

Thanks for your review.

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HeavySeas 13 days ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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kellies26 13 days ago

We have been on this ship and never felt crowded at all. We found we enjoy the larger ships more so than the small. I personally believe the riff raff is on the Carnival ships primarily, those are the “cheap” cruises, not Royal.

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wbahoy 13 days ago

RC built Perfect Day at Coco Cay, how can they destroy the port. It is a beautiful island retreat.

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