Independence of the Seas Review

Cruising was a breeze - or was that a hurricane?

Review for Canary Islands Cruise on Independence of the Seas
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sleeky
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Apr 2012
Cabin: Interior Stateroom

This was our 10th cruise and our 5th with RCI. Having read some of the reviews we were concerned that booking this might have been a mistake. The only similarity with Butlins is that it's nearly all Brits on holiday together. I personally like a mix of nationalities but it's only a preference and not essential.

Arrival and Check in 10 / 10

This was so easy, we drove to the port, arriving at around 10.45, dropped off our luggage and then parked the car. ABP had this part organised well and it only took a few mins to be at the check in desks. As we are Platinum we bypassed the queue but it wasn't a long queue anyway. The check in was quick and we were given a priority boarding pass. They called our number almost as soon as we got to the waiting area and we were at the Windjammer before it had even opened. Be sure to print out and attach your luggage labels. There was a long queue at a little tent to obtain the correct labels before the luggage could be dropped off. Lots of passengers were complaining about the time this took. Pre printing our own certainly saved a lot of time at the port.

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