Hi here is my Cruise review of the Independence of the Sea (6th September 2008). I have written this as we travelled along, and given my impressions as they happened. This is our first time sailing Royal Caribbean. We have always sailed Celebrity in the past but fancied sailing without the hassle of flights so picked the go IOS. Day 1 - Southampton
We set off from Gloucestershire at 8am and arrived at the port about 10.30 am. We had free parking as we booked in advance so made our way to gate 10 to park the car and drop off our luggage. There could have been a few more porters to help with the unloading of the car but we managed and handed in all the cases. Parking was straight forward and we made our way to the check-in.
We checked in straight away as there was no queue. Check-in only took a couple of mins and we went straight to board the ship. We where on board the ship for 10.45.