Independence of the Seas Review

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Independence of the Seas - Eastern Caribbean 8 night

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Independence of the Seas
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Sail Date: Mar 2009
Cabin: Junior Suite

I will try and keep this fairly brief and to the point. Beautiful ship and well maintained, no major glitches but a few complaints.

#1 - Why do they not turn the AC on in the gym? It was like a sauna every morning when we went to work out at 7:00 AM. I have never experienced this on any of my other RCI cruises. The only thing I can think of why they might be doing this is due to cutting back to try and save on fuel? Very disappointing.

#2 - The music was horrible on this cruise. The pool band and the band in Bolleros was decent. The "live" band which played in the Viking crown lounge was fair if you like waltz music and lounge music - Where is some good old fashioned ROCK & ROLL for dancing to RCI?? The disco - forget about it, went in there several times to check out the music (DJ) and it was the absolute worst head thumping (non music) ever. You might have enjoyed it if you were 18-22 years old. The Dog & Badger had a good one man band, but it was sing along, no dancing, same in the Schooner bar.

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Junior Suite

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We had an AFT Jr. Suite, very large balcony with 2 chairs, 2 loungers and a small table. Dislikes were that you directly down on your neighors one deck below and a lot of steel infa-structure to look through.

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