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1-10 of 87 Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades) Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas Cruise Reviews
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Independence of the Seas
hminyard
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s
This was our annual organizations cruise and we were not informed till about the day before that we were not going to our original destinations, Labadee and Falmouth but to Nassau and Coco Cay. I don't care for Nassau and that's not where I prefer to go. We had no choice. They told us it was due to the weather, though in hindsight it seems like that was not really the case but that Jamaica ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2020
Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Independence of the Seas
Cookie7
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s
This was my 6th cruise, my 1st with Royal Caribbean and definitely my LAST with them.
The check in process went fairly well until we were told to wait to board in 3 different areas by 3 different people. We never were sure that we were where we needed to be. Once on board, I immediately noticed the cleanliness or lack thereof. It was obvious that attention to detail was missing here.
The ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2020
Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View Balcony
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Independence of the Seas
dameofspace
10+ Cruises • Age 50s
There were no outstanding anything on this cruise, as a matter of fact, we have decided to avoid cruising with RCI in the future. Starting with embarkation when we arrived on assigned time and were standing in line for over an hour; getting to the room which was dirty, had no tv remote, no ice, no glasses, no menus, no toiletries, and was never vacuumed or cleaned properly. It took asking ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2020
Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Independence of the Seas
ottobar
10+ Cruises • Age 20s
After 25+ years of cruising on a fairly regular basis on 4 different lines we finally found a ship we would try really hard to avoid in the future. And although even with the following it’s possible to have a good time, and no doubt many inexperienced cruisers will think a vacation on this ship was great, there are too many problems for us to go back any time soon.
Ever experienced bacon that ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2020
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Independence of the Seas
AMBERBRAMAN145
2-5 Cruises • Age 30s
Well the excitement didnt last long. This was my children's first cruise and I feel that the independence of the seas was a let down. The food was poor quality. Unless I went to the the formal dining and I traded good food for poor quality of cleanliness. Lipstick on my water glass, napkins that had lipstick on them and my husband's silverware had food still left on it when it was delivered. The ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2020
Cabin Type: Interior Accessible
Traveled with children
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Independence of the Seas
Sdmsc
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s
I understand that nickle-and-diming guests is core to the cruise business now, but making drinking water hard to come by is unconscionable. Staff wanted a $9 value drink ticket for a bottle of water, or would stand there and pour it into a cup for free. The only drinking fountain is hidden in the gym, with a 'no bottle filling' sign.
Added one star to review because everything else was very ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2020
Cabin Type: Interior
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Independence of the Seas
angelmiles
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s
When I go on a cruise, I’m looking to get away and to fully relax and enjoy my vacation. I would like to express some reasons why I will think hard before I choose to cruise with RC again...
-As we board the ship and begin to look around, we are bombarded with cruise members approaching us at different areas, trying to sell us the EXTRA’S. This continued through the time on our cruise , and ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2020
Cabin Type: Interior Accessible
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Independence of the Seas
Lauramike1
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s
We love to cruise on Celebrity but we had heard great things about Royal Caribbean and booked a 4-day cruise on the Independence of the Seas. What a disappointment! Biggest issue... the food. Whether you were eating in the dining room or at the Windjammer Buffet, the food was either FLAVORLESS or WAY TOO SALTY. Nothing in between. I honestly never ate a decent meal the entire time I was on the ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2019
Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Independence of the Seas
jlarou1916
10+ Cruises • Age 50s
Corporate should be embarrassed by this ship. Rooms are dated and worn-out as are the public areas. Our cabin steward Magda and Fernando at the Champagne Bar gave excellent service. The rest seemed disonnected, confused and uninformed. Many public areas had off odor of sewage. Public area bathrooms were dirty and unkept. In one bathroom near Johnny Rockets wife had to hold her nose from the ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2019
Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View Balcony
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Independence of the Seas
Vacaylover1240
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s
I'm wring after just returning a couple of days ago from a 5 night cruise on Independence of the Seas. This was our 2nd cruise this year on this ship and our 3rd cruise this year with your cruise lines. We choose Independence because we had a remarkably great time in February and it was not the same experience at all this time, which was sad because we choose to book 3 rooms and bring our ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2019
Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony
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