Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades) to the Mediterranean Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas Cruise Reviews

After 15 cruises of various cruise lines including 4 previously on RCL I found the 14th March 2015 sailing on the Independence Of The Seas to be way below expectations in several areas. However the short comings did not curtail having a great family vacation. My wife and I traveled with our two sons, daughter in law and 11 month old granddaughter. One son used Choice Air traveling from Wichita, ...

This was our 14th cruising experience. We had a delightful week. As Platinum members with RC, embarkation was a breeze in Ft. Lauderdale. We got there a day early and enjoyed a stroll down Seabreeze Blvd. Saturday morning along the beach. Had dinner at Coconut Waterside Grill Friday night - wonderful and we're sure to return. Love the Independence of the Seas. Size of ship offers enhanced ...

I believe the biggest problem with this sailing is although they are newly back in South Florida port, they still think they are sailing out of South Hampton. OMG, even one of the debarkation screen instructions yesterday showed, "when disembarking out of South Hampton." Really?? Get it together IOS. Seriously though, I've had many cruise director staff sailing out of U.S. ports that was ...

We have cruised about a dozen times with IOS being our largest ship to date. We had concerns about the size of the ship, fearing that the cruise would be impersonal. We had additional concerns about the ship being full of kids on spring break. The ship was full, there were plenty of kids but for the most part the cruise, the ship, the staff, far exceeded our expectations. Embarkation was very ...