Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas Cruise Reviews for Fitness to France

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Dining at sunset on formal night. We dressed but many folks did not. We wished we didn't also (less clothes to pack!)
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Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Independence of the Seas

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caroline1965
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

Wont be using RC again or recommending them. Needed something to fit in school holidays. I wanted plenty to occupy child and flexible enough to allow them to eat / play / explore without pressure. So we could all have a break. Unfortunately it didnt work like that. Boarding was straightforward having cruised before I expected to go straight to my room find cases outside,unpack, go exploring/ have ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Traveled with children


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Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Independence of the Seas

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Brando54
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

Independence of the Seas is a very large vessel but its facilities are not themselves large enough or well-staffed enough to accommodate the passenger population. Windjammer, the popular buffet restaurant, frequently becomes so full that finding seats for groups of 2 or 3 becomes testing; for bigger groups often impossible. The food though is excellent & the staff, insufficient in number to cope ...
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Sail Date: September 2019


Short but sweet

Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Independence of the Seas

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sjluci
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

We chose this cruise because of the itinerary and because we were already vacationing in London prior. We really enjoyed the ice show “Strings.” The violinist was phenomenal and the choreography of the skaters was great. We ate in the main dining room the first two nights. The food was good, portions could have been bigger but the service was very slow. Izumi was good but it was an hour until we ...
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Sail Date: August 2019

Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View Balcony


Dated Taster Cruise

Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Independence of the Seas

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flicjagger
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

We have cruised with P&O and NCL and decided to do a Royal Caribbean taster cruise before we committed to booking a full cruise for us and our children. We travelled with our 2 and a half year old, we have found it very difficult to get the right level of entertainment for him on previous cruises as he’s not a baby but still too little to go into any clubs/groups. There was a fantastic ...
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Sail Date: August 2019

Traveled with children


Out of this world, great fun

Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Independence of the Seas

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Djnanny
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Had great time , took my 12 year old daughter did not know what to expect after reading the last review. (Did notice dents in the lift doors and did hear about the young man who was tazered and the 39 passengers that had to leave the ship from the week before we sailed) But thankfully we only experienced well behaved children and young adults on our cruise . Totally overwhelmed by the sheer ...
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Sail Date: August 2019

Cabin Type: Interior Accessible

Traveled with children


Perfect 1st Cruise

Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Independence of the Seas

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Kezza2705
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

This was our first cruise and we absolutely loved it. 2 adults & 1 teen Our Balcony Cabin was bigger than expected and equipped with everything we needed, a bit dated but clean and comfortable. Nice bedding and comfy beds Very Happy with our room attendant Sugi who was always smiling and kept our cabin in good order. We had a little problem with the Pullman bed on the first evening and that ...
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Sail Date: August 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony



Overcrowded

Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Independence of the Seas

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Neilsquires6
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

Having been on a cruise with my wife on freedom of the seas and really enjoying it I got together with freinds 19 in tottal and we all decided to go on independence of the seas and after the great re fit was looking forward to this. I can honestly say what a great ship the staff work so hard to keep it clean and the service they give is outstanding food is superb aswell. The thing that lets it ...
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Sail Date: July 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony

Traveled with children


Fantastic ship, great cruise

Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Independence of the Seas

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intermittentsailor
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

We’ve just come back from a 14 night trip on the Independence which went to the western Mediterranean. It was a fantastic cruise and very little of our experience was anything like negative. However, a quick run down of the different bits we saw and did, follows! -- Windjammer -- We found the Windjammer a huge improvement on Vision of the Seas’s version. The seating is well spaced out and ...
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Sail Date: July 2019

Cabin Type: Promenade View Interior


Food & Entertainment are Garbage

Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Independence of the Seas

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Jmaren1974
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

We read positive reviews about this ship and the stops before we booked in April. Wow, I’d like to know who’s writing these reviews. We haven’t made it to one stop yet and I have no idea how we’re going to make it 12 more days. We’ve been on Disney to the Bahamas, Carnaval both to the Caribbean and Mexico and Princess to Alaska. All these cruises have been in the last few years and the food, ...
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Sail Date: July 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony

Traveled with children


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