Southampton to Europe - Western Mediterranean Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas Cruise Reviews

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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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Just OK

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2ndhoney
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

I've sailed on other cruise lines and Royal was not my favorite, but they were going to a port that I really wanted to go to and not many other cruiselines went there. This was a family trip so that my dad and the rest of the family could visit the fishing town in Spain where my grandfather came from. Overall the ship was fine, but there were a few things that irked me. They closed the ...
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Sail Date: October 2019


Just a cruise -- not the best

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

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TABG
10+ Cruises • Age 20s

Overall the cruise was a cruise, a time away from our everyday lives to relax in order to continue with the demands normal life lends our way. That said let me tell you we have been on over 25 cruises, on several different cruise lines, and this has to be one of the most unique and challenging thus far. Here are my pros and cons from this cruise: 1. The pros for entertainment was all good with ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View Balcony


Improvements required

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


Too many people

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

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Local wherever he goes
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

Just home after a cruise to the Portugal and the Canary islands departed from Southampton. Firstly, RCC never miss a trick to make money !! Always book a drinks package and a dining package - we did both and it was excellent value for money. Sea days = Hell days just too many people . The sundeck was just awful peop!e packed in like sardines roasting in the sun. No room between lounger and ...
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Sail Date: September 2019

Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View Balcony


Interesting journey!!

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pamee
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

i chose this cruise because I fancied he list of ports to be visited. As a widow travelling alone I like cruising because I can sit at the same table every night with the same guests so I can get to know people without having to make introductions every night. This has always worked well on previous cruises. On this occasion I got ready for the evening meal, spruced myself up ready to make new ...
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Sail Date: September 2019


Entertaining in an unusual (For a cruise) sort of way.

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Captainclive.
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We have just returned from 2 weeks on the Indy, departing Southampton on the 10th August, calling at ports in Portugal and Spain. It turned out to be a cruise of 2 parts, the bits we expected to be good were as always excellent, Crew, superb, entertainment, superb, buffet food, good, MDR food, much improved over the last cruise on Oasis, where the food was really awful in the MDR, so perhaps ...
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Sail Date: August 2019

Cabin Type: Junior Suite

Traveled with children


Overcrowded

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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


Was I in Benidorm or Blackpool?

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Independence of the Seas

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Stevegone
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

My comments are my own personal view on how I found the Cruise,This will be my 5th Cruise in all and possibly my last. Having sailed on this ship 2 years previous I found it a lot more crowded and not as pleasant, probably due to the extra rooms added but hey it’s around an extra £150,000 per 14 night cruise for Royal Caribbean. Firstly my bad points: 1 Most Sun beds were reserved by ...
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Sail Date: July 2019


Tired ship, disappointing cruise.

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ChrisParker247
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

We sailed on the Independence six years ago and had a great time which prompted us to re-book for the 14 night Italian Mediterranean cruise in July. The coach journey to the port was perfect and embarkation was quick and friendly. When we boarded the ship we sat on the top deck with a drink in the sun as we left Southampton looking forward to our fortnights break. Around four o'clock we decided ...
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Sail Date: July 2019

Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View Balcony


Far too many people

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Helen6785
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

This was our first cruise so we don’t really have anything to compare it to. We travelled in a party of 6, 5 adults and one teenager... Getting on the ship was stress free and so much easier than flying. The ship was very clean but this could have been due to a norovirus outbreak on the cruise before us it was continuously cleaned all the time we were on the ship. The ship is enormous, I was still ...
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Sail Date: June 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony

Traveled with children


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