Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas Cruise Reviews

I chose this cruise because my experience with the Symphony in the past was great. After a long wait post Covid decided to take another. However, this recent experience was very disappointing. The my time dining completely change from the prior booking experiences without prior notice to me. The food selections in the windjammer was very poor. The entertainment and option to book in advance was ...

We chose this particular cruise due to the ship's reputation and the locations covered in the itinerary, as well as our previous experiences with Royal Caribbean, which have been consistently positive. Despite the Symphony's large size and passenger and crew capacity, it seldom felt crowded; the amount and variety of activity options doubtless helped in this regard. Meals in the main dining room ...

Cruise was not as good as those I have taken on the other big Rcc ships. The quality o the dining and the failure of the cruise director made tht\ this cruise less than enjoyable. One big failure was to have blind disco dancing with not enough head sets for all who wanted to participate. Also there were many activities but so many of them were only 30 minutes. . the only outstanding ...

DAY 1: Embarkation Day We had a 10:30-11:00 check-in time. We were on-board before 11:00. Getting on-board early isn’t as smart as I thought it would be. The Windjammer hadn’t opened yet nor had the eMuster Stations. When the Windjammer finally opened up we discovered that I was still the worst buffet at sea. Too small and too few selections. By 1pm we had completed or eMuster Drill ...

Having just returned from a cruise on Symphony of the Seas I wanted to write an honest review of this ship. We have cruised on both Royal and Celebrity in the past and have seen a big difference in the past few years. The main difference recently is in the Main dining room for evening meals. The menu always had choices on the day but also had "classics" which were available every day if you ...

I was not as enchanted by the Symphony of the Seas this time. We had been on it in early 2020 before the cruise industry was shut down, so this was our second time on the ship. We started the cruise on a Saturday, and on Wednesday I became violently ill with norovirus. Our friends, who had gone on the cruise with us, also became sick, as did some others I spoke with. I have cruised for many ...

We did a seven-night western Caribbean sailing in November 2022 to Costa Maya, Cozumel, Roatan, and Coco Cay. Nearly everything was perfect. It was a clean, beautiful humongous ship. The food was great, we enjoyed the Main Dinning room a lot, and Sorrentos pizza and El Loco Fresh were really good. The five main shows were awesome, Hairspray, Flight, Hiro, and the two ice shows, are all must-sees. ...

We chose this ship over Disney Cruise because of the appeal of the onboard amusement park for our annual family vacation. There were 6 adults and 4 children: 10, 7, 7, and 4. The adults are repeat cruisers. We are also repeat Royal Caribbean/Celebrity customers. We understand that there are challenges to post pandemic travels. We were mandated to use the APP and the web for communication. The ...

We were on this ship before the pandemic, just before they shut down the cruise industry. We also went on its sister ship which is very nearly identical. My overall impression of the ship was good; however, they seem to have cut a few corners since my other sailings on these two ships and made a few changes I didn't like. There were some maintenance issues, which I didn't see before, and some ...

We're a couple celebrating our first anniversary and also my birthday. This is the first cruise of a B2B. Since we're coming from outside the US, we arrived in Miami a couple of days early and stayed in the downtown area. This is our third cruise, all of them in Oasis-class ships (and, hence, also in Royal Caribbean). On boarding day, we took an Uber to the port and arrived at around 10:30am, ...