My husband and I have just spent 10 nights on the Independence of the Seas sailing from Southampton. When we arrived in Southamptn it was raining, we handed our cases to a porter who put the cases on a soaking wet trolley. There was a canvas on the trolley but was not over the top. When our cases eventually arrived at our cabin some time later the cases were wet and opening the cases some of our clothes were wet, I did mention it to our cabin attendant but obviously it is nothing to do with her. So, there were clothes we could not wear on the cruise.
The ship itself is brilliant, lots of things to do, however, some of the people on the cruise were sssssoooooo very rude and ignorant especially in the Windjammer restaurant, they did not mind who they pushed out of the way me included, one other guest even made an oooooooooooo noise when she saw an Italian woman body push me to one side and one of the staff said something in his own language whilst looking at her, obviously saying something about what he had just witnessed.
The food in the Windjammer is quite good but a bit "samey" not much difference Romeo and Juliet Restaurant, our waiters Alfredo and Antonio were very nice and very professional only too willing to help with any queries. The food in the Romeo and Juliet was lovely and there was always steak and chicken for people who are not so adventurous. The staff sang in three nights and was really nice, the atmosphere was lovely. We were fortunate enough to sit with two lovely couples on our table and hope to keep in touch.
The cabin 7691 was kept beautifully clean by our cabin Attendant, she was very happy and pleasant. However, just one critisism, the bed was made into one queen bed and we felt that there was not enough room at the sides of the bed, the settee was up against the wall and the end of the bed was about 6 inches from it meaning we had to sqeeze through to get at the side of the bed. I do think that coffee should be supplied in the cabin as well as tea. The cabin was very quiet, there was plenty of hangers in the wardrobe. Towels and loo rolls always available and clean.