We just got off the Independence of the Seas. This was our second time aboard her, our 9th RCCL cruise and our 24th overall. We had a great cruise experience, I have little to complain about, but I have several comments.

Embarkation was a breeze. Just as we've experienced at other departure ports, the security line is a bottleneck, but once you clear that, you are aboard very quickly.

We saw a couple of the shows and they were good. We missed more shows on this cruise than on any other one. This is due to the great time that we had with people that we met on board. We tended to talk and hang out and make friends rather than go to the shows by ourselves. We felt very comfortable aboard this ship because there were many people our age as well as some older and some younger. There was not an abundance of kids on this cruise. We often book long cruises and find ourselves to be among the youngest cruisers (we are 58 & 55) because the long cruises are generally for the older crowd. This doesn't have anything to do with RCCL. It just happened to contribute to our enjoyment of this trip. Read more