Independence of the Seas Review

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Review for the Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Independence of the Seas
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rockyhavoc
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Oct 2009
Traveled with children

I travelled on the Indy with my husband, 14yr old son, and 70yr old mother round the Canaries in Oct. I have never written a review before but here goes.

Embarkation: We flew into Southampton from Glasgow and mum from Manchester and we all had paid for transfers. Mum is in a wheelchair and we were informed that she would not be going on the coach as she had a private taxi booked courtesy of RCI. This was a pleasant surprise and we were all allowed to share the taxi with her. We had organised our set sail pass on line and embarkation was very quick and smooth. My husband pushed mum in her wheelchair and it was no problem. A youth worker introduced himself to my son as we boarded and he was given info on the meet time. We had lunch in the Windjammer and went to our room at 1pm where our suitcases quickly followed. So far we were very excited and impressed.

Room: We had an outside room which was originally intended for just my husband and i. Anyway it quickly ended with my son and mother joining us too. The room had 2 single beds with pullman beds over the top so it looked like bunk beds. there was a curtain which helped with privacy, a sofa and the best thing was the large porthole window. There was adequate wardrobe and drawer space and i kept finding new hidden cupboards there was also a safe in the wardrobe. There was a flat screen telly and i could check our on board account on it. I would have no qualms about booking same room again for all of us.

Cabin Review

3556

Size good. Location near the lift and the main theatre. Not noisy and was a great location for us. The only draw back was that the MDR was at the opposite end of the ship and you cannot get form front to back on level 3. You had to go up, along and back down when going to MDR and vice versa.Had lots of fun getting lost several times in the week (added to the fun) Large porthole gave a great view.

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