Symphony of the Seas Review
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WOW, Royal has amped up the WOW factor on Symphony. Just got off the Inaugural 4 day cruise on Symphony Nov. 9-13. This will be a general review of Symphony with numerous pictures. For a more detailed review of my cruise dates look at BirdTravels and for a very detailed review of Symphony, look for Twangster’s trans Atlantic review. For a more detailed look at an Oasis Class ship with more pictures see my review of the Oasis, “Oasis 3/22-29/14, so so writing, pretty good pictures, very pretty girls.”
If you have been on any other Oasis class ship the Symphony will look almost identical. While I did not go to every corner of the ship I noticed some changes. A new venue Playmaker’s in the space across the Boardwalk from Johnny Rockets. It is a sports bar with numerous TV’s and a great place to watch a game. The food there is really good, hamburger and shrimp stood out. Also small changes in Central Park and some changes to the menu’s of certain Specialty restaurants. We arrived to Terminal A on a shuttle from Dollar Rent A Car from the Miami Airport (excellent shuttle). We got to the terminal around 1:30PM and had no problem with traffic at the port. Terminal A is brand new and so well done. There are no check in desks, you go to an agent to process your Sea Pass. SO, if you are a good person and have filled out your information prior to arriving and have your Set Sail Pass, I am here to tell you that it will take you maybe 5 minutes from the time you enter the beautiful terminal to the time you walk onto Deck 5 and the Amazing Symphony of the Seas. As usual the ship feels a little crowded at the start of day 1 but by that evening you do not feel like you are on board with almost 6,000 fellow passengers. Debarkation is not as bad as you would think. We exited the ship around 9, with our luggage. Though there was a line to exit the terminal going past customs the line moved very freely and quickly. If you have a US passport they use a face recognition system that is so cool, no papers to fill out, just smile and off you go!!!
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