This is my 8th cruise. First time on the Symphony. The bad first - The schooner lounge / Pianist was single handedly the most dissapointing aspect of any cruise I’ve ever been on. It was like an 80 year old man who literally followed an IDENTICAL script every single night. Un-changing, no request folder or bucket, no interaction, boring/monotone and like I said, same exact never-heard before songs ...
Go to your nearest Mall. Double the price of coffee, triple the price of beverages, then add sociopathic security guards who enforce confiscatory policies by leveraging safety to take money from you.
Examples include the policy that you can't wash your bathing suit, because doing your laundry is unsafe (safety is $35 a bag for wash service), video games involving balance on a fake boogie board ...
We chose this cruise as because we had never previously experienced RCI and wanted to see what they offered. Embarkation was a breeze, very nice. The ship is impressive, but a little too overwhelming. To me, the most significant part of a cruise is being able to see the water. For me, water helps me de-stress. On the SotS there are way too many places where you have absolutely no idea that you are ...