Western Caribbean Symphony of the Seas Western Caribbean Cruise Reviews

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Low quality Food with great shows

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6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

Very disappointed in RCL. We have sailed with them several times prior to COVID. Was looking forward to the Oasis class ship. Big disappointment! The shows are great and that is where the greatness ends. The main dining room can not accommodate Celiac selections. Steak is always available but you find a better steak at waffle house. None of the steaks came close to Texas Roadhouse quality. When ...
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Sail Date: November 2023

Cabin Type: Interior

Traveled with disabled person


Last RCI cruise for us

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Hefe805w
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We have about 20 cruises under our belt, most of which have been with RCI and the overall experience and value made it our first pick for cruise lines. Just 3 weeks prior to our trip on Symphony of the seas, we took a cruise with Virgin on valliant Lady. With such a recent cruise as a benchmark me found ourselves disappointed and frustrated at every turn with RCI and will be unlikely to ever ...
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Sail Date: November 2023


Misleading and disappointing!

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dton
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

I am not the kind to write reviews, but after my experience on this ship, I feel it necessary to inform other consumers. We booked this trip and several months later, Royal offered me a marketing proposal to upgrade my room to a VIP suite for TWO people, and I was staying in the room alone. I did not challenge this because these were the rules, so I paid for the double fee required for the ...
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Sail Date: August 2022


Overpriced terrible food

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Avanti12
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

Symphony of the Seas is probably a decent ship for kids. But this cruise is loud, noisy, truly terrible main dining room food, and not worth the trouble. I have been on other royal Caribbean cruises that were better. Princess is a better cruise line. The show Hairspray was five star excellent!!!! . The bars have great bartenders! But the gym has old dangerous awful- poor equipment. ...
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Sail Date: January 2020

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony


Disorganized chaos ship. Bad service and setup

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Mbtintc78
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

This ship is big but not wholesome. They have no clear directions for what is happening when. It takes multiple attempts to reserve a special dining room because you have to walk to the dining room to reserve it and those dining room staff are not available 24x7. Why can you just reserve online or at guess services? Everything that is an event show or plain dinner on the ship has a waiting ...
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Sail Date: May 2019

Cabin Type: Interior

Traveled with children


NEVER AGAIN will we cruise with Royal Caribbean

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arivera
10+ Cruises • Age 40s

Myself and my family have cruised with Royal Caribbean for over 10 years; a few times a year. This past trip 14 of my family members cruised together. NEVER AGAIN. First off, we purchased a Royal Caribbean excursion for Honduras and were almost (literally) killed. We were escorted by the staff to rent jet skis. When we returned, the rental company would not return our sea pass or drivers lic. ...
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Sail Date: April 2019

Traveled with children


Terrible

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croozed
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

Giving one star because there is no option of a ZERO star Enormous ship – Immensely disgusting and disappointing. There is nothing to do on this CL. I paid a lot of money for just sleeping and when I was not sleeping, I was stuck in crowds either for a meal or at the elevator. Bad performances, horrible food, disgusting pools. They can take 7000 people on their cruise, but theydont even ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony

Traveled with children


Not exciting just dull

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Wandawho
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Large ship with little going on. The rooms were small. No toiletries or robes supplied. Nothing to do most of the time. Art sales were mostly prints. Pizza spot was the only food available after 12. Drinks were not wrong. Shops were expensive. Pictures were expensive. Lot of walking to get anywhere. Champagne handed out but only for an hour. Very cheap champagne. Water was only available for ...
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Sail Date: January 2019

Cabin Type: Central Park View Balcony


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