Royal Caribbean International

...a couple of weeks on Royal Caribbean's 'MS Independence of the Seas' - a fifteen-thousand tonne cruise ship, upon which I traveled over 7,000 miles. ==A town at sea== Having not been on a cruise before, I really didn't know what to expect, and was in for a shock when I saw the ship for the first time. The Independence is currently the largest passenger vessel ever built, measuring a massive 1,111.9ft. To put that immense scale into perspective, it's ...
...series of American vessels, the Royal Caribbean ships utilise an onboard currency in dollars - although due to the excellent 'seapass' system, there is no real need for any actual money to change hands, apart from in the casino. Basically, you pay for things using the seapass card which is linked to a credit card you have nominated before traveling. The card doubles up as a security pass which has to be scanned into a machine everytime you leave ...

JOE.B 27.11.2009 · Read full review
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...ship afloat (at the time), Royal Caribbean's Freedom of The Seas. We planned our Caribbean cruise a year in advance which upon doing so ensured we had a good choice of cabins. We chose a cabin with an outside balcony on deck 9 towards the stern of the ship, roughly two thirds back on the port side. Even though we booked in advance by a year, over four fifths of the cabins had been taken. These cruises are very popular so give yourself plenty of time ...
...Royal Caribbean was formed in 1968 with the merger of three Norwegian shipping companies, Anders Wilhelmsen & Company, I.M. Skauge & Company, and Gotaas Larsen. 1970 saw the first RC ship, The Song Of Norway make its maiden voyage followed by the Nordic Prince in 1972. The Song of Norway was the first passenger ship in the world to be stretched. The ship was cut in two and a mid section of 85 foot was added increasing the passenger capacity to 1000 ...

LawrenceP 14.08.2009 · Read full review
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...the advertising hype on the Royal Caribbean internet site before we arrived at Southampton, for the inaugural Independence of the Seas, Canary Island/Lisbon/Vigo 12-day cruise in early May, and I was expecting a really huge ship. Nothing could have prepared me for the size of this lady. As we drove into sight we could not believe our eyes. It was massively ginormous! Brand new, only launched a few days before, this absolutely fabulous marine monster ...
...well for its purpose. The Royal Promenade is a bright, bustling shopping complex in the middle of the ship and it serves as a popular meeting place, entertainment 'stage' and of course a variety of shops. The amount of quality artwork on walls, in hallways, in the restaurants, bars, reception, in your stateroom and on the escalator area is definitely impressive. There was apparently a Pablo Picasso onboard and at the champagne art auction I went ...

Writing321 01.06.2008 (23.06.2008) · Read full review
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...a hotel we booked through Royal Caribbean called the Atrium Palace Hotel. There was a taxi waiting for us at the airport to take us to the hotel. When we arrived there was a Royal Caribbean representative there to greet us and explain our transfers to the ship. The Hotel itself was great. The rooms were big and so were the bathrooms! The only problem was that my brother and me had to share a bed, as we had two double rooms. It wasn’t too much trouble ...
...get back to writing about Royal Caribbean and the ship we were on! After our time in Barcelona was over, we were given a time to get the coach at the front of the hotel. Our luggage was loaded onto the coach by the porters and was taken straight to our room on the ship! Almost magical! The coach took us along with a busload of other people from a different hotel straight to the ship. ♥ Getting onto the ship: Checking into the ship was really ...

such.an.irony 16.08.2007 · Read full review
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...board or connected to the Royal Caribbean cruise line. It was presented by crew members where it was fairly obvious that they were reading from prepared texts. For me, the balcony was the best part of the room. There was a table and two chairs outside. The views were spectacular from about 70 feet up. When we weren’t exploring around the ship, this was where we spent our time. We just took drinks and sandwiches outside and watched the scenery in ...
...and beach was beautiful. Royal Caribbean used large motorized life rafts for the tender. Service was provided continuously and we only had to wait a few minutes. Free cool drinks were provided while we waited. Day Three: Livorno, Florence (Italy) From Livorno, it took about an hour to get to Pisa and 90 minutes to get to Florence. The excursions began about 7:45. We saw the piazza featured in the movie Hannibal through the Academia and Art Excursion. ...

madhatter7880 03.08.2004 (04.08.2004) · Read full review
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...the Seas is one of Royal Caribbean’s new ships, released in 04. She is Voyager class and the second largest ship in the world. Her size is amazing; I was speechless when I saw her! The size is unimaginable. She is in great condition as well. There are 15 decks of entertainment, food, activity and accommodation. This includes an ice rink, rock-climbing wall, 9 hole mini golf, golf simulators, inline skating track, full-size basket ball court and volleyball ...
...3 pools, 6 Jacuzzis, Royal Promenade shopping area (this is longer than two football fields!!), library, cinema room, a five-level theatre, a nightclub, show lounge and more!!! One thing I can say is I was definitely never bored!!! The Booking: Last year we booked through First Choice travel agents. We used the air Royal Caribbean offered. It was Britannia and was brilliant! The aircraft was lovely, the staff were very pleasant and Royal Caribbean ...

FaithsAngel 31.03.2005 · Read full review
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...the Seas' which was a Royal Carribean ship. We enjoyed out first week in Orlando but were ready for our cruise when it arrived. Orlando is not a relaxing holiday. Because we had booked it as part of a package it meant we had no problems finding the ship. We were picked up by taxi from our hotel and desposited at the side of the siip. This was a good move as we later found out from other people that had come by car that there was no parking at the ...
...a private island owned by Royal Carribean. There was lots of building work going on there but we just went to the other side of the island and lazed on the sand and in the sea. You must try a coco Loco if you go there. This involves rum, coconut and ice cream. There was a picnic style lunch which ad plenty of choice and was hot. The only downside to the island as far as we could tell were the toilet facilities. There were not rally enough and they ...

wednesdaygirl 25.08.2002 · Read full review
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...way around - the stunning Royal Promenade on deck five runs right through the middle of the ship, and almost everywhere on the ship is easily reachable from there. The Promenade is lined with shops and bars, and starts at the Coral Theatre towards the front of the ship, and then ends at the main dining room (which spans three decks) towards the aft. The customer services desk is also found here, and there are a number of lifts at both ends, ready ...
...I will definitely be recommending Royal Caribbean to all my friends. Ship Quality For such a huge, and I mean .... HUGE! ship, Voyager is easy to navigate. Although she carries upwards of 3,100 passengers, I seldom felt crowded. The artwork is stunning. She was kept in impecible shape by her devoted crew. Apart from a few sewage odor problems, which is common on aging vessels, it's the most immaculately clean and grandly beautiful ship I've ever ...

babajack 02.05.2007 · Read full review
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...the eastern Caribbean with Royal Caribbean International. We choose Royal Caribbean as I was expecting my son at the time we booked it and we heard that they were really good for families. About our cruise The cruise we went on is a seven night cruise round the eastern caribbean, on board the ship called Mariner of the seas (this ship is now elsewhere, but they still have a ship doing cruises in the eastern caribbean). There are three stops in the ...
...also the following suites-junior, grand, royal family, owners and royal ones. I am now going to tell you the advantages and disadvantages of our holiday, exactly as I see them, Advantages -I thought that the fact we stopped at different places without having to catch a plane or drive anywhere was really good, -on some days we were really busy but on others we were really chilled out, -all food is included, and you can eat as much or as little as ...

razzer246 11.02.2009 (15.02.2009) · Read full review
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..."The Enchantment of the seas" Royal carbbiean cruise liner. We had never been on a cruise before and we are only in our mid twenties so we were slightly worried that they were not aimed at our age group but we didn't need to worry as there was a vast mixture of age groups and it seemed there were many young couples who were also on honeymoons. We were fortunate in that when we checked in we mentioned we were on our honeymoon and my husband who can ...
...frienldy man that checked us in said there was little chance with so many honeymooners however when we got to are cabin we very shorlty afterwards recieved a knock at the door to say we had been upgraded so we were delighted and had a Ocean view deluxe cabin what a great start! We didn't bother to unpack straight away as we wanted to explore our new surrondings and we were not disapointed as the ship was very impressive and we quickly realised it ...

pixey99 15.05.2004 · Read full review
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We went on Splendour of the Seas a few years ago for two weeks and well what can I say, I didn't want to come home!! It was such an excellent holiday, we travelled around the med visiting different places but I could have happily stayed on board for the two weeks!! I loved dressing up for dinner, having different menus each day, we had our own waiter called 'groba' who was really lovely and made each dinner special. On board there was a minature ...
...served by the pool, bars, lots of restaurants and the best part was the middle of the ship where there was the piano room/bar with a gold glass lift going up to each deck, marble staircases, library, photo gallery, blimey there was everything you could imagine on there. It was definatly my best holiday by far and would highly reccommend it to anyone! ...

heidi2493 20.08.2008 · Read full review
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...around the Western Caribbean with Royal Caribbean International last September and would highly recommend them! We went on the Navigator of the seas for 1 week. The ship is amazing and a very high quality. The cabins are fairly small (we stayed in an interior cabin) but you hardly spend any time in there as there is soo much to see and do around the ship! The entertainment is amazing. We often walked around the ship to see entertainers singing and ...
...relax. The food is amazing and there is sooo much of it! The restaurant staff cannot do enough to help you and serve to your every need. Overall, this was the best holiday I have been on and would defineitley travel again with Royal Caribbean. ...

epotter 20.02.2008 · Read full review
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I have traveled with RCCL transatlantic a number of times and found them to be the best cruise line for families. My two children really enjoy the thirteen day voyages and never bored. The entertainment for all ages is fantastic. There are places for teenagers and young children to go whilst you kick back and enjoy the sun, pools and spas. The nightlife for adults is catered by piano bars discos, and live entertainment. If you are like me and don't ...
...buffet restaurant caters for all tastes. Food is 24/7, waist lines tend to widen if your not careful but the gym will help. For the kids you can by an inexpensive unlimited soft drink package to cover the voyage. Coffee, tea and hot chocolate is free, alcohol is, as you would expect, expensive at about $5.00 for a bottle of beer. ...

kdcarter 14.07.2008 · Read full review
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Just returned from a six port cruie starting at Barcelona. What a magnificent ship, with wonderful dedicated professional, yet friendly service. The fellow cruisers were a mixed bag of types and nationalities. Dining choices very good. Pool and other public areas superb. Kids club and staff truly fantastic. The children missed two port excursions because they wanted to be in the kids clubs all day! Now that's relaxing for a parent. The ice show and the singing/dancing entertainment could not have been more professionally presented. A holiday cruise where we truly did not want to get off! Try this ship. ...

bigchris100 01.06.2008
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I've just been on a Royal Caribbean cruise to the Baltic the ship was the Jewel Of the Seas, and have to say it was brilliant. The food onboard was great, if not too much because we found ourselves eating quite a bit each day! The waiter service was very good, the staff and waiters were friendly and helpful. The entertainment and shows were top quality, they had some one off acts on such as magicians, and musicians, singers. The Royal Caribbean production ...

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