SHIP VISIT OVERNIGHT ON INDEPENDANCE
Review of Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas by hayley (29 Apr 08)
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I was lucky enough to go on an overnight visit on the new Royal Caribbean ship Independance of the seas, it was out of this world! as soon as we pulled into port it took my breath away it is huge sitting in port, as soon as i stepped on the ship i felt like a big kid again and just wanted to run around on the ship, it is bright and colourful and very fun, i really liked the abstruct art that is around the ship. the first thing we did was go to our cabins to put our suitcases in, I had an inside cabin on deck 7 these are nice, cosy and stylish. I was keen to see everything so we hung our dresses up and quickly left, first of all we went to the windjammer for lunch, it was amazing ive never seen so much food in one place, you could choose from pizza's burger's salads, sandwiches mash potato curry anything you can think of was in the windjammer, this is buffet service and we piled our plates high. The deserts were devine lots of cakes, and ice creams, with our bellies full we proceeded to look around the ship taking in the cabins first, these were all of good size and the balconys were nice sizes too, the Royal suite was amazing you need never leave your cabin with your own bar, piano, dining table, hottub on the balcony, table and chairs and sunloungers it was huge, the family ocean view cabins were of good size and the general outside and insides were also good sizes. we walked around the ship looking at the bars there was plenty to choose from i especially enjoyed the karaoke bar there are 2 booths where you choose a song and can sing as loud as you like in here and you have the oppurtunity to buy the dvd of yourself singing this was very fun. The casino is huge with plenty of slot machines and tables biggest ive ever seen on a ship, this is the same for the gym, it was actually bigger than my local gym! it had a full size boxing ring and hundreds of weights and exercise machines. We ventured outside to see the swimming pools and activities, the H20 zone for the kids is brilliant really bright and colourful and looked very fun, the rock climbing wall was really high and the flow rider looked really fun this is an eye catching feature of this ship, there is a mini golf course on board along side a jogging track and inline skating track for the dare devils out there. We went to the ice skating rink and watched people practicing for the evenings show, this was a nice size rink not as big as i thought it would be but big enough to fit a fair amount of people on it, there is also a theatre which show comedians and broadway shows. In the evening we went down to dinner and ate in the formal romeo and juliet dining room which was stunning with beautiful chandaliers hanging from the ceilings, we had a 3 course meal which was devine! and the staff were so helpful and always topping our glasses up, they were also very funny with really good sense of humours. It is really easy to find your way around the ship i was worried about getting lost but in every lift there is lists of what you will find on each floor which was very handy, after dinner we headed onto the promenade which has a great selection of shops and bars this is fabulous and very colourful and has lots of choice, we especially liked the ben and jerry's cafe, the coffee shop and the slice of pie pizza shop along here. After the promanade we made our way to the labyrinth which is a small nightclub in the evening and a nice bar, they played up to date music and fun cheesey music so something for everyone, it is decked out like medieval and gothic with beefeater statues, ravens and medieval chairs this was a dark, classy bar. In the morning we were out of our cabin at 7.30 am before breakfast finished at 8am and there was again an amazing choice of food from pancakes, doughnuts, cooked breakfast, cereal, fruit etc, this set me up for the day. All in all i had a fabulous time and didnt want to come off, i would definatley recommend this ship to everyone! and i cant wait to go on here again, definatley for longer next time.
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