GiggleBee

Wasnt there 5 days from when we got back till the next sailing? Should have just postponed ours 5 days

Wasnt there 5 days from when we go back till the next cruise? Why not just shift ours back 5 days? So it went from the 10th-20th instead?

Gutted its cancelled! Dont really fancy navigator or serenade :(

I've been calling in... lol.

First of all they absolutely won't admit that the independence is doing a dry dock? Ok.... then said it could be anywhere from tomorrow to three maybe four months before we know... called

The other day.: lady acted as though it would leave a few days later and get in on the 20th.. something about 12 nights. Idk, but this is a bunch of BS.. I hate having to guess?? I've also

Noticed all the other transatlantic cruises have been nice and inflated for the current 'sale'. About had enough[emoji849]

Ive had enough of not knowing too, I dont know why they cant just be honest, surely its the best policy?

I went to travel agents today who phoned RC and they said no changes in port of call but the ship is entirely sold out which i find hard to beleive! Something is going on!

When we were there recently we did the pirate museum, which we really enjoyed, thought it was very well done and wasn't a bad price to get into either. After that we went to Del Sol and Caralioha before heading back to the ship.

I love the freedom class, just the right size ship for me :)

Definitely still there on the TA and from what I heard they've just brought a whole load of new books for it as all the others got stolen. They now have a member of adventure ocean there during the day to check out books and then the books all get locked away at night.

Does anyone have any idea who is gonna be the CD when the Independence comes back to Southampton on the 1st May? :)

on my very first cruise on the Independence I brought a teddy bear with 'Independence of the seas' wrote on his jumper (it's a much smaller one of the one which appears on the shelf in the 'once upon a time' show) and he has come on all the cruises with me since.

I swore I wouldn't buy anymore teddy bears on the ship as Jack-pot (yes, he has a name haha! I had to name him after one of the cruise staff due to us mixing up his name!) was special as it was my first time on a cruise ect. Anyway, on my most recent cruise also aboard the independence, we were looking around the shop and at the bears and we found one with a hole in its leg and its leg also sat at a funny angle and by the last day of the cruise it was still sat there and I just kind of felt sorry for it as I didn't think anyone would want to buy a broken bear, so I gave in and brought him (Yes I know I'm sad for feeling sorry for a stuffed toy :p) So yeah, now I have two cruise bears and they're one of my favourite things I've brought on a cruise.

on our recent cruise my Mum lost her phone as well as her new sunglasses and a bag containing a couple of small things she'd brought in port. she went to guest services to ask if it had been handed in but they hadn't seen it. So now she was panicking that she'd left it in port. She wasn't to worried about the things she'd brought, the sunglasses or even the phone itself, but the phone had pictures on of our 10 week old kitten that we sadly lost just before the cruise and that's what had upset her the most.

Anyway, she and my Auntie backtracked around the cruise ship and couldn't find it. My Mum went to guest relations for the next 2 days morning and afternoon asking if anyone had found it and eventually after 2 full days of worry about losing the photos, a member of staff from the windjammer had found it and handed it in. We never found out why it took them so long to hand it in but we were all glad the items came back, especially the phone with the photos on.

I've been on decks 7 and 8 in a promenade room and found the both good for watching the parades and we never heard any noise in either of them at night.

I've never seen these :( Need to have a look on my next cruise as they look pretty cool!

just remembered the other one is called 'centre stage'

as far as I know Indy doesn't have a Broadway style show, or she didn't when I travelled on her in November. She does have 4 production shows done by the royal Caribbean singers and dancers though; once upon a time (which I loved) Invitation to dance, then there was a circus themed one and another one which I can't now remember of the top of my head.

I personally love the Independence, sailed on her 3 times and am going again next year. She's a fantastic ship, there is loads to do and the staff are always so lovely. You'll have a fab time!

Loving this review so far and think the idea to bring the paddling pool for your daughter to play in so she didn't miss out was lovely!

ah okay, it was someone from Royal Caribbean my Mum spoke too and she just remembered that they said they were going to be changing the shows in the theatre, which I was kind of pleased with and also sad at the same time because I love 'Once upon a time'.

What's Sabor? I should probably know this! The changes, if it does happen, don't sound all that bad, I never go into the nightclub anyway.

I saw a post on this recently but I can't seem to find it now.

Anyway my Mum went to a cruise show today and she was told that the Independence would be going into dry dock before our transatlantic cruise next May, does anyone know when this would happen? and what they plan to do with her?

On the transatlantic crossing on the Independence last year, I was making my way down the stairs from the windjammer with my auntie and I stopped to clean my glasses and as I did so, one of the screws from the arm popped out and fell on the floor.

I went into complete panic as we were in the middle of the Atlantic ocean and I stupidly hadn't thought to bring a spare pair and I wasn't sure what I was going to do. Anyway, a crew member stopped (who I later found out was the head cleaner) stopped and asked what was wrong and we explained, so he and my Auntie (I couldn't see a thing) went and looked for the tiny screw on the stairs.

Eventually after a few minutes of looking they managed to locate it and then the crew member took the screw and my glasses away and managed to fix them for me before returning them to me. Probably seems like a small thing but it meant a lot to me as I was so scared that I would have to spend the next couple of days we had at sea not being able to see or really do anything!

We'd be happy to have you sit with us too! I hope you give it a try. Cruisers are not scary at all.

 

Tom

Thank you :) After reading some of the posts on here and hearing about some of the lovely people that everyone has met I think I'm going to brave it next year and give it a go.

I'm with you! I get petrified thinking about talking all through dinner with strangers. I'm just too self conscious

I'm glad I'm not the only one :)

It's strange though as I went to the card making classes and stuff on my last cruise with my family and made a few friends (some I'm still in contact with now) although the thought of that was a bit scary at first!

I think the setting in the MDR is a lot... posher, or at least when I view it through the door it seems that it is and I worry I'll stick out like a sore thumb and then the thought of other people sitting with me that I don't know, in this setting is just another thing on top to make me feel uncomfortable and self conscious.

You'd always be welcome at my table GiggleBee :)

Aw thank you :)

I am definitely going to have to try it next time, I think it's not knowing what to expect which is worrying me and also I guess I'm scared I'd make a fool of myself with other people round the table!

I have quite bad social anxiety, so have never ate in the main dining room, on the past 4 cruises I've been on we've always ate in the windjammer but I'm hoping to gain the confidence and try the main dining room on our transatlantic crossing next year!

On another note, for our cruise, it appears that we will have Jaime Fentiman as our CD. Does anyone know how he is as a CD?

 

thanks!

Jamie took over as CD on our cruise in November when our CD had to leave, he was fantastic, very funny and also so lovely to chat to if you see him around the ship!