New cabins on Independence of the Seas

I'm looking at a short cruise in the Indy in January. Two questions:

1) what are the room numbers of the added cabins? It would be nice to stay in a new room.

2) many of the recent reviews discuss how crowded the ship is. Do you think that's because it is summer vacation so lots of 3rd and 4th bunks filled, or do the extra 100 cabins really make that much difference?

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Look at the deck plan on decks 11 and 12, Those are all new staterooms.

I'm looking at a short cruise in the Indy in January. Two questions:

1) what are the room numbers of the added cabins? It would be nice to stay in a new room.

2) many of the recent reviews discuss how crowded the ship is. Do you think that's because it is summer vacation so lots of 3rd and 4th bunks filled, or do the extra 100 cabins really make that much difference?

 

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I like the Independence. I'm sure a lot has to do with the time of year. January there will be a lot less triples, quads & quints. I'm sure the extra 100 cabins/200 pax is noticeable, if you really pay attention to it. Try not to. January is a nice time to cruise.

We also like to cruise in January and apart from usually being able to snag an excellent price the ships ( all classes ) have never felt crowded.

All the new cabins are shown here:

https://www.******************.com/2017/12/16/deck-deck-drydock-changes-royal-caribbeans-independence-of-the-seas

I hope it won’t be as crowded as the reviews say but I suppose they have taken public space to add those 100 cabins and the reviews are fairly consistent. Liberty has also had new cabins and the reviews don’t seem so bad.

Oh dear It looks like I posted something I shouldn’t. I found it again by searching for independence refit deck by deck.