Independence Med Spain cruise June 28th-July 12th repoooooort

[KirkNC]

Thanks for the report!

[Adayatatime]

Yep, that's right. Us drivers on the NX network are friendly. Just to point out also, it a safety thing that we load and unload your luggage.

 

You're all smashing :o

[BeeBerry]

Sinny - great review so far, I love your sense of humour! :D

 

I think you might have meant the Westfield shopping centre in London though? ;)

[Tosara21]

Light-hearted review...really pleasant to read with fun photos. More please.

 

Starting to get excited about our trip on Indy, can't wait.

[crvng4mr]

Subscribed!!! I will be back later to read when I can. I am so glad you did this review!

[Realtor at Sea]

A lovely, fun review. Thanks!

[Nix111]

Wonderful review so far, we sail on Indy on the same itinerary tomorrow and can't wait!! You review made me even more excited if that's possible ;)

 

 

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[al kabel]

Great to see another report from you Sinny - I just finished your Alaska trip with you. Are you still a dealer? I bet the gamblers love your table as you are soooo nice. Ditto on London, favorite in all the world.

 

Chris

[Keith1010]

I am enjoying the report and the photos.

 

Keith

[GT3Jay]

Thank you for taking the time to post this great review. Looking forward to spending a week on the Independence in May.

[craftymarie]

love your sense of humour:) cant wait to read more. we are on adventure in oct with similar ports so cant wait to hear your experiences

[first_time_dav]

Thanks Sinny. Loving the review, we're on the Indy two weeks tomorrow! You're right about indian food in the UK, I eat many more curries than I do roast beef and Yorkshire pudding!

[masonpips]

Subscribed! Kind of sort of doing this next year! Southampton (on Explorer) to Gibraltar and some of the other ports, but not all. Can't wait to continue reading!!

[Kik35]

So glad to have found your review!! Looking forward to following along and having a good laugh, enjoy your sense of humor.:D:p

 

Your hotel room reminds me of the IKEA commercial where the parents remodel their kitchen and there is only room left for a bed for their sons bedroom!!

[purplethorn]

great so far

 

 

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[lalalemon]

We are reading your review with interest, we're doing a similar itinerary on Adventure in October! Can't wait for the next instalment!

 

 

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[Sinppu]

Sinny - great review so far, I love your sense of humour! :D

 

I think you might have meant the Westfield shopping centre in London though? ;)

 

:eek::eek:

I did indeed.

Oops.

 

Great to see another report from you Sinny - I just finished your Alaska trip with you. Are you still a dealer? I bet the gamblers love your table as you are soooo nice. Ditto on London, favorite in all the world.

 

Chris

 

I'm still a dealer :D

Happy customers are the best customers and keeping people happy even though they lose their money is my goal.

Usually I succeed :p

[Sinppu]

Hello everyone!

 

Thank you so much for all your kind wordses and complimentses (feeling a bit Gollumish this morning... Saturday and all :p).

 

I'll continue then, shall I? Yes? No?

 

Silence.

 

I'll take that as a yes.

 

We didn't do much on our first sea day. We work hard when at home and so very often on holiday we sleep A LOT on the first days, 10-12 hours a night.

 

We got up just in time for the Meet and Mingle and there were about 30 people there.

It was one of the best Meet and Mingles we have attended as the Activities Manager Tim Connor was absolutely hilarious and he had a plethora of "Royal Caribbean crap you've never wanted" to give away.

 

I won an amazing pair of RCCL earrings!

 

We then went to the progressive trivia and met Joff Eaton for the first time.

We are pro-Joff. His sense of humour is mean but we appreciate it.

 

As we didn't do so much today, I'll post some photos of the ship taken on various days.

 

 

 

From the solarium. That's the only bridge I might like to spend time under...table and seats, everyone!!

 

 

I assumed this would have been for ladies wanting to sunbathe topless but never saw any such.

And as we are European and invented the sauna, we don't mind. ;)

[Sinppu]

I always like to walk around the ship (also in corridors I don't live in) to see all the art.

Some really cool things on Indy as well.

 

 

 

 

 

OK, the last photo isn't art per se. It's just me being artsy-ish. In a lift.

[Sinppu]

I attended the Free Champagne Art Auction today.

I do it for the champagne.

It helps me part from my money more easily :p

Today all these lovely chaps found a new home.

 

Poor little roll. Wonder where it's parents are?

 

First formal night was tonight. We are the kind that like to dress up and here is proof:

 

This evening we ate at the MDR.

We had My Time Dining, mainly because we never know what time we are hungry.

On the Independence there is a Shakespeare theme and King Lear on deck 5 is MTD.

 

And now I notice how foolish it was not to take photos of the menus. I am a food porner and it would indeed be helpful to know WHAT I've have photographed for you all...

Still practising my perfection, I suppose. Darn it.

[Sinppu]

I'll try with the foods anyway.

 

Mostly the MDR served good or excellent food. Sometimes we got something we weren't that impressed with but we never went anywhere else after dinner and that sums it up in my opinion.

 

Pineapple, kiwi and strawberry starter. (I like that name. Doesn't leave you wondering what you are eating...) Nice and fresh.

 

Shrimp Cocktail. OK.

 

Seafood Pasta. Sufficiently good.

 

Prime Rib with Yorkshire Pudding. Good.

 

Carrot Cake. I WANT MORE!!!

 

Low Fat something. Lowry had many of these as dessert. They were never spectacular, but did the job.

 

And to bed early again.

Tomorrow in Vigo!

I'll be back later in the evening, have to go and work for a while again.

Edited July 26, 2014 by Sinppu

[Bril]

Great review so far, looking forward to the rest and to my cruise in two months, visiting a lot of the same ports as you did!!

[EMED2010]

So glad to see you back! Looking forward to this review!

[jennywren46]

Love your review and it's bringing back such happy memories ...but we've been on Indy four times now and I've NEVER noticed the sheep. Lol. Where were they ? I must walk round with my eyes shut. Lol

[Sunny AZ Girl]

Sinny, I loved your review of the Southern Caribbean. We followed your advice and stayed at Tres Palmas Inn in San Juan and we loved it! Thank you (Although it wasn't for everyone in our large group, it was exactly what my DH and I prefer.)

 

I am really looking forward to the rest of your review. I love your writing style. We are planning a cruise to the Med in a couple of years (Greek Isles out of Barcelona.) Who knows, you may convince me to look at other options and ships!:)