American Independence (formerly Independence) Review

Great small ship cruising

Review for Canada & New England Cruise on American Independence (formerly Independence)
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6-10 Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Aug 2016

This is small ship cruising. About 100 passengers. More mature passengers, kids/teens would be bored. Great size for getting into interesting places. Second cruise on this line. Super attentive, available, informal, active crew. Goes out of their way to make you welcome. As an example, the Captain is widely available, and greatly interacts with the passengers. He normally joins the passengers for dinner. The chef tours the dining room during dinner to solicite comments and suggestions. As an example, the chef had been on our previous cruise. He served a fantastic tomato pie on that cruise. We asked for a repeat. He made another pie for us. Entertainment is small ship and tailored to the locality being visited adding to the cultural Experience, many times using local talent. Likewise for the food. This cruise being along the Maine coast had a "lobster" theme, surprise, surprise. Even a lobster eggs benidik. We even had fun flying kites from the top deck while underway. Great itinery along the Maine coast.

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Cabin AAL

Decent size cabin. Bathroom larger than cruise average.

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