Miami to the Eastern Caribbean Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas Cruise Reviews

This ship has a lot of positive coverage on YouTube, but we feel the reality fell short. The main problem was the lack of ocean views and this is probably the main reason we didn’t enjoy the cruise compared to smaller ships. The only place with good water views is the buffet. Everywhere else feels like a high end mall or Las Vegas. If you don’t have a balcony room, you can easily go the whole day ...

We chose this particular cruise due to the ship's reputation and the locations covered in the itinerary, as well as our previous experiences with Royal Caribbean, which have been consistently positive. Despite the Symphony's large size and passenger and crew capacity, it seldom felt crowded; the amount and variety of activity options doubtless helped in this regard. Meals in the main dining room ...

I was not as enchanted by the Symphony of the Seas this time. We had been on it in early 2020 before the cruise industry was shut down, so this was our second time on the ship. We started the cruise on a Saturday, and on Wednesday I became violently ill with norovirus. Our friends, who had gone on the cruise with us, also became sick, as did some others I spoke with. I have cruised for many ...

We chose this ship over Disney Cruise because of the appeal of the onboard amusement park for our annual family vacation. There were 6 adults and 4 children: 10, 7, 7, and 4. The adults are repeat cruisers. We are also repeat Royal Caribbean/Celebrity customers. We understand that there are challenges to post pandemic travels. We were mandated to use the APP and the web for communication. The ...

We were on this ship before the pandemic, just before they shut down the cruise industry. We also went on its sister ship which is very nearly identical. My overall impression of the ship was good; however, they seem to have cut a few corners since my other sailings on these two ships and made a few changes I didn't like. There were some maintenance issues, which I didn't see before, and some ...

We're a couple celebrating our first anniversary and also my birthday. This is the first cruise of a B2B. Since we're coming from outside the US, we arrived in Miami a couple of days early and stayed in the downtown area. This is our third cruise, all of them in Oasis-class ships (and, hence, also in Royal Caribbean). On boarding day, we took an Uber to the port and arrived at around 10:30am, ...

We chose this cruise because we've seen the ship before and wanted to try out all the fun stuff. My favorite things were the zip line, water slides, Aqua Theater Show, and Ice Skating Shows. Plus, we had an inward-facing balcony for the first time, which was very cool. Embarkation in Miami went smoothly. Debarkation was very organized also - just stood in one short line when they called our ...

For everyone's experience is different..... I can tell you that they don't take care of their passengers as well as you think they do. They have discriminated with passengers multiple times. Including retired veterans they have targeted. I solemnly refer to the staff. And even though you can ask they're gonna deny it a million times but I've seen that happen quite a few times on the boat. Do ...

To give you an idea of the perspective we’re writing this review; we’ve done 14 cruises across 3 lines, with the majority on Royal Caribbean. We keep trying different cruise lines and have cruises schedule on Carnival and Virgin in the coming months. Royal isn’t prefect, we recently had a poor experience on Ovation of the Seas, but the Oasis class ships seem to always knock it out of the park for ...

I traveled with my wife and child (6 year old). We had a cabin with an ocean view balcony. We had the 8pm traditional dining. We also had a 100 dollar on board credit. Once we boarded the ship, we realized in the app, they had changed our dining to my time (which includes a wait time), we immediately responded to the main dining room and spoke with the crew member who stated for over 45 ...