’17 Females and a man ‘

Blog 1) I have just returned from a little break away with work on the ‘Independance of the seas’.It was a small group of us from different departments here at Cruise.co.uk. We had the pleasure of spending the 4 nights with our sales director Andrew , unfortunately for him he was alone with 17 females.

I have been on the ship 3 times before so I knew what to expect.I thought I would share with you my over view of the Independance from a cruise agent’s point of view this week and then in my further blogs I will tell you about my dining experience and also the entertainment etc

I flew down to Southampton which was great once we arrived at the airport we went to queue for a taxi to take us the port , the prices seemed to of gone up a bit since I did this last as they were charging £25. We had plenty of time so decided to get the train which cost us £3 and was only one stop away. We arrived at the terminal at about 11.00 and checked in with no queues and boarded straight away. Top tip as our colleagues arrived a little later and there was queues!! I suppose when people get given times to board the ship they should stick to it to avoid congestion. The ship was full to its capacity I believe which was about 4200 passengers. Once we were on the ship we had a little look around as she started filling up we decided to go and find our cabin which we had an outside on deck 2. Perfectly fine fairly spacious cabin with a decent size window. The bathroom was great as it had a glass door rather than a shower curtain.
The drinks packages has been introduced since I had been on board last and I have to say I would really recommend buying as for 2 drinks it came to $19, the drinks package cost me $68 a night so was worth it.

The clientele on board was a mix of all ages there were a lot of families on board as it was half term and a few of the couples we spoke to hadn’t been aware it was half term one thing I always try and tell my customers.

We visited Zeebruge , Le Havre and Cherbourg and although there were plenty of excursions on offer you could just get a shuttle bus into the local town .

We managed to get to meet some of the senior officers on board , chief engineer and also the Guest services manager.
You can see the interview here ;

A Royal Interview Behind The Scenes Of Independence Of The Seas

That’s all for this week but be sure to come back and read more of my reviews of the Independance of the seas