SYMPHONY Feb 25-Mar 9 Review

[Hawkstar33]

Back to back.  Arrived Miami port by taxi, and other than a little traffic, was pretty quick.  Dropped bags off, walked and stood on a moving, short line, and right into checkin.  Fast for us, maybe not for others, but maybe good timing. We arrived 11:45, for 12-12:30 checkin.  Ship is stunning. Beautifully maintained, clean as a whistle.  Crew takes pride in this ship.  Captain Angel, and his staff, have it well in hand.  Dined at Chops, and Central Park 150.  3 and 4 times respectively.  Awesome to say the least. Great service in both. Delicious choices in both.  Other 5 nights we did the buffet. Never stepped in Main dining room.  That is just our choice.  Couldn't comment about it.  We also ate breakfast and lunch a few times in buffet.  Otherwise our spot was Park Cafe, for good salads, and killer roast beef.  Many chose the RB sandwich, and some had 2 or 3 on a plate.  An obvious fan favorite. Wife tried the Chicken dog on the Boardwalk, was not overwhelmed. Also tried the very long line at Loco fresh, in order to get the tex mex fix.   Basic but did the trick. Another favorite of the customers. Sorrentos pizza was always busy, was ok, not many choices. Didn't try any other food options, as there are many.  I went off of my past experience, on Oasis and Allure, and reviews of the other options. Super active ship, with a lot of kids running around to be quite honest.  Water slides, water park, Abyss non water slide, were big with kids and adults. Multiple sports activities.  Really good music all day on the outer decks.  Awesome, professional bar staff.  Wainright best tender on ship, hands down.  Abraham also gets the nod.  Tried Bionic bar.  Pretty cool, spills a few drops, but makes decent drink of choice.  Central Park Balcony room.  A lot of storage, plenty of room for us both. Peaceful balcony with birds chirping. What else. Let's see.  Oh yeah.  Smokey casino. Doesn't stop people.  A few bad sea days for the invisible chair hogs.  A lot of chairs all over the decks, but the professional hogs got up early to place their belongings, and towel clips, and then go off to do their thing.  No Chair Police.  They got away with it.   Good shows.  Only one bad thing to say.   Royal needs to assist those, of any age, who can't make the mile long walks off the ship and pier to get to the terminal.  No wheelchair assist at all by Royal, except in Mexico, but by local pushers on the dock, making tips, and only a few of them.  Ship is big, docks are long and far from gangway to terminal.  Disembarking went smooth.  Plenty of taxis.  First part of trip, we may not have made the early flight out of Ft Lauderdale, as the walkoffs did not get off till little after 8...Second time would have made it, as they walked off at 7:30,  but we had opted to take later flight, so not to be panicked the whole time.   Overall, Beautiful ship