Rhapsody of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

My group of 20 family members had fun of this 7 day cruise on board Rhapsody of the seas. The service staff did a great job accommodating us in the main dinning and other areas. The ship although 27 years old it's still pretty and has it's luxury look in some areas. Food and entertainment was good but yes I guess it's fair to say that it could've been better. Rooms and facilities were cleaned daily. Overall a great experience for the family.

Was disappointed with embarkation experience... did not like the fact that I had to retrieve luggage from stairwell and take to my cabin....

There were plenty of great experiences with Royal Caribbean, but the food could have been better. For instance, the food variety at Windjammer was lacking, with only two types of cheese available for the entire cruise. Additionally, the special restaurant menus remained unchanged throughout the voyage, making it sufficient to dine at each only once or twice. The fixed menu included multiple full portion entries, which seemed unnecessary and turned it into more of a double dinner menu rather than a prefixed one. I was hoping to learn about the captain and senior officers, but unfortunately, it didn't happen. The captain didn't even appear during the crew flag parade, which I found disrespectful to his own country and all passengers. The ship areas aren't very spacious, so the music, especially around the pool, could be too loud at times, which was disturbing for those trying to relax on their balconies.

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We liked and enjoyed everthing except the food in main dinning room, Windjammer, and the Solarium. The pizza was horrible! The Cuban sandwich was awful. The salad was ok in the Solarium.

Overall, we had a fun cruise. One major note that greatly upset us was that we booked this as a "bucket list" 7-Day Panama Canal cruise going to Costa Rica then crossing the Panama Canal. Two weeks after we booked this, they changed the cruise and dropped the Panama Canal and Costa Rica. That was the only reason we booked this cruise. We were furious. We have been loyal Royal Caribbean fans, but because of this, we are going to look at another cruise line in the future.

Almost all passengers were Israelis, which for me was like a trip abroad while staying in Israel. The ship is not very big (which I personally like) but has enough things to do while you are on it. The inside cabin size is quite small, but since were were mostly there for shower or sleeping it didn't bother us too much. Most of the crew was very attentive and nice. I would probably do it again :)

This was meant to be a trip of a lifetime. It both lived up to that and failed to meet the expectations. The sites were fascinating. The crew was fantastic. However, I do feel that Royal failed us. We were not given important information about closings (specialty restaurants, the solarium). The staff was overwhelmed with unattended children and gave up trying to enforce any kind of decorum. It felt as though there were no expectations in place to be followed and enforced.

Great staff and shore excursions! However, the ship is showing it's age with outdated rooms, poor expensive internet service, and no designated rooms to accommodate on board activities.

Highly recommended! I have shared this itinerary with a few friends after we had this wonderful experience.

For this cruise to be our honeymoon, we were extremely disappointed. We feel it was false advertising based on what we paid when we booked the cruise. We voiced our concerns to guest services while on board and were given no input or reasons as to why things were changed. We enjoyed the excursions and the service workers, but the food, people on board, and disembarkation were a nightmare. For what we paid for this trip, it was a waste of money and we would not recommend.

A great time. Nice ports to visit. Time to relax on the ship also. Good service in dining rooms.

This was the worst cruise we have been on. Worse than Carnival and all the other we have cruised with.

Great itinerary , if you are not afraid of 8 consecutive sea days |(I love sea days). Ship is of the older type, don't expect Oasis class experience, and you will enjoy the activities and entertainment

I would do this cruise again, however, with a different ship

My partner & I had never cruised before so were nervous about taking this trip because, it would be a long time to be stuck on a boat, if we discovered that we didn't like cruising. Luckily, the ship's entertainment, service crew, and beautiful port destinations made it all so enjoyable that we never had time to get restless or home sick. Thank you very much for a great first time experience.

First time cruising with Royal Caribbean and was not impressed. Will give them another go on a newer, larger ship and see if our impression of this cruise line changes.

Most definitely need to work on menu options in windjammers - could use a pizza buffet- no Cigar smoke in the casino IS a must.

If you have been spoiled on larger size ships you might be underwhelmed with the size of this ship. It’s much smaller and overall the entertainment was second rate.

Overall, great cruise. Glad to see a cruise departing from Barbados. Counting Barbados, the cruise visited 9 islands in 11 days. Well worth the money.