First cruise experience

Item: Odyssey of the Seas
Rating: 4.7
Author: mbirkinshaw

Odyssey of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

mbirkinshaw

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

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7 Night Greek Isles (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 05, 2022

Ship: Odyssey of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11268

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

A great first cruise, and smart way to visit the Greek islands. My only advice is mind your gratuities which were added even though they were "included" with our pricing.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

very easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

incredible food chioces

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Pool was nice but a little overcrowded.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

The Book was entertaining.

Children's Programs

older children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Service was immaculate, especially Loretta who kept our stateroom amazingly perfect! She was definitely the most outstanding of the staff!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

A very well maintained and super clean ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

great size and comfortable.

Ship tip

Spa services filled up fast, we were unable to book anything.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

great town with lots of restaurants and shopping.

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Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5

beautiful with the perfect sunset.

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Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

3 out of 5

good tour, great food. We did not appreciate the Turkish carpet visit after the tour almost making us late for our ship, we felt a little trapped.

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Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

amazing and one of the best excursions we had.

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Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

one of the best ports, we will return on our own for a visit.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

very easy and seamless.

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1 Comment

catccruiser 2 years ago

Did you prepay gratuities & then they added them again at the end?

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