A relaxing fun vacation, but…

Item: Odyssey of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: Nicknack

Odyssey of the Seas Cruise Review

Nicknack

Contributor Level: Third Mate

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

8 Night Greek Isles (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 20, 2023

Ship: Odyssey of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8168

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Lines and downward quality but super fun still! Most enjoyable.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Fast and efficient!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Royal has really gone down in this field. The food wasn’t great and the buffet was far too busy. Quite disappointing!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Great activities but the lines were half an hour to an hour for just two minutes. Reservation didn’t help

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Great performers and all, but the shows, no storyline at all. Cool technology but I feel as if the shows were more to show off the technology than for entertainment.

Children's Programs

4 out of 5

Really good, but hard to make friends. Ship too big

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Mainly good! Waiter Santoro is excellent! Paula, Ben and Francisca was excellent!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Bit confusing but overall very good. Cleanliness lovely

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Cabin boy small but lots of cupboard space. Balcony very large! Bathroom very small. Soap and shampoo and conditioner one; small thing but shows the decline of Royal

Ship tip

Shore excursions were actually great but very expensive. WiFi not worth it. Lines always long and there WILL always be lines. Quality of food and everything and definitely decreased; you can see they want to differentiate between Celebrity and Royal. Activities still fun but ship too packed for such a small space. No longer loyal to royal but was still run just went on Celebrity before and was truly on another level

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Ports of call

Mykonos, Greece

4 out of 5

Expensive but beautiful

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Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

Your amazing! Definitely go see Etna

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Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

4 out of 5

You’re actually very good!

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Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

3 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Capri amazing!!!

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Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Quick and efficient

8 Comments

Ruby13 1 year ago

Was on the Odessey last September out of Civitavecchia… loved it.. no lines except waiting for the vernicula in Fira. Beautiful ship.. food, not bad, but I missed the Central Park and Prominade.

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water227 1 year ago

😞

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IzzyW 1 year ago

We did the same cruise in September 2022; ship was extremely full. Noisy and lines for everything. No more RC for us.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience. Glad you enjoyed except for the food.

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Nice itinerary. Appreciate your feedback. Glad you mostly enjoyed your cruise.

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bubbles60 1 year ago

Wonderful itinerary. I agree that RCL has changed.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for the review

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