Saving for 50th anniversary trip was a real let down

Item: Odyssey of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: jmoran3802

Odyssey of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

jmoran3802

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 15

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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9 Night Greek Isles (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 15, 2023

Ship: Odyssey of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7544

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Very disappointing. The food was mediocre at best. Food at main dining always tasted as though it was cooked hours ago and kept under a warming lamp. Portions were extremely small and the shrimp cocktail was a joke (baby shrimp)and no lobster night had to pay for it if we wanted it. The price changed from day to day from $16 to $24 did it cost different taking it out of the freezer?

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food was warm at best. "Baby shrimp cocktail" was a joke and their was NO lobster night. The pastry looked wonderful but tasted like yesterday leftovers

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Didn't try any of the activities because of the cost

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Enjoyed all the shows we attended

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Room steward Rm 7544 went above and beyond making us happy. A waiter we had Restituto was unbelievable.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Our cabin steward did a fantastic job keeping everything clean and orderly. Thank you!

Ports of call

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

1 out of 5

Beautiful little town but with three ships in port the whole experience was waiting in line. When arriving in port we waited in line almost an hour to get onto cable car. After eating and shopping we waited in line well over an hour to get back on cable car to get back down

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Piraeus (Athens), Greece

4 out of 5

Mykonos, Greece

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

6 Comments

Ruby13 1 year ago

Surprised it’s lobster night. Was in the Odessey last September and they brought out unlimited lobsters.

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Sorry your 50th anniversary wasn’t the best experience.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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Dumfy75 1 year ago

Santorini is about the only place I’ve ever done a ship excursion as they took us up in a coach and we were done early enough to not have to stand in massive cable car queues to come back down. Excursion was nowhere near as good as a previous 3rd party one I did but so much less stress!

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for the review

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MrsHFQ 1 year ago

Was on the Odyssey the week before. The shrimp cocktail is definitely really poor. We were more lucky in Santorini- took a very early excursion to get us off the ship and onto the tender easily (and had a coach from there). Coming back down the cable car, decided to do it just after 1 o’clock- very little queuing. Lovely ports!

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