Very nice cruise

Odyssey of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
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Odyssey of the Seas

7 Night Greek Isles (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 14, 2024

Ship: Odyssey of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12310

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 months ago

Review summary

We had a great time. Best experience we have had on any cruise for initial boarding and final exit. The staff was exceptional at responsiveness and service. Main dining room food was excellent. Ephesus was the highlight stop on this itinerary.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Embarkation exceeded our expectations - best ever I think for one of our cruises.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Main dining room was great - as typical for Royal Caribbean. We found we really enjoyed the Solarium bistro as a change sometimes for breakfast and lunch. Sorrento pizza was good, not great. The sorrento cafe made up for it though.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Very good set of rock climbing walls. Enjoyed playing pickleball, ping pong and bumper cars. First Royal Caribbean cruise I went on without a miniature golf course - kind of missed that.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Very good muscians band.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Superb service all around.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship was very clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
First time we have had a balcony on a cruise. We really enjoyed. We could back in lounge chairs on the balcony any time without anyone walking by.

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

3 out of 5
We had a nice tour in Santorini. Return to ship took way too long (nearly two hours from when we got in line on the cable car). Perhaps this ship is just too big to stop at Santorini.

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

5 out of 5
This was our favorite stop on the cruise. We really enjoyed Ephesus and learning about turkish rug making afterwards.

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5
Enjoyed walking to the beach and swimming in the ocean. Very nice place.

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Once again this exceeded our expectations - had breakfast in main dining room first thing in the morning. Disembarkation went smoothly and very quickly.
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody     4 months ago

Appreciate the post

AuntPinkie     4 months ago

Great itinerary. Appreciate your detailed feedback. Glad you thoroughly enjoyed your cruise.

HeavySeas     4 months ago

Awesome.......thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

cruising2004     4 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful time! Thank you for your review.