A good cruise, but with room for improvement

Rhapsody of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Rhapsody of the Seas

7 Night Greek Isles (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 16, 2015

Ship: Rhapsody of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 3126

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

Stateroom - good. 
Service - excellent, impeccable. 
Food - mostly good, but several things missed the mark, not excellent.  
Entertainment - very good. 
Shore excursions and transfers - good, but some hurry-up-and-wait.  Complaints - 1. not enough deck chairs, guest "territory marking" made chairs unavailable even though vacant for extended intervals.  2. we expected more Greek food items on a Greek cruise. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
There was no good place to keep our 2 large suitcases out of the way - they took up too much closet space and would not fit under the bed.

Ship tip

It needs more deck chairs, and clearer / better rules and enforcement of "chair reservation" or "territory marking" practices (holding a chair despite not occupying it by placing personal articles on the chair).

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

3 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

5 out of 5
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1 Comment

glomarrone    9 years ago

This problem about saving lounge chairs around the pool is a big problem on all cruise lines.  Passengers are very inconsiderate of others.  I have seen chairs held for a half day and no one shows up.  I have seen people reserving chairs for fellow travelers who never showed up at all.  I have seen people saving a chair for their beach bag. 

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