Western Caribbean in December

Rhapsody of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 53

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Rhapsody of the Seas

7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 17, 2017

Ship: Rhapsody of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 7555

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

It was great, and we are definitely planning to use Royal Caribbean again in the future.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We ate the buffet every day and it was fantastic. they also had waitstaff circling the buffet dining room to refill drink and clear away dirty dishes.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
The main pool was usually crowded, which is to be expected, but the adult pool was indoors and felt like a sauna every time I walked through it, so I did not spend any time in there. There were always good shows at night, and events and contests during the day that we enjoyed.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The singers and dancers were completely unimpressive. The singers could harmonzie and couldn't hit all their notes. the dancers were okay, but the two that were supposed to be the best weren't that great. The cruise director was fantastic and most of the evening shows were great.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Always helpful, polite, and smiling. The housekeeping staff introduced themselves by name on the first day to every room they would be responsible for, and were always around if we needed anything.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Always clean. Rooms were cleaned and tidied twice a day unless you placed the DO NOT DISTURB sign on the door.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Smaller than I had expected, but we did choose an inside cabin. the balcony and oceanview cabins were much larger. Always clean, and housekeeping tidied twice a day. not many tv channels, and half of them in portuguese, but most people don't spend much time in their cabins anyway.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida Did not visit port

embarkation and disembarkation only, did not explore at all

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Did all of our shopping here. no excursions, but we chose to explore the port on our own. Much more industrialized than I had expected, so that was a bit of a drawback.

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5
We did the Belize by Carriage excursion, and Belize is definitely an up and coming port. Loved seeing some history of the city and learning about it, and the tour guides were awesome.

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5
Our excursion on this port was cancelled due to a bus accident, but RoyalCaribbean did give us the option to book another excursion or be refunded our money. We chose the refunded, and again explored the port on our own. Less industrialized and we liked that.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Left our room and were off the ship and at our car in about half an hour.
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