First ever cruise

Rhapsody of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Rhapsody of the Seas

7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 16, 2019

Ship: Rhapsody of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2628

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We had an amazing time will definitely do another cruise with Royal Caribbean.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We chose the key program so it went very quickly.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
We didn’t go to any specialty restaurants, the food in the main dining room was very good, the buffet food was good but obviously made to please the masses.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Spent our cruise days just soaking up the sun. Pools all looked nice and well sized and clean.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Comedian was very good, juggler was fun especially since he included me in his act.

Children's Programs

No kids with us

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone was very friendly and seemed quite happy with their jobs. Loved our main dining room server she was always smiling and happy gave us information about the next day regarding port time dining times. Stateroom attendant was very friendly kept our room immaculate.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Older ship but well taken care of. Well laid out, once you get the lay of the land. Not an enormous ship by any means.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Plenty of room for two people, bed was very comfortable, only area that was small was the shower, but expected that.

Ship tip

If you want your pictures go pull the prints every day, we were scrambling last night to get all of them because nobody said we needed to have them even though we got a package prior to sailing.

Ports of call

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5
Lots of fun plenty to do. We went to the butterfly conservatory.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
We went to Chakaanab Park and did the Sea Lion encounter and the Manatee encounter they were both amazing. Pictures were pricey but worth it.

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5
Due to the tender boats being delayed because we weren’t cleared by the port we initially missed our excursion but they got us a driver who took us to see the baboon Sanctuary ( actually Howler Monkys ) had a great time got to feed them out of our hand , they came right down to interact with us.

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5
The port is a maze to get out of with shops and excursion sales booths. We just did a day at the beach.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Again key program made it very efficient plus we had a ala cart breakfast before disembarking.

Traveler Photos

Room 2628
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4 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Bearsea    5 years ago

How was it having the key? Did getting on and off the ship go well? How did reserve seating in shows work? Did you find the key useful?

Wolfhound1    5 years ago

Hope you have a great time, my wolfhound is the Irish kind.

SpeedNoodles    5 years ago

Thanks for your review and photos - I have this ship (and almost identical itinerary) booked for Feb 2021 and I'm really looking forward to it. As an aside, I also have wolfhounds (the Russian kind), thus my name here :-)

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