Relaxing Rhapsody

Rhapsody of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 62

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Rhapsody of the Seas

7 Night Greece & Croatia (Venice Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 27, 2019

Ship: Rhapsody of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Having sailed on Oasis class ships the past 3 cruises we thought we would go back to a smaller ship again. Pros and cons for both - overall though a lovely relaxing holiday , just what was needed. Sometimes on the larger ships there is so much going on you try to do everything and you come home exhausted!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Quick, easy and efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Plenty of choice to suit all tastes

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
As it was a smaller ship not a huge amount of activities going on

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Theatre shows were so, so....not the usual RC standard we’ve seen on other ships. The headliner magician and juggler were both very good

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Mostly very friendly

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Agree with other reviews that the Rhapsody could do with a “spruce up”...beginning to look a little tired and dated in some spots. Loved the theatre though and the Centrum still very impressive. Being really picky, the cleanliness could have been a little better. We are so used to seeing lots of constant cleaning going on whilst on other ships (restrooms, hand rails etc) we didn’t seem to see the same amount of activity in this department. Also a lack of hand-sanitizers outside The Schooner bar, theatre when normally you are never more than a few steps away from one, you miss them!!

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
First time we’ve had an inside cabin as we’ve always gone for a balcony, so this was a bit of a “culture shock”!! We soon got used to the lack of space though and considering the little amount of time we spent in the cabin it was fine. The decor again could do with a little facelift.

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

4 out of 5
No excursion but we stayed a night either side of cruise which allowed time to visit Venice on our own - beautiful

Dubrovnik, Croatia Did not visit port

Sadly we had to miss this port due to a storm...shame as it was one of the main reasons we chose this itinerary and the only one we had booked an excursion

Kotor, Montenegro

4 out of 5
Stunning scenery ..we had intended to do our own thing here but the weather was awful so we decided to stay onboard

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5
We have visited beautiful Santorini before and did an excursion..this time we used the cable car up/down fairly early to try and avoid the crowds after lunch!! Stunning views

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

4 out of 5
We didn’t do an excursion at this port

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and efficient
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3 Comments

missnotanlines    5 years ago

Thanks👍

billcravey    5 years ago

Nice review, thank you.

IslandGirl8    5 years ago

Thank you for the review