Greece and Israel trip

Item: Rhapsody of the Seas
Rating: 3.6
Author: sdstill

Rhapsody of the Seas Cruise Review

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Contributor Level: Purser

197 Days Till Next Cruise

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 2

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

8 Night Greek Isles (Haifa Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 01, 2022

Ship: Rhapsody of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7524

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Cruise was fine, staff were very good. Haifa was awful.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Mass chaos at Haifa. No signs, no directions, no communication and very rude people. Staff seemed to try but we’re overwhelmed by the crush of people at luggage drop off. Multiple long lines at different required stops prior to boarding. The boarding process was a mess and severely understaffed.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food quality has really declined. Average buffet food in main dining room and edible in the Windjammer. Made reservations for my time dining in the main dining room prior to embarking and it worked very well

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff in main dining room and cabin steward were fantastic.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Haifa, Israel

1 out of 5

Took the train from Tel Aviv to the port and the train station was right at the port. Only embarked and disembarked here which was understaffed chaos.

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Santorini, Greece

2 out of 5

Extremely crowded. 1 1/2 hour wait for the cable car up and 2 hour wait to go back down. We walked the donkey trail down. Not a bad walk of 30 minutes. Problems with the weather led to cancelling tender operations for a couple of hours. Royal Caribbean handled the situation about as poorly as you could. No information, no crowd control, basically abandoned everyone in line in the heat to guess what was going on. Royal Caribbean should be ashamed of how poorly it was handled.

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Ashdod, Israel

3 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

Rhodes, Greece

5 out of 5

Limassol, Cyprus

3 out of 5