Nice, but mainly for Israelis.

Rhapsody of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Rhapsody of the Seas

5 Night Cyprus (Haifa Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 22, 2023

Ship: Rhapsody of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 2119

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

Almost all passengers were Israelis, which for me was like a trip abroad while staying in Israel. The ship is not very big (which I personally like) but has enough things to do while you are on it. The inside cabin size is quite small, but since were were mostly there for shower or sleeping it didn't bother us too much. Most of the crew was very attentive and nice. I would probably do it again :)

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Only tried the buffet and the main dining room, the feed was quite good with occasional flop and occasional wow.. Every night there was a line to enter the main dining room, which was quite annoying. On the first night we actually stood there more that half an hour, but it git much better on the following nights.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
More than you can handle, and many of the venues were to our liking. I would love more free sports classes.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The shows were professional. One of them we already saw on our previous cruise (a year ago), but my husband didn't remember it anyway :)

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Most of the service was very good, but we did have an extra slow service from one of the waiters in the main dining room @ dinner, On the first evening we thought it was due to it being extra crowded, but two evenings later we got the same waiter, and saw more than one table next to us arriving later, and getting up while we were still waiting for our deserts. On the third time we were seated in his area we requested a different table "to have a different view" of the dining room .

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
The ship is quite old, and it shows. But no problem with cleanliness.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Small, good location, wouldn't take it for long cruises, but for 5 nights it was great VFM.

Ship tip

If you only drink Ice Americano, tea and water - don't waste money on drinks packages or even a coffee card. there's free ice, water , coffee and tea all day onboard. Another thing - you can bring one wine bottle per adult traveler on embarkation.

Ports of call

Haifa, Israel

5 out of 5

Limassol, Cyprus

2 out of 5

Rhodes, Greece

4 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
easy and quick.

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