Rhapsody of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

It was a nice size ship for a first-time cruiser as was one of our party.

The workers had a wonderful attitude. we greatly appreciated Alvin, our  3602 cabin attendant. The food staff was attentive especially Karandeo and Alexandru for our second seating dinner at table #172. Alexandru went out of his way to see that our needs were met any time he saw us around the ship, Less desirable was the quality of the dinner entrees. Several were sent back to the kitchen due to being over cooked or cold. One huge disappointment i viewed in the windjammer dining area was when a server dropped a box of jelly packets on the floor and picked them back up and put in th container to be used by diners after being on the floor. Disinfectant at the dining room entrance didn't help much if diners were then placing items on their trays that were on the floor. We loved the food and service in the sushi restaurant. Elizabeth was awesome and personable.  The ship was clean and towels plentiful.We took advantage of the spa services, sauna's and steam rooms and loved playing in the casino. I would recommend this cruise and especially ROSE DOYLE. By dealing with Rose, I was more comfortable taking this cruise. because she was available for my questions and always reassuring.

The service staff was excellent and the dining room food was very good. The specialty restaurant, Giovanni, was outstanding. The buffet was average or less. There was a good mix of age groups and nationalities. This made it difficult to cater to the needs of everyone in the selection of food choices, activities and entertainment. Most activities were suited to the younger passengers. 

We enjoyed this cruise, although our cabin 3108, was located underneath the lounge and every night between 3:15-3:45 AM we would hear banging which would awaken us. The people who cleaned would be moving chairs and other furniture and it was so loud it sounded like they were throwing the chairs across the lounge.  I complained at the Help Desk twice and was told they would do something. The night before we disembarked, there was a letter on my bed offering me 25% off on my next Royal Caribbean cruise within a year. Since I don't take a cruise every year, this offer is useless and shows how little Royal Caribbean cares that my daughter and I were awakened every night by the racket going on above us. I inadvertently omitted how wonderful our steward, Ricky, was and what a terrific assistant server, Tetiana, was.  She has a great personality, was very efficient, and we had so much fun talking to her.

This was the best vacation we have been on, to date. We loved the stops we made, and felt like it was a good variety of Greece. The staff was wonderful, and it was a great experience. 

We have cruised many times before as we were taking my sister and her partner we chose a Royal Caribbean as they are a good all rounder.  We were not disappointed, we had a fabulous time, my sister and her partner are converted.  The best things about it was the itinerary lovely islands to step off to, Petros the pelican on Mykanos, shopping in Kusadasi. The lovely restaurant where we were made very welcome each evening, we loved the piano bar and got to know the pianist very well, trying all of the cocktails (we had a free drinks package).  We normally have a balcony but we went for an outside this time and I did not miss it as much as I thought, the room was lovely as was our attendant.

My only criticism was the crowded decks on the  3 sea days. It was very difficult to find sun beds, even walking around was difficult and as my partner is blind it was a problem.  We have booked with Celebrity for next year because of this problem

Over all fantastic if they could just fix the sun bed problem

Destination of the cruise was very good, interesting ports of call. Good service on the ship. They don't provide toiletries anymore, which was a surprise. Very good entertainment. Shows in the theater were not very good, but dance parties and all of the cruise director staff entertainment were the best. This was older ship. Food is outstanding, small portions, good variety, lots of vegetarian options and they even make suggestions on the menu if you are watching your calories intake. Not enough beach chairs, it was impossible to find a chair in the middle of the day, only if you get up before 9:00 AM. Would definitely recommend this cruise to others.

Overall, our trip was great.   It seems to cater to the more active set, but not necessarily the younger set.  We saw a lot of older brave souls taking many of the tours.  While each of the ports were really fantastic, a lot of the tours involved lots of walking and climbing which hampered those who really wouldn't be able to keep up with the group.  However, in their favor, they did a great job of describing the tours which prevented signing up for a tour that might well have been difficult to fully participate by some guest.  .  

very happy with roy who clean my room and gave me shampoo and rinse this i didnot like the ship is a hotel a shoud give without asking those things.very happy with carmelo at the restaurant and alex who help us with the dininng table. also with paz in charge of excurssion who help me giving a good place in the bus for my disability.not happy with excurssions to  much walking and donot say,in atenas the excurssion say wilkl go to placa and din not even i ask she said this is placa and lie to me this was not my first time she take us to a restaurant and store tha gave her commision.

The cruise was great , everyone was wonderful had a great time. However was very disappointed with the photographers , on the last night of the cruise I wanted to go and view my pictures that we had taken thru the entire cruise and purchase them . We had forgotten to view them earlier and went to see the last show it had ended at 1130 and as I got to the place where they had the pictures , one of the photographers told me they just closed it was  11:35 when I got there.I told them ok can I view my pictures online and if I like them can I purchase them online . He said no and that if you don't order them before 11:30 that night they then throw them out! This vacation was my daughter sweet 16 th gift and we took some pictures on captain night  so we can have memories and it was very disappointed and very stressful to find out we had no memories at all!

All the stops were very beautiful and the itinerary was perfect, loved the service and the service was amazing.

santorini was the most beautiful place we ever saw followed by Mykonos and Crete.

We enjoyed each port and itinerary on the ship. As our first Royal Caribbean cruise, we found it is quite comparable to Carnival,  Princess cruises except there is no special services for special occasions. Such as my husband could not  buy me fresh flowers for our anniversary nor the ship acknowledge our special occasion.  All we got was a notice for jewelry sale.

We had a wonderful time from the moment we stepped on the ship.  The crew could not have been any nicer from our cabin steward to our amazing dining room servers. The excursions were great and we felt we really enjoyed each port and what they had to offer.  If you are looking at seeing the Greek Islands and unpacking one time this is the cruise for you!  

I was very unhappy with the corridors odor in deck 3 particularly by my cabin 3002, it smelled like sewage all the time.

The checkout process was handled very unprofessionally, had mistakes, and we had to do it three times, it was a nightmare.

The ship didn't accept my debit card to pay for mi expenses I had to use a card I didn't want to, 

The ports were amazing!! The service and bartenders were amazing as well!! The food was OK and the nighttime and daytime activities were not great. ..........................

The ports were all wonderful and enjoyed every one.  Corfu, Delos ruins, Mykonos, Santorini, Montenegro, Croatia,  and Venice (my favorite).  The Rhapsody is an older and smaller ship.  Only one of us got the nightstand, the other had to use a suitcase.  No refrigerator (Princess always has one).  Only one of us got a welcome back Coke.  They didn't do a requested birthday celebration for my friend.  Food was fairly good.  Staff friendly.  The only thing they did for you in the buffet was to take your plate away while you were still eating.  Had to get your own drinks.  I loved the ports.  Entertaining was pretty good.  The cruise was round-trip Venice, so you need to stay in a hotel before or after the cruise if you want to see more of Venice  then the airport.

I went with my two children, ages 18 and 10, on the Rhapsody of the Seas cruise to Greece and the Adriatic.  I felt the 10 days was a perfect amount of time for the vacation and the spacing of the at sea and at port days was great.  The ship is a little older but it still kept in great shape with very friendly and accommodating staff.  There was a little less for my 18 year old to do on the ship, but that is based on his personal interests.  The ports of call were fantastic.  I'm looking forward to doing another European cruise because it's the best way to see multiple places while not having to pack up and move constantly.

Set up of the ship is strange and the tiniest stateroom imaginable. We had a fantastic time and the staff really is incredibly friendly, just like the captain says everyday in his announcements! Still...there were some definite drawbacks, maybe just because I'm comparing to a couple of larger, nicer ships. We got a great deal, had a fantastic time and I would do it all over again, even with the quirks. Shows are sub-par. Excursions lady was not well acquainted with the ports or the excursions and not at all helpful to find alternatives if something was booked or didn't meet our needs (her port talks were less than 5 minutes!) Food was good, but that is all. Sometimes the salad bar was the best thing going, but hey, I love salad! Always plan on at least 2.5 hours for dinner, ugh! Outdoor film quality...don't bother...screen has many large areas of missing pixels and audio was terrible. Spa specials made everything better, and OH, those hot tubs! (no jets...but still very relaxing...our cruise was unseasonably cool.) Most efficient staff for luggage handling and getting people on and off the ship for ports!

We enjoyed the smaller size of this cruise ship.  It made getting around, on and off, much more convenient.  We selected this ship based on the great ports of call and were not disappointed!

I enjoyed all the Ports that we stopped in.  They need improvement on their activities being in a timely matter.  We had a lot of sit down time on the ship with nothing to do.  The food wasn't as good as I have had on other Cruise lines.  Whether it was just this ship I do not know but I was not as impressed with their food at all.  The dinining was nice and the people that waited on us were excellent.

We scheduled this cruise back in November 2015. While scheduling this cruise, one of the main attractions was the overnight stay in Instabul, Turkey.

We were never informed of dropping the port of Turkey out of this cruise trip, which is very sad! We had to stay on the water for four days which doesn't make any sense.

The food service at Windjammer restaurant closes at 9:30. After that we are left with very few choices to eat especially if we have diet restrictions. We don't have a lot of options to eat at the cruise. Either you go on buffet or just one same restaurant every day with not a lot of variety available.

Entertainment was just average.