rhapsody of the seas return basic review

[lou2003k]

boarded 24/06 in Venice boarding was speedy and smooth at around 11.30am

 

booked a inside cabin on floor 8 - was ready at 1pm and great size room clean and looked in good condition.

 

entertainment overall was good night time shows funny and always something on , show , football, piano bar , live music , movies on outside screen etc and Viking lounge was good at night.

 

Food quality good we ate at a mixture of windjammer and the main dining room and both were good. park café was good for lunch but the same food every day salads and beef sliders.

 

ports were 10 nights , corfu , Mykonos , santorini , Athens , zadar , kotor not in that order - we always docked on time or early , cleared quickly and rarely had to wait to get off which was nice , 2 ports we left late as the captain gave us extra time again nice.

 

We walked around most of the ports our self which was easily done apart from Athens and Santorini where we took tours organised privately.

 

the solarium area was fantastic away from the noise and music and children at the main pool , relaxing and pool always kept lovely

 

2 formal nights which they don't enforce - I like this as although I did dress up why force others to ? so in this was the ship is relaxed ..

 

Observations :

As gold members they left leaflet in our room with offers such as buy one one get one free for once time etc none of the bars etc recognised any of the gold offers and after going to guest services they said they would come back to us but didn't bother.

 

the ship was a lot rockier than the independence especially on the last night the boat was very rocky in the theatre etc

 

we went to the next cruise desk and the staff were soooo rude I had to walk away no customer service and down right not interested which we heard from a few people

 

I thought being on a smaller ship we would get a slightly more intimate personal service but I didn't feel like this at all no one learned /asked our names at the bars . cafes etc unlike the independence .

 

When booking my time dining I asked to sit at larger tables ie 8-10 people we enjoy socialising at dinner etc and this is how we met people on the independence .. not once were we sat at a large table always a table of 2 even when we said we didn't mind still always a table for 2...

 

they don't let you do a walk off with your bags you have to leave them outside the night before even though we asked.

 

you cannot check your bill etc on your tv screen like the bigger ships although this could be part of there upgrade on the dry dock...

 

overall another good cruise and we would cruise rhapsody again , the above are just minor things I noticed whilst onboard , ship was clean , didn't look old or in need of work...

[Biker19]

the ship was a lot rockier than the independence especially on the last night the boat was very rocky in the theatre etc

 

 

they don't let you do a walk off with your bags you have to leave them outside the night before even though we asked.

 

Given the same conditions, Indy would have probably been just as "rocky".

 

You don't need to ask about self debarkation - just do it. Just another instance of someone giving you the wrong answer.

[BermudaBound2014]

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this review. Did you tender in Mykonos, santorini, and Kotor? I know you stated you got off quickly but did you have to line up in advance for tender tickets? Also, how long did it take to get to the top in Fira? I'm on this exact same itinerary in 3 weeks so very curious.

 

 

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[cc-riderslc]

Thanks for the review. When you arrived at the port in Venice what was the procedure? Did you go straight to the building where the ship was docked? When and where did you drop off your luggage? Thanks for sharing.

[Clarea]

Thanks for the report.

[Biker19]

When you arrived at the port in Venice what was the procedure? Did you go straight to the building where the ship was docked? When and where did you drop off your luggage? Thanks for sharing.

 

Yes. You will be directed to luggage drop off area based on our status/cabin.