Royal Caribbean Rhapsody of the Seas Cruise Reviews for Singles to Europe - Western Mediterranean

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Us after walking two miles through the maze.
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Acropolis from a distance after that part was canceled!
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The ship provided the minimum required. Compared to preCOVID cruises it appears cost cutting was the most important part of the ships operation.

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skua
10+ Cruises • Age 90s

We needed a transatlantic ride to the Greek Islands, where we disembarked. Cabin care was excellent. The steward worked 24/7, which indicates low staffing. Fixed time dining service was excellent. The wait staff were in rapid motion all evening, again low staffing. Breakfast and lunch in the dining room was quite poor. The staff seemed to have little knowledge of American and British ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View

Traveled with disabled person


Dated cabins and bad food...

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Rhapsody of the Seas

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nc-cub-fan
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We took the cruise from Haifa, Israel to Barcelona, Spain because of the destinations. We got onboard at the port of Haifa. Our cabin was dated and worn. The ship originally set sail in 1997. It doesn't appear that the staterooms have been updated since. The food in the "sit down" restaurants was terrible. Entries appeared to have been plated well before our arrival. The food arrived at ...
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Sail Date: October 2022

Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View Balcony Accessible


Not our favorite

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Love To Traveling
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We felt that the food on this cruise was not up to par. We visited three of the specialty restaurants and decided to not go back to them the following week. In the Wind Jammer many of the hot foods were cold and cold foods were warm. They were often out of ice on both sides. They were often out of certain sodas in the self serve. The ship is older which we understand but the outlets in the cabin ...
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Sail Date: July 2022

Cabin Type: Grand Suite


Poor food but otherwise good

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mcgorr
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Food was absolutely dreadful, very poor and not a great selection we honestly struggled even in the buffet. We found the dining room staff were good but the guys seating us were aloof and often sent us to very poorly situated tables such as behind the wait staff table even though throughout the meal there were many tables beautifully situated, it really surprised us. In the buffet we found the ...
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Sail Date: July 2022

Cabin Type: Ocean View


The splendor of Italy (by bus)

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jrabin22
10+ Cruises • Age 40s

I want to preface my review by stating that we don't care particularly for travel by bus, or "motor coach" as it is cutely described in the fine print. We especially don't like travelling by bus with our 18 month old child. Well if you pick this cruise, be prepared to travel by bus, a lot. The Itinerary Let's start with the obvious - this "Venice" cruise, marketed as starting in Venice ...
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Sail Date: July 2022

Traveled with children


Rhapsody Suites - watch which one you pick

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Cruiser7306
6-10 Cruises • Age 20s

We opted for a suite (Deck 8) . What we learned the hard way is that some of those suites (ours) were right underneath the pool deck and Windjammer. THE NOISE coming through our ceiling was loud and very disturbing. The sounds of people walking, running and tables and chairs being dragged, and chopping and banging noise up till 3am. It sounded like we were living underneath a factory. We paid ...
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Sail Date: June 2022

Cabin Type: Grand Suite


Inconsistent experience

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MrsKMB
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

After researching cruise lines, ships, and itineraries, I chose this cruise as I was traveling with my 20-something daughter and wanted a younger-feeling crowd. In the end, that didn't matter as the only place on the ship where people gathered was the pool and karaoke. Otherwise, the crowd wasn't noticeable and there were just small interactions here & there. Our stateroom was nice. Yes, it ...
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Sail Date: June 2022

Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View Balcony


Ship really needs refurbished Rm 3546

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doraohio
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Poor entertainment. Cruise director not great and daily activities were poor. Ship had new carpet but that is it. Breakfast in main dining room was SLOW and COLD when served. Lunch and dinner good in dining room. Room was an outside (3546) the drawers were falling apart had to be fixed twice in 2 weeks. If you choose beds together you can hardly get around the beds without hitting yourself. No ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View


Disorganization Plus

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Goldengal
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Terrible breakfast experience, really bad coffee. Activities a joke. Trivia twice in morning overlapped so could only play in one. Food cold, very poor service except at dinner. Two arrogant cocky young men did Trivia. Spoke with heavy accent, could not understand them, answers wrong, some stupid questions. Overall bad experience. Times kept changing, locations changed. No entertainment one ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Interior


A tale of two cruises

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COLGATE
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

We recently booked a back to back cruise on Rhapsody of the Seas. The first segment was transatlantic, Tampa FL to Barcelona. The second from Barcelona to Venice. In fact, these were really two separate cruises. Segment 1 - The Tampa-Barcelona leg of the cruise started out extremely well. Boarding in Tampa was a breeze and we were on board and having lunch in no time. The sea days were very ...
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Sail Date: April 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View


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