Rhapsody

[cantstopingcruising]

I noticed a 14 day cruise on the Rhapsody out of Barbados.

 

Has anyone been on this ship in recent years?

 

How is it?

 

Thanks

[davekathy]

We've cruised on the Rhapsody and liked the ship and crew. 2018 out of Tampa. B2B Western Caribbean cruise. 

[Merion_Mom]

She is old, she is small, but the Barbados itineraries are port-intensive, so you won't be spending as much time on board.

 

The cabins are small, particularly interior and oceanview.  In comparison with newer ships, there are fewer balcony cabins, so these are often premium-priced, although they are not large.

 

The smaller ships have a lovely intimate feel to them, but they are not for everyone.

 

 

[Jimbo]

4 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said:

She is old, she is small, but the Barbados itineraries are port-intensive, so you won't be spending as much time on board.

 

The cabins are small, particularly interior and oceanview.  In comparison with newer ships, there are fewer balcony cabins, so these are often premium-priced, although they are not large.

 

The smaller ships have a lovely intimate feel to them, but they are not for everyone.

 

 

Have you ever been in an aft JS on that ship? We have one booked for March 2022.

 

[cantstopingcruising]

I was looking at a balcony cabin. If they are smaller than Celebrity cabins, I am not sure.

[jonbgd]

Liked the ship and would sail on her again

but for us JS and above on this class of ship

Cabins are small

[Trixie21]

53 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

Have you ever been in an aft JS on that ship? We have one booked for March 2022.

 

We had corner aft junior suite 8096 a couple of years ago kn Rhapsody out of Venice- hands down  our favourite cabin to date - fantastic balcony!

[suzk2275a]

We were on Rhapsody in December, 2019.  We had a wonderful time and met some really great people. One thing to be aware of is that the casino is small. There were a lot of gamblers on the ship (including us) so we had some waiting for a seat at a table or for a slot machine. We still had fun in the casino and won a little bit 🙂. 
 

 

[ONECRUISER]

2 hours ago, Merion_Mom said:

She is old, she is small, but the Barbados itineraries are port-intensive, so you won't be spending as much time on board.

 

The cabins are small, particularly interior and oceanview.  In comparison with newer ships, there are fewer balcony cabins, so these are often premium-priced, although they are not large.

 

The smaller ships have a lovely intimate feel to them, but they are not for everyone.

 

 

Yeah hard to believe 22yrs ago squeezed Me, the Ex, and 3 kids, 2/5/9 yr olds in one these small OV Cabins. Had beds set up as Bunkbeds/4 singles and our youngest sleeping in Ex's bed. One the kids was assigned to Grandparents room but always in ours. We had no issues. Now when my kids were teens never would have done this, by then were always in Jr Suites on Vision Class ships... Once did a very small think 122sq ft on Sovereign with my FIL. He was 6ft 250#, now that was tight!

Edited May 2, 2021 by ONECRUISER

[Jimbo]

1 hour ago, Trixie21 said:

We had corner aft junior suite 8096 a couple of years ago kn Rhapsody out of Venice- hands down  our favourite cabin to date - fantastic balcony!

Our's isnt a corner, but check from time to time to see if someone cancels a corner.

[ONECRUISER]

Just now, Jimbo said:

Our's isnt a corner, but check from time to time to see if someone cancels a corner.

Yes watch, be surprised how many times scored Corner/Afts. At times watched daily for a for yr or more and worked out for me on Radiance and Vision Classes. Use to get lucky around Final Payment. Wait List, Nope, even though was on Wait the Cabin opened to Public w/o any notification to me

[Jimbo]

Just now, ONECRUISER said:

Yes watch, be surprised how many times scored Corner/Afts. At times watched daily for a for yr or more and worked out for me on Radiance and Vision Classes. Use to get lucky around Final Payment. Wait List, Nope, even though was on Wait the Cabin opened to Public w/o any notification to me

Yes, I know asking to put on a waitlist is pointless.

[StanleyandGus]

We had an aft balcony (not a corner). For 2 people, it was fine, and the balcony was really nice. Maybe we’re undemanding, but we generally liked everything.

[wellsme1]

5 hours ago, Trixie21 said:

We had corner aft junior suite 8096 a couple of years ago kn Rhapsody out of Venice- hands down  our favourite cabin to date - fantastic balcony!

Booked corner aft JS 8096 on Rhapsody for a 2023 Caribbean itinerary. Love that balcony. 

[later]

We were on the last rhapsody sailing and the ship was showing its age but OK.  We had a corner aft JS which I agree is the best.

 

we were suppose to be on a B2B but the second leg was canceled the last night of the first leg.

 

As with most smaller ships the crew is much more friendly but it will be a new crew so who knows.

 

As Carol said the itinerary is port intensive so unless you are not going to do things at the ports ship time will be greatly reduced.