Rhapodsy of the Seas in April??

[mmears]

Hi There,

 

My friend and I are leaving the husbands ands kids at home and are going on this cruise leaving from Galveston on April 9th. Any tips you can give us first time cruisers besides have a great time would be appreciated.

 

thanks Melanie:)

[LibrarianBecky]

The Rhapsody was my first cruise 2.5 years ago, and DH and I LOVED it! Things that I really enjoyed included:

 

Chocolate buffet (take your camera--tons of cool things to photograph!)

Royal Caribbean Cake (flourless chocolate cake that still haunts my dreams)

Towel Folding Class (it was neat--and much easier than you might think)

Line Dancing Classes (Cotton Eye Joe was my new fav song! :)

The Quest (trust me...go...it is hilarious!)

 

 

DH also really liked:

 

Banana Rum Cake

Stingray swim with Nativeway in Grand Cayman

Basically, the whole experience!

 

Have a great time!

[ce2000]

I am considering booking on the Rhapsody in July. It is scheduled to depart from Houston, and visit Key West, Grand Cayman and Cozumel. This will be my vacation for the summer with my two kids, ages 19 and 15. What are the best shore excursions for these three ports for me and my kids? We were on the NCL Jewel in Dec. 2005 and visited Grand Cayman and did the Sting Ray City tour. It was great and well worth the money, but would like to do something else at Grand Cayman this time, any suggestions? I have never been to Key West, but but have been to Cozumel and took in Paradise Island there, but would like to do something else in Cozumel if possible. By the way, I love departing from Houston, there are a lot of Texans that board there and I find these people to be excellent travel companions. I was on an Alaska cruise in the summer of 2002, and there were a lot of people from the New England area of the US on that cruise and they just are not as much fun as people from the south, but what do I know, I am just a small town Kansas boy.

 

Christmas 2000 - Soverign of the Seas

August 2002 - Celebrity Summit

August 2003 - Carnival Jubilee

Christmas 2005 - NCL Jewel

[lilmsonry]

Melanie-Welcome to the boards!

 

This is my cousin and my 1st cruise also. We also are leaving our husbands and our kids at home! We are going this coming Sunday and am ecstatic!! Will be glad to post opinion/experience when I return!:D :D

[Firefighterhoop]

I like to cruise in March April and May, Weather is nice, not hot, not that cool.

 

However, Note that you will be on the cruise on a week when many school-age children are on spring break from across the country. (Just wanted to give you a heads up)