The Rhapsody was fresh out of refit in Singapore just before this 18 day cruise from Sydney, Australia to Honolulu, Hawaii. So the physical facility is the best this ship will ever likely get and is in some ways quite impressive. (My wife and I completed a 28 day cruise on the Dawn Princess a couple of hours before boarding Rhapsody at Sydney's Circular Quay, so I'm comparing an immediate memory of those two ships and our cruises on them.)

As you read the following, keep in mind that by the time my wife and I boarded Rhapsody, after 28 days on Dawn, we were pretty much 'cruised out' already - so others on this same cruise might have much more pleasant memories of it.

1. Food: Food quality and selection and availability were vastly inferior to that on Dawn Princess, almost unacceptable. In the self-serve Windjammer buffet on Rhapsody I often saw wilted veggies and empty pans that had not yet been refilled, and many strange dishes with strange names that nobody seemed to want to try. Read more