We reserved 2 cabins on the Rhapsody of the Seas, Alaska cruise for September 3, 2010. My wife and I were in the Grand Suite and Mother and Niece were in an inside stateroom across the hall from us. We scheduled the trip from a local travel agent and booked the shore excursions on line. We also purchased the insurance and airport transfers.

We flew from Dallas to Seattle on Alaska Air and had a great flight. We were met by the Royal Caribbean staff at the baggage pick up and escorted to the bus. We had a short ride to the pier and quickly got aboard the ship. We have traveled on the Rhapsody in 2005 and knew the floor plan. The ship was in very good ship for a 13 year old ship. Our cabin was very large and clean, with new furnishings, wicker balcony furnishings, great linens, a bottle of chilled champagne, fresh fruit, and tons of storage. The mini-frig was stocked with soft drinks and bottle water. We had lunch at the Windjammer and began to show mom the ship.

We had our first formal dinner and got to dress up. The ladies wore nice evening dresses and I wore a black suit. Most of the guest dressed the suites and dresses. There were a few tuxedos and a few pants suites. And yes there were a few passengers that had no clue to what the word formal meant. The dinner in the MDR was excellent . We had no complaints about the food in either the MDR or Windjammer. The hamburger bar was, well a hamburger bar. You really can't mess that up too much. Read more