Rhapsody of the Seas Review
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I started our journey 2 days before the cruise was to depart as I was flying down from Queensland and wanted to be there without rushing. We were travelling in a group of 7 with another group of 4 that we would also know on the ship. I am 48 and also travelling was my 5 yr old daughter, 20 yr old niece, 78 yr old Mother, 57 yr old sister, 55 yr old sister and our 50 yr old family friend. We left home early on the day to beat traffic and we arrived in Sydney around 11am. A little bit confusing for the parking and we had to lug our bags down some stairs, but got there in the end. Our bags were accepted very quickly and we made our way up stairs and passed through onto the ship within about 10 minutes. Very, very quick and we were up in the Windjammer Cafe having lunch by 12 noon.
Our rooms were ready from 1pm, so we all raced off to have a look. Myself, daughter and Niece were on level 3 and everyone else were staying on level 7. All of our rooms were interior rooms, but felt roomy and looked very clean. We found space for all of our clothes in the drawers and hanging space in the wardrobe, which also had space for all of our empty bags. I was very disappointed that we didn't have a fridge as I had some medicine for my 5 yr old that needed to be kept in the fridge after opening, so a trip to the pursers office asked if I wanted a cooler (a plug in type esky), or the other option was to leave the medicine in the Pursers fridge and collect it every night before dinner. So I left the medicine with them and every night our most awesome Head Waiter "Solt" collected this for us and brought it to our table.
The ship itself was very beautiful and was a joy to explore. We were suppose to leave Sydney at 6.30pm, but were delayed by the re-fueling barge who was late. So we didn't leave Sydney until 10pm, but the city and the Opera House lights were so pretty to see. It took me a while to get to sleep as I was still getting used to the movement of the ship and it was very windy that night, but finally go to sleep around 2am.