Overall it was a great trip! Met some real nice people aboard and had incredible weather all week long!!!

Rhapsody of the Seas had just come out of re fit approximately 8 weeks prior to our cruise. You probably would not have guessed that it had just finished refurbishment. Most of the money from the re fit went into adding specialty restaurants, upgrading public restrooms, and adding some new furniture. Most of the money did not go into upgrading staterooms :( We did not have the much talked about iPad's in each room. They did however have giant looking iPad touch modules next to each elevator that allowed one to view the schedule or find certain locations on the ship (that was nice!)

Stateroom: Our Stateroom was 8050 which is a handicap accessible room--needed for my mom. The bathroom was large with a huge roll in shower. Bathrooms looked to have fresh new tile and counters. The size of the room was enormous since it was also considered a Jr Suite. Our balcony was double the size of a regular balcony. Nice use of balcony throughout trip with gorgeous views, especially at Sawyer's Glacier in Alaska. We had a sitting area with 1 sofa and 2 sofa arm chairs. My only real complaint of the room was the dust. There were dust balls on the bedding and on the laminate floor entrance. I requested my stateroom attendant to clean. He was very nice, but inexperienced and not very good at cleaning :( I ended up doing it myself. Read more