Rhapsody of the Seas Review
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My wife celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary with our first Alaskan cruise. This was the final Alaskan cruise of the year for the Rhapsody of the Seas as it is now on its way to Hawaii and then to Australia and the South Pacific.
As such, this cruise stopped in Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan and ended in Vancouver. (On our Roll Call chat, some people were not originally aware of the unique itinerary and changed to a cruise that went Seattle-Seattle. Those don't go to Ketchikan however, and Ketchikan is not to be missed.
We splurged on a suite for this cruise and it was well worth it. We had almost no line at check-in, which was around noon for us. We were able to board right away after all the details were taken care of, and we had lunch in the Windjammer. The Windjammer is always extra full for lunch on boarding day but we were able to find a seat. Service was excellent as usual, and as I have come to expect on RCCL as this is our 5th cruise with them.
Cabin Review
8532 is a nice cabin. Just enough down the hall from the Centrum to avoid most of the noise from the occasional show there, but close enough to get you to the elevator right away. This was going to be our first suite, but we ended up taking a quick 5 day cruise in February on the Liberty of the Seas and we took a suite there so we could be Platinum here. That Junior suite was bigger, and the balcony was bigger. But it was still more than enough room for the two of us and all our gear. The closet was not a walk-in, like on LOS. But we still had a tub.The view is great from the balcony, no obstructions. And there were no bump-outs from the ship to cut off our view. The 8th floor is just below the pool deck, and we heard some occasional sounds, but nothing disruptive. Some posters in forums had said they hated cabins just below the activity deck, and maybe that is different on Caribbean cruises, but we had no sound issues here.