This was our second cruise and both have been on Royal Caribbean, I feel like we got really lucky on our first cruise and found a cruise line that just works for us, but we'll try something else another day.

This cruise left from Sydney, Australia and we flew from Melbourne on the morning of the cruise, landing in Sydney at about 10.30am. I would typically recommend flying up the night before but that was not an option for us this time around so instead we got an early flight. We had arranged our own pickup from the airport which was great as it means no taxi queues. We arrived at the cruise terminal at approx 11.30am, our driver was nice enough to take us down to the opera house first however so that we could get a look at Rhapsody in all her glory before getting on board.

The ship was at the Overseas passenger Terminal which is adjacent to Circular Quay in Sydney, for those that know the area it is right between the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour bridge, two incredible Sydney landmarks which can be seen in the photos I have uploaded to the gallery. The alone is a magical departure, you rarely get the chance to take photos of the bridge and the opera house from such unique vantage points. Read more