cinnamon Posted May 3, 2016 #1 Share Posted May 3, 2016 We boarded Rhapsody today in Venice for a 10 night cruise to the Adriatic. I can't promise to post a full daily blog but will manage what snippets I can. Tomorrow we are in Koper, Slovenia. We have a full day private tour with other CC posters from our Roll Call, visiting Lake Bled and Ljubljana. Early night tonight having been up, since 4.00 am. We are Diamond + and have some lovely fellow cruisers already. Sorry this is disjointed. Tiredness is winning. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheba2008 Posted May 3, 2016 #2 Share Posted May 3, 2016 We boarded Rhapsody today in Venice for a 10 night cruise to the Adriatic. I can't promise to post a full daily blog but will manage what snippets I can. Tomorrow we are in Koper, Slovenia. We have a full day private tour with other CC posters from our Roll Call, visiting Lake Bled and Ljubljana. Early night tonight having been up, since 4.00 am. We are Diamond + and have some lovely fellow cruisers already. Sorry this is disjointed. Tiredness is winning. :) Looks like a good idea. My parents are also on this cruise. Old couple (85 and 82 years) from Belgium, maybe you see them in the diamond lounge. They have no internet on the ship so I love to read your blog. Linda :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase101 Posted May 4, 2016 #3 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Cinnamon, I'm on the May 13th Rhapsody cruise. My group got the Select Drink Package with our booking, and we are looking to upgrade to Premium. Can you check the onboard price for Drink packages?! Thanks, and take care of the ship! Barbara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cc-riderslc Posted May 4, 2016 #4 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Thanks Cinnamon We will be onboard Rhapsody in September. I look forward to following your posts. Hoping to learn more about the ship and ports. It has been 16 years since I was on the Rhapsody and also that long since I have been on RCI so I have lots to catch up on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinnamon Posted May 4, 2016 Author #5 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Koper, through the cabin window. We are in a POV on deck 7. We also have the Select package with our booking which is enough for us but I will try to check the upgrade price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennifer_rae21 Posted May 4, 2016 #6 Share Posted May 4, 2016 We are leaving from Venice on June 3rd...would love to know any recs you have from Venice! Enjoy your trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinnamon Posted May 4, 2016 Author #7 Share Posted May 4, 2016 You just need to been on deck 10' port side, by the rail. Stunning views. I will try to post one later when I transfer some from camera to iPad. We've had a wonderful day in Koper, Slovenia. Did a fantastic private tour with CC members to Lake Bled and Ljubljana. Now in theatre ready for the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllaDuChien Posted May 4, 2016 #8 Share Posted May 4, 2016 We boarded Rhapsody today in Venice for a 10 night cruise to the Adriatic. I can't promise to post a full daily blog but will manage what snippets I can. Tomorrow we are in Koper, Slovenia. We have a full day private tour with other CC posters from our Roll Call, visiting Lake Bled and Ljubljana. Early night tonight having been up, since 4.00 am. We are Diamond + and have some lovely fellow cruisers already. Sorry this is disjointed. Tiredness is winning. :) So excited for this!! Following and thanks so much for doing this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doodlefan Posted May 4, 2016 #9 Share Posted May 4, 2016 We're doing the Adriatic on Oct 17th on the Rhapsody so I've subscribed to this thread. Looking forward to your posts. Thanks for taking the time to post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineEnthusiast1 Posted May 4, 2016 #10 Share Posted May 4, 2016 I look forward to your posts! I am also on a 10 night Adriatic Sea cruise out of Venice but in September. I think my itinerary is different though because we don't stop in Koper. I too am curious how the drink prices are on-board. I don't have a beverage package included but am not sure it is worth adding one. I don't drink soda and wonder if purchasing alcohol beverages will be the less expensive route. With only 2 real cruise days, I don't think $462 plus 18% seems worthwhile for the Premium Package. Plus I can bring 2 bottles of wine, though that would not last very long. I think 10 night cruises should get a higher allowance than that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinnamon Posted May 5, 2016 Author #11 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Cinnamon, I'm on the May 13th Rhapsody cruise. My group got the Select Drink Package with our booking, and we are looking to upgrade to Premium. Can you check the onboard price for Drink packages?! Thanks, and take care of the ship! Barbara I asked yesterday about upgrading. There MAY. be special offers on boarding but otherwise it's the difference. I.e. $10 per day plus gratuity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinnamon Posted May 5, 2016 Author #12 Share Posted May 5, 2016 I look forward to your posts! I am also on a 10 night Adriatic Sea cruise out of Venice but in September. I think my itinerary is different though because we don't stop in Koper. I too am curious how the drink prices are on-board. I don't have a beverage package included but am not sure it is worth adding one. I don't drink soda and wonder if purchasing alcohol beverages will be the less expensive route. With only 2 real cruise days, I don't think $462 plus 18% seems worthwhile for the Premium Package. Plus I can bring 2 bottles of wine, though that would not last very long. I think 10 night cruises should get a higher allowance than that! I can't answer whether or not it's worth it. There are hundreds of threads on here about the benefits of the drinks packages. It depends how much you drink but for us it would not be worthwhile, we just happened to get the deal when booking. We were ashore all day yesterday and had our first drink after 6.00 pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinnamon Posted May 5, 2016 Author #13 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Today we are in Split, Dubrovnik. We are taking a private 4 hour tour of Split and Trogir. I hope to actually have time to write up this afternoon. So far it's been all go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham154 Posted May 5, 2016 #14 Share Posted May 5, 2016 How does the ship look Cinnamon? We were on Splendour last Sept (which looked superb) and docked next to Rhapsody in one of the ports... to be honest Rhapsody looked tired and in need of a repaint, a lot of rust showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiGal117 Posted May 5, 2016 #15 Share Posted May 5, 2016 I remember reading your report last year, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks for doing this again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinnamon Posted May 5, 2016 Author #16 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Yes, there is still rust showing on the hull but inside she's fine and the staff are wonderfully friendly. However, MTD last night was chaos! We have somehow managed to change to first seating, despite subsequently hearing that there were 100 people on the waiting list. Dinner then at 6.30. Late seating is 9.00 pm!!! Show tonight.........Beatles Extravaganza. Had a wonderful private tour today of Trogir and Split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase101 Posted May 5, 2016 #17 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Cinammon, Thanks for checking on this. Someone on the Ovation right now posted the flyer of the drink packages & the price for Premium drink package was $64 plus gratuities. So, about $25/day to upgrade! Looking forward to your live review! :) Barbara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted May 5, 2016 #18 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Cinammon, Thanks for checking on this. Someone on the Ovation right now posted the flyer of the drink packages & the price for Premium drink package was $64 plus gratuities. So, about $25/day to upgrade! Looking forward to your live review! :) Barbara You can't go by Ovation prices - there are one-offs on that sailing. My guess is it will be $10+grats - see you on the ship in a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted May 5, 2016 #19 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Had a wonderful private tour today of Trogir and Split. I don't know if you saw but in another thread it was mentioned that the Greek port workers will be on strike for the next 4 days which may affect your stop in Athens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PederLin Posted May 5, 2016 #20 Share Posted May 5, 2016 We were on the Rhapsody last week and upgraded our (free) Select package to Premium for $15 per day and 'm glad we did. The wine list has a very limited choice when ordering by the glass. 2 or 3? We made the most of it. Had some lovely wines with dinner (2 or 3 glasses each) then a Grey Goose and a Remy Martin (or 2 or 3) after dinner. We covered the cost of the upgrade in one round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BermudaBound2014 Posted May 5, 2016 #21 Share Posted May 5, 2016 So excited for you cinnamon. PleAse keep the live posts coming- we all appreciate it so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinnamon Posted May 6, 2016 Author #22 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I don't know if you saw but in another thread it was mentioned that the Greek port workers will be on strike for the next 4 days which may affect your stop in Athens. I hadn't heard this. Luckily for us Athens is the only port we've visited before so it wouldn't be a disaster to miss it. BTW. RCCL are selling the internet packages as fast speed. However in our very central cabin by the centrum on deck 7 has hopeless speeds. Can read back very little and struggle to post much. :(. Bit quicker just now at 6.00 am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinnamon Posted May 6, 2016 Author #23 Share Posted May 6, 2016 We were on the Rhapsody last week and upgraded our (free) Select package to Premium for $15 per day and 'm glad we did. The wine list has a very limited choice when ordering by the glass. 2 or 3? We made the most of it. Had some lovely wines with dinner (2 or 3 glasses each) then a Grey Goose and a Remy Martin (or 2 or 3) after dinner. We covered the cost of the upgrade in one round. I agree that the wine choice is very limited. 2 whites, a Rose and 2 reds I think. However, we are not big drinkers. I've been following a sugar free diet for a few months and don't mind not having the cocktails. Otherwise I would want the Premium package especially as we could then have bottled water too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinnamon Posted May 6, 2016 Author #24 Share Posted May 6, 2016 We are just docking in Dubrovnik. Yesterday in Split we had a wonderful guide. We did a walking tour of the UNESCO world heritage site in Trogir and then around the Roman Palace in Split itself. Stunning but exhausting. The Beatles Extravaganza were good fun last night. Brought back memories of when I saw them in 1963! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinnamon Posted May 6, 2016 Author #25 Share Posted May 6, 2016 This French ship looks rather posh. Sorry for reflections through cabin window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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