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Rhapsody of the Seas is a Vision-class cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International.
After six years of sailing from Galveston, Texas, Rhapsody of the Seas repositioned on a world trip in the autumn of 2007, traveling through the South Pacific to Australia where she remained for two months, before moving to Asia, operating cruises from Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and... Read more
Rhapsody of the Seas is a Vision-class cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International.
After six years of sailing from Galveston, Texas, Rhapsody of the Seas repositioned on a world trip in the autumn of 2007, traveling through the South Pacific to Australia where she remained for two months, before moving to Asia, operating cruises from Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Busan in South Korea. For the summer of 2008, Rhapsody of the Seas operated out of Seattle, Washington, sailing to Alaska before repositioning back to Sydney, Australia for the winter of 2008/2009.
Rhapsody of the Seas sailed her final season in Australia during the winter 2014/2015 season, repositioning to Europe sailing from Rome in April 2015. During the 2015/2016 winter she sailed from São Paulo in Brazil.
After her 2016 summer season, Rhapsody of the Seas sailed to Tampa, Florida conducting cruises to the Western Caribbean. She repositioned to Cape Liberty, New Jersey for the 2017 summer season, sailing to the Bahamas and Canada/New England, before repositioning back to Tampa.
In March 2012, the ship received a US$54 million dry dock refit which added additional cabins, an outdoor movie screen near the pool, new dining areas and a nursery.
The ship subsequently received an additional refit in late 2016.
In late 2019, Rhapsody was in drydock in Cádiz, Spain for some routine maintenance, cosmetic improvements, and technology upgrades, but did not see any major reconfigurations.
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My son went on a tour around the liner Rhapsody of the Seas where you can look at the life of the ship from the inside, it was called "All access tour". It cost $100 and lasted for 4 hours. A group was shown the engine room, the galley, the bridge , laundry room,... |
The program of our 23-day journey around Australia and Oceania included a cruise from Sydney to the islands of New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
It was our 5th-anniversary cruise, the longest one.
Cruise Dates: from February 22 to March 6, 12 days. The route was the following:
Sydney, 2 days... |
Mystery Island
is one of the most southern islands of Vanuatu! This small uninhabited island is located 0.4 miles (700 meters) away from the larger island of Aneityum.
In fact, the island is called Inyeug! The island was owned by a trading company which used it as a harbor for... |
We continue our
tour around Lifou Island
. The driver brought us to a beautiful deserted 1.2-mile (2 km) long Chateaubriand Beach located near the village of We.
The beach near the pier is called Easo. The majority of the tourists go there. The sea bottom is not very... |
Lifou Island
was the second stop of our cruise.
The stop lasted from 8 am to 5 pm. The cruise ship remained in the harbor not far from Baie de Sandal located on the west of the island. It got its name from a big amount of sandalwood that used to be there before. Tourists are... |
The next location on our agenda is Mt Field National Park, one of the numerous national parks of
Tasmania
. A lot of trail tracks of various complexity pass through the park. If you have time, there is a lot of interesting there. Because of the tour, our time is limited. Therefore we... |
Here begins the final phase of our cruise.
Today, after two days of sailing, we set foot on sinful land again. In the early rainy morning, the ship anchored in the port of
Hobart
, the main town of the island and the Australian State of
Tasmania
of the same name.
It is... |