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December 2023 - 7 nights on Star Legend
November 2023 - 7 Night Yachtsmans Harbors Of The Rivieras (Rome To Barcelona) Cruise on Wind Surf
August 2023 - 4 nights on Star Clipper
June 2023 - 3 nights on Royal Clipper
January 2023 - 10 Night Europe: Spain Portugal & Gibraltar (Granada Roundtrip) Cruise on Norwegian Sun
December 2022 - 5 nights on MSC Poesia
December 2022 - 11 Night Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip) Cruise on MSC Lirica
November 2022 - 4 nights on Viva One
May 2022 - 7 Night Western Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip) Cruise on MSC Splendida
April 2022 - 7 nights on Viva Tiara
February 2022 - 4 nights on Viva Moments
December 2021 - 7 nights on MSC Bellissima
September 2021 - 5 nights on MSC Splendida
May 2021 - 7 nights on MSC Seaside
September 2020 - 7 nights on MSC Grandiosa
January 2020 - 11 Night Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip) Cruise on MSC Opera
A very nice cruise
We had a very nice cruise. The ship was full but never felt crowded. Met very nice people. Great drinks from very professional barmen.
August 2019 - 3 nights on Celestyal Olympia
July 2019 - 11 Night Mediterranean Pursuit (Venice To Rome) Cruise on Azamara Pursuit
May 2019 - 10 Night Adriatic Dream (Venice To Rome) Cruise on Veendam
January 2019 - 15 Night Panama Canal Eastbound (Los Angeles To Ft. Lauderdale ) Cruise on Amsterdam
November 2018 - 7 Night Western Mediterranean (Genoa Roundtrip) Cruise on MSC Seaview
July 2018 - Rome to Rome Cruise on Royal Clipper
A great cruise!
his is my first cruise on a tall ship (and my first review in english!) after so many on the "regolar one"! My choise went for the Royal Clipper 4 night mediterranean cruise.
The port of call were:
1-Departure from Civitavecchia
2-Portoferraio isola d'elba italy;
3-Palombaggia Corsica island and Bonifacio France;
4- Porto Ercole Italy
5- Civitavecchia
When I got my ticket I read that the embark starts at 4 pm at terminal 10 in Civitavecchia, so I went to the terminal around 3.45 pm. There were already many passengers waiting and after few minutes the cruise director Goban arrived and introduced himself and explained in english, german and french how the embarkation will work. First we have to fill the data infos and then keeping our cabin number card to embark. It took almost 10 minutes and I was on the gangway. As on bord I was welcomed by the Captain and the hotel director. After the welcome drink we were headed to the inside tropical bar for the credit card registration and passport control ( they kept it till the last day). After that I was escorted to my cabin. I was in a category 2 cabin: midship, well located, quite and very confortable. I really loved it and wont hesitate to book again! After drop my hand bag off I went out to see the ship. She is very beautiful and elegant! She is small: one restaurant for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The tropical bar: half inside and half outside (all activities will take place here from the boat drill to the shows and games), the elegant library, tge conference room and the underwater gym and spa. I spent the time taking photos and drinking at the tropical bar til the boat drill. After that I went to my cabin to take a shower and dressing for dinner. Around 8.30pm I went to the main restaurant and the Maitre'd excorted me, after asking me about my language and preferences to a fantastic table (for the location and table mates). The food was very good and so it was for every night!! At 10pm we were all outside on decks for the sailing away with champagne glass and the Vangelis music....WOW!!
The day after we arrived in Portoferraio. I've veen there so many time so I stayed on board all day enjoying the sun and the amazing ship. Today I had the chance to climb the mast and I lived it. I had a wonderful fish buffet for lunch at the main restaurant: on the royal clipper the breakfast and lunch are buffet style and dinner is a la carte. From 5pm to 6pm there are some afternoon snacks at the tropical bar.
The day after we were in the morning at the beach and in the afternoon/evening in the village of bonifacio. I spent the morning on the beach and the evening in bonifacio fir a stroll and some drinks.
In Porto Ercole it was a long day anchored outside the port and I enjoyed the marina deck. I also had the chance to visit the engeneer room because the night before I shared the table with the chef engenner and he invited all the table mates to visit him while on duty. In the evening went ashore for meeting some friends liveng there. When I was back it was the time to pack for desembark tge day after. The last night was amazing. I had a nice dinner with my fellow cruise mates and a wonderful time at the tropical bar for the last drinks.
The next morning after my breakfast, picked up my passport, greeting my new friends I desembark from a very short cruise. I really would spend more days on board: for the ship, the food, the drinks, the passengers, the crew, the service. I really loved to feel the sea to close to me, the small size of the ship (in few hours you will meet all the passengers and crew), the open bridge and watching the officers and crew at work, the very well travelled passengers, the quality of food..... Yes, I will back on board again!
June 2018 - 7 Night Norse Legends (Rotterdam Roundtrip) Cruise on Rotterdam
February 2018 - 17 Night Eastern & Southern Caribbean Wayfarer (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip) Cruise on Koningsdam
October 2017 - 7 Night Western Mediterranean (Genoa Roundtrip) Cruise on MSC Meraviglia
June 2017 - 12 Night Adriatic Dream (Rome To Venice) Cruise on Westerdam
February 2017 - 14 Night Vietnam & Philippines (Singapore Roundtrip) Cruise on Celebrity Constellation
December 2016 - 2 nights on MS Trollfjord
August 2016 - 3 Night Weekend Getaway (Rome Roundtrip) Cruise on Azamara Journey
May 2016 - 7 Night Western Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip) Cruise on MSC Preziosa
April 2016 - 11 Night Hawaii Northbound (Honolulu To Vancouver) Cruise on Celebrity Millennium
November 2015 - 14 Night Southern Seas (Cape Town To Rio De Janeiro) Cruise on Marina
May 2015 - 7 Night Western Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip) Cruise on Norwegian Epic
February 2015 - 18 Night Copacabana To Biscayne Bay (Rio De Janeiro To Miami) Cruise on Azamara Journey
October 2014 - 10 Night Croatia & Amalfi Coast (Venice To Rome) Cruise on Azamara Quest
July 2014 - 12 Night Mediterranean Romance (Venice To Barcelona) Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam
May 2014 - 7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip) Cruise on Oasis of the Seas
January 2014 - 11 Night Mediterranean Cruise from Civitavecchia (Rome) Cruise on MSC Fantasia
October 2013 - 12 Night Immersive Wine Cruise (Harwich roundtrip) Cruise on Celebrity Infinity
July 2013 - 11 Night Mediterranean Explorer (Barcelona to Rome) Cruise on Noordam
June 2013 - 7 Night Mediterranean Cruise from Genoa Cruise on MSC Preziosa
April 2013 - 10 Night Western Mediterranean Splendour (Rome roundtrip) Cruise on Eurodam
January 2013 - 7 Night Mediterranean Cruise Cruise on MSC Splendida
October 2012 - 9 Night Inaugural (Amsterdam to Barcelona) Cruise on Celebrity Reflection
August 2012 - 14 nights on Prinsendam
April 2012 - 15 Night Atlantic Coast Northbound (Ft. Lauderdale to Montreal) Cruise on Maasdam
October 2011 - 11 Night Transatlantic Westbound (Rome to Cape Liberty) Cruise on Celebrity Silhouette
May 2011 - 7 Night Glacier Discovery Inside Passage (Vancouver roundtrip) Cruise on Zuiderdam
February 2011 - 14 Night New Zealand & Australia (Auckland to Sydney) Cruise on Volendam
October 2010 - 13 Night Transatlantic Westbound (Southampton to Miami) Cruise on Celebrity Eclipse
June 2010 - 14 Night Scandinavia & Russia (Southampton roundtrip) Cruise on Celebrity Eclipse
March 2010 - 14 Night South America & Panama Canal (Santiago to Ft. Lauderdale) Cruise on Celebrity Infinity
November 2009 - 14 Night Transatlantic Westbound (Rome to Ft. Lauderdale) Cruise on Celebrity Equinox
August 2009 - 13 Night Ancient Empires (Rome roundtrip) Cruise on Celebrity Equinox
April 2009 - 15 Night Transatlantic Eastbound (Ft. Lauderdale to Rome) Cruise on Celebrity Solstice
November 2008 - 14 Night Transatlantic Westbound (Barcelona to San Juan) Cruise on Celebrity Summit
August 2008 - 10 nights on Galaxy
May 2008 - 14 Night Ultimate Alaska (San Francisco to Vancouver) Cruise on Serenade of the Seas
December 2007 - 14 Night Transatlantic Westbound (Barcelona to Ft. Lauderdale) Cruise on Celebrity Millennium
September 2007 - 7 Night Ancient Treasures (Venice roundtrip) Cruise on Costa Serena
May 2007 - 7 nights on Costa Victoria
December 2006 - 10 nights on costa concordia
November 2006 - 6 Night Eastbound Transatlantic (New York to Southampton) Cruise on Queen Mary 2
September 2006 - 10 Night Western Europe (Copenhagen to Savona) Cruise on Costa Magica
February 2006 - 14 nights on Costa Romantica
December 2005 - 2 nights on Cruise Roma
November 2005 - 6 Night Eastbound Transatlantic (New York to Southampton) Cruise on Queen Mary 2
May 2005 - 5 Night Tunisia & Malta (Savona roundtrip) Cruise on Costa Atlantica
March 2005 - 18 nights on Costa Victoria
November 2004 - 15 nights on Costa Classica
November 2004 - 3 nights on Splendid
August 2004 - 7 Night Greece/Turkey/Croatia (Venice roundtrip) Cruise on Costa Mediterranea
June 2004 - 6 nights on MS Trollfjord
November 2003 - 10 Night Spain & Morocco (Savona roundtrip) Cruise on Costa Fortuna
June 2003 - 7 nights on Costa Romantica
April 2003 - 16 Night Spring Transatlantic (Ft. Lauderdale to Genoa) Cruise on Costa Atlantica
November 2002 - 2 nights on Majestic
September 2002 - 9 nights on Costa Europa
May 2002 - 7 nights on Costa Tropicale
February 2002 - 7 nights on Costa Romantica
January 2002 - 7 nights on Costa Romantica
January 2001 - 7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip) Cruise on Carnival Victory
July 2000 - 7 nights on Costa Victoria
January 2000 - 7 nights on Costa Classica
December 1999 - 7 nights on Costa Classica
May 1999 - 7 nights on Carnival Imagination
March 1997 - 16 nights on Costa Allegra
November 1994 - 7 nights on Costa Romantica
August 1993 - 10 nights on Costa Allegra
May 1993 - 5 nights on Costa Marina
September 1992 - 7 nights on Costa Classica
September 1991 - 7 nights on Enrico Costa
December 1990 - 7 nights on Costa Riviera
July 1990 - 14 nights on Eugenio Costa
Royal Clipper
Sail date: July 10, 2018
his is my first cruise on a tall ship (and my first review in english!) after so many on the "regolar one"! My choise went for the Royal Clipper 4 night mediterranean cruise.
The port of call were:
1-Departure from Civitavecchia
2-Portoferraio isola d'elba italy;
3-Palombaggia Corsica island and Bonifacio France;
4- Porto Ercole Italy
5- Civitavecchia
When I got my ticket I read that the embark starts at 4 pm at terminal 10 in Civitavecchia, so I went to the terminal around 3.45 pm. There were already many passengers waiting and after few minutes the cruise director Goban arrived and introduced himself and explained in english, german and french how the embarkation will work. First we have to fill the data infos and then keeping our cabin number card to embark. It took almost 10 minutes and I was on the gangway. As on bord I was welcomed by the Captain and the hotel director. After the welcome drink we were headed to the inside tropical bar for the credit card registration and passport control ( they kept it till the last day). After that I was escorted to my cabin. I was in a category 2 cabin: midship, well located, quite and very confortable. I really loved it and wont hesitate to book again! After drop my hand bag off I went out to see the ship. She is very beautiful and elegant! She is small: one restaurant for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The tropical bar: half inside and half outside (all activities will take place here from the boat drill to the shows and games), the elegant library, tge conference room and the underwater gym and spa. I spent the time taking photos and drinking at the tropical bar til the boat drill. After that I went to my cabin to take a shower and dressing for dinner. Around 8.30pm I went to the main restaurant and the Maitre'd excorted me, after asking me about my language and preferences to a fantastic table (for the location and table mates). The food was very good and so it was for every night!! At 10pm we were all outside on decks for the sailing away with champagne glass and the Vangelis music....WOW!!
The day after we arrived in Portoferraio. I've veen there so many time so I stayed on board all day enjoying the sun and the amazing ship. Today I had the chance to climb the mast and I lived it. I had a wonderful fish buffet for lunch at the main restaurant: on the royal clipper the breakfast and lunch are buffet style and dinner is a la carte. From 5pm to 6pm there are some afternoon snacks at the tropical bar.
The day after we were in the morning at the beach and in the afternoon/evening in the village of bonifacio. I spent the morning on the beach and the evening in bonifacio fir a stroll and some drinks.
In Porto Ercole it was a long day anchored outside the port and I enjoyed the marina deck. I also had the chance to visit the engeneer room because the night before I shared the table with the chef engenner and he invited all the table mates to visit him while on duty. In the evening went ashore for meeting some friends liveng there. When I was back it was the time to pack for desembark tge day after. The last night was amazing. I had a nice dinner with my fellow cruise mates and a wonderful time at the tropical bar for the last drinks.
The next morning after my breakfast, picked up my passport, greeting my new friends I desembark from a very short cruise. I really would spend more days on board: for the ship, the food, the drinks, the passengers, the crew, the service. I really loved to feel the sea to close to me, the small size of the ship (in few hours you will meet all the passengers and crew), the open bridge and watching the officers and crew at work, the very well travelled passengers, the quality of food..... Yes, I will back on board again!
MSC Opera
Sail date: January 25, 2020
We had a very nice cruise. The ship was full but never felt crowded. Met very nice people. Great drinks from very professional barmen.
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