Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

From booking with Cameron Rhodes from Wholesale Club and Virgin Cruise Staff our experience was flawless and superb 👌

Great itinerary, very busy port days with limited time in port most days. No sea days made it very fast paced. Limited entertainment shows.

Revamp the amp. Royal Caribbean’s app is far and away better than NCL’s. I was never able to use the app. Wife’s worked but was a terrible experience.

We highly recommend this cruise. Every port is beautiful and definitely with exploring. I suggest staying a few days in Venice and a few in Athens to explore even more.

Loved the cruise! Best parts were days at sea - 2 full days which made it relaxing. Would not return to the Greek islands - but would enjoy seeing more of the cities along Croatia & also wish the cruise would stop along the Albania Riviera. Do a suite if at all possible - very nice & spacious & lovely balcony! Staff all very nice & helpful!

Our thirs Virgin Cruise...the GREEK GLOW was The BEST. 7 days with multiple islands is amazing

Overall, enjoyable but nothing wowed us--could have been better. Ship cabins need to be updated. Food needs variety for the buffet. I'm not sure the additional cost for speciality restaurants was worth the cost. Need new key technology with a band etc. Having the keycard was bothersome.

Read above answers as they were extensive. Thank you for an amazing experience!!!

The cruise with Oceania Riviera was an incredible experience. All went well, unforeseen weather issues were dealt with in expedite form, food was always a gourmet experience and shore excursions were fun and efficiently held. All in all I just have to say we can’t wait for the next cruise with Oceania !

A great operation on a somewhat dated ship. The crew is very process-oriented. I don't mind the lack of authenticity when it's so courteous.

Cruise was great, lots of beautiful things to see and do. Only bad thing was the unanticipated hot weather this early in July. The temperature stayed in the 90’s to 100’s the whole time.

Didn’t like spending 2 days in Istanbul. Would have preferred another port Very bad implementation of passport retrieval for the visit to Kos. Hard to believe they only found out passports needed to be collected the day before docking. Itinerary change happened months before sailing. Very much confusion

I had better experiences in other NCL cruises—this was not one of them. I’ve learned never to take their bait to get airline tickets with NCL even if they have promos. They switched flights on us while we were in the middle of the cruise and instead of reducing a layover they added one. This resulted in almost triple-ing the entire flight to get home. And when I disembarked and tried to call NCL reservation, they were not available on weekends. I couldn’t negotiate with the airline since NCL booked it. It was a nightmare! Then NCL bait and switched our ports. They changed ports just before the cruise and then they cancelled one of the ports my family really wanted to visit. No compensation. Horrible experience.

I loved the cruise overall! It was perfect for me, who was someone who just wanted to relax and enjoy some quiet time away. It was great for my other family who wanted to explore and visit the islands. It was the perfect combination! Already looking forward to our next cruise! However, we will NOT BE USING CRUISES ONLINE or NCL AGAIN! Also, there were 8 of us. On the way home, we all had different flights. It literally took my son and husband 50hrs to get home! Shameful! If they could get us all there together, then they should do everything they could to get us home together also!

Just the right amount of ports and relax days. Lots of activities of all kinds if you want to stay busy. Beautiful countries and cities. Main dining was great- Gerald took great care of my daughter and her food allergies. She ordered the night before so they could make her whatever she wanted nut free. Captains table was amazing but lasted 3 plus hours. Casino is a scam- the slots that say $.25 aren’t really- they all are like $7 per spin. Fun to watch activities at main pool but also enjoy quiet in adult solarium. In public rest rooms - there was usually 2-3 stalls locked and out of order. Cabin attendants were great. Our daughter’s room didn’t have hot water for several days- they fixed it and then it stopped working again a day later. Overall the cruise was a great trip!!! We had amazing excursions and loved all the places we visited!!!

It was a lovely trip to see the Mediterranean, abeit briefly. I am not sure I agree with the ethics of cruising, but I do see the advantages of this mode of travel. It is very nice to not have to unpack every day or two and yet see more than one place. I wish the cruise ships were more ecologically run, and that it were possible to limit the people being discharged from these giant boats every day on these small islands. I am hoping in the future as more ports put into place rules about the number of boats and people, we will be able to load balance the people and places.

My XL Sea Terrace Cabin was NOT really an XL (Some NON-XL's are bigger than this XL) No hammock - no glass rail on balcony - smaller than my previous XL - Odd shaped room - would NOT recommend !!!! (I feel cheated)

Great boat, perfect size, never felt crowded. Very relaxing vacation providing an amazing itinerary that enabled us to see many Greek Islands.

We really enjoyed the pace and selection of activities and destinations.

We are not cruisers however Oceania will see us again. They do a very nice job.