Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

The port of calls are excellent.We did enjoy the tours we attended.The spirit of the seasons are fabulous.My husband and I watched 2 x.Just this cruise that my 2 children were not able to come.

This was an amazing cruise for us where we learned so very much about the people and the history that led to the current day practices. Could not have asked for a better experience!

Overall another very satisfying Oceania cruise on a beautiful new ship. They always manage to have a nice selection of cruise stops and the staff, as usual, was very friendly and helpful in most cases. We always recommend Oceania based on our previous experiences and this cruise was no exception. This was also a nice combination of ports offering a variety of ship based and independent tour opportunities.

I won't do another MSC cruise. I usually give things a 2nd chance but not this time.

Overall, the cruise was nice. We were disappointed that 2 of the original ports were removed due to the war in Ukraine. Izmir is a waste, they should not have this port. They should had just provided a day at sea which you need to take a break.

We had a wonderful experience sailing with MSC Sinfonia. This is our 2nd time cruising with MSC brand.

Excellent cruise as it was our first time cruise experience. I can’t wait for another cruise vacation with Azamara. The ship was just as I needed and expected. Smaller ship with great services, food and cleanliness. Excellent specialty restaurants! I don’t think I am interested in any larger cruise ship with thousands of passengers. Also gratuity and most drinks were included so it was easy, no surprise. Laundry facilities were nice bonus. For me, no comparison with any other cruises. Our itinerary had to change due to stormy windy weather, missed island of Amorgus and end up in 2days in Rhodes. The captain and crews executed our transition to the alternative plan smoothly with no confusions.

My phone was stolen in Rome, so I have no photos currently that I can retrieve yet….. I’m still hoping I can do this. I just got a new phone.

Had a great time. The crew is awesome. No issues encountered. AA shore excursions were better than the cruise ones offered.

The only thing that I found it wasn’t organized was the excursion that we made in Ephesus. The process to gather all the groups in the theater doesn’t make sense. We even loose 1 hour of the excursion due the process. It would be better if a person of each group/or room gets the number of the bus and then everybody gather outside the buses

NCL had both embarktation and disembarkation down pat. Food was good, but average sizes. Staff was very great. Shore excursions were why we came on this cruise and for the most part, lived up to expectations. Some tour guides was leading us to very expensive souenir shop. Who want to pay $59 for a tee shirt?

Cruise started poorly with no record of shuttle reservations for two separate bookings, very rude NCL rep at airport. Guest service staff condescending and not helpful. Room steward? Hit and miss. Food complimentary main dining and garden cafe ; Service. excellent! Selections: repetitive and uninspired. Itinerary was Excellent Ship was clean but I would not recommend

This was quite a stepdown from Carnival which was a surprise to me. I was expecting it would be better. Losing Israel to safety was disappointing but understandable but the replacement ports were just 2 more Greek islands so it was more of Greek Island cruise. They could have replaced with a more interesting ports. Four Greek islands was kind of same, same. The process of refunding us for the cancelled excursions was ridiculous. Having to stand in line to get cash instead of crediting back to our credit cards was hard on passengers and then to get off the ship with the amount of cash refunded to me could be dangerous. The one time I saw the cruise director he was outgoing and did a good job. Information was disseminated as it should. Frankly, this was my first cruise on Norwegian and was ready to move on from Carnival but after this experience I will go back to Carnival where the food, entertainment, activities were much better. I still had fun but was disappointed overall.

Worst cruise of my life and was supposed to be the cruise of a life time. Very disappointing

No communication between line staff and supervisors when long lines occurred or problems happened. One customer relations person and 18 in line. Should have called for assistance but I grabbed an officer passing by and reluctantly he got assistance. Cruise director overwhelmed and unable to control excursion messes in stardust worst was end when chaos happened. One women staff on deck 4 valiantly tried to stop alternate elevator crowds from pushing past main line. All officers and supervisors need to have interest in customer service when problems show up

We enjoyed the ship. The big shows were good and there was occasionally a good musician to listen to at a bar. Karaoke was fun and the dance classes were awesome. We loved the ports of call and had an amazing time on our excursions, both those booked through the cruise line and those we booked independently. We would definitely recommend this cruise to others.

Overall, it was a good cruise - not outstanding, not excellent, just a basic cruise. This was the first cruise that we had been on since the pandemic that had been completely full, and it was apparent that combined with reduced staffing, the cruise experience suffered a bit. The "low's" of the cruise were mostly offset by the "high's". In spite of positioning itself as a "higher-end" cruise line, the reduction in staff resulted in moving it closer to the "run of the mill" cruise lines like Carnival. A little disappointing for those of us that have done a substantial number of cruises on NCL.

Weather was a challenge with cold temps and rain for the major ports. But the itinerary was excellent to see these places in one trip.

NCL Jade was a good ship, somewhat dated. Itinerary was terrific. Nice staff. Public areas very clean. Decent food.

Nice cruise and itinerary. The only problem is the shore excursion have too many people and it is hard to hear the tour guide, even with the earphones. I would have liked more shopping in Jerusalem instead of them insisting that we shop in a wood store. I don’t want any wood managers. 🙄