Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

Food was delicious, better than expected after cruising a couple of other cruise lines in the past year. Not much put into onboard activities likely because the ports were the focus on the Mediterranean cruise.

Use MSC because it has good itineraries and good staffing and good ships and good prices. I like the international customer base.

We really enjoyed this cruise. It was a very good combination of relaxation (two sea days) and adventure. The scenery was beautiful and the cruise service was excellent.

Very disappointed with Haven amenities. We expected same level service and amenities as Haven on Encore and was never told by anyone from or NCL during booking process that the Haven experience is completely different than the larger ships. There was no private dining, bar, coffee lounge, library/game room, and a very small Haven pool area and sun deck. We expressed our concerns with NCL management and were basically told we should have read the fine print. The least they could have offered was a future credit, but on more than one occasion NCL management has not tried to remedy the situation. Very disappointed that our trip was very expensive and our expectations were not met and that NCL doesn't seems to care. I would not recommend Haven status to anyone on this level of ship.

Just a very busy cruise without sea days for relaxing, so expect to see a lot of sights and wind up really tired at the end of each day.

Was an unforgettable vacations with our child’s! They enjoy it a lot just as us.

The cruise was wonderful. I would recommend the excursions plan more free time for lunch and a little shopping. It seemed like we were always rushed.

Overall we chose this cruise because it made 6 different port of calls and no sea days. The food and entertainment were ok, nothing really wowed us. Staff and cruise director did there best with what they had. I give it a 6 out of 10.

The staff tried to serve my kids alcohol. I'm very upset about it

We prefer smaller ships, easier to navigate and better service. It's a nice ship, best for middle-aged crowds that it caters too but overall a nice ship. Food was very good, breakfast was okay but we've had much better on other lines. Service was excellent, very nice people work on Holland and Carnival. Lines hiring from Indonesian, Philippines and similar usually have better service. The ports were beautiful, you're better of booking private group tours through Viator and TripAdvisor versus the ship, they price gouge massively through Holland when you can do pretty much every excursion for 50% less, especially if you're mobile and comfortable navigating on your own or renting cars. Car rentals work great in Rhodes and Argostoli. You definitely want a guided tour in Israel, security and immigration is very serious there so be aware of more time to disembark.

Highly recommended! I have shared this itinerary with a few friends after we had this wonderful experience.

This cruise is a must do! All of the ports we visited were amazing. So much history in this part of the world. The ship was great, the people were great. Couldn't have asked for anything more!

For this cruise to be our honeymoon, we were extremely disappointed. We feel it was false advertising based on what we paid when we booked the cruise. We voiced our concerns to guest services while on board and were given no input or reasons as to why things were changed. We enjoyed the excursions and the service workers, but the food, people on board, and disembarkation were a nightmare. For what we paid for this trip, it was a waste of money and we would not recommend.

Overall good but Explorer is too big for me, too many people 3300. I like the Rhapsody better.

Reluctant to cruise again and if I ever do it will not be through RC. Port times were not always the greatest, internet was trash inside the rooms, ship dampening could be improved for better sleep comfort, and it is not necessarily the fault of RC but the customers that RC attracts can be rude and unruly and underaged guests are not necessarily supervised or reprimanded for disturbing the peace. Overall, the experience on the ship was generally not relaxing - at worse it was upsetting and stressful, at best relieving and only because we had a private balcony to retreat to.

Cruise was selected for the ports and location. All ports were great, although one port was cancelled due to "port congestion" which I find hard to believe when we arrived in Mykonos, we were there with 4 other large cruise ships. Room was good, food was good, free booze was great. Ship showing it's age, but fit for our needs. Get the free upgraded dining and pay for a couple of extra nights as well. We did 3 nights at Cagney's and one at Tepenyaki, well worth the extra, as we did not really enjoy the main dining room that much.

Same great people and service and was somewhat disappointed in the food quality at times. We'll be back. Many Thanks for all, Kurt

Great cruise spending full days in ports so no rushing. Food excellent and lovely winding down with entertainment at night. Very comfortable bed and room steward was excellent.

HAD AN AMAZING TRIP- THE PORTS WERE SPECTACULAR, THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE CELEBRITY STAFF WAS 1ST CLASS-THE FOOD WAS VERY GOOD.

Azamara was first rate for food, entertainment and smooth operations. There were no complications and their effort shows. The 10-day Greece-intensive trip was full of sights with only one day at see.