Europe - Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

Really enjoyed the Oceania experience and would highly recommend to others.

Awesome port calls, though some port calls were too short. The east Mediterranean is beautiful.

It was a very nice experience overall, I appreciated the ambiance of the cruise, peaceful and respectful. I would have chosen another city instead of Souda, probably one in Croatia (Opatja, Splitz...) and see more of Crete instead of being two days in Malta.

Wonderful cruise on a wonderful cruise ship. We do regret not having an excursion planned for both Albania and Sicily. The port towns were not impressive.

Istanbul should receive well more publicity than it does as it was probably the highlight of the cruise. Great city, great people and not enough time.

Very disappointed with the itinerary for the cruise. When I purchased my cruise, we were supposed to stay overnight in Istambul and in reality we spent a day at sea and arrived early in Istambul to leave before 3 pm. This did not allow enough time to visit this great city (one key reason I chose this cruise, by the way) and also it did not allow for a chance to visit the mosques since they are closed to visitors in the morning (something I would have expected NCL knows and understands). Additionally, our stop in Mykonos was cancelled due to "weather reasons". In fact, there was a bit of wind but nothing terrible that would/should not have allowed us to disembark. Myknonos was the other key reason why I wanted to go on this cruise and NCL failed to deliver on this also. Finally, the time spent at ports was ridiculously short. Even the crew that we talked to agreed! You can check the final intineray we had so that I don't have to list it but spending 4-5 hours in a port and arriving at 6 am is just ridiculous. We are on a vacation, everyone was rushing and going crazy, not even getting to eat breakfast well.... terrible. Another point is regarding the Ports... you should definitely consider removing Napoli, Catania and Olympia from your stops. It is all very terrible to get off and the cities are very ugly and dirty. Santorini is pretty but lacks the infrastructure to attend to cruise ships. Finally, I'd like you to consider that not everyone that travels in NCL is from the U.S. and therefore not everyone shares the same dining hours. Having lunch at 1:30 the latest (some restaurants actually closed at 1:30) is not customary to customers from Europe or Latin America. This is not fair. Plus, the Shanghai bar was impossible to experience since you ran out of beepers and we had to wait over 3 hours to potentially get in (when it would be closed). On a final note, please consider removing the 20% mandatory gratuity. When tips and gratuities are forced on us, there is absolutely no incentive for staff to do exceptional work. Charging 20% is extremely high. Again, in Europe it is not customary to charge tips or gratuities. They are given when exceptional service is provided. Otherwise, it is understood that it is part of the service for the highly-priced food and beverage and hotel rooms that we're paying that we'll get adequate service.

Something that really bothered me was that I had the Unlimited Open Bar Package. It says in the drinks package you get Grey Goose vodka. (see picture) NCL didn't honor it. I asked for robes and they would only give me on 1. I never got my bottle of wine for being in a club suite balcony. I was also supposed to get early time to book excursions. NCL canceled my excursion to Pompeii and then when I asked to go on another pompeii excursion they didn't have room. I missed going there and it was one of the excursions i wanted to do the most. They took away one of our days in Istanbul. I just don't like having some of the best food in the world with eye shot and then not have time to eat there because of short ports of calls and then have to eat the sub par food on the boat. Also the drinks package isn't worth it. If it was at night I would have to go to a bar and get a coke in a purposely smaller glassware. they are constantly trying to upsell you on things. Buy photos and and spa treatments. is saying I am giving this a 3.9 rating. I would give it a 3.3/5 rating if I could override their rating that they say I am giving. The hairdresser kept asking my gf when she was retiring. How insulting.

Tired ship to worn out or unimpressive ports. Windjammer boring close to same every night

Overall excellent. Fantastic ports are a must see. We will definitely do it again.

Nothing horribly wrong but not the attention to detail that we last experienced. One issue that was reported at the end of a tour in Valletta where everyone one on the small group tour went to guest services to complain. The feedback was 4 candies being delivered to our room with a note saying “I hope this experience does not interfere with the otherwise favorable impression of your cruise”. That comment struck me as quite assuming, because you have no clue whether I was having a favorable impression. It also did nothing to rectify or address the issue we communicated. Also the information that Seabourn provides on items like transportation options at disembarkation is dated. They appear to have used the same standard text for years without realizing that things have changed.

Maybe not the best value but the staff was excellent and everything was sufficient.

This was a long cruise to many interesting places that would be hard to visit other than on a ship. We enjoyed the comfort of the ship after full days of sightseeing, made more challenging by an extreme heat wave. Our stateroom was cozy and we enjoyed our dinners in the dining room and at the specialty restaurants. We are happy to recommend this trip to others.

I would not choose Norwegian again. Someone in party needed medical attention and it was not available. Every cruise ship should offer basic first aid without requiring expensive doctor consultation during open hours (very sporadic) or being told to disembark and go to pharmacy in port.

If you use Regents air package be prepared for long travel days. You do not know the itinerary until just before departure and then everything is full and basically unchangeable and they charge you to change it. Regent does NOT have previews of the upcoming excursions which we missed greatly to inform us specifically and in general about the areas we were about to visit. Viking is our go to and comparison cruise line and we feel still the better choice for us.

Everything was very well planned. A beautiful experience s

We had a wonderful relaxing cruise. Didn’t like Marseille and were a little disappointed in Gibraltar - I was expecting it to be more ‘British’. I wouldn’t do the Barcelona to Rome portion again, but I would definitely do the Greek Isles and Kotor again.

We loved our cruise, we can't wait to cruise, again. We are trying to figure out why we haven't cruised sooner!

This was an amazing experience for my partner and I! I really don't have anything else to say. I hope you are able to enjoy it as much as we did!

Special food needs of my wifw was handled better than anyone has ever done made the trip special

This was my first trip to Europe and I am so happy I decided to explore Europe on the Odyssey of the Seas Cruise Ship. The cruise was amazing and the service was exceptional.