Europe - Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

We boarded Koningsdam on April 15, 2016.  The ship is brand new, so super nice.  The staff are professional and friendly.  We appreciate Alex for helping us with the training, Dede and BangBang for constantly cleaning our room, always with a smile, and Andy and Dewa for serving us in the Dining room.

However the management should look into the food in the Lido deck.  It is so boring for us to keep eating the same food everyday.  They need to change at least half of the stations!  And please skip Crete from your itinerary!  It is so boring and wasted a whole full day!  I suggest that you skip Crete totally and spend 2 days in Naples, so at least we get a chance to do more excursions there.

The cruise was fantastic, the only thing that would have made this excellent was the Stateroom's Bathroom.   It stunk from the time we arrived until about a day before departure, when the crew cleaned it with Clorox.

The Celebrity Constellation is a great ship and the crew and staff went out of their way to make our trip enjoyable.  The ports were great.  Lots of history, shopping and entertainment.  There was something for everyone to enjoy.

Enjoyed all the ports especially Athens and Istanbul.  Thanks for keeping us informed of the travel safety reports.  My main complaint was the narrow aisle of Lido Market walkway. Guests trying to get their meals created traffic jams.  And theater seating in the World Stage was barely adequate.  Service in the main dining was exceptional and the food was excellent.

We selected this cruise with Costa because of the itinerary—no days at sea, and four countries visited in seven days! The decor of the Costa Mediterranea was standard, as was the food. The two requests would be more self-service food options on the boat, and better information about port transportation. For example, we only found out the day before arriving at a port that paid transportation would be required because no taxi service would be available at port. The latter was not true, and the former could have been communicated earlier. But overall, a good cruise.

the ship added to the enjoyment. It the right size to get to know other passengers and the entertainment was first class. Service and food were very good as well. Really the only thing I could think of that needs a face lift was the shore excursions. The desk obviously had not done the tours themselves. They were unable to answer questions or make alternative suggestions regarding such things as required walking would food be available and restrooms. The consergier was no help with this either and had a take it or leave it attitude. At the price we left it. 

This being said we enjoyed the rest of the cruise and look forward to many more. 

Considering that a foreign departure is more difficult to reach, the selection of the ports more than made it worth the effort.  It was nice to have so many quality places to visit, both using the Celebrity excursions and navigating on our own. A very memorable experience.  Combine the cruise with both pre and post visits to Italian cities via a rental car.

The cruise destinations were good.  We were able to see a lot in 7 days.  The service especially at the various bars was disappointing.  For the most part we felt as if the waiters were trying to ignore our presence rather than seek our order.  Language was somewhat of a problem.  We speak only English and wait staff was generally very English limited.  The room was great we had an ocean view with plenty of space and storage.  The sailing was smooth and the port calls very timely.  The value for the money was good.

top marks for cleanliness of the ship and friendliness of the crew. Top marks for digital workshop and Lincoln center stage. Good mark for comedian. Needs improvement: stage entertainment was poor. Lunch on the last day only had one option and it was chaos in the Lido dining area. Ports of call: skip Palermo - dirty, smelly and unsavory characters meeting the passengers at the end of the pier. 

The ship was clean and easy to navigate. Love the full equipped gym. The cabin stewards were just wonderful. Hard working honest and fun people. Never intrusive and always polite and kept our cabin in top knot condition. 

Food qualities were excellent from the buffet to the specialty restaurants. Lots of choices which made life on the the ship enjoyable. Over all a great cruise experience with Holland America.  

We went on this cruise for our 5th anniversary. The boat was nice and had enough entertainment. The ports were nice areas with a lot of places to eat and shop. I would recommend to a friend.

Being the first time cruiser I was totally amazed! Everything was 100 percent above and beyond what I expected.  The stores on the ship had lots of excellent deals but very crowded when trying to look at things need to be organized a little better.

Norwegian compares well to other cruise companies. The Norwegian Epic is well appointed and had a functioning help desk while the itinerary and excursions were most interesting. We were particularly impressed by the food and restaurant dining, the latter consistently gourmet style. 

We cruised on the Norwegian Epic for 10 days with another couple.  We loved every minute of it, especially since we could do what we wanted to do when we wanted to do it.  The staff was outstanding and did everything possible for us to have an enjoyable experience.  We appreciate Catherine standing at the entrance of the buffet area ready to spray everyone's hands in order to keep germs away.  She did this every day with a great attitude.  The entertainment was excellent and the usage of the spa was definitely a plus.  We have already recommended this cruise to family members.

The cruis was very well organized as far as embarkation and disembarkation. 

The service on this cruise was much slower than on other lines. Freestyle dining was great but I'm not sure if that's why the service wasn't great. The specialty restaurants were very good.

The alcohol was crazy expensive. For a glass of wine from a low shelf brand (that would cost 12 for a whole bottle) was like $12 per glass!!! Insane.

Found ourselves board on at sea days.

Ports and ship were beautiful. Ship was very clean and well kept. Not sure I would ever cruise with Norwegian again. It was "okay" but found other lines to be more what I am looking for.

excellent, staff catered to every need. Plenty of entertainment.  The haven spa suite was excellent.  Enjoyed the haven private areas. enjoyed the spa, hot tubs and steam rooms.   With 21 places to dined and the food was great with so many choices from Latin, Indian, Asian, and American dining.

-Crew members all around were professional, always helpful, and delightful to speak with.  

-Procedures for disembarking and re-embarking at various locations, as well as all other procedures (ex. Dining, passport control, baggage collection/return, general and daily announcements, etc.) went very well and smooth.

-Ship, including personal room, was very clean and excellently maintianed.

-Food was plentiful and superb.  Waiters: A+

-Only negative comment: It took a few hours to go through the initial boarding procedure starting from when we met the first clerk to when we were onboard.  In fact, the ship was late leaving the initial departure port.  

I realize that never is a long time , but my wife and I plan on never taking a Costa cruise again. Had we been first time cruisers it would have been our last cruise, but this was our 14th cruise.We booked a Premium outside cabin and were assured by Costa that we would have an unobstructed view. I am not sure what Costa calls the forward deck, the railing and mast outside our window, but I would call it an obstruction. 

It appears that this company has taken to charging for everything, We are accustom to free coffee , tea, juice and water anytime on other cruise lines. If you want any of these outside of breakfast you are charged. we are accustom to food being avalible almost any time. Not on Costa. If you miss the strictly enforced meal times ,you are out of luck. 

I realize that this is an Italian line, but the passangers were multinational.Many of the announcements were in italian only, which left the english speaking, German speaking and non Italians in the dark. 

This was not our first Costa cruise as we had been on a previous cruise in the Caribbean about eight years ago which was fun. With the change in the lines attitude for charging for everything, it will  be our last .

I would urge anyone thinking of a Costa cruise to reconsider

The MSC cruise from Barcelona was great in every respect and it met all of our expectations, including great food (quality and quantity), excellent evening entertainment, pleasant bars/entertainment venues, and, overall, a very nice ship.  was not good at providing me with information/assistance after I booked and paid for the cruise.  I was unable to ever again contact the agent that initially assisted me.  Further, did not provide me with my cruise boarding documents, after I completed the online registrations, until after I made three calls to demanding that they be emailed to me.  Only after I asked for and was allowed to speak to a supervisor were the boarding documents sent to me within 15 minutes, after the original agent with whom visited said that I would need to wait at least 24 hours. The delay in sending these to me was blamed on MSC, but MSC had assured me that the boarding documents had been sent to weeks before. I will not use in the future, but I will cruise with MSC again.

This was our first time on Viking, but not our first cruise.  We were pleasantly surprised!   The ship was beautiful, staff charming and helpful, food was delicious, excursions were great, they even have free laudrymat!  Couldnt have asked for a better experience. Thank you!  We will be back!!