Europe - Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

Norwegian rates at  the bottom  of the cruise lines . Everything  seems to be centers around how  much can they charge extra for that  other cruise  lines include. Poor food (at least you  don't  need to  worry about putting on weight).

Freestyle means sign up and wait for shuttles entertainment  and 5$ frozen pizza,s. Everything on this  boat seems to shout institutional cheap.

First and last cruise on  Norwegian.

It took me 35 years to get my wife on a ship - and now I have a "cruise junkie" on my hands! The Norwegian EPIC is a magnificent ship. We were amazed how each and every crew member couldn't do enough - they were the living definition of "service". The destinations and excursions were fabulous (and exhausting). I highly recommend this cruise.

Loved our experience on the Norwegian Spirit!  Everything was great from the staff, the ship, the food, entertainment, just everything.  Can't wait to go again!

We had a great lifetime experience by taking both of our adult kids 2 Grandchildren and our sons girlfriend on the Greek cruise form Venice. We enjoyed each day and every port that we visited. The ship was fantastic with free style dining and activities that all ages could enjoy. 

We were in a triple room. First night bathroom wouldn't flush, the fold out bed came to my knees and my legs hung off. And it was hard as a brick. All throughout the cruise we had to call 2-4 x a day for the toilet . After the 3rd day cplaining about the bed they had an extension and a "

duvet"! Happened once. Day 4 they gave me a mattress. Guest services was a nightmare. Food was poor and redundant. Entertainment was laughable..spa was good..

Our family had a wonderful cruise!  This is the second time on the NCL Jade...what a great ship!  The ship's staff were terrific.  We are already planning our next cruise.

The cruise was great, but the excursions were too short. Although we spent considerable time at each stop, we could have seen a bit more had the tours offered by NCL be more comprehensive. For example, our day in Mykonos included a morning tour (4 hours) without the option of an afternoon tour (extra 4 hours to spend in town). Had NCL combined tours, we would have been able to see or learn a lot more. The same can be said about our visit to Santorini. NCL crew members are always great, but the Art Show was not as pleasant as we had experienced on previous cruises (Art Staff, particularly the auctioneer) were too pushy and a bit condescending. Our first visit to the Blue Garden Cafe resulted in extended wait, only one person to serve all of us, and poorly prepared food. I would do it again, but NCL needs to look into these issues.

This cruise was several steps below a Carnival cruise.  The food was typically not good.  We looked forward to eating ashore.  The crew (other than a few crew members) were not friendly and seemed annoyed to be asked questions (especially at the customer service desk).  There were few fluent English speakers, and the excursions were sometimes cancelled for want of sufficient English-speaking passengers.  The ship itself was in great condition.  Oddly, the pools all shut down at 10 pm, and the slide was only open four hours per day, meaning it had long lines during those hours.  Unfortunately, the cost of the cruise was high, making our experience all the more disappointing.  Find another cruise line.

Driving out of the port areas is the most beautiful views of the countryside and the food was great

On the ship what I enjoyed the most was the Spa, the pool there is so relaxing. The food at the Grill and the service are not to be missed Everything was super.

We have sailed on many ships and cruiselines and found this ship to be an nice, average ship. 

The food is good.  The selections in the dining room are not a diverse as we seen on other ships.  Usually I want to order 2 or 3 of the entrees.  On this ship I was trying to find 1 thing I wanted a few nights of the 12 night cruise.  The service is good.  The staterooms are clean and our room attendant staff was excellent. 

They let kids swim in all the pools.  On most ships the kids are not allowed in one of the pools that are reserved for adults.  Here while we were trying to relax in the "Serenity" pool kids were screaming, jumping and splashing without adult supervision.  We could not find a spot by the pool to just relax.

They also charge a $18 per bottle uncorking fee for every bottle of wine you bring on.  This is excessive in my opinion.

everything was pretty good except the food. luke warm in the buffet most times and sit down dinners in the two restaurants available at no cost were marginal at best. no seafood choices available except salmon, we were disappointed.

I loved my 12 night stay on the Norwegian Spirit. Our room was small, but reasonably appointed with a nice size shower for a cruise ship. The staff and crew were universally helpful and friendly and it was nice to see the same familiar faces over the course of the nearly two week trip. The ship sails to most of the major highlights in the Mediterranean with four stops in Italy alone. The only thing that i would change is to make fewer stops so that we could have more overnights. The opportunity to eat dinner and enjoy the nightlife was one of my favorite parts about Barcelona and Venice. Also, the stop in Toulon is a bit boring. I think they add that in so that they can say that we stopped in France. Overall I highly recommend the Grand Mediterranean to anyone who is a first timer to Europe (like me) or who just wants to see all the most famous stops in one trip. When the 12 days were up I wasnt ready to leave!

Fuimos dos hermanas que hicimos el crucero, nos encanto desde el momento que hicimos nuestra entrasda en el barco.

Todo estuvo perfecto, la habitacion, la limpieza, la amabilidad y la buena atencion del personal, las comidas excelentes, la buenisima organizacion en las excursuiones, la rapidez para bajar del barco, el itinerario...en fin..en todo.

Estamos muy contentas de haber elegido este crucero, y se lo recomendamos a todas aquellas persona que quieran realizar un crucero por estos lugares!!!

This was a great cruise . Great service ,great crew ,great food ! The ship was new and offered tons to do ! Never a board momment . The crew was alwas happy and smiling and dancing too . I hope to go again soon . The only bad thing is if your a non smoker europeans smoke all the time !! I wish there was a smoking side and none smoking side of the ship . Every time i went on to the balcony i choking all of the smoking .   

I think I will stick to Holland America from now on.  HA staff is 5 star---Celebrity staffing is poor, except for Guest Relations on the Equinox----Carl was excellent!  Dining room staff  very poor---had 4 different tables in 5 nights and we had fixed seating!!!!  The Maitre d' staff extremely poor.

We had a wonderful time on the ship.  The ship was large but it never felt like we were too far away from anything.  The ports of call were great and the food was delicious. 

My husband and I where very unhappy with our experience on this cruise.

The only thing we where happy with was the food, and the person that cleaned our room.

We went to sleep, and woke up to cigarette smoke smell the entire cruise. Which was very uncomfortable for my husband because he suffers with asthma.

We where also subjected to sleep with noise that came from a blower that was located outside of our room door.  We where told that there was some sort of water coming from the walls located directing outside off our room, and the blower was placed in the hallway to dry it up. No one knew where the water was coming from. Therefore, this blower blew almost all day and night. It made it hard to sleep. 

We cruised 7 times with NCL and several others (Incl. Carnival, Holland America, Costa, Celebrity X) ,but this has been the worst cruise we have ever experienced.

This ship was far to full, +- 500 kids more than the standard capacity.

Entertainment and Food was not according to our previous experience when we have cruised with NCL

This cruise is was a great vacation. The countries visited were beautiful and the service on board was excellent.  The ship was good, but lacked some of the comfort of more modern cruises. What I liked the most was the general friendly atmosphere and the free cruising approach.  Food was good, not great,  and it took too long in the dinning rooms. Overall, I will recommend it to others without any hesitation.

Excellent itinerary.....Rooms space ****.......Employees with extraordinary sense of humor and always ready to assist you......superior life music in every corner of the ship *****......Variety of food and restaurants*****.....Theater shows excellent. (more than expected)......My only concern is that ship departures are so early, and we can not enjoy night life in few of the stops that "night life" is recommended as Mikonos, Istanbul and Tulone. ( St. Tropez-Monaco-Niza)....Definetely the cruise was more than expected.....a big improve in NCL service comparing cruises before and with other carriers......Ready to plan a new trip with NCL...Possible Alaska......