Europe - Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

Overall the cruise was amazing. The ship and entertainment is amazing. The addition of Solarium and 270 is truly amazing. The specialty restaurant are amazing but the food in dining room could use some upgrade. I also notice some inconsistence at the bars and the quality of the drinks.

RC will tell you that you are responsible for covid testing. Even if you are going directly to the airport from the ship, they will not help, thus we missed our plane after waiting 2 1/2 hours to get covid tested at the airport even though RC said we would be ok. The ship is lovely and the staff is great!

Loved the cruise with the sole exception of missing Jerusalem, the primary reason for choosing this itinerary

20th Regent Cruise. New ships don't disappoint. Service was exceptional, but helped by having only 2/3 of guest capacity. This itinerary was great, but not relaxing with a port everyday and long tours at the end. But if you are into history and site seeing, eastern Med is great. First time in Israel for me. With 3 days on ship and 3 days post cruise, we covered a lot of ground. We lost one port (Alanya) due to rerouting to address covid protocols in Israel, but it probably wasn't a port on which most people picked the itinerary. I was looking forward to it since it was new for me.

We chose this cruise because we were sailing out of Naples and, quite frankly, it was the only option! We were not disappointed by anything. If you cruise often or you’ve been on a bigger newer boat this is definitely different. But so long as you know that going in and don’t hold the Opera to the same expectations as you might a ship with a flight simulator or 24 restaurants I think you’ll have a great time (and save a bunch of money). We met people from all over the world, had great food at almost every meal, our rooms were wonderful and the staff was very pleasant.

It was very evident this was the first cruise for most of the staff because it showed in their disorganization and learning on the job although they were friendly and tried hard. The itinerary was excellent and the ship was small enough that we felt comfortable navigating it and finding things easily. Menu/food was not as enjoyable as I've had in the past and a number of the events listed in the program were not available because of short staffed.

If you have never travelled Celebrity cruises, you should give them a try. The ships are smaller and the service, food and accommodations are better than other cruise lines. The line attracts older customers so it is not a lively as other lines with younger passengers. Perfect for couples or families with older children.

Overall very good cruise and ports. Weather was great the whole time. Some excursions were to academic (deep dives in descriptions stead of seeing more sites). We like Celebrity compared to most of the others in their class.

The cruise was fun, but not without issues. It was understaffed on its first week and the dining experience in particular suffered for it. Entertainment was sporadic and conflicted with the overly long dinner times. The ports of call were mostly wonderful and all the shore excursions we engaged in were worth it.

First time in Greece. This was a perfect way to see and experience a lot of Greece in a short time.

As many of us have been apprehensive about going anywhere since pandemic started, I am glad we took the plunge and went on this cruise. We worried more than we had to before we left but enjoyed ourselves more this time. The ship was half-full and everything felt normal in and out of the ship during the cruise (except for a few masking requirements in public transportation and optional at some ship venues.

Ship is OK; food is OK; the stops were very nice particularly if you arrange for your own private tours. Be very aware of cruising during the pandemic with a rule such as the US. that requires a negative test before returning. I tested positive on the second to last day (double vaccnated, double boosted where mask). In spite of the what is written the cruise does little to prevent the spread. Almost no-one wears a mask even with crowding in elevators. They did no contract tracing with me. They did not even consider quaranting any of my traveling party. NCL canceled my flight home, took the refund for itself (according to the airline), NCL said it would use the cost of my trip home toward my flight and book my flight but then refused to do so leaving me to obtain my own flight home and pay for it. And by the way, travel insurance does not pay for the hotel and food while quarantining (or is very limited) and pays nothing for traveling companion (or at least the insurance I had).

The Ports were not disappointing but our Grand Suite experience really dampened the cruise by not allowing us to stay asleep or get to sleep easily with all the noise from the Windjammer above us. Paid for the Grand Suite experience as we always do and got the level of what we consider the cheapest room on the ship because of this

We had a fabulous time and loved the ship. Not everything was amazing, but certainly our experience was well worth our time and money.

I think this trip spoiled us forever. The ship was spacious and only 40 percent occupied. The ports were the best. The weather was great, and the seas always flat. Can't wait to do this again.

Good combination of ports and sea days. Loved Bilbao! Didn’t care for Vigo or Cartagena. Not much to do and shopping isn’t great there either. Ship was beautiful and crew was attentive!

We had a great time, very active, we saw a lot. The drink package was really nice and so was the specialty dining package.

, I was not late for the ship, but they would not let my 18-year-old daughter on the boat because she did not have the booster shot ( which there is nothing on the website or in any of the email pre-cruise say you must have just the 2 shots which she had, we had to go back to roam to get the shot $300 round trip) then had to fly to the 1st port to meet up with the boat another $300. and 170 for the hotel room for one night

gret trip amaizing ports of call great stuff good food ,in overall great trip

A terrible experience that we would not wish on anyone! After we were forced to disembark in Kusadasi, quarantine was over by the next day. They did say we could stay in that terrible hotel for 7 days but we absolutely had to get out of there. The cruise staff said all of our expenses would be covered to get us back to Rome to catch our scheduled flight home as "they do not abandon their guests" but they did abandon us as no one got back to us. We left Kusadasi by taxi to Izmir where there is an aiport & stayed at the Doubletree by Hilton Airport Izmir where we were treated warmly & with respect & we can't say enough about the fabulous hotel staff at this wonderful hotel. We were able to get a flight out of Izmir via Istanbul to Rome a few days later & then were able to fly home two days after that. Suffice it to say, that we will never cruise with Royal Caribbean again & I would suggest that if you are thinking of booking with them you might want to reconsider.