Europe - Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

We went home with tons of memories that have enriched our lives. Love seeing new wonderful places. Also loved the pacing on this particular cruise.

The Disney cruise provides the best entertainment of all. Great time and wonderful crew!

Wonderful Cruise, loved Rome & Barcelona the best. The ship was beautiful, the food just fair (could have been better) Entertainment was very good. Love Royal Caribbean! Your representatives are the best!

I would like to rate it higher, but honestly, the horrible rendering experience in Villefranche-sur-Mer really was so disappointing that it brought the entire experience down. To make matters worse, it was the last day of the cruise so it is what my kids remember more clearly.

You do this cruise because of the ports not because it is a great ship. The ship was just ok. We traveled on the Epic in the Caribbean several years ago and you can see that the ship has become a bit dated. The ports were excellent but make sure you have plan in advanced your excursions. We did not do this for a few ports and did not have great experiences. In Mallorca we planned to do the Hop On Hop Off bus but there were literally 75-100 people in line to get on the bus so it would have taken over an hour. We ended up using a taxi to tour and they charged $120 euros for 2 hours. Most of the excursions are expensive and you have to travel significant distances because of the nature of these European ports but the experiences were incredible.

Super fun trip. I would have liked one more sea day just for relaxation. Holland is a great cruise line - I highly recommend. This particular cruise had lots of ports so it was very fast paced. We spent a few days in Rome on the front and back end, I would recommend this so you can enjoy this beautiful city a little more, not enough time otherwise.

Overall good experience on NCL. Wonderful ports of call. Ship excursions costs could have been more reasonable.

Horrible Spa Experience (no follow up from management), but amazing visits to cool places, and everything else was perfect.

Loved the ship and loved the itinerary. The Haven is really wonderful and wouldn't go any other way.

If you're looking for a relaxing cruise where you get good food, good service, a nice view, and avoid an extra fee at every turn, look elsewhere. This is not the cruise for you. The facilities seemed run down, staff was not very pleasant, the app for your phone was almost worthless when looking up schedules and making service reservations. Overall, not recommended. Royal Caribbean will not be our cruise line of choice. If given another option, we would select another cruise line.

I was pleased with the cruise itinerary except the last port. It is relaxing and fun. I appreciate all staff work long hours to make the journey wonderful. I plan to cruise with MSC again in 2021 since I already booked all my trips for 2020.

I am very disappointed with RC. I don’t think I would cruise with them in The feature.

All the pluses first Number of people in front of me at check-in at 11am: ZERO Boarding group number 4, and it looked like there were about 10 people (max) in each boarding group Had to wait for the Patio (and buffet) to open at noon. "Suffered" by lounging on the plush pool chairs. I really liked the Patio. Ate there twice. The cabin: Wonderful The sheets And those large plush pillows Plus, the mattress topper was so good that I could not feel the split between the two beds Also noticed that the curtains and drapes were much nicer, heavier than others. That quality feel The negative: the bathroom: smallest I’ve ever had and not the greatest water pressure in the sink or the shower Big towels, tho , almost too big, if that’s possible And those little sweets every night on the dish. Nice touch. The coffee table didn't match the decor and is in the way. Moved it Not a glaring colour in sight anywhere: no turquoise, no red battling with orange. The Den and The Living Room are amazing spaces, so was the Cabaret Discoveries: the food was amazing - both breakfast and dinner as an example: Sunday night dinner: over-baked salmon. Delicious (not a word I use often) and, when I lifted the salmon off the asparagus and potato under-parts, there were the two asparagus, perfectly crossed in an X, and I mean perfectly placed. Waiting: for anything: negligible…. Zero checking in, zipped through boarding, I think there were a max of three couples ahead of me getting into dinner. And especially disembarking: where I am used to long, long queues in large, large groups: nada. Walk off when I wanted Which leads me to the negatives: No served breakfast on the last day. That was a surprise. On NCL and on Celebrity, there is a full-service breakfast on the last day (as well as the buffet). I was really surprised that, on the last day, in Discoveries, it was a buffet. Granted, a nice enough one, including the carved ham station, but, still, buffet. Not the best in meeting my expectation. Also, surprised that there was no served lunch on embarkation day. Again, on all the other cruises I’ve been on, except Pullmantur, the MDR has been open for embarkation lunch. I did go to the buffet once: on the first day, for chocolate dessert which I took back to The Patio. It really was as much as a scrum as any other line – tho in a smaller space. Service: this is where Azamara did not meet my expectations. At that price, I expected near-flawless service. Three (negative) examples: I ate at the Patio on embarkation day. That went fine. I ordered chicken wings, then cold soup, then a burger. Came one at a time. But when I ate there on Saturday, I ordered chicken wings and a salmon burger and the wings and the burger arrived at the same time. Not a good move. It meant one wasn't was warm as it should've been by the time I got to it. Dinner on Sunday: the waiter plopped down a Caesar salad that belonged two tables to my left. And then gave me French onion soup when I had ordered clam chowder. The guy next to me ordered a steak medium rare, and it wasn’t. His wife was a bit disappointed too, and they’re frequent Azamara people. Twice, my sparkling water glass got topped up with still water. Granted, they were constantly asking to refill the wine, but they usually asked if I wanted more water AS they were pouring it in They were also not the most pleasant and engaging service staff in The Patio. Almost surly. Would I cruise AZ again: yes, with a couple of conditions -- it would need to be a more special itinerary and I would not pay a premium of more than a few hundred dollars

We have cruised on other cruise lines in the past and we were expecting NCL to be better than the other lines we have traveled with. This was not the case. NCL was average at best. We probably won't cruise with NCL in the future. We seemed like a number and was treated as such.

Couldn't have asked for a better experience. Would recommend to everyone.

Great time with family and friends! Great memories and fun times with ship crew (Panji and Rame). Fantastic Experience!

The entire cruise was ruined when i got of the cruise to get my luggage and one piece of my Daughters (Alecia Verrone Cabin 12031) Luggage was missing with all the souveniers and her Mac Pro. Claim filed but no response, very disapointed.

Beautiful ship, great staff and service! The evening shows were beautiful but no variety. The entertainment staff very good but the activities were limited. I did not enjoy having kids running around in the bars casino and on the dance floors after 10! No adult section. Kids in the zen pool area all the time !!!

Think I pretty much summed it up. While not everything was perfect, we had a super fabulous time, and we enjoyed the cruise a great deal. We are talking about repeating again in a year. Going in the beginning of summer before the crazy summer tourist season or 2nd/3rd week of September would be ideal for this cruise. I highly recommend it. I prefer the "Mediterranean" based cruise company vs Royal/Princess/Ncl, just due to the nationalities on board. There was not an over abundance of Americans on board....but we did meet some lovely people from Australia, the UK, and Ireland....We really enjoyed the multi-cultural crew. Just put in to them, what you want to be treated like and they take care of you like gold. I don't think you'll find a better itinerary to visit so many amazing cities.

I liked the cruise as a whole. There were moments like the shore excursion in Barcelona that made me feel like I will never do an excursion again. I felt the staff was amazing and tried hard to make us have a good time. I felt that parents did not always watch their children and there should be more rules regarding children's noise levels and running in the halls- curfew I believe was around 1am so the children in the room next to us and two doors down would run and scream in the halls around 10:30pm and wake us up which was not ideal. It was not relaxing in that respect for Child-less adults due to the sheer amount of unsupervised children, but the only thing royal Caribbean can do is place more rules regarding noise and running and parents supervising children. The curfew should have been earlier as well. Royal Caribbean can improve on having more friendly and knowledgeable shore excursion attendants who will check with others if they are not sure of an answer instead of guessing. It was also quite crowded on the boat often times and it would take a bit to stand in line for food at places such as sorrentos or cafe promenade. Windjammer was also very difficult to eat at (no place to sit or long lines and popular dining options being unavailable) during popular dining times due to everyone trying to make the shows. Other than that, I liked the staff a great deal and the entertainment. The dining room food was great and it was a good cruise.