Europe - Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

The Viking experience was our best yet. We took another company's river cruise last year and thought we had experienced the best until this cruise. While still on a fairly small ship, the Viking Star was elegant as she was equipped with the finest staff, cuisine, lodging, and excursion choices. We look forward to our next Viking cruise!!

The overall cruise experience was very good. However, we were late returning from an excursion in Palma due to some transportation issues and missed the ship departure. This was a terrible experience which cost me over $1000 in flight, lodging, etc,(We had to take a flight from Palma to Barcelona, and stay overnight in Barcelona. Then we flew to Palermo and spent a night there). This meant that, for 2 days, we were not on the ship. I don't blame Costa for us missing the ship. However, when we returned to the ship in Palermo, Italy and cruised to Rome, I saw that Costa had originally removed the service fees from my bill for the 2 days we weren't on the ship. But then they returned those fees, although we received no service, our stateroom was locked and received no cleaning for those 2 days, we consumed no meals, nor used any of the facilities during this period. I spoke with the cruise's on board customer representative to plead my case, and asked that those charges be removed,only to be told, very rudely, "Sir...That's NOT going to happen!". I should not have been charged for services I did not receive.

This is an excellent choice if you’re looking for a relaxed yet classy experience. No formal nights, no charge for speciality restaurants (Manfredi’s was exceptional), wonderful spa area, plenty of space to just hang out.

Ship is great, food not very good plus limited Selection breakfast, buffet even dinning

Great experience. Next time we will pick a smaller shop, but we will sail again with MSC guaranteed!

Beautiful new ship. Dining & activities (lack thereof) biggest downside.

The ship was beautiful, the overall experience was good we were just very distinct the food options and how Early it all shut down. 9pm for included food is really unacceptable. The ship all 7 Days was very warm, especially in them he dining areas, pretty uncomfortable. Otherwise we were happy with the trip.

Fabulous cruise line. We are definitely going on another Viking cruise.

Wonderful cruise experience on Viking Star (beautiful ship, nicely appointed cabins, professional staff, good food and drink) but disappointing that we missed two ports (Sicily and especially Algiers -- how many other opportunities will anyone have to go there?).

The first week on board was okay until starting December 2, we had a "hot water" problem in our cabin, which persisted until December 6. This problem ruined the whole cruise. I was stressed out not knowing if I could shower or not. They said (Receptionist Desk) that Los Angeles Office was made aware of this, but to date nobody has contacted me yet about our misfortune in this particular cruise. Also, we felt there some kind of discrimination when being served compared to faired skin passengers.

I will not be using Costa again, I don't feel like it is the right cruise line for our family. We loved the ports and some of the staff was very friendly but unfortunately, the ones that were not outnumber them.

Overall nice cruise. The ship always seemed overcrowded especially the buffet area. Always a struggle to find a table. Why was pool closed on the only day spent at sea?

The cruise was a little different from what I'm used to but had a great time and and a great experience. Try everything you can on the ship especially the shows and restaurants.

great cruise overall food entertainment tours service. We have cruised on other ships that were not as attentive as yours in the above mentioned areas.

Highly recommend this cruise! We bought the beverage plan and may rethink that going forward, especially if taking as many excursions as we did. The average drink is $10., you do the math. Do not splurge for the wi-fi, it is nice to disconnect. Not to mention we heard from those who did and they had terrible coverage.

One of our best cruises. Great itinerary, excellent food and wine, friendly ship staff. Look forward to our next Viking cruise, a Viking river cruise in Portugal and another ocean cruise in 2019.

Overall we had a great time. Communication was lacking regard all of the events, where the dancing was. We missed our dinner with the captain. I still don't know when that happened. My fancy new dress did not get worn. Dining choices were not clearly defined. We are easy going people and went with the flow and had a great time.

First and last time on MSC! I have been on 35 cruises and this was a joke, MSC needs to invest in the quality and food selection. Food and ports are the big draw for cruisers.

Best cruise ever until departure to discover broken handle on luggage. This caused lots of issues on the remained of our European trip, mostly by train!

Best cruise ever until departure to discover broken handle on luggage. This caused lots of issues on the remained of our European trip, mostly by train!