Europe - Northern Europe Cruise Reviews

Excellent, from working with Hayley who helped set up my trip through the complete trip I loved it. Really great educational and yet relaxing trip.inhad little time for rest on the tour days and enjoyed the sea days when they came. My one difficulty was WIFi. I feel it should be not as expensive and more readily available.

We enjoyed our cruise on the Getaway. We wish we would of had more time in each of the ports. Each city had so many things to see and do. The tours do not give you much free time to shop or look around. We did like each of the tours we picked though. I highly recommend doing the Exclusive tours in St. Petersburg. We had very knowledgable tour guides and get off the ship quicker. It was nice just having around 12 people on those tours.

The cruise itself was nice. But I have reached the "gold level" in the latitudes program. My benifits were a bottle of sparkling wine and one bottle of water. That's really disappointing. What's the point of staying loyal ? It doesn't go both ways. Especially when my bathroom didn't work at selected times ( I never knew when ) on 6 of the 9 days, so I had to use the public restroom.

Would not cruise on NCL again even if they paid me, have been on around 15 cruises and by far this was the worst (even worse than Carnival. I have been on Silver Sea so I guess you get what you pay for

Wonderful ship experience, with history to be seen on the port excursions (whether with NCL or independent). Be prepared for some sunshine, but also grey days and rain.

Love the Latin Express playing in Tropicana while dining . Overall we enjoyed the cruise.. I wish the ship will stop at additional port such as Norway and Amsterdam and make it a 12 days cruise The beverage package should include specialty coffee, can soda, fresh juice and water

As a first experience we might have been better off picking another cruise line. The QM2 tries to be a bit stuffy (dress code etc...) and it apparently does attract a much older crowd. The Norway landscape was beautiful and this was a nice way to experience the key parts of the country...on a ship vs driving.

Excellent food in all dining venues. Poor service in main dining room because it is understaffed. Entertainment quickly deteriorated during the week.

Very disappointing experience. Princess charges a premium over it's peers (Celebrity Holland America) but does not deliver a premium product. Ship design limits chances to enjoy the views from an inside space. Staff is not customer focused and inattentive.

Cruising is a very good option to tour the Baltic capitals as most capitals are within a night's sailing distance. Norwegian Getaway offers good value for money for this tour. Amenities and entertainment are fewer than on larger ships but the onboard experience is more enjoyable. We would highly recommend this tour for families.

I did enjoy the cruise. There are a few problems with each of the ports and the Windjammer. I still think this cruise is a good option for seeing Northern Europe.

Fantastic itinerary. Ship is getting a bit worn around the edges. Food is very good but not excellent (except in specialty restaurants which have very limited menus). Service and room attendants are still excellent. Entertainment was a bit spotty. Ship talent was high. Plan to get away from the towns and ship and have a more active vacation.

All the ports are very interesting. I really liked and learned a lot of new history facts. The only disappointment was Stockholm, too short the stay at port for the lot of nice museums they have. And tours offered were expensive and does not includes the best spots of the city.

The ship is always very clean as is the case with the stateroom. Staff always extremely friendly and helpful. The ship orchestra is excellent as are the ship's dancer, singers and performers. The Russian dancers show was excellent. The magician and juggler shows were just boring.

We really enjoyed the cruise as the food was great , the room was spacious the crew was great and the port were fun to visit. Would highly recommend both a trip to Iceland and travel on a Windstar Cruise. We have cruised with Cunard, Princess, Holland America. Royal Caribbean and Ama-Waterways and plan to cruise with Windstar again.

The cruise is what my husband, daughter and I made it. Cruise director did not do anything that helped us in planning events or entertainment. Without our own input it would have been a pretty boring cruise.

better than 8 yrs ago, on different line. lucked out with weather. beautiful ship. the onboard internet access very nice for keeping in contact with family and projects at home. looking fwd to her return to FL base for winter Carib sailings. can't beat the marriott points either.

I would do this cruise again. Next time we would try to be as independent as possible, rather than using tour operators. All the ports, except Russia, (and I don't know about Copenhagen) are very accessible. Our memories are great. Get one board credit, as much as you can. If you're a drinker, use a drinks package.

The only negative was the total lack of embarkation and "detailed" planning information. This should have been sent to us by Costa and we still never have received it.

This is my 5th with Windstar so they are doing things as right as they get for me. Thanks for all, Kurt in Houston xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx