Europe - Northern Europe Cruise Reviews

Shore excursions especially St Petersburg.  Glorious weather and smooth seas made for a grand voyage. Ship was clean and well maintained.and the crew were very pleasant.

We were celebrating our 36 year wedding anniversary.  We extended our travel experience before the cruise to include Berlin and Amsterdam, also.  The whole experience was marvelous.  The weather cooperated and we had fabulous sunny warm days.  With the additional tours we got to immerse into each port location. Even the days at sea were full of exciting shows and movies.  The food was excellent at both the general seating and special restaurants as well as the service.  My only negative comment is that the cruise ship needs cosmetic renovations including face-lift of common areas and cabins.    

The cruise was great! Great ship and ports! The only suggestion is that they get their internet together-it was bad! But they did refund the money spent on it when we complained.

Great trip!

We just sailed on the Serenade of the Seas on a Baltic cruise. The service was excellent as was the food. The ship was very nice, but it's showing its age and could use a few updates. They do keep it spotless though. The Captain is wonderful and very outgoing. Great time and great cities to visit. Only slight negative was that some of the tours where good, but not outstanding. Maybe we picked the wrong tours had the wrong tour guide. The nightly shows where very good, but we saw one of the shows on a different cruise line. Overall, Royal Caribbean was a good choice for our trip.

Holland America is great and the service on this ship was amazing. Overall food quality was great - a few misses but overall top notch. Loved the new food and entertainment venues. 

The many waterfalls fed by the snow melting on top of the majestic mountains that rose almost vertically from the fjiords was a memorable sight. The food and entertainment were about average compared to prior cruises on Holland America, Princess and Royhal Caribbean.  Having a Catholic priest onboard for daily mass was a characteristic strong point for Holland America cruises. The Koninsdam is a new ship that copied the airline trend of giving passengers smaller cabin spaces. As with many new vehicles, the ship had a development problem that was not solved during pour cruise; namely, the cabin door electronic lock rarely worked with the key card until the cover on the lock was manually removed. The onboard classes staffed by Microsoft personnel on the use of Windows 10 was a real plus although it was difficult to get into the overflow classes. While we had advance any-time dinner reservations for a table for two at 5:30 pm each day, we often had to wait for a table and never got the same table twice. The cabin stewarts were super friendly, helpful, and professional as were the staff in the medical center who helped us secure medicine that we had neglected to bring with us.  The onboard shops are to be commended for the foresight in having some heaving coats available for sale when we encountered average temperatures of about 35 degrees 

Fahernheit with a wind of about 25 mph for the northern part of the cruise - much loweer thqn what we anticipated or were equipped for. 

my husband and I had fabulous time on a cruise.  Great entertainment, tons and variety of  food, spa, games, sports, excursions - you name it! just fun, fun, fun!

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The ports were great and the room was very nice.  I had a lot of issues with the excursion desk and front desk and spent several hours sorting things out.  The internet for the iPhone was crap mand I made them refund it, I was tired of fighting with it.  They indicated it was a known issue so duh  why did it not say that in the signup thing?

I liked pool and hottub hours but there was little activities set there, maybe that is normal for that location.  Not as much as a Caribbean cruise.

Excellent accommodations, food and service.  Lots of sights to see and visit in the ports of call, and tour guides are recommended.  Enjoyed this trip to the fullest. 

The favorite part of the cruise was visiting all the countries and viewing the beautiful countryside.  The staff was always very pleasant and went out of their way to make our cruise more enjoyable.  The food was very good and a great selection was provided every day.  Our cabin was kept clean and service was good.  We would have liked a chance to dance in the evening with music for ballroom dancing which I had expected a Princess Cruise to have.

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The landscape in Norway was breath taking and reminded me a little of the vistas in Alaska. The weather was not great, but, acceptable. TRhe ship was well appointed, and, as usual, the galley served up some fantastic meals.

enjoyed the trip overall. Best cities were Copenhagen and Tallin.

Food in main dining restaurants was very good. Was not impressed with Cagney's or LaCucina specialty restaurants.

Overall it was a wonderful experience, special kudos to Mike our great waiter/Asst. Maitre'd (all of us thought before he got his promotion that this man needed to be higher up in the organization)  Two days later he was!  Probably our excellent perception of staff.  He added so much to our trip with his professionalism and humor.  Next kudos to Eugene our room steward, he did an superb job taking care of us.  

Only things that need improving--entertainment, language skills of restaurant staff and a suggestion--could the ladies serving in the restaurants tone down the perfume, it overwhelmed the food experience.

The food was good in all the venues we visited with a weakness in the sushi/oriental area, there seemed to be grit in the veggies, don't know what it was?

Hope to see you on a Norwegian cruise soon!!

Ports, balcony stateroom, evening shows.  Excellent staff on board, mark the cruise director is hilarious!!   Some groups cruising together we're quite rude on board and in the ports .  We all know who they are and out a negative air to traveling .  

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Helsinki and Tallinn where fantastic. No time in Copenhagen at all and only 5 hours in Stockholm. Not actually in Berlin, was necessary to take a train to and from (3hours each way)  then only had 5hrs for site seeing.

Most of the staff had a cavalier  attitude when I  needed assistance for any injury, including the medical center. However, my room steward was caring and went above and beyond to help me obtain a icebag to apply to the injuried area. 

If i hadn't  already booked another cruise I Wouldn't ever take a Princess cruise again!

Booked several excursions through Hawaiian shore excursions and was happy with them, however, the one booked through Princess was poorly managed.site was changed the day before and the guide more interested in telling about the history of a site and didn't allow time to get into areas we had paid to see and do  some shopping.  Very disappointed !

Our favorite part of the cruise was the opportunity to visit many cities on the Baltic.

All the cities had their own personality and charm, but most impressive was St. Petersburg, Russia.

As usual with Princess, the shipboard amenities were wonderful as was the food and the service.   

* Cruise was great

* Shore excursions were super expensive !

* Best tour guide: Natalia in St Petersburg

* Worst Tour guide:Stockholm

* Food on ship: Taste-free !

* Entertainment: 5 out of 5 stars !

* Services provided by ALI MCILVENNY

of , needs lot of improvement !  Always trying to send us to some websites with tons of data. Needed to be pushed for help !

The cruise was fantastic from beginning to end. The Eclipse was a great ship and the experience in Aqua Class was wonderful especially the Blu restaurant. Service all over the ship was superb. Loved all the ports.  We were lucky to have excellent weather for most of the cruise except the first few days on the North Sea and into Germany. After that, all blue skies and warm weather. This is unusual for the Baltic.