Europe - Western Europe Cruise Reviews

I really enjoyed this cruise I meet-up with friends from Manchester was

A lovely autumn cruise with generally good weather, interesting ports and good food. A nice mixed group of fellow passengers who weren’t as old as expected. Highly recommended for culture and food lovers of all ages.

We loved our cruise, found the ship to be good with lots of places to eat and drink. This was our second marella cruise and we've already booked our next.

Definitely do another one unfortunately unable to afford one for a little while

We went Queens Grill to treat ourselves and it was shockingly awful. Cunard promises a wonderful experience with a butler who sees to your every whim.... we never saw ours once. I don’t believe they exist. I need extra pillows to sleep more upright and I asked three times for these but they never came..... like the elusive butler! Our cabin also wasn’t made up in the morning and when returning at lunch time I had to call and get someone to come to do it. Also although I complained on board 3 times about the shoddy service no one did anything about it. Cunard shouldn’t advertise a service they don’t actually provide. It must be false advertisement. To add insult to injury the stewards decided to move our personal belongings off our bed and strip and remake it for the next guest even though we hadn’t even vacated the cabin. We hadn’t even finished packing and had gone for breakfast. Cunard think this is acceptable and even though I complained about the non existent butler, the fact no one acted on my complaints even though I met the concierge face to face and spoke to them on the phone, no chance of an extra pillow and being thrown out of our room by the stewards before we even finished packing. It cost over £900 for two days and it was definitely not worth it. When I complained when I got home Cunard said sorry that was it. So if you want to go on a cruise and be ignored, get frustrated and complain but still be ignored and have an awful time go ahead this is the cruise for you.

Great cruise. P& O always seem to look after you well.

We had three days added to the itinerary due to bad weather and storms. We were directed to 2 x new ports which by all accounts were an improvement on the two that were planned. RCI made sure our safety was utmost and in doing so, added to the experience.

we learnt not to let them put you on front of the ship because in bad weather you won't sleep and not sail over the Bay of Biscay in October / November time

Lovely ship, lovely friendly captain and crew. Can't wait to get back on board in 4 months time.

Loved it so much we booked with Royal for Aug 2020 on Anthem of the sea. would love see Independence come back to UK in future. felt amazing and spoilt by all the staff aboard. expect to do some walking and stair climbing. we was doing 20k to 25k steps a day.

Royal is always an exceptional Cruise. I prefer warmer temperatures, so I wouldn’t do another Cruise out of South Hampton.

This is a really good cruise. The staff overall is very nice. My family and I had a good time. Some of the guest on the ship were a little aggressive. My family and I were dissappointed when the Parade of the Flags did not take place or the big t-shrt sale on the last day of the the cruise. I would recommend this cruise to anyone. To RCI, I would recommend, staying overnight in France since you spend 6 hours on the road doing an excursion and add more accessible excursions. Match the accessble excursion with the other excursions.

Good cruise bits of the ship need updates But overall good time had

Ship is fine needs an upgrade.Drink very expensive,shops expensive can buy things cheaper at home.Entertaiment was average.

Wonder-full experience Would highly recommend. Cruising is the way to go

Amazing holiday, ship bit older but was spotless clean, staff friendly, helpful , room attendant amazing, food very nice - steaks from Chops grill absolutely fantastic, plenty food cakes in Windjamner

Excellent cruise, nice memories, nice people and beautiful ship.

Cruises tend to be either destination or onboard experiences in that you focus on the ports of call or the ship itself. This cruise had an exceptional itinerary with great weather, and an unbelievable staff. I am glad to see NCL is reinvesting in this and future (smaller) ships rather than the Mega/gimmick that can only dock in a few ports. We will see in March 2020 a new NCL Spirit emerge from an overhall and I am sure it will be top notch because everything else on board and at sea already is!

This cruise was right up there with the Panama Canal cruise from Miami to LA and the cruise from Santiago Chile, astound Cape Horn, with stops in the Falkland Islands and Uruguay. It ended in Buenos Aires.

Price of drinks spoilt it for us, so won't be doing RCI again, especially as P&O and other lines include gratuities and some include drinks in the the total price, which aren't any more expensive that RCI