Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

The ship and cabins are fine, but the food is terrible. Very bland with limited choices and small portions. There is even no buffet for dinner. We paid 20 euro per person extra for the "Special" dining room one night and it was just as bad!!! What an insult. This is my 9th cruise, I have taken many different cruise lines- Costa is hands down the worst.

Basically, this is nothing like Carnival and no where close to Royal Carribean. On a scale from 1 to 10 of all the different ships I've been on, Costa is a 1 !! I asked for shampoo and conditioner and was told to go to shop and buy it! I think that can give you an idea of how 'cheap' this company is. If you missed the dining room sit down meals, you can ONLY get 2 types of cardboard pizza at preset times. It's a joke but it's actually called buffet. I will never take another Costa cruise again. The only redeeming factor, was that we were able to eat on land every day.So we ate and drank at ports as much as we could and avoided the boat as much as possible. It really was that plain. The food in dining room was terrible. When you ask for towels they say I have to see if they give me more. The motto is cut costs and cheap!

Overall experience was very poor. From arrival in our cabin- which had a cancellation of our first day's excursion, which they admitted they knew for months but never notified us, and dinner, where our 3 kids were seated in a different dining room from us!!! It was all downhill from there...

Depending on what you are looking for, this cruise had pros and cons. We had great rroms for the price. I have always enjoyed the small touches that weren't on this cruise. That said, the rooms were great and cleaned well (just no creatively folowed towels, etc.). The shows were pretty good and the ship facilities were good (loved the sauna and steam rooms with windows to the outside). The biggest negative was the food. Across the board, the food just did not compare in quality or variety to others (Royal & Princess). In summary, the ports and rooms were great, the facilities and the activities were okay, and the food and finer points were just okay. All that said, how bad could it be? It's a cruise for goodness sake.

A floating diner. This is basically cruising for the lowest common denominator

The ship was the Magica of Costa Cruise Lines.It was very clean.Smoking allowed in designated areas but drifted into non smoking areas which was difficult to deal with.This was my 5th cruise and I was not impressed by staff.Robotic like.Not particularly personable/friendly.They got the job done but without a spark. Ports and excursions very good.Bike trip in Palma de Mallorca was an excellent experience.Guide experienced and helped make it a fun and informative tour.

I feel carnival should learn from Costa about entertainment and Cost should learnfrom carnival about serving variety of food.

The ship was clean & comfortable. The service was not up to what we have had on previous NCL cruises -- except for our steward and butler. We selected this ship because of the itinerary ... this cruise and a back-to-back Eastern Med itinerary, produced a great 19 day adventure

The ship was very nice. At little smaller than others we had been on which made it seem more friendly.

IT's a beautiful ship well kept, the decoration is classy and sofisticated, I love it

The ship was clean and the staff was good

i've been on 7 cruises and this was the worse one i've ever been on. the 2 "free" dining rooms were noisy, crowded and rushed. this is not what i expect from a cruise. extra fees turned up all the time. i talked to other experienced cruisers and they agreed--we would never use NCL again

Impressed with quality of food and service in the dining room. It was more than i expected. The ship is huge , but easy to navigate. the theatre wa like one you see on Broadway and we were impresssed with the shows they presented, including the show in the ie rink. Overall, very nice ship!

this trip is the third trip this is the best the room is clean and spacious.The meat is very good all places.Certain show are very poor amator.For the excurtion at certain town we lost many time for nothing the group are to much persons for only one guide but in the package trip is acceptable.

Our tour on the Norwegian Jade was a delight. The ship still carried southern Pacific decor from its days a Hawaii based ship; so that felt a bit tired. It was a comfortable sail from the get-go.

Not enough seating in the general eating area. Room #1 sounded like there were horns blaring. Room #2 sounded like you were sleeping on the deck with a strong wind.

i was impressed with the service and staff

Very modern ship, although it has poor choinces of food in the buffet and WiFi access was VERY EXPENSIVE.

The ship was the Voyager of the seas. Never board, always something to do. The ship was very entertaining.

the main shows inside the ship are very high quality, service by the crew in the dinning and stareroom are excelent golf, ping pong and basquetball not organized wall climbing just 2 hours the second day and 2 more the last, should be daily and at diferent times