Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

Great cruise. Very busy itinerary. Would do again.

Overall, the ship is new and clean, instateroom is spacious. Staffs are nice and polite. Food and activities are very limited. Very limited announcements and most of the time I can't understand what they are saying in English from the announcements.

The ship was beautiful! Although it had a lot of rooms, the entertainment venues were not large enough to accomodate all of the guests. We were turned away several times and saw the same happen to other guests when seeking entertainment in the evening.

I would not recommend Costa Cruise line. Our room balcony was nice and our dinner service was great. John was wonderful. But Costa is very cheap. Even water and coffe are not included. They try and upsale you even at dinner. You get very basic food. If you are an American, stick with an American cruise line. There are not enough seats for everyone in Buffet. The lines are very long and the management staff do not help if you have a complaint. And the tours in Sardina and Genoa are not worth the money. Also watch your bill, they charge you fir items after you leave.

We have been on multiple Seabourn cruises so may have been harsh in this assessment as compared to our experiences on Encore & Ovation, but the service, attention, & food were less than satisfactory. This was picked for the interesting itinerary & past Seabourn experiences. Much of the itinerary was good but ports of call were variable and assistance at the docks non existent.

Was first time on Windstar sailing ship. Did other motorized ships from Windstar. Again staff, crew, very professional. Ship was clean and well taken care of. All dining venues were excellent. Had a wonderful time. Weather was perfect too. Cannot wait to go on another Windstar trip next year. Already booked.

This was the first time we cruised with Costa. We loved the itinerary and the ports. The balcony room was nice and we had smooth seas. Everything was laid out differently than the ships departing from the U.S. which made it harder to find the buffet and common spaces. Our main problems were with the excursions. The descriptions did not provide accurate information, especially about the the difficulty level. We had our 90 year old mother with us, and she had to skip parts of excursions, or get a cab back to the ship in two ports.

Fabulous cruise. No major issues. The captain had to reroute us one day due to weather, which led to a complete re-juggling of excursions. The staff did a good job of pulling this off. Would definitely cruise with Silverseas again.

We did not check the review of this cruise BEFORE booking. We should avoid this big ship with a crowd. We feel more comfortable with smaller ships and with more adult Americans fellow cruisers. We could have enjoyed the outdoor areas of this beautiful ship more IF there were less smokers were there. There should have specific designated smoking areas on the ship as Celebrity cruise lines do.

Really be careful on what you’re booking in advance because they’ll still try to upsell you and charge you for extra stuff later down the line there’s a hotels service charge every single day and room service is really bad. Bring your own water if you can because they charge really expensive for water on board and they do not offer any free water

We were very glad we went on this cruise. The room, food and shore excursions were outstanding. This is a great way to see the Mediterranean coast and take in all the beauty and history. We had never heard of MSC before but the price, dates and stops were just what we were looking for. There were some disappointments but we would do it all over again - perhaps without Palermo and when it was less cold and rainy but those things could not be helped. So, thank you to all the wonderful staff on board ship. You are all amazing.

The cruise was a smooth process from start to finish! Booking through Travel club was so easy and the travel agents were all sooo helpful over the phone. Getting on and off the boat at each stop was smooth and easy!

Strongly recommend splurging on Yacht Club experience. Great staff. Biggest complaint was that instead of being on the same side of ship as all other Yacht Club facilities, for some reason the main dining room was way on the complete opposite side of the ship, so we didn't even bother walking all the way over there for breakfast or lunch -- would've been better if it were on our side of the ship, where everything else was. Not a huge deal, but definitely something that could be improved.

This is an excellent cruise to knock off list things to do and see each morning that you awaken (other than the one sea day that you have to explore the huge, beautiful and magnificent ship.

Do not come to this cruise if you are an American. The food is dry. The bread is hard that could be used as a brick for weapon. The

This cruise was amazing. We loved the MSC Fantasia ship, especially the yacht club with the excellent service and all of the amenities. We also loved each of the ports on this itinerary and we would highly recommend it. We definitely will be back with MSC, and would like to visit other ports in the Mediterranean as well.

This cruise was definitely all about the ports. They did not disappoint & in fact, they left me wanting more. There are so many shore excursion options & we didn't have time to do everything at the ports that we would've liked, so we'll definitely be looking forward to returning again! The food on board was lackluster but the customer service made up for it. Onboard entertainment was sparse but again, we were there to enjoy the beauty of the ports & had an overall fantastic experience.

I loved dinner each night with our server Sudiana from Indonesia. The food was amazing and he was so polite and helpful. Everything on board was clean and the live music was lovely.

We had the biggest mini-suite we’ve ever when cruising, including a walk-in closet and spacious bathroom. No balcony (but good views from front of ship) but really didn’t want one, given winter sailing. Only one sea day. We did all our own excursions, except for Marseille (took bus trip and walking tour in Aux-de-Provence). Ship was picking up and dropping off guests at each pork , making embarkation and debarkation very easy.

This cruise, while we had high expectations given the ports, was not up to our expectations. Given it's a new ship, the wait staff was not up to the par we had experienced previously. Also, spending the evening of the 31st, and the full day of the 1st was very poor. Most of the time we sat in the sea, barely moving, while had the ship traveled st normal speed we would have been able to have a second full day in Barcelona. This in particular was a very poor decision on the part of the cruise planners, and obviously done for reasons other than the distance between ports, which was not conveyed to the passengers.