Europe Cruise Reviews

If you enjoy a small, elegant, tasteful yet relaxed cruise experience, I highly recommend the Silver Shadow. There may not be as many entertainment offerings as a large cruise line, but Silversea more than makes up for it with top notch service, excellent dining options, and wonderful, personalized shore excursions. Cannot recommend highly enough!

In essence, we feel betrayed by Norwegian's abusive demeanor and omnipotent behavior.. Lack of communication was the name of the game. They kept us passengers in the dark as much as possible. First so we would board the ship and not cancel. We were not told of Italy's restrictions or Turkey's not allowing the ship in. Once on board, we were at their mercy. One of the main entertainment shows didn't happen. Although offerd and we paid for it, not sure they ever planned to show it. Never heard from NCL anything about it. Then one day, the advertised duty free shopping shops charged us 24% in taxes.. Found out in my invoices when we got to the room.

I strongly advise people to think long and hard about cruising while restrictions due to covid are in place. You have to be tested several times for the cruise by cruise personnel. Ports are closed. Bars are restricted with no seating at the bars. More difficult for socializing. This is the only cruise I've taken out of over a dozen with different cruise lines that I didn't enjoy at all.

Debi and I highly recommend Oceania and it’s many different itineraries. This was our forth cruise with Oceania and we have already booked our next one.

This was a really good cruise from a ports-of-call perspective, and NCL did a nice job with many of the onboard experiences. The worst thing (and NCL is not the only cruise line guilty of this) are the misleading offers that are served up when purchasing the cruise. "Free wifi" is a gross overstatement, for example. It's a limited number of minutes and is "by cabin" instead of "by person." In the end, both of us had to upgrade to the unlimited plan at a notable cost ... truly no savings from the promotion at all.

Overall a fantastic cruise. Dealing port changes and Covid changes is overwhelming. I'd suggest adding yourself to several cruise sites to stay up on changes as it's easy to miss things relying on email notifiactions. We lost the port in Turkey due to issues with customs and they added another Greek port. Vorso. It wasn't a great port but it wasn't NCL fault. I would have rather had them make that a sea day but I stayed on the ship so it kind of was. lol Except for the scrap metal unloading going on in the next pier. (LOUD)

Loved cruising again! It wasn’t the itinerary that was as important to us as the onboard experience. We encountered a lot of rain during the first part of the cruise so I would suggest thinking twice about visiting that area past the middle of October. But we enjoyed our trip very much in spite of the weather.

I enjoyed all aspects of the cruise and the ship. The food was particularly good.

I enjoyed all aspects of the cruise and the ship. The food was particularly good.

This was the trip of a lifetime. We saw so many amazing things and visited places we never thought we would see.

Overall, the cruise was satisfactory. our main reason for selecting this cruise was because of the ports offered. Our experience with the tours were mediocre. However the staff and service was excellent and the, cuisine, ship and accommodations were beautiful and well cared for. More thought should be made in terms of diversity of ship board activities which were rather stale. Which isn't a problem if you are going on port tours, however if you are forced to stay on board during sailing and when we were not allowed to disembark in Italy in would have been nice to have more of a selection of activities on board.

Enjoyed this our first Viking cruise. would cruise with viking again

The cruise was fantastic from start to finish! A fantastic welcome, food was stellar, service was incredible. I only wish I could have stayed longer!

We were a little disappointed in some of the food. There were many choices but the quality was uneven.

One of the many things Regent does well is the early morning departure for the popular sites. Although it is tough getting up early after a lovely meal and show, the early arrival is so worth it as we visit before the crowds arrive. We so look forward to these trips that it is sad to see them end. Regent does an outstanding job of ensuring guests have the experience they have paid for.

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It was beautiful . We really loved Naples. It was all breathtaking love all of it a dream come true.

The prep work (forms and COVID relatated documentation ) was overwhelming. Neither or NCL was that helpful. Once the cruise was over NCL was done with me as a customer. I requested an explanation of credit card charges and NCL would not simply tell me what the charges were for. I was not contesting the charges but just want to know what they were. NCL NEVER explained the charges and discontinued any communication with me. VERY Disappointed with this experience in the worst of customer service help!

could not believe how organized and efficient Oceana is in handling all the travel details, excursions, dining and entertainment despite having to jump through all the covid 19 protocols

This was a wonderful and unique experience. It was the first cruise for the ship in over 16 months. The CEO of Regent was on board for the week. The ship was only 50- 60% full, and full COVID-19 precautions were in effect. We were overwhelmed by the quality of the service, but the guest to staff ratio was probably unusual. Our only complaint relates to the excursions. Something was not right. We were on numerous excursions where mobility-challenged passengers were on tours that were completely inappropriate for their abilities. As a result, there was resentment from the rest of us due to delays by those who could not keep up. Physical requirements for excursions must be clear and passengers need to be responsible to follow guidance.