Europe Cruise Reviews

We chose this cruise to the Mediterranean because the stops have been on my bucket list for a long time. I was not disappointed. The staff and tours were wonderful. Unfortunately I had to be quarantined for 3 days due to an intestinal illness and missed a tour and specialty dining reservation, however Princess was very gracious and provided a credit to use on our next cruise, which is already booked for January 2023!

The cruise was wonderful, the food delicious and plentiful, and overall it was a great experience. There was a rocky start because of an issue regarding kosher food, but we were impressed by how quickly the cruise staff solved the problem. We enjoyed our time on the ship. We took this cruise with our parents and siblings. We also recommended it to friends and ended up with a whole bus going on the cruise from our neighborhood. It was very enjoyable for all of us. We are already planning our next one! If the price remains competitive and kosher food is included, Royal Caribbean will have repeat customers!

Excellent itinerary. Santorini was magnificent. The history in these ports is exceptional Jerusalem, Ephesus, Athens, Cyprus etc

We had a wonderful vacation with Royal Carribean on The Wonder Of The Seas. The ship was massive, sailed smoothly and was full of activities to participate in. The high level of the service and the quality of the food and entertainment were excellent!

The Splendor was excellent. This was our first cruise with Regent, and this line is at or very near the top. Smaller size and all inclusive make it a level above other cruise lines.

As the saying goes "you get what you pay for" Silverseas is a "luxury" line and you pay for it. That said you are treated like royalty. They go out of their way to provide whatever you ask for. There is no nickel and diming. No up charges. Everything is included except Spa treatments.

Overall a great time was had. So much histroy to take in. Could have spent another month and still not enough time.

The ship is a little bit old, but all the program and system are good enough for vacation. Thanks to animation team, my son could have a wonderful first cruise experience and he would like to take cruise again.

Very nice ship with a wonderful, helpful crew. Seeing so many different locations (10) and cultures was great.

Very dirty and littered in Italy and Israel. Jerusalem/Israel excursions were rushed and not enjoyable

this was a spectacular, beautiful cruise that exceeded expectations. This cruise was wonderful enough that we will convert to NCL over Royal Caribbean, (with whom we have cruised 6 times)!! Will recommend to others.

If you only speak English you will not understand alot of things that's going on in the ship because most was only in Italian. We cruise every year for the last ten years and there was nothing on that ship that was free. They will nickel and dime you for everything, even water!!! I'm so use to having some free ice cream, pizza or hamburgers but there was nothing free. Maybe I'm a little spoiled. When you get off the ship it was really hard to communicate with people. Don't get me wrong the ship was nice and the ports were great, but I felt kind of alone on the ship because there was not alot of English speaking people. I'm sure alot of people speak English, but we were for sure the MINORITY even though I am a minority. You couldn't enjoy comedy shows, activities by the pool was in Italian, everything we couldn't understand. Our servers could speak in English and were great and most are either from the Philippines or India, but it was different to not talk to anyone that whole week pretty much and believe me we tried to talk to people like in the elevator and they did not understand us Americans. We shared this with other English speaking cruisers on the ship and they all felt the same frustration. I will next time make sure if I cruise in that area that it's primary language for the cruise and activities are in English. I won't cruise again on Costa. I will find a cruise like that speaks English so we can understand what's going on. We plan on going on a family cruise in two years to Greece and in that area. If you know of a cruise line that is more English friendly and won't make us pay for water or normal juice or nickel and dime us for everything please let me know. One more thing the food was not great either. It was okay but it didn't WOW me. I had some pizza and I thought "Little Caesars" pizza is better than this. Anyways that's my review. Please advise me if there are any cruises to Greece in 2024 that hopefully won't give this experience. I'm taking my whole family of 10 and I don't want them to experience what my wife and I just experienced. Please let me know.

Viking offers a wonderful product to see the ancient ruins on multiple continents! We enjoyed the tours, food, and the entertainment was above average but not excellent. We will definitely return for other cruises through Viking.

The cruise was great! Ashdod was the only disappointment. Guess I expected the “holy land” to be better. Greece and Italy are a must for future travel.

The ship was very nice and food typical of large ships, good but not exceptional. The wine list was poor and the entertainment lacking.

the ship is disappointed. the ports of Ashdod and Haifa were horrible. It took over 2 hours to exit for the excursions in Israel ports.

No words to say…excellent in all aspects, the ports were great, staff onboard very friendly and helpful

Prepaid for many items. When we got on board they claimed we hadn't paid for any since they couldn't see it in their system. Everything was a fight but thank God I had printed receipts with me. Many card changes because they claimed we didn't look like our pictures. Cold food. Limited food selection.

Azamara sells their itineraries and time in port, but we didn't see anything special along these lines on this itinerary. Everywhere we went there were other giant cruise ships i.e. no places that only Azamara goes. And, despite some of the ports being known for great dining and late-night experiences, there were no overnight stays. Also, the excursion options are limited, so that's another disappointment for a cruise line that highlights the in-port experience. Since on-board entertainment and activities are limited, this seems like the kind of cruise that caters to the retired set. We were hoping to get an intimate exposure to the Greek Isles, but most of the ports seem to be very touristy and commercial. Our best experiences were the third-party excursions we booked.

Unfortunately, there were too many tender ports. The tenders took time and reduced the time we could spend in port and on excursions. The daily cruise update sheets were very helpful but not well written. I do not mean to be too critical, but the information about the ports, what was on shore, the information on transportation (taxi's, trains, bus locations), the distance and time between places, etc., was often confusing and sometimes wrong. We were a group of six and everyone agreed, they were not written well. It would be an easy fix. Simply have someone review for accuracy, clarity, grammer, and spelling. Also, the $25 fee for what was basically a second tender in the one port was unexpected. Seemed like RC should have gotten us where we needed to go on their tenders. Overall, the food was of poor quality and not very good. All that said, the staff was great and we had a fun time. Hope this review helps.