Europe Cruise Reviews

We have cruised on other cruise lines in the past and we were expecting NCL to be better than the other lines we have traveled with. This was not the case. NCL was average at best. We probably won't cruise with NCL in the future. We seemed like a number and was treated as such.

Couldn't have asked for a better experience. Would recommend to everyone.

Love the ports and crew and the ship.but if you don't get the drink package it's very expensive you pay for everything even water

Great time with family and friends! Great memories and fun times with ship crew (Panji and Rame). Fantastic Experience!

The entire cruise was ruined when i got of the cruise to get my luggage and one piece of my Daughters (Alecia Verrone Cabin 12031) Luggage was missing with all the souveniers and her Mac Pro. Claim filed but no response, very disapointed.

A beautiful cruise throughout for older generation 40 and above. not for young folks with little children.

Beautiful ship, great staff and service! The evening shows were beautiful but no variety. The entertainment staff very good but the activities were limited. I did not enjoy having kids running around in the bars casino and on the dance floors after 10! No adult section. Kids in the zen pool area all the time !!!

THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE WAS GREAT! THE STAFF WAS FRIENDLY AND THE FOOD WAS GREAT. THE SUN SETTING VERY LATE (11:30 PM) WAS AN INTERESTING TWIST WE HAD NOT ANTICIPATED BUT ENJOYED. WE HAD EXCEPTIONALLY GREAT WEATHER AND THE SEAS WERE GLASS SMOOTH FOR THE MOST PART.

Regent is top tier line and the Explorer is an awesome ship.

Think I pretty much summed it up. While not everything was perfect, we had a super fabulous time, and we enjoyed the cruise a great deal. We are talking about repeating again in a year. Going in the beginning of summer before the crazy summer tourist season or 2nd/3rd week of September would be ideal for this cruise. I highly recommend it. I prefer the "Mediterranean" based cruise company vs Royal/Princess/Ncl, just due to the nationalities on board. There was not an over abundance of Americans on board....but we did meet some lovely people from Australia, the UK, and Ireland....We really enjoyed the multi-cultural crew. Just put in to them, what you want to be treated like and they take care of you like gold. I don't think you'll find a better itinerary to visit so many amazing cities.

I liked the cruise as a whole. There were moments like the shore excursion in Barcelona that made me feel like I will never do an excursion again. I felt the staff was amazing and tried hard to make us have a good time. I felt that parents did not always watch their children and there should be more rules regarding children's noise levels and running in the halls- curfew I believe was around 1am so the children in the room next to us and two doors down would run and scream in the halls around 10:30pm and wake us up which was not ideal. It was not relaxing in that respect for Child-less adults due to the sheer amount of unsupervised children, but the only thing royal Caribbean can do is place more rules regarding noise and running and parents supervising children. The curfew should have been earlier as well. Royal Caribbean can improve on having more friendly and knowledgeable shore excursion attendants who will check with others if they are not sure of an answer instead of guessing. It was also quite crowded on the boat often times and it would take a bit to stand in line for food at places such as sorrentos or cafe promenade. Windjammer was also very difficult to eat at (no place to sit or long lines and popular dining options being unavailable) during popular dining times due to everyone trying to make the shows. Other than that, I liked the staff a great deal and the entertainment. The dining room food was great and it was a good cruise.

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Great ship and itineary. Highly recommended. Independence of the Seas moving to Caribbean, may be another ship for this cruise next year.

Disappointed on my fifth cruise with Holland America. Staff in shop were rude and unhelpful. Staff didn't seem able to communicate information during Germany delay.

MAGICAL. Was 9 days of BEAUTIFUL. Fjords where Breathtaking BEAUTIFUL!! BEST cruise ever!!!

Overall Cruise was fantastic. Royal Caribbean could have done a better job by getting the chefs to work collaboratively with the serving team to understand customer dietary needs and preparing a simple menu in advance so we know what was being served, what we are consuming rather than being told some surprise. In some case we did not know what were the ingredients except kept hearing it is a surprise. Past cruise we had better experience with vegan food, chef knew what we needed and set a menu.

We love ncl for its freedom, informality and most of all for the diversity of its staff. The Norwegian staff were fantastic and this itinerary was absolutely terrific. We have cruised for years, but this is the first cruise we have taken since both of us have had mobility issues and we were disappointed that the excursions had no offerings that were really doable for us - we took four level 1 excursions and they were quite challenging. We bailed (even after paying) on three - just too hard. I hope that the market for aging boomers will force the availability of better choices over time - mostly a port problem, I realize, but we have seen wheelchair symbols by some excursions on other cruise lines. But overall it was marvelous and we remain loyal Norwegian fans.

The ship was very nice and a good size. I really liked that they had happy hour twice a day and offered "buy one get one drinks for $2.00" for those of us who are moderate drinkers but who could not possibly drink enough to make the drink package worthwhile and still function.

I would recommend this cruise to anyone. There was so much to do and we enjoyed all of it.

Nice ship although dated. Really enjoyed the itinerary although some ports were far from town and shuttle buses were expensive! Service was good all over the ship. BORING menu in the main dining room after the 1st few days. Very repetitive. Nothing special for formal nights. Would recommend happy hours and a dedicated water bottle filling station! TOO many emails prior to the cruise and TOO much paper during the cruise. Account information should be available on stateroom t.v.