Europe Cruise Reviews

Overall, this was time and money well spent! I truly enjoyed my vacation and all the parts of call visited.

Above and Beyond! Great Trip. Thank You so much. I can't say enough great things. no problems or issues. cant wait to do it again! Thank You Thank You THANK YOU!!!!!

We had a haven spa suite and haven cruising makes a big difference. The food in the haven restaurant is excellent and much better than the other restaurants. I do think they should change Haven menus between the various ships though. This was the same menu we had on the Epic. Lines to get through the port after Berlin and St Petersburg were very long, though maybe not the ship's fault.

My bucket list shore excursion was St Petersburg Russia. It was expensive, but it met all of my expectations and was excellent. We went off ship in all ports using Norwegian excursions and enjoyed every one. The Baltic is rife with old world architecture and incredible scenery. We have traveled to 56 foreign countries and this trip was one of our favorite.

We booked an excursion at every port of call. We enjoyed the places we've visited. However, we wished that we were able to spend some minutes to go shopping for souvenirs in Dubrobnik, Croatia.

The Symphony of the Seas is an AMAZING ship. The activities and entertainment is GREAT! My family and I had an AWESOME time. They have everything covered, you could never be bored. The service was over the top EXCELLENT and sealed the deal for us. We experienced one negative and that was having to pay to get clothes ironed, that;s just unacceptable. I also think they need to reevaluate the drink package to include Starbucks. If Royal Caribbean put a little more emphasis on the cruiser, they rating would definitely be 5 stars. Go enjoy, as the ports of calls are EXCITING, so much to do and WE did everything lol. Looking into a 2020 cruise of Greece on a Royal cruise ship. #SymphonyoftheseasROCK

It was a great experience overall and we enjoyed meeting new people through participating in activities on board as well as seeing the great architecture of the various cities.

We thoroughly enjoyed the ship, the itinerary & all of the ports we visited! It was pretty warm & humid in most of the ports, so would suggest traveling later in the month (Sept.) or possibly in late spring.

Wished we had gotten a quite room for the first three nights!

Very nice but spent a lot more money than I had anticipated. Charging $15 cork fee for each bottle of wine when bringing bottles from port-of-call is very uncalled for and petty. Especially since my bar tab was very, very high. Insult on top of injury.

I felt that Norwegian provided the bare basics and left you to pay extra for too many things. Granted, they are in business to make money but they should also look for more repeat cruisers.

Being on Deck 11 was a nightmare that ruined what could have been a great experience. Dining was great, shows were great, drink service average, excursions average quality, ports average since a lot of the same settings ... set up for the cruise ships, but the cabin experience on Deck 11 was a terrible with the Deck 12 noise that lasted throughout the night.

This was my first trip and can't wait to return.

The itinerary ensured that it would be an interesting cruise. The weather was never worse than fair, and was often excellent, which made the port visits all the more enjoyable. The NCL 'freestyle dining works for us, so we ate mainly in the Grand Pacific, where the food was good - once it arrived. We have used NCL three time before, and would certainly be willing to do so again.

Nice ship not to crowed. Stff and food was great. Well organiged.

The only less than perfect experience was the food and service in the main dining rooms. I miss the relationship and familiarity from the waiter & staff. Not getting the same wait staff means they don't know your special requests and your likes and dislike. The food was good but not exceptional. The service was barely average. We don't use the specialty dining rooms due to the extra charge. I expect the experience in the specialty restaurants is better since they have to justify the charge. The food and staff in the other food restaurants were excellent.

Although we have only been on three cruises....this was one of our most memorable experiences vacationing. We have travelled the world mostly on our own and don't particularly like arranged travel. However, this will go down as one of our best vacations ever...due to the contentious staff of Viking, their attention to detail and the wonderful and fun loving staff.....everyday we couldn't believe it but it just kept getting better!!

We thoroughly enjoyed our trip. Our room steward was fabulous as all support staff was. The ship is clean and we enjoyed the activities provided. The only downside we really had was the buffet, it is too small and there were times they had to close it while the crowds thinned out. Maybe they would have been better off having the Park Cafe open more house to help with this. The sandwiches at the Park Cafe are really good. They had movies poolside and some really good shows.

Over all we enjoyed our cruise. Thought the sails would be used more than they were. Food was nice for the most part, but desserts lacked. Need more hooks in staterooms. Floor plan of yacht in the elevators is oriented the wrong way...should be facing the same way the boat is: The hallways all look the same, so it can be difficult the first few days to know if you are walking to the bow or the stern. Also, these plans of the ship should be posted in the hallway near steps as well. Evening entertainment was nice, but needed a bit more spark and diversity. The BBQ was very nicely done! We are just extremely disappointed in the alternate port that Windstar chose due to high winds. La Seine was a terrible port and we lost a complete day of our trip there. Taxi's were unavailable at the port. The least Windstar could have done was to provide some sort of shuttle service or at least notified local taxi company of our unplanned day in port. We understand that port reservations are made a year in advance, but if Windstar knows that this area of the Mediterranean is traditionally very windy at this time of year, then a port should be planned rather than hoping to use the tenders.

Cruise was enjoyable; however, there are no comfortable chairs to sit and read a book. The only comfortable chairs are in the lounges where there was entertainment. Need a few niches where someone can read and enjoy the views.