Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East) Cruise Reviews

The employees are fantastic. They are friendly and seem to be genuinely interesting in doing whatever they can to make your cruise a success. In a similar vein, the Captain is always there to greet you and to send you off personally at each port. NO company could do a better job in these respects.

Great itinerary, nice ship (although kind of dated, it was the last sailing before docking for renovation). Absolutely amazing entertainment program, starting from the cruise director and his team, orchestra and all guests performers. As always perfect housekeeping and restaurant's service , waiters and managers , store's crew. Good food in Wildmere buffet. Little disappointment for main restaurant food, gustatory quality not consistent, would be helpful to taste every dish by head-cook (example: barely eatable lobster bisque soup which has nothing common with a real one, borsch with he beets which has no beets and any taste at all).

The cruise was great. Staff that we have previously met recognized and warmly welcomed us. We had planned a 3 day extended stay in Dubai but between Regent reservations and our travel agent it did not happen. Very disappointing because we will not be this way again.

I would not sail on Ovation of the Sea again because the quality of food is bad, too many sea days and the ports are mostly boring, undeveloped and uninteresting cities. Worse of all the local excursions companies did not have much interesting places to take us but sent us to spend a lot of time at low end street vendors to shop. Those are not even place to shop. What a waste of time and money!

Great experience with kids we overall had a great time will surely come back on the next cruise

This was a working vacation. Constantly on the move. Need to be well rested. Worth every minute.

The ship was kind of old and I took the same ship twice with difference of 15 days and it was my first experience with Celebrity and I really expected more, based in the experience I had had with other companies.

This was our first time with Aramara and we are looking forward to our next on board experience. The two special evening events, White Night and Azamazing Evenging will provide wonderful lasting memories.

Excursions could have been much better and healthier food options but overall Amazing trip

The ports were great, some of the excursions were too rushed with too many stops. The food wasn't very good on the ship. The Haven area is tiny--and over-priced for what you get--I would not recommend the Haven on the Jewel.

Disappointed with Silverseas. Noticed that the Trip Advisor awards for this ship were all from the early 2000's. Other passengers commented that Silversea is usually better organized. Each port was a long line to disembark!

A very interesting combination of ports. We had never been to 5 of them. A great preview for another trip. Ship was extremely smooth sailing. We had high winds one night and barely felt a twitch.

The destination was great, but overall the service didn't meet the standards.

Think twice about booking a Holland America cruise. We have about 130 cruise days over 5 years with Three Star Mariner status and were treated poorly. We booked a suite with a jet tub and lots of closet space. We were assigned a handicapped suite with no tub and limited closets. We were told nothing they can do, since sold out, right from CEO office. Finally, when we checked in, they assigned a regular suite. They tendered us in Bali, and it took 2.5 hours to get back to ship. They offered us nothing, not even a glass of wine for the inconvenience. They told us not their fault, since they hired a 3rd party. Not our fault either!! New CEO is on cost cutting kick. I always advised my clients as a CPA that you need to be careful, since if you cost cut too much, no one will buy!!! What a difference between them and Oceania. Worth the extra money!!!

Met all my requirements. I booked this cruise for the ports of call and was not disappointed

disappointed with this msc trip... heard many complaints from fellow passengers

Would pick again for some routes but not all. Marina deck a big plus but would not be deployed in, say, Iceland.

Would recommend another cruiseline since there are so many. We cruised Azamara because we thought it would be better than Celebrity. It was not.

The end of voyage was disappointing becouse my husband had forgotten his Casmir hat in the cabin. When I came back in the afternoon, all the way from Yas Island by taxi, the staff told me that nothing has been found. For 100% we know, it was in cabin, so can not just dissapear. Never happened to us in any hotel or cruise, if something been forgoten in cabin or room, always we get it back!

Azamara will be our first choice for cruising from now on. Service, food, destinations and experience were the best.