A tired and troubled ship

Item: Arcadia
Rating: 3.1
Author: narrowboatbill

Arcadia Cruise Review to Europe

narrowboatbill

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5

Northern Europe And Scandinavia

Sail date: August 19, 2019

Ship: Arcadia

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

A worn ship in need of refit ..captain seemed unhappy ship full of oaps and viruses don't get cabin e7 if your going over the bay of biscay

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Not good danced around Zimmer frames and wheel chairs with deep clean on ship as nora virus onboard

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Main meals good but buffet was handed out with blue gloves

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Geared for oaps exception being karroki

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Comedian good and a group called misty blue the rest average

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

All staff were stretched sorting the nora virus

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Rusty worn ship

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

The cabin was clean but we paid for the balcony which was noisy in the wind flapping about and rusty in places

Ship tip

Get a different boat check if its adults only that it's not predominantly oaps floating care home

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Ports of call

Cadiz (Spain)

4 out of 5

Valencia, Spain

4 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy

5 out of 5

Marseille (Provence), France

1 out of 5

A dump

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Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Could not wait to get off

4 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing you cruise with us.

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anoceanlife 5 years ago

Sailed 17 nights on this ship and had a great time. Pity about the Noro. Your comments on zimmer frames and older people are very distasteful and offensive. Hope you keep your health in latter years

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janejones 5 years ago

I was on that SHIP and do not agree with all you said ship was lovely staff too it was the quickest i ever got on board so try another cruise company I'm very happy with p&o

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enjoyurdaysmile 5 years ago

It's not a boat..it's ship. Not good with the nurovirus.

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Other reviews of this sailing

Fantastic. Lovely ship. Apart from a slight case of norovirous which was nipped in the bud very quickly by the Captain and his staff.