Amazing Christmas cruise

Item: Iona
Rating: 4.7
Author: eurolord

Iona Cruise Review

eurolord

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 9

Helpful Votes: 162

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

Canary Islands

Sail date: December 16, 2023

Ship: Iona

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

An amazing cruise ,which had plenty to do on the ship both during the day and in the evenings. All in all a good cruise.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Quick and easy was onboard within 15 minutes

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Amazing food in the restaurant. Especially on Christmas Day the portion size has got bigger and it was delicious. In the keel and cow the food was also great, well worth the extra money .

Pearl Restaurant

5 out of 5

Pearl restaurant has amazing food and waiters who go out of the way to get you extra food even when you don’t ask for it

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Headliners shows were good

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

The waiters were amazing and would do anything for you .They would make sure your meal was what you wanted and even gave you extra portions of food even when you didn’t ask for extra .

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

The staff were seen cleaning the ship a lot of times during the day. The areas inside the ship were clean and the staff would make sure the table was clean before you sat down .

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Amazing cabin and balcony. The cabin was clean and it was big enough for three of us

Ship tip

Book Olive Grove when getting on the ship as it’s difficult to book during the cruise as it is very popular.

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Ports of call

Funchal, Madeira

5 out of 5

Looked around the shops and gardens .We saw lots of little lizards climbing around on the trees in the gardens and lots of flowers that we hadn’t seen before.

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Tenerife, Canary Islands

5 out of 5

We went on a shore excursion to Mount Teide National Park. It was amazing you got to walk around in the park and look at all the amazing rocks and the mountain.

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Gran Canaria

4 out of 5

We walked around the town and found a beach at the end of the street.

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Fuerteventura

5 out of 5

We walked around the town and then went to the beach. This is an amazing beach you can see the ship from the beach.

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Lanzarote

5 out of 5

We went on an excursion to mountain of fire. We went around on a coach and saw the volcanic rock. During the excursion we also went to a wine distillery and an aloe vera shop were we learnt lots about the plant

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Lisbon, Portugal

3 out of 5

Cadiz (Seville), Spain

4 out of 5