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Item: Costa Deliziosa
Rating: 3.3
Author: Deva

Costa Deliziosa Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Deva

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 124

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5

Verified Review

10 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 12, 2019

Ship: Costa Deliziosa

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5282

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

If you want an around the world trip, this is it. Many nationalities on board most do not speak English or very little so expect to challenge yourself to communicate. Don't expect super food, kind of average. Expect to find a lack of ice cream almost at completely and don't expect coffee/tea/water available all the time, a variety on daily menus at buffet, polite behavior. Enjoy the fact that you are on a cosmopolitan world cruise. Cheapest world travel I have done even after all the undisclosed up charges found while at sea. Waved some of them in time! 😉

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Easy, but @ 11 pm it caused travel delays. The food offered when we got on was terrible! The initial language barrier was a problem.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Sam**** their special restaurant had a prime rib from biker rallies so thin and chewy I didn't finish and I had to pay an up charge for it! Not impressed. Special Pasta? Like all the rest. Sweets? Little variety.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Daily schedule the same, little variation of things to do. same schedule for dance, craft, eat, etc. Boring. Pool and hot tubs sometimes open sometimes closed like the entire ship in every department!! Never saw a ship close so much so often. And always too crowded because everyone goes to what is open. Little to do other than the animation people (employees)games and activities. I will say all the shows were good.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Great shows and skits.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

A couple of the day bartenders were rude, slow and worried about cleaning before serving. There were two truly good bartenders, 1st bartender Maria in Miribalis Bar and her second. My room steward cut way back on cleaning day 4, just did garbage and straighten. Was just me, and easy to verify the work done.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Ship in good shape, clean, layout creates a lot of walking. Saw many people rubbing their legs, me included.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Great when entered, wish wasn't so dusty.

Ship tip

Be prepared to travel with several foreign countries at once. Very few Americans on board, what English is spoken is often too covered by accents to be able to understand well which is a difficulty. The world does come together on this boat, so be ready to fight for your line in buffet etc and to learn about different nationalities, customs, languages, style, food, could go on and on, but if approved op ached as a world travel it's great! If you compare to Carnival ****** not possible! Carnival, Princess, Holland ****** here I come. World travel was great but now I want to really go crazy on s ship!

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Great City! Getting around is easy.

Thumbs Up 5

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

2 out of 5

City your. Not much to do, rough city.

Thumbs Up 2

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5

Very friendly, small, great botanical gardens.

Thumbs Up 5

Montego Bay, Jamaica

3 out of 5

Private tour. Made this a better than average excursion. Didn't do much but saw a lot and ate local.

Thumbs Up 0

George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5

Great Island, city bus, shops etc.

Thumbs Up 2

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Best of trip! Great people, beautiful, just right. Zip,Eco,Snorkel fun!!!

Thumbs Up 1

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Great people, great Island, took Jeep tour and had a private day with just us and gudi. Perfect. Took us like locals!

Thumbs Up 3

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Smooth, fast.

1 Comment

petersen 5 years ago

With a Premium Cabin it is always possible to have Tea and Coffee and other drinks, as it is included with Premium. We never Cruise and not having Premium.

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