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Costa Diadema Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 49

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
Costa Diadema

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 21, 2017

Ship: Costa Diadema

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8140

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Having cruised with different cruise lines and having taken a Mediterranean one to other cities like Venice, Athens, Greek islands, Istanbul, and other Italian and France ports, i do not recommend you take this cruise, you'll be disappointed. Also, if you don't speak Italian it will be difficult to communicate with other passengers

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Once you arrive to the port you take a shuttle to the checkpoint. The drivers to the different shuttles argued 15 minutes over which bus was going first. We were directed to three buses before we were taken to the ship. From then on everything was okay.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The main dining room was okay. The service a little slow but understandable as they were fully booked. The buffet was okay, no service for coffee or water to the table.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
pools too small for so many people. T

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The shows were good as well as the musicians and DJs at the different entertainment areas.

Children's Programs

I was not traveling with children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Everyone was very polite, even thought some of them didn't speak English also acceptable as it's an Italian cruise.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Always clean and well maintained

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Cabin was nice and comfortable. Always clean and our steward Stanley was very attentive to our needs.

Ship tip

practice your Italian

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy Did not visit port

I just embarked there. We spend three days in Rome before our cruise.

Savona (Genoa), Italy

3 out of 5
Nothing extraordinary to visit.

Marseille (Provence), France

5 out of 5
Had to take a walking tour as my previously booked excursión was canceled. The walking tour was my only other option in English. The areas were we were taken were not the cleanest I've seen. We bought some good olive oil soaps.

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
We took the hop on and hop off and visited the city on our own. It's better to take a taxi if you are two or more people to the city than paying the nine euros per person for the bus that the cruise ship offers.

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

3 out of 5
We booked a tour to the caves. They were okay. Also took us to a pearl factory, The city is okay.

Cagliari, Sardinia

3 out of 5
Just another stop, nothing extraordinary about this port.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Our disembarkation documents were not taken to our cabin until I had to call for them at 11 pm the night before. However, we had no issues after that
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1 Comment

GIL155    7 years ago

I probably never will cruise on Costa, but just wanted to congratulate you on Istanbul. Cannot cruise there now. Hopefully someday. Ciao!