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Costa Diadema Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
Costa Diadema

7 Night Marvellous Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 10, 2019

Ship: Costa Diadema

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Would not go on a Costa Cruise again. Ports were fun, would visit them w/o a cruise.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Relatively smooth and fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Main dining room was nice. The buffet had the same food for breakfast and lunch the entire cruise. Not much variety. Food was fair.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Hot tubs were anything but hot, not even warm and always crowded. Didn’t use any other amenities.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Went to every show each night in the theater. Only show I would want to see again is the acrobatic show. Very loud. Singers and dancers worked hard. The crazy lady at the end of each show was annoying.

Children's Programs

No kids with us.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
All were very nice and spoke English. Our waiter in the restaurant, Kadek was great!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Nice ship. Well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Be prepared to feel “nickel and dimed”.

Ports of call

Savona (Genoa), Italy

4 out of 5
No excursion. Walked into town and shopped at cute little shops.

Marseille (Provence), France

2 out of 5
Excursion was to Basilique Norte-Dame de la Garde. Was pretty cool and worth it. The rest of Marseille was not fun. A lot of vagrants and dirty. Had a hard time finding shops

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
Went to La Grada Família. Amazing! Saw a few other Antoni Gaudi buildings. We stayed in Barcelona and took a shuttle to the ship instead of going back with the tour bus. Tour guides in all ports were great!

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5
Went to a cathedral and then went into town on Main Street and ate lunch. Very cute place. Plenty of places to shop and eat.

Cagliari, Sardinia

2 out of 5
Really nothing to see. Wish I would have skipped this one.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Fast, no issues.
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