GREAT CRUISE EXPERIENCE-Baltic Sea on Costa Pacifica in August
Costa Pacifica Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe
Germany, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia
Sail date: August 05, 2015
Ship: Costa Pacifica
Cabin type: Inside
Cabin number: 8251
Traveled as: Family (older children)
Reviewed: 9 years ago
Review summary
Pros: We had a great time on this cruise with our teenager in a triple room (bunk bed). We loved the itinerary and would highly recommend Costa for the Baltic Sea! The staterooms were very nice. The ship was clean and well-maintained. Overall, the staff was very helpful. The food at New York, New York was very good and the service was excellent. We had no problems getting on or off the boat from excursions. Muster station exercise was organized. We had no problems with people smoking. Minor maintenance issues that cropped up were taken care of within an hour. We are moderate drinkers and were very happy that we did not buy the package. Bottled water was included with our dinner. We shared a carafe of wine at dinner and it was very reasonable. Buffet lines were not too long for breakfast. Singers were very good. Cons: site stated that we would be stopping in Denmark. Costa site stated it was an at-sea day. (which it was) Lido deck and restaurants were decorated like a Carnival cruise. (who knew?) Other than the singers, the entertainment was not exactly top notch. We stopped going. Disappointed that the pizza wasn't better. "Venus Beauty Spa" no-showed every activity on the Lido deck that we attempted to participate in. Boo! Teen zone activities were "eh"-but our teen isn't really a joiner anyway. My teen was disappointed that there wasn't a free soft-serve ice cream machine. (He did catch on to ordering double desserts.) Overall: great cruise experience. Would cruise with Costa again!
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Ports of call
Ronne, Bornholm, Denmark Did not visit port
7 Comments
crashcutt 9 years ago
@Glomerone. In defense of Costa, it is an Italian cruise line and most Europeans would probably think that soft-serve ice cream was way below par.
The make up of the ship (since it left from Kiel) was 1) German 2) Italian then
3) French 4) Spanish 5) English-speaking and/or everyone else. All activities were announced in all 5 languages. We had some French/Spanish families on our English-speaking excursions. This bothers some Americans but we did not mind at all.
glomarrone 9 years ago
What, no softserve ice cream machine. I thought all cruise ships had that or regular ice cream at the buffet. I too would've been very disappointed as I enjoy the ice cream on a cruise ship every afternoon for lunch. I was happy to read that overall, your cruise was excellent. Thanks for posting on this website.