Costa Serena Cruise Reviews

Item: Costa Serena
Author: Cruiseline.com

2.8

(39 Reviews)

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Costa Serena ship stats

Price:

$$$$
Size:

L
Total Passengers:

3,000
Total Crew:

1,100
Passenger to Crew Ratio:

2.73
Built:

Jan 2007
Refurbished:

Jan 2015
Number of Decks:

13
Total Cabins:

1,500
Cabin Categories:

16
Gross Tonnage:

114,500
Length:

950
Beam:

118

Costa Serena overview

The Costa Serena is a floating resort dedicated to fitness, relaxation and unruffled repose. This innovative vessel features a wellness center rivaled only by her two sister vessels, the Costa Concordia and Costa Pacifica. The Samsara Spa extends over two decks offering panoramic ocean views and boast more than 6,000 square feet of space for relaxation and rejuvenation. The spa also features a state-of-the-art fitness center, exclusive spa accommodations, a swimming pool at its center, and a specialty restaurant. In addition to the spa there are 4 swimming pools, including 2 with retractable glass roofs, over 500 cabins with spacious private balconies, 13 bars and 5 restaurants to choose from to help create an unparalleled vacation.

Costa Serena ratings:

Cabin / Stateroom 4.0
Children's Programs 3.6
Destinations and Excursions 4.0
Entertainment 3.2
Food and Dining 2.9
Onboard Activities 3.0
Service and Staff 3.9
Ship Quality 3.6

Costa Serena cabins

1500 cabins and 16 cabin categories.

Inside

5.0

(1 Review)

Avg. Size: 145 sq. ft.

Oceanview

Avg. Size: 199 sq. ft.

Balcony

5.0

(1 Review)

Avg. Size: 219 sq. ft.

Suite

Avg. Size: 332 sq. ft.

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Costa Serena dining

Vesta Restaurant

Samsara Restaurant

Juventas Cafeteria

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Costa Serena onboard activities

Ristorante Buffet Prometeo

Theater

Atrium Bar

Apollo Grand Bar

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39 Costa Serena Reviews

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2.0

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As it's not our first cruise I would say it was not fantástic but acceptable in some way by teremilan1

Sail date: Jun 01, 2014 / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Costa Serena / Destination: Europe - Western Mediterranean

It was mainly the food the problem, they were limiting a lot the schedule for eating and many things like the icecream machines didn't work and then we have to make a súper long line to Get some icecream and besides they closed the bufet restaurant very often and then they only had food for sale, even the water was súper restricted and I think like this mostrar of the charm Of cruising was lost, besides the time for visiting places was so badly distributed as for example more than 15 hours in Palma de Mallorca, we left the port until 1AM and next day in Barcelona we only had 5 hours with debarkation and everything and it has much moré to see than Palma it causes a lot Of stress to try to Reach the ship and we did everything in half. In comparison to other cruises I've done I didn't feel the sensation to be pampered.

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2.0

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Not as good as other Cruise Lines by Notasgoodas

Sail date: Feb 09, 2014 / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Costa Serena / Destination: Europe - Western Mediterranean

Food was just O.K. very small portions for dinner so it forced you to order more courses and made the staff work much harder. No buffet for dinner as other lines. Inconsistant wake up times. One day we didnt recieve one. One day we got one on time. Next day we got one a half hour early. Staff was unclear on common questions. Had a shuttle from the airport but not one returning. Airport an hour away had to get a taxi (100 Euros). Only one English speaking TV station (BBC) in room. All excursions were cancelled for lack of English speaking people.

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3.0

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great way to see europe off-season by GregB

Sail date: Nov 12, 2012 / Traveled as: Singles/Friends
Ship: Costa Serena / Destination: Europe - Western Mediterranean

I booked this cruise for Nov 2012 since I was traveling by myself and wanted a single cabin without paying double. The markup for the single cabin was only 20%. For that I got an inside cabin on front of the lower deck -- which was fine except for the noise/vibration from the side thrusters when the ship docked (not an issue if you're an early riser). Having traveled on most of the cruiselines I've realized that they all follow the same formula. No different here except that the majority of passengers were italian/spanish/french with a few germans/russians/asians/english. Almost no americans on the ship (which is ok by me). All communications were in italian/spanish/french/german/english and targeted towards your chosen language. NO language issues at all. I picked this cruise based in the itinerary and pricing and would do it again if the pricing were attractive. Would probably choose a different cruiseline if pricing/itinerary were the same. But no regrets. Italians has no sense of order or personal space and are always getting in your way, but you learn to deal with that soon enough. Just be a little pushy and get in their way and you'll be fine. They talk a lot but are mostly soft-spoken, not loud like we americans. The drinks package for 19.50 euro/day is great! Possibly a deciding factor on future Costa cruises.

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Notasgoodas

Feb 24, 2014

Good for the French and Italians that dominated the ship but not for the Americans. Been on 5 Cruise lines and this one ranked on the bottom

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teremilan1

Jun 14, 2014

Get up early if you want to have breakfast

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rgeuens

May 28, 2014

Try the club restaurant

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