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Too crowded and rowdy cruise for mature cruisers!!

Costa Smeralda Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Costa Smeralda

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 07, 2024

Ship: Costa Smeralda

Cabin number: 8009

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

We did not check the review of this cruise BEFORE booking. We should avoid this big ship with a crowd. We feel more comfortable with smaller ships and with more adult Americans fellow cruisers. We could have enjoyed the outdoor areas of this beautiful ship more IF there were less smokers were there. There should have specific designated smoking areas on the ship as Celebrity cruise lines do.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
The food was OK! Same types of boring dishes in buffet lines for all 3 meals! We ate at the assigned main dining restaurants only twice because we were not fond of the dishes served. The water stations should be open 24/24 for passengers to get the water when needed.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
There were too many people and not enough seats for all of the entertainments except for the ballroom dance. We ended up spending time in our cabin to avoid the noisy crowds with so many children, especially rowdy and misbehaved teenagers.

Entertainment

Did not have the chance to attend any, except for one band played at the ballroom dance on the all white night.

Children's Programs

We are a mature couple.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
MARK, our room steward was excellent and couteous. Not having many chance to interact with other ship personnel.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Yes.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We love our cabin and the balcony. We wish it has a small refrigerator as othe cruise lines.

Ship tip

Mature cruisers should be warned of the young families of fellow cruisers so they can decide if this cruise is appropriate for them. To us, this is one of the least enjoyable cruises we took the last 25 years. Luckiky, our cabin and the five ports of call made up for all other dissatisfied factors mentioned above..

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Cagliari, Sardinia

5 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

3 out of 5

Genoa, Italy

5 out of 5

Marseille (Provence), France

3 out of 5
The walk from the ship to the waiting area from the free shuttle is rather long and tiring. Plus the waiting time for the outbound shuttle was too long!!
Thumbs Up

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Great!
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