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Costa Smeralda Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
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Costa Smeralda

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 14, 2024

Ship: Costa Smeralda

Cabin number: 17071

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

I would not recommend Costa Cruise line. Our room balcony was nice and our dinner service was great. John was wonderful. But Costa is very cheap. Even water and coffe are not included. They try and upsale you even at dinner. You get very basic food. If you are an American, stick with an American cruise line. There are not enough seats for everyone in Buffet. The lines are very long and the management staff do not help if you have a complaint. And the tours in Sardina and Genoa are not worth the money. Also watch your bill, they charge you fir items after you leave.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Service was great but the food was not good. Food was bland.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
The spa was very nice but there were not a lot if shows.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Just ok

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The service was very good

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
It was clean. But not enough seating

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Nice Balcony

Ship tip

Costa is very cheap. Nothing is free. Not water or coffee. They charge for everything. And they make ut very hard to get your food and coffee in the morning. At curtain times, 10-12:30 there us nit food available only if you pay for it. I.

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

4 out of 5
Nice but alot of people

Cagliari, Sardinia

5 out of 5
Small and dirty. Excursion was not good. Do not take an Excursion here

Naples, Italy

4 out of 5
Pompeii was great.

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

4 out of 5
Rome was great. But be careful if they say it's an English tour because it will be joint with Italian and French

Genoa, Italy

4 out of 5

Marseille (Provence), France

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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1 Comment

javawoody     7 months ago

Interesting