Beautiful Ship but very Large and beware of Shore Excursions

Costa Toscana Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 134

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
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Costa Toscana

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Savona Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 15, 2022

Ship: Costa Toscana

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 12304

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Wonderful Cruise in a Suite. Large Ship with a lot of people and disorganized Shore Excursions depart.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We ate in the Bellavista Suite Exclusive Restaurant. It was intimate and more quiet than the Main Dining Rooms. When you book a Suite drinks are included. Nice to order anything you want.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
There are a lot of options for things to do.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Excellent Show format. After one Show ended you would go to another theater and see another Show. Every evening there were 3 fantastic shows. However, the theaters are designed poorly with many terrible seats.

Children's Programs

We didn't have kids.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Restaurant Staff and Bar Staff were fantastic. Shore Excursions were overwhelmed, disorganized and a Rip-Off. They could not handle the large crowds that come with a large ship.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship hass only benn sailing for 9 weeks

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The Suite Life works

Ship tip

Be prepared for the Crowds. 6000 passengers.

Ports of call

Savona (Genoa), Italy Did not visit port

Embarkation Day

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
Rome on our own, Shore Excursions to and from train station was very disorganized.

Salerno (Naples), Italy

4 out of 5
Did our own thing. 8 euros to take the shuttle bus from shore excursions office. Rip-Off. Could have walked. Shuttle was less than 2 meters and it was still more than 2 meters to town.

Ibiza, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5
Beautiful Island. Shore Excursions description did say anything about a Beach Break and there was a Beach stop. One hour and a half at the beach with no beachwear.

Valencia, Spain

5 out of 5
Did our own thing. Again shuttle bus was very disorganized. 3000 people trying to get on shuttle bus at the same time.

Marseille (Provence), France

4 out of 5
They cancelled our tour because of lack of interest. Shore Excursions still charged us for the tour because we didn't take the suggested alternative. Did our own thing. Again Shuttle Bus Service provided by Shore Excursions was a mess.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and Easy.
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2 Comments

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Wonderful itinerary. Glad you enjoyed your cruise. Appreciate your feedback.

javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate the review