Costa Toscana UAE cruise

Costa Toscana Cruise Review to Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East)

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
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Costa Toscana

7 Night Dubai & Uae (Abu Dhabi Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 09, 2023

Ship: Costa Toscana

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 15036

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This cruise seems more geared toward Italian, Europeans, and Indians. At times, we felt like we were not being heard.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
With a vegan and vegetarian, the buffets were limited and the specialty restaurants didn't accept restricted diets, so we didn't try those. Ate dinner in the main dining room, buffets for other. We did find out, next to last day, that there was a specialty restaurant for all passengers with dietary restrictions. We checked out the lunch menu (we had just eaten lunch at the buffet) and didn't find anything special or different that we were getting at the buffet.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
played bingo.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Some of the entertainment geared more toward the Italians onboard. Some looked not as good as what we watch on America's Got Talent on tv.

Children's Programs

No kids with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Dining room waiters, etc were all excellent. Very fast and efficient. Room steward was good also.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship layout was good. All areas were clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Cabin was standard sized. Carpet could have been cleaner. The design of the shower door meant every time it was used, water seeped through the bottom and soaked the bathmat.

Ports of call

Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

5 out of 5
Smaller, less flashy than Dubai. Very nice people.

Dubai, U.A.E.

5 out of 5
Lots to do... We had visited Dubai previously, so skipped some tourist activities. We did do a Dhow Dinner cruise (we arranged independently) and that was super!

Muscat, Oman

5 out of 5
Loved Muscat. Enjoyed walking the corniche, the souk and also the Grand Mall.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We stayed onboard until after lunch.
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4 Comments

Caty83    1 year ago

Couldn’t agree more.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise. In spite of a few hiccups.

javawoody    1 year ago

Do not see many Costa reviews, thank you for sharing