NOT FOR AMERICANS!!!! AVOID

Costa Toscana Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

2.4 out of 5
Verified Review
Costa Toscana

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 04, 2023

Ship: Costa Toscana

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 14217

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

AVOID THIS CRUISE LINE (any ship) IF YOU ARE AMERICAN! The ship operates by using an app for everything for booking excursions to ordering meals, and Americans do not have access to the app. Most of the crew spoke at least some English but no one else did. 90% of the announcements were made in other languages and only English if they wanted you to book at the spa. There was an English “representative” and she was nice but I had no way of getting in touch with her. Her hours of availability were on the app. The other guests were some of the rudest I’ve ever experienced but I think that’s just the European culture. Breaking in line, pushing you out of the way, walking into you, we even had a man rip the towel off of my daughters back after we got out the pool because he said it was his. They only give you pool towels in the room and you can’t get any more until the next morning. No turn down service in the evening. No cute towel creatures which is not a big deal but if you’re used to it you won’t get it here. We had an excursion we wanted to switch and they told us we couldn’t because it would make it under the number of the minimum required to go on the tour. So we couldn’t cancel or switch because they would lose money. You have to purchase a drink package otherwise you get a tiny glass of water to drink. Nothing more! No juice, coffee, tea, nothing!! And then with the drink package you are only allowed 1 water bottle per person per day (so I paid $1000 - $250x4 and was limited on water bottles… ridiculous!) There’s so many people on the boat that there’s lines for everything…. Bathrooms, breakfast, etc. There’s no food 24 hours a day. Snacks are offered at select times but they are subpar. It’s been a horrible experience overall and I am hoping this will help others not make this same mistake. Avoid!!! Avoid!!! Avoid!!!

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

DON’T SAIL WOTH COSTA IF YOU ARE AMERICAN!!

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

3 out of 5

Cagliari, Sardinia

3 out of 5

Naples, Italy

2 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

1 out of 5

Genoa, Italy

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
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11 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

guessinthecasa    1 year ago

Was going on this cruise out of Barcelona but after reading your review I will be looking into other options.

lol1964    1 year ago

Ship looks great , but overall there are 7-8 other options to cruise with . Costa primarily is for Italians .

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

Itspeace4me    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing.

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your summary. Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

IzzyW    1 year ago

We live in Europe and would also never sail with costa.

OGWonderWoman    1 year ago

Thanks for your detailed review. I've seen nothing but negative reviews about the Costa line and already said nope!

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the info

Lamayne66    1 year ago

Sorry for your cruise and thank you for the warning

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience. Sorry to hear of your disappointment.