22 night Mediterranean

Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

aFloridaCruiser

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 11

Helpful Votes: 318

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

Verified Review

22 Night Grand Mediterranean Collection (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 13, 2019

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Met a lot of nice people from all over the world. Even though food was not up to Princess par we still enjoyed our visit to other nations.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Truly nothing special! Have had better on other Princess Ships.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

The same as on all the other Cruise lines

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Singers and dancers, two comedians but the best were the violinist performing in the Piazza.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Our steward was wonderful. Waiters were overworked because of the norovirus brought on the ship from Barcelona.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Was just refurbed a couple months ago but had some water problems.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Enjoy fellow cruisers from all over the world.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

LA SEYNE-SUR-MER (TOULON), FRANCE

5 out of 5

Enjoyed the fishing villages. Beautiful

Thumbs Up 0

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Extremely crowded but a enjoyable time had

Thumbs Up 0

Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5

Loved Malta

Thumbs Up 0

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5

One of our favorite places

Thumbs Up 0

Corfu, Greece Did not visit port

Sick

Thumbs Up 0

Palermo, Sicily

5 out of 5

Medieval village

Thumbs Up 0

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Loved Capri and Pompeii.

Thumbs Up 0

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Lots of walking but worth it. So much history.

Thumbs Up 0

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Enjoyable

Thumbs Up 0

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

Acropolis and ancient Corinth and Canal. Good excursion.

Thumbs Up 1

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5

Another favorite!!! Fantastic and picturesque place

Thumbs Up 0

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

4 out of 5

Where the first Olympics were played. Sad part it's still a pile of rubble. No reconstruction done but interesting. Have to use imagination.

Thumbs Up 0

Ajaccio, Corsica

1 out of 5

Rained. Streets flooded. Out 4 hr excursion should have been cancelled. Couldn't see anything out of foggy bus windows. Ended up being an hour and a half excursion.

Thumbs Up 1

Sete (Carcassonne), France Did not visit port

Bad weather. Didn't dock there. Never got port charges back.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Took us to the wrong terminal. Not a pleasent experience.

3 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

Thumbs Up 0

Flag

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks

Thumbs Up 0

Flag

Fiesta83 4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

Thumbs Up 0

Flag

Other reviews of this sailing

Beautiful experience