Iona
Iona Cruise Review
Contributor Level:
Second Mate
Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 45
Review summary
Excellent, really recommend this ship / cruise 👍...Embarkation
Very quick, we were told before not to print boarding passes. I still did print them in case we had issues with our phones... Used the passes on the phone and they told us they have to print them... I told them I have a copy with me... I gave them the passes and they stamped them... Why tell us not to print?
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Food was excellent, however the food in the Limelight was not good. Limelight menu was not as good as the MDR...
Onboard Activities
Really impressed with this ship and now they have arvia as well... The Quays is an excellent idea.
Entertainment
All good, we looked into one of the shows in the SkyDome but just carried on walking...
This facility SkyDome - swimming pool & hot tubs are closed at 16:00 every day for the shows... We were not impressed and think they should stop the shows and keep the facility open...
Service and Staff
Room steward was good, they only come in once now in the morning but that suits us.
Restaurant staff were good apart from one rude waiter in the Limelight...
Bar staff, we found leave you alone alot more now. We did not have the drinks package so saved money by not being asked for drinks all the time. But if we did want a drink could easily get one.
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
Interior room, as we have done the fjords before with the balcony... We was also in a group so did not stay in the room.
Ports of call
They cancelled this two days before no explanation.
Thumbs Up
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Disembarkation
Very quick. We found out the day before coming home that bags now need to be outside your room by 14:00 instead of 22:00, we believe this to be too early. We phoned reception and told them that we would walk off with suitcases... Left Atrium deck 6 at 07:55 and was at the taxi rank within 5 to 10 mins... Excellent. Caught the 08:30 train to London...
9 Comments
Besty1 1 year ago
Thanks for your comments. Thankyou debdave50 point taken, we have read that wrong thankfully and enjoyed our self help disembarkation which will always be our choice going forward.
So only thing I can mark down for the cruise is quality of food in Limelight and the rude Waiter... However I should have put the singer Joe Mcelderry was fantastic...
Tip have dinner at lunchtime at the Olive Grove which is excellent and then pick at the Limelight that night.