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Koningsdam Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

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Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Koningsdam

24 Night Mediterranean Legends & Ancient Empires (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 31, 2019

Ship: Koningsdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Excellent cruise. Highly recommend these ports. Holland needs to improve entertainment. I can see they are working on it but more needs to be done.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food excellent. Choices in main dining room not always great.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
No stage shows, thank goodness. Outside entertainment poor to average. Rolling Stone Rock Group our favorite.

World Stage

1 out of 5

Did not care for any of the acts. Magician worse we’ve ever seen. Annie Lennox Tribute — why?

Billboard Onboard

2 out of 5

Pianos were excellent. The singing average to mediocre.

Art Gallery

1 out of 5

No stars. Never saw anyone in this venue either sales rep or customers. Never Artwork is not what was expected. Waste of space.

Children's Programs

No children with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Excellent.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Newer ship. Outlets in stateroom! Night lighting when you get up from bed. Great shower stall — bigger!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
As above

Ship tip

Be prepared that entertainment still has a way to go. They are changing formats but need some upgrades to entertainers.

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

3 out of 5
No excursion

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5
Great. Yes. Old Town tour.

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5
Great. Yes.

Split, Croatia

5 out of 5
Great. Yes

Koper, Slovenia

4 out of 5
Very good. Less to see in port as it is smaller but clean, people very welcoming. Good shops.

Rijeka, Croatia Did not visit port

Weather. Captain made wise decision

Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5
Great. Yes

Catania, Sicily

5 out of 5
Great& yes.

Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5
Awesome port. Lots of history & yes an excursion— we toured old town & newer

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
Went to Sorrento on excursion. Naples actual port blah; can’t say anything about the city itself as we went to Sorrento which was lovely.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Fine
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Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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