Last went on the same cruise in Sept 16 same ship Magellan, very disappointed this time , the ship was very tired, needs a lot of money spending on the decor, furnishings etc,broken seats, dirty furnishings in every bar and restaurant,such a shame that y

Item: Magellan
Rating: 3.2
Author: matthew425

Magellan Cruise Review

matthew425

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

Baltic Cities & St. Petersburg

Sail date: September 24, 2019

Ship: Magellan

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Disappointing, tired ship that needs a lot of money spending on it to get it back to the standard it was 3 years ago, dirty furnishings in all venues, broken seats in theatre.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Poor state of ship decor and mediocre food, very good if you like cold soup for dinner every dinner,

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Great service, food standard as slipped down from excellent to average, 7/10 a good job that the other guests on the table mad the meal, not the food, staff did there best

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Very enthusiastic, not the best, below average shipboard entertainment.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Cabin steward OK , But the majority of staff didn’t seem to like their jobs and did most of their work under silent protest. Very disappointing.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Needs money spending on the decor and dirty furnishings, not good!

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Do not book the Magellan until it’s had a refurbishment

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Ports of call

Rotterdam, Netherlands

4 out of 5

Copenhagen, Denmark

4 out of 5

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

4 out of 5

Visby, Sweden

4 out of 5

Helsinki, Finland

4 out of 5

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5

Tallinn, Estonia

4 out of 5

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Very pleased to get off.

2 Comments

emmamac79 5 years ago

I was on this ship last year for 12 days, worst cruise I've ever been on! The cabin had fleas, the food was vile, the majority of the staff were rude and obnoxious. A window in the "disco" fell out at sea and rather than tell everyone to leave so they could fix it they pulled a curtain across. The shops onboard ripped you off, it was a multigenerational cruise and believe it or not the children didn't let us down it was the poorly behaved adults. Fighting, drug dealing, drug taking. We had one guy high as a kite trying to jump over the side and the staff didn't do a thing. Fantastic time was had can't wait to go with CMV again!!..... not :-)

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ADHalliday 5 years ago

Short cruise coming up to Norway. Your review fills me with trepedation.

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