The little issues added up!

Oosterdam Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
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Oosterdam

12 Night Mediterranean Romance (Venice To Barcelona)

Sail date: July 11, 2018

Ship: Oosterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5044

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Lots of little issues that added up to make for a poor experience

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Pinnacle Grill

3 out of 5

Service was EXCELLENT! Food was ok... Hit or miss

Explorations Cafe

2 out of 5

Kids took it over

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Aft Pool

2 out of 5

Too many kids! No supervision . No staff made any attempt to get things under control . Not against kids having fun, but they were totally out of control Also there was a noticeable lack of deck chairs Plenty of deck space just NO chairs please laying in deck with towels Sad!

Boutiques

2 out of 5

I wanted to buy stuff.. But it was all boring stuff

Casino Action

2 out of 5

Slots were not very entertaining

Guest Services / Excursions

2 out of 5

Difficlt to get throgh to GS and when you did you had to repeat several times. . Language barrier

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Crow's Next

2 out of 5

Kids took it over. Running around screaming and yelling Not enough furniture for more peiple to sit huge spaces between tables and sofas Servers not very attentive Difficult to get served a drink

Atrium

3 out of 5

Not a impressive space

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Insist that the dozens of little issues that you experience are NOT acceptable

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

4 out of 5

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Sarande, Albania

3 out of 5

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

4 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Monte Carlo, Monaco

3 out of 5

Toulon, France

5 out of 5

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
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4 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

kirkorn68    6 years ago

Such as? We sail this Saturday 8/4

majmom96    6 years ago

Please elaborate! I cruise on this ship in August and would love to learn more. Thanks! 🍸