I paid for a balcony room and couldn't use it for 3 of 7 days due to cargo ships unloading and loading and the smell outside my balcony.. Cunard was a very nice relaxing cruise...Spa was disappointing and we lost 2 ports due to ship maintenance

Queen Victoria Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Queen Victoria

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona To Rome)

Sail date: June 17, 2024

Ship: Queen Victoria

Cabin number: 6138

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

disappointing that our ports were taken away and couldnt use balcony due to smell and noise of cargo ships

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
0nly 3 of 4 small hot tubs were working and 1of 2 pools . not easy to enter and small

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Barricade boys were great

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
ken drink server and our housekeeper were excellent

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
good....not great

Ship tip

make sure its all maintained and be aware of where you dock

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Alghero, Sardinia Did not visit port

tender wait was hours and rocky sea

Ajaccio, Corsica Did not visit port

cunard took away this port

Messina, Sicily Did not visit port

cunard took away this port

Cruise Strait Of Messina Did not visit port

cunard took away this port

Naples, Italy

1 out of 5
filthy and scary...should have done an excursion

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
stood in luxury hotel in Rome after disembarking for 3 days

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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3 Comments

HeavySeas     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

Gwbigdog     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

cruising2004     5 months ago

Thanks for your review.