Riviera Cruise July 2016 - Positives and Negatives

Riviera Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Riviera

17 Night Medieval Meanderings (Barcelona To Rome)

Sail date: July 03, 2016

Ship: Riviera

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7041

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

We have been on 18 cruises with 7 different cruise lines.  We have experience!

 

The itinerary, room attendants, service, accommodations, and dining were excellent.

 

Unfortunately we encountered 2 negatives, which significantly decreased our rating for this cruise.  We took 6 excursions, all sponsored by the Oceania Riviera. On 3 excursions the guide was either inaudible, or even worse, not able to speak fluent English.  The other major issue for us was the timing of the daily evening show/production.  Normally, on other ships, there are 2 show times to accommodate all guests.  On this cruise, only one show time, at 9:45 PM, which is too late for us.  Maybe okay for night owls.     

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Only 1 show time in the evening, at 9:45PM. All other cruise lines offer early & late shows to accommodate all guests. Too late for us. And we normally love most cruise shows.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Excellent service.

Ports of call

Alicante, Spain

5 out of 5

Almeria, Spain

1 out of 5

Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5

Casablanca, Morocco

5 out of 5

Cadiz (Seville), Spain

3 out of 5
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2 Comments

Takenote    8 years ago

We are looking forward to our cruise now after your lovely review. We will probably not use Oceania excursions and like that time for the show. Thanks.

CruisewUrsula    8 years ago

What yours did you take that you weren't happy with? Want to know so we don't book those!

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