The food on this Costa Classica Ship was more a 1 star than a 3 star. There were 4 of us all adults and we hardly ate anything. The food was often cold in the main dining and buffet area. The food was more like school dinner food. They only achieved 1 good curry on special request. Our waiter was brilliant and tried his best but could not help what was being bought up from the kitchen.We often witnessed people complaining and not eating the slop that had been dished up! In the end we did not even have breakfast and thank god for the some of the ports of call where we ate off ship.

The entertainment was ok but mainly set up for the German and Italian guests. The Karaoke was very outdated from the 80's even then the book only had a few English songs to choose from. Andrea the Romanian entertainment host was a lovely girl and worked really hard.

The Italian staff at the information desk were very rude!!!!The drinks on this ship are very expensive so we purchased the J2 and my parents had the XL. The J2 you purchase before you go at £608 each and the XL can be purchased before on on board at £308 each. The difference is the larger on the J2 is different lagers and beers and premium drinks ie Jack Daniels Absolute Vodka,Bombay Sapphire and some cocktails and coffee. To be honest if you can drink what ever larger they have on tap and not have the above then you are better off sticking to the XL. The XL also includes Pina Colada and beefeater Gin and cappuccino coffee. We certainly made good use of these drinks packages. Read more