Costa Mediterranea Review

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CostaMediterranea - Western Caribbean

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Costa Mediterranea
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Marilyn
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Apr 2007

We just spent a week aboard the Costa Mediterranea on the Western Caribbean itinerary. Let me start by saying my husband and I are frequent cruisers. We never took a Costa Cruise before, so we were looking forward to our first time on Costa.

We arrived at the port in Fort Lauderdale early. This was a good thing to do! There is a small parking garage available for Costa Mediterranea, and we were fortunate to get a parking space. People who arrived later were forced to drive off to a remote parking area where they had to take a shuttle bus back to the dock.

The Embarkation was good. We only had to wait about thirty minutes to get on board the ship. Unfortunately when we did, nobody was there to guide us to our cabin. A man who spoke little English told us what floor the cabin was on. So we managed to find it. Our steward, Henry, did meet us there and showed us our Costa cards which also acted as room keys. The outside cabin we had on deck four was fine. It even had a decent shower which was big enough to get in and out of. There was ample closet space. It was close enough to get around the ship pretty easily. We went up to have lunch at the self-service restaurant, and walked around the ship getting familiar with its amenities. So far everything seemed fine! Then we started to notice the smell of smoke permeated the ship. It seemed that everywhere we went, we smelled smoke. Guests were allowed to smoke in restaurants, lounges, rooms, near the pools,etc. We never had that experience on any other ships. It seems that Europeans smoke much more than Americans, and this ship caters to Europeans, I had a headache from the smoking, and my husband got a bad cold and couldn't breathe well.

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