I have never done a Cruise Review but I feel that I must on this occasion, after reading a couple of negative entries about this cruise, that departed March 25th 2011, from Miami, Florida.

This is myself and my husbands second cruise with Costa (we had so much fun on the first one - South East Asia - 14 nights) and we decided to do it again but with a very different itinerary this time. We are from Australia and we travelled this time as a family group of 7 - which ranged in age from 5 to 63! We are 40 years old, so aged nearly in between! This included 2 children, under 11.

I have 7 areas that I think are the most important areas when choosing a cruise, as its a big holiday and you want to get the most out of it. Read more