Barcelona to Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

This is my first cruise since the pandemic. This is also my first European cruise and my 8th cruise. I stayed in Barcelona for 4 days before the cruise and loved the city so much. Embarkation was a breeze, even easier than in Florida. First day was so busy but managed to get my early dinner sorted out. The dining room staff was very kind and helpful. I enjoyed the food in the dining room ...

Good news - The ship is very nice, the staff was excellent. Bad news - excursions were not good - canceled - most are 50 people on a bus with a long drive. Very disappointing. We ended up changing several and booking on Viator and private options. Food was mediocre. Opus was bad and Luminae had very poor selection. The premium restaurants overcharged us not once but twice. it ...

Overall this cruise was above average and very good in most areas including dining, entertainment, port of calls, handling of weather related issues, and cleanliness. A few things we noticed upon arrival of our cruise was that we were delayed an hour an a half due to a internet issue with one of the gangways. This left hundreds of passengers outside waiting for at least over an hour with no ...

This is the 5th celebrity cruise I have taken, and the second time on the Edge. Overall, the experience was wonderful as usual, which is why we continue to sail on celebrity. This was our first cruise post covid, and the first thing to note is that the ship was exceptionally clean. Celebrity has always been a clean ship, but I did take extra notice that crews and workers were out constantly to ...

It was an exciting, amazing and beautiful week for this virgin sailor. The cabin attendants were most exceptional. The restaurants and bars kept me coming back for more. Especially The Agave, the pizza place and the ice cream. Other than a cabin door without a working lock for one night and an often buffering app the room and means of communication were fixed in a day and all was fine. My only ...

Where do I start? This was our first ever cruise. We decided to push the boat out and book a 2 Bedroom Grand Suite for a week. Worked out at €14,000 including gratuities so not cheap. We enjoyed it, but learned some lessons along the way. Would we go again? Probably. The Mediterranean isn’t the best destination in the world for a ship like Symphony because the ports are miles away from the ...

We were offered the cruise by Virgin as we had over 80,000 airmiles from Virgin Atlantic and therefore the cruise was free. What an offer, could it be true well yes it can. For July and August cruises, 80,000 airmiles got you a free, yes free cruise! This was the first time for both me and my partner on a cruise. We had always ignored cruises as we both suffer from sea sickness but we thought ...

Family of 5 including three teens. We loved the cruise, but I'm going to start with a "watch outs" so it's the first thing you read. The bad: DO NOT buy the zero proof drink package. It cost $30 per person per day plus 20% gratuity-- so close to $1200 for our family of 5. I bought it because I was led to believe there was no access to non-alcoholic drinks onboard with the base (zero ...

This is our second VV cruise and we love it. The crew, the ship itself and great food. We visited. Marseille, Cannes, Palma De Mallorca and Ibiza. All ports I've never been to, and I've been on 25 or plus cruises. I like the fact that they try to go to different ports than other cruise lines. The main issue I have is the VV app, it is not intuitive, doesn't give you the times you dock at ...

First time cruising with Celebrity and was impressed by the quality of service. This was our second cruise and from the time we embarked until the time we left the ship, service was outstanding. Embarkation was a breeze. It took us 20 minutes to get to our room from the time we got to the pier! It helped a great deal that Celebrity offers online check-in and we had done all we could before ...