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A nightmare, but not a cruise
"The food is tasteless, old, yesterday and cold.Your kitchen food, tragedy and nightmare...."Read More
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A nightmare, but not a cruise

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Remas
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

A complete mess. The food is tasteless, old, yesterday and cold. Breakfast includes yesterday's cold baked potatoes straight from the fridge. Omelet and scrambled eggs are cold and yesterday. Your kitchen food, tragedy and nightmare. There were not even fresh vegetables like fresh cucumbers or fresh tomatoes. There is no buffet. Food is rationed, the chefs do not understand what the customer ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Cabin Type: Suite with Ocean View Balcony


Very disappointing.

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Never Again Costa Cruiser
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We were a family group of 10 people, ranging in ages 4 to 74. Costa brought cruising to a very low level indeed and left us with a bitter taste of rip-off. Please bear in mind that the older couple has been taking cruising vacations for 42 years, so are not green travellers. On a very basic level, Costa does NOT even provide a free glass of water - only at breakfast and lunch meal times - & ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Traveled with children


The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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Iceland Guy
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

I am just now reading the reviews and ugh I have to say I agree with the bad ones. So... I was not going to write this review. I first contacted Costa via email with my post cruise concerns to see if they would address any of them and they did not, so hence the below. By the way, COSTA is a nightmare to reach. If you email them expect to wait a week at least for an answer. If you call them ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Premium Balcony Stateroom


Worst vacation ever. Ripoff! Dishonest Misinformation and just awful.

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Amyaint
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

I chose this cruise as it was part of the Ryder Cup official sponsor. Shame on the PGA for picking such an inferior partner and 3rd party to coordinate this vacation. It was awful and a waste of €4 thousand! The lack of communications, misinformation and just complete discombobulated events made this a horrible waste of time, ports and events. Costa Cruise - [ ] Delayed luggage, no iron, ...
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Sail Date: September 2023


More than adequate for our requirements

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slh411
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We wanted to visit Palermo, as my mom’s grandmother taught school there prior to coming to the US. This cruise was perfect for us and took us to so many beautiful ports; it was also refreshing to not have a cruise director/party central interrupting every hour or two. We enjoyed most meals, we had no problems with seating in the breakfast and afternoon tea buffets on deck 5 and 6 dining rooms ...
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Sail Date: September 2023

Cabin Type: Classic Balcony Stateroom

Traveled with disabled person


Worst cruise ever!,

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Cody934
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Completed a transatlantic from US to,Barcelona. The Costa Smeralda did a Mediterranean cruise 2 days after our transatlantic and went to ports we wished to see, such as Sicily, Rome… Upon boarding, we were advised we needed to download the Costa App in order to get the daily news, events, times & menus. U.S Americans could not download the app (due to incompatibility between Costa & ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Traveled with disabled person


Nice Experiences

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JanBuric
10+ Cruises • Age 30s

I readed a lots of bad reviews about Costa Smeralda. Most of them are from Covid time, so I don't know if it was due to restrictions or Costa Smeralda improved the services but I have only good experiences with travelling on Costa Smeralda. The ship is nice, very clean, food was really good and the stuff was very nice and friendly. I Was afraid at first that so big ship will be overcrowded but it ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Cabin Type: Classic Balcony Stateroom


Worse cruise ever

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CruisingEurope2023
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Costa was chosen due to ports of calls, and past experience on Costa many years ago. From day 1 cruise was a disappointment. Four of us seated at 2 different tables. Waiter could care less about my wife and I at our own table. Food when it did arrive was coolish at best. It got worse everyday. This was not a cruise but a ferry ride as passengers embarked and disembark at every port. Talking to ...
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Sail Date: May 2023


The Good and the Bad!

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fowler9
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

I've sailed NCL, Princess and MSC. Like MSC, I didn't go with high expectations based on reviews. The trick is to go with low expectations and then you won't be disappointed! The truth is you can't pay Costa money and expect NCL quality. Value for money wise - I thought it was very good. Good points: Ship facilities (relatively new ship, clean throughout, nothing looked ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Classic Ocean View Stateroom


Horrible experience with Costa Smeralda!

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Centeno
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

Everything was terrible! Food, entertainment, customer service, restaurant staff, photo staff, etc. The worst of all was the lack of variety and amount of food in the buffets and main dinning rooms. All food was repetitive every day; focaccia with tea or water, oriental pasta with no flavor, apples, honeydews, and more focaccia. i mean, we were hungry throughout the cruise. The waiters were ...
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Sail Date: March 2023

Traveled with children


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