We chose the cruise for the destinations which we had not been to previously. The embarkation in Valencia was a fiasco and no assistance when entering the ship from Costa staff. Beautiful ship, we had a classic inside cabin which was fine. We did notice that the carpet wasn’t too clean but other than that okay. Went to buffet to get a bite to eat and drink!!! No way, it is only open for short ...
We choose this sailing because of the itinerary.
We are experienced cruisers and have been on over 30 cruises.
We had never tried Costa Lines but virtually have sailed with all other cruiselines including Norwegian, Holland America, Carnival, Royal, Princess etc.. We had thought how bad could Costa be?
Firstly. when we boarded, our Passports were immediately confiscated When we ...
I am Italian and been many times on cruises of different flagship.
This one had a good itinerary, so we went for it.
There are a lot of positive things and also a lot of negative one..
I try to mention as much as possible and forgive me is something is missing.
What I did not like too much.
Booking.
I was told by a friend to use a certain tour operator specialized. Then I ...
It should be nice trip with my girlfriend and also first experience on the cruise with Costa Favolosa and will be probably our last. This ship is very poorly administered and lacks organization more than 2,500 people eating at two times, we could go for a dinner at 21.15 pm. We waited for order the drinks half an hour, the appetizer came in the another 15 min. We were charged for water, I can ...
My first cruise was only a good month ago with the MSC Fantasia so I don't have much to compare with. We booked the cruise on Costa Favolosa because it was pretty cheap and we had a good experience on MSC. We opted for the cheapest cabin without balcony. A few days before departure we got notice that they improved us to a balcony cabin without extra cost. Very nice!
Embarkation was smooth, we ...
There was no tea or coffee available after breakfast for the remainder of the day accept on sea days when tea and coffee was available late afternoon.
We had to purchase tea or coffee outside those times. When purchasing anything there was a 15% surcharge on top of the cost of the item.
There was a 20 euro per person per day gratuity surcharge.
No butter for bread freely available ...
This was our 24 th cruise and our second with Costa. The frist being many years ago and it was our second cruise ever. I've never written a review for the other cruises, but I felt compelled to do so this time , wishing to help inform other travelers about my expencience. Hard earned money and vacation time should not be wasted ,the selection of cruising with Costa , well I would advise people ...
When travel with Costa you are treated like cattle that is there only for them to milk money out of you without showing you any respect.
What about informing you att 22 in the evening that you must leave the cabin att 8 in the morning for the only reason that they are saving on personnel costs.
Or lying to you and claiming that you must buy a bus-ticket for 14 EUR because there are no other ...
If you respect yourselves, do not even think of going on the Costa Favolosa (and by extension, on any Costa ship). We are experienced cruisers, this was our 12th cruise with various lines. The balcony cabins are spacious, but cleaning the room was only done in a perfunctory manner. Breakfast was a nightmare. Either a cold selection in the buffet. Believe it or not, no warm food in the buffet! Or ...
this was my first and last time on the favolosa ferry we were treated like cattle from the start the food was ok if your Italian cabin was supposed to be a prestige upgrade it was the same as any other back to the food always being pushed around in the buffet no English breakfast on the buffet you could only get it in a restraunt and it was cold I was with my wife and 4 friends one good point the ...