I'm sorry to have to write this and perhaps add to Costas problems, however I believe people should be able to make an informed decision. We went on this cruise with no prior views on the changes Costa has made in recent months. On the good side we booked directly with costa UK and got a good bargain for a premium balcony cabin. if I had paid any more I would probably be more scathing in this ...
Flew to Nice from Liverpool to pick up pre arranged transport to Savona. No rep available and had to find our own way to find many people with Costa luggage tags all waiting for coaches. Eventually found a rep who told us we were on number 13. Had a long wait for it to turn up. Embarkation in Savona was more orderly. Queued to get photo taken but straight to cabin which had key cards in. Had ...
We are a couple aged 70 and cruised many times before but never with Costa. We booked this cruise last minute for our 48th wedding anniversary. We had read many negative as well as lots of positive reports about Costa but decided for the price of £599 for a deck 11 superior grade cabin with balcony and the facility of room service breakfast included we would give it a go. Starting at Savona we ...
We are two seventy plus English pensioners who have done 10 plus cruises on several cruise lines. We picked this cruise because it was a good price and we hadn't used Costa before. We stayed one night in the Park Inn by Nice airport to avoid getting up at a ridiculous time, the hotel was excellent. We picked up our transfers at 12 o'clock at the airport and arrived at Savona port two hours later. ...
We had no problems at all, everything worked as planned
After reading previous reviews like many we had worries, but no one should be put off and we had a wonderful experience,
Italian Ship
What I would say that being an Italian Ship with the vast majority of cruisers coming from Non English speaking countries, we did miss out on getting snippets of good gossip/information from other cruisers ...
First, this was probably my 15th cruise, and my 4th in Europe. Btw my cruise was actually the northern capitals cruise, but this site didn't have that option to choose. I'm not even sure where to start.
1. The food was horrible, really really horrible. the buffet service wasn't open at convenient times, usually over crowded, and the food stations wouldn't all be open, so there was always a search ...
Bullied into paying 15% 'service charge', for drinks ; is too much, considering you are charged 48.00 euros each for 'service charge' with the final invoice. This is on top of extortionate prices for drinks - 20.00 euros for a white table wine, plus 15% plus daily 'service charge', or 43.48 euros for a nice-ish white chardonnay, plus 15% plus daily 'service charge'. Water is also included with ...
Started reading reviews for Costa when deciding which cruise lines we would pick. Our family usually travels on Princess but this time we had to pick Costa because the price and itinerary was right for us. There were 6 adults (2 married couples, my Uncle in his own cabin and our son who is 25 in our cabin) in our group and we decided to all pick interior cabins for the lesser price. Because there ...
We booked very much last minute, and didn't pay a lot, so didn't expect much...how wrong we were!The connections from the airport to the ship was easy, embarkation stress-free, and on arrival in our cabin, we were pleased with the space allocated, as well as the standard of the room and its furnishings. As good as any other we have been on.
The food in the buffet restaurants was fresh, varied ...
We selected this cruise for its itinerary and pricing. After reading other reviews we were well prepared for what to expect from the ship and crew. The cruise met our expectations but certainly wouldn't appeal to everyone's tastes.
We did all of our booking and planning over the Internet. We flew into Nice and took the train down to Abisolla Marina. We loved this quaint seaside village and ...
