Crete (Heraklion) to the Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

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A much better Journey than expected!

Review for a Europe - Greek Isles Cruise on Celestyal Journey

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Granny Liz
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We wanted to experience some Greek islands which we haven't visited before and with the late night stays in Santorini and Mykonos we went with Celestyal as the local experts. We had a week on Crete first before joining the ship (I didn't know you could join the cruise at ports other than Piraeus). The only problem here is that there is no one shore side to assist with your luggage until you are ...
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Sail Date: September 2023


No water in swimming pools for entire trip

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Celestyal Crystal

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simmie53
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

cruise was booked for me as part of package deal. 2 swimming pools but no water in them for 5 days !!!!! said it was all inclusive but we had to pay for water and juice.Chaotic when in port as often had to wait for over an hour to disembark due to americans receiving priority in getting off the ship to take part in excursions.Cabin very small and basic,felt like being on a cross channel ferry ...
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Sail Date: September 2019


Poor ship - But good itinerary

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Celestyal Crystal

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Williamsdg
6-10 Cruises • Age 20s

Overall the reason my family chose this ship was because of the itinerary on overnight stays and long stays in port on each island. You did not feel rushed on the islands like sometimes you might on a Caribbean cruise. I believe a cruise is the best way to visit multiple islands in Greece in a short amount of time, but I would not suggest this cruise to anyone. Even though it has a great ...
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Sail Date: September 2019


A Wonderful, Worldly Experience

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Celestyal Crystal

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LCBENZ
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

Just returned from a week on the Celestyal Line’s Crystal “Idyllic Aegean” cruise to the Greek Isles out of Athens. Here’s the bottom line on the entire cruise experience - with apologies to those negative reviewers from another orbit who’ve expressed reservations. Firstly, the really spectacular: - The multilingual cruise director, Danny, an energetic John Oliver clone, was an absolute ...
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Sail Date: September 2019


An enjoyable cruise that exceeded our expectations

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Celestyal Crystal

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Johnm70
2-5 Cruises • Age 80s

We wanted a cruise that included the Greek Islands, leaving from Athens, for around a week, in August. This cruise fitted the bill. After booking and visiting the agents in Auckland, NZ to confirm our cabin, we then read some of the reviews which were less than flattering! We had cruised with our 4 children years ago and so decided we would make the best of maybe a bad choice. We were very happy ...
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Thank you for taking the time to write a review for the cruise you had on-board Celestyal Crystal. We are glad that you have enjoyed your cruise. All your compliments and comments will be...

Sail Date: August 2018


Better than expected

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Mediterranea

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teraji
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

This was my first Costa cruise. I’ve cruised on nearly all the other cruise lines including MSC, another European cruise line. I wasn’t sure what to expect and was pleasantly surprised and very much enjoyed the cruise. The ship was in good condition, our oceanview room was fairly typical of other cruise lines, the main dining food was very good and the breakfast and lunch buffet was OK. The ...
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Sail Date: October 2013


Another great value cruise

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Mediterranea

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Nexus4
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

The boarding was a little shambolic especially when the baggage scanner packed in and they tried pushing all luggage through the hand baggage X-ray, total chaos ensued. Eventually got through this one and bussed to another queue in a ship side marque that turned out to be for the pre-boarding snap, not a happy picture! Glad to say it all improved from then onwards. This was our second Costa ...
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Sail Date: October 2013


A Pleasant Surprise

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Mediterranea

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alphachan
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

*6= Having booked this Cruise as part of a 2 week package including a week on Crete we were slightly nervous of what to expect as the Price was ridiculously cheap even having upgraded to outside Cabins.We were a party of 3 as we took our disabled 84 y.o. mother (who is totally wheelchair dependent) and this in itself can be problematical if things don't go smoothly with ...
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Sail Date: October 2013


Costa are now very poor (unless it's just this ship) don't go with the

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Mediterranea

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MTWFTaunton
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

Our second cruise this year with Costa and probably our last. We embarked at Heraklion on 25th October and, with hindsight, this experience set the tone for the entire cruise. The queue to check in and deposit luggage was not particularly long so we thought we'd be on board quite quickly, we were wrong! We waited in line for around two hours whilst 1 person checked passports etc. and one luggage ...
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Sail Date: October 2013


The 1st and last Costa cruise

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Mediterranea

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janicemp
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

This was the 1st time we had sailed with Costa and it will be our last. The worst meals on board were dinner, if you didn't like the food served in the restaurant you were pretty stuck as the buffet restaurant wasn't open in the evening. The food wasn't that great in the restaurant most of the meat dishes didn't come with vegetables or salad, the food was luke warm some were cold you had to ...
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Sail Date: September 2013


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