London (Greenwich, Tower Bridge, Tilbury) Senior Cruises Cruise Reviews

So many negative comments about this ship which I thought unfair. When you book you know it's an old ship and that it's rated 3 star. We've just returned and had a great time. Because of the seriousness of the virus ...

Sail Date March 2020

capmat

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

Poor ship, but a great itinerary cut short

Magellan

We chose this cruise for Iceland, and the Scottish islands. Overall, the itinerary was great, and from this perspective we loved the cruise. The weather was definitely against us, though, and some extremely rough ...

Sail Date March 2020

BizzyBea17

2 Reviews Written

3 Helpful Votes

Wishlist fulfilled

Fridtjof Nansen

I had, for a long time, a desire to cruise with Hurtigruten and when they offered showcase cruises from UK I booked the first one sailing from Tilbury. The onboard experience surpassed what I had imagined. ...

Sail Date March 2020

mumgranann

2 Reviews Written

Same ship different experience

Europe - Western Mediterranean

As we’d thoroughly enjoyed a Baltic cruise just six weeks before embarking on this cruise to N. Africa, the Canary Islands and mainland Iberia. Embarkation was smooth and reasonably quick and we were soon settled ...

Sail Date November 2019

FelberTrev

1 Review Written

Good food, comfortable ship, but management of daytime activities appalling

Vasco da Gama (Cruise & Maritime Voyages)

Australia & New Zealand

Reception Staff were polite but often did not appear to care too much. They had so many complaints to handle, many to do with inefficient airconditioning units I guess they became complacent. I have to admit I ...

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Sail Date October 2019

Fact Finders

1 Review Written

21 Helpful Votes

A lovely ship plagued by maintenance problems & uncaring guest services

Vasco da Gama (Cruise & Maritime Voyages)

Australia & New Zealand

Fact Finders review Vasco da Gama Half World Cruise Tilbury to Sydney 9 October – 2 December 2019 The facilities, services, design and layout of the ship presented very well, despite its age of 27 years, in the ...

Sail Date October 2019

seabourndt

22 Reviews Written

18 Helpful Votes

My Norway cruise

Norwegian Fjords

Because there was a 2 4 1 that was not mentioned and cricketing legends. BOOKING I used a travel agent no sure i will again, would not post tickets unless i paid £10 and nothing from them after cruise or ...

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Sail Date November 2019

frenchcamper

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Disappointed travellers

It had always been a desire to travel to the Artic circle and see the Northern Lights. CMV offered this at the time of year which suited. We knew that it was a budget cruise, so went with an open mind. We did ...

Sail Date October 2019

gapenguin

1 Review Written

4th time on Marco Polo

We like the small ship voyages. Was on Marco Polo to Antarctica twice when owned by Orient and NCL. Then to the Norwegian fjords (awful experience) and this one was selected to see Greenland. Not much has ...

Sail Date June 2019

Nanakelly1

1 Review Written

9 Helpful Votes

Never again

We booked this cruise mainly for the price. For 15 nights we paid what we would normally pay for 7 so thought it was a good deal. Very very wrong. First mistake was choosing- accidently- the 'free coach and ...

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Sail Date October 2019

anjon5

1 Review Written

Unruly kids rule

My wife and I recently cruised with CMV Columbus to the Canary Islands. This cruise was, what CMV term as, a multigenerational cruise. If you want to have a nice pleasant cruise then these types are to be avoided at ...

Sail Date August 2019

Eurovisionfan

9 Reviews Written

117 Helpful Votes

Marco Polo's final trip to Canada

Transatlantic

Our last time on the Marco Polo was in 2011, our second cruise, after our first on NCL with a butler and a concierge and lots of fancy extras. We’ve done lots of cruises since, but the Marco Polo has stayed VERY ...

Sail Date September 2019

M Parkes

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

A NIGHTMARE!

Transatlantic

I chose to travel to Canada and the Cruise and Maritime Marco Polo was available for the cruise. The ship is small and old. Built many years ago. It tilts and sways alot. It is suitable for retired and elderly ...

Sail Date September 2019

richietg

1 Review Written

Search for the Northern Lights

Viking Sky

Baltic Sea

We never have been on a sea cruise and had experienced a river cruise through Viking. Several things drew us to our decision to use Viking. The river cruise we took in the Danube was incredible and we wanted to do ...

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Sail Date February 2019

Extronordinary

1 Review Written

6 Helpful Votes

Don't sail on Marco Polo!

The itinerary looked good 7 stops in Greenland and 3 on the way, although we ended up with 6+2. Very poor organisation throughout. We parked in the adjacent car park and had to wait for ages for the shuttle bus to ...

Sail Date July 2019

DBAdventures

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Great Cruise, Magnificent Scenery, Outstanding Pre- and Post- experiences.

Viking Sun

Viking Rep met us at the plane and helped us navigate Heathrow. Because we had a pre-cruise package, we were handed off to a limo driver, who was excellent. We thoroughly enjoyed the stay in London at the Conrad ...

Sail Date July 2019

lindymaisie29

1 Review Written

7 Helpful Votes

Excellent British Isles cruise

We can't believe the bad reviews on here! Were the on a different ship? Not only have we've read them but have witnessed people on our cruise just moaning about everything. We found the Columbus to be a great ship, ...

Sail Date March 2019

sarah230378

3 Reviews Written

17 Helpful Votes

Very Enjoyable

Embarked at Tilbury (was a bit chaotic but this was due to the ship being late in due to weather conditions which cant be helped) Once on the ship we went to our cabin on deck 5 this was a lovely spacious ...

Sail Date August 2019

SteveUK

1 Review Written

15 Helpful Votes

A Floating Care Home

Norwegian Fjords

I am writing this review on the last “at sea” day on a 8 night cruise to the Norwegian Fjords on the CMV Columbus in August 2019. For any readers contemplating this cruise, the main issue you should be aware ...

Sail Date August 2019

TMBP

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

Great Value mini cruise

Although this was our 40th cruise, it was the first on Marco Polo and the smallest ship we have been on in 25 years of cruising and at 2 nights, the shortest. This is also my first review of a cruise ship. Having ...

Sail Date August 2019

josiedelieu

1 Review Written

12 Helpful Votes

Cruise termination

While on a majestic fjords cruise and leaving Amsterdam we hit a foreign object on a initial inspection and short delay we had the all clear to carry on but never got to Norway, around half way the boat developed a ...

Sail Date May 2019

RQ48

3 Reviews Written

31 Helpful Votes

Bears trip to the Baltic