Southampton to Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

This cruise was miserable, disappointing, stressful & filled with frustrations. Here is why: 1) Design flaws of the ship caused chaos due to overcrowding at Surfside Cafe and pubic areas. Surfside Café was too small (occupied one side of the deck vs 2 sides of deck) and could not accommodate a capacity of 3K passengers. People were pushing and filled with aggravation due to lack of seating. ...

This is not the first time we have been on the Virtuosa but will definatly be the last. The last cruise was so bad that were were given a discount on a further cruise. Wish we hadnt gone back on. First we caught gastroenterities - norovirus on board, then were treated like dirt by guest relations etc.Had to be put in isolation for over half our cruise. We had to stay on the ship from the start to ...

First time on the P&O IONA and it was absolutely dreadful. Way way too busy as you could never get any seats in the day or night, absolutely first rate USELESS phone App booking system to get into any standard restaurants or shows and we gave in after a few days. Entertainment wasn't great at all and the food was so so tbh with queuing everywhere you went. The Gala evenings weren't really Gala ...

OMG was this ship over packed with people and because of that it was honestly the worst cruise and the worst holiday we've ever been on. The ship itself is lovely with lots of facilities for family and children but the food was awful and there were queues everywhere for everything. Anything that you could buy was super expensive. Eg in the chocolate shop a single tiny Belgium chocolate was £2 ...

Long review, but I have the time in-between trying to drink myself to death on the drinks package. I’ll try to make it as constructive as possible for anyone trapped on board an MSC cruise or who cannot cancel a booking. Re the latter, if you can cancel, do. Pros: Cabin stewards and many of the underpaid, overworked wait staff. The disability accessible cabin was good. Cons: MSC is ...

Just returned from Med trip on Sky Princess with husband, son, and father-in-law. We went on Sapphire in 2018, so we were looking forward to a new ship, however we were really disappointed. Here's why: Overcrowding To compare with Sapphire, Sky is larger in height but not in width from what I could see, cabins are smaller too and we had a balcony this time, but was still smaller than the ...

Rust in Peace Britannia 4th-18th August 2023 – Cruise B320 Experienced cruises across many lines, third cruise on Britannia The omens weren’t good when we discovered that Britannia was an hour late docking at Southampton. However, boarding was smooth and our luggage was waiting for as at our cabin, deck 10 midships, a grade HA balcony cabin. We sailed on time and at speed to outrun ...

While the ship looks amazing it’s simply packed with customers that leave you feeling overwhelmed where ever you go esp on sea days,The staff who I found to be incredibly polite can’t cope especially when you want a drink at the bar or try and find somebody for bar service whilst sitting in one of the few chairs available. Cruising during the summer holidays is always going to be a family time ...

Had cruised a few times before but not on this ship. Dont like the design of this class of ship. The communual spaces are too small no central atrium as some of their other ships. Which means that the only inside space is on decks 4/5, this space is too small for 4000 guests. The swimming pools are to small to actually swin in, too crowded with kids. The food was awful most night ...

MSC Virtuosa Southampton, Spain, France, Portugal The good parts: Plenty of choice for food at the buffet Cabin attendant was fantastic The bad parts: The ship was overcrowded, everything was busy almost all the time. Not enough bar staff, even double the number of allocated staff would not have been enough in most cases. MSC cruises are a budget option (compared to the likes ...