We had a balcony cabin on deck 8 and joined the Costa Victoria in Dubai. Overall we were very happy with the ship, the food and the customer service. The ship went into lockdown after a passenger was diagnosed with ...

Sail Date March 2020

Roderik

1 Review Written

Ragged ship, overpriced excursions, fine dinners

Costa Victoria

Asia

Costa Victoria is more confined than the ships of similar price we know (this was our smallest cabin ever) and would need major refurbishment. Our bathroom was a little smelly at times, and the shower tray was ...

Sail Date February 2020

Funkygibbins

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

Very disappointing

Costa Victoria

Africa

We chose this cruise due to the locations it offered compared with other cruise lines. We embarked Costa Victoria in Male (Maldives). Due to it being an Italian cruise company, often English translations were ...

Sail Date February 2020

deanstaniland

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

Good itinerary poor ship.

Costa Victoria

Africa

We had a great holiday but it’s the worst ship we have been on. The bars are so boring and old fashioned. No waiting staff at breakfast or pool deck or even in the theatre, even though we paid £300 in ...

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Sail Date January 2020

Jones1

2 Reviews Written

8 Helpful Votes

Requires improvement

Costa Victoria

Africa

We chose this cruise mainly due to the itinerary as India has been on the list for a while. The negative reviews were numerous but we decided to go ahead as we were not expecting 5 star treatment. First the ...

Sail Date January 2020

silviarudy

2 Reviews Written

3 Helpful Votes

Never thought it could be this bad.

Costa Victoria

Africa

My review of Costa Victoria trip Jan. 4th - 18 Mumbai First thing the inside cabins are about 4 feet smaller then -Princess, Cunard , RC, Celebrity, Carnival, and so on. Could not open my night beside side drawer ...

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Sail Date January 2020

Gwyn19

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

Pleasantly Suprised by this Cruise Line

Costa Victoria

Asia

My husband booked cruise on Costa Victoria mainly for destination Indian Ocean I was a dubious after some of the reviews. We arrived at Mumbai Port at 11am and were allowed to board straight away. Embarkation was ...

Sail Date December 2019

Janet&Carl

2 Reviews Written

30 Helpful Votes

The good, the bad and the just plain ugly

Costa Victoria

Middle East

Our second cruise with Costa had some good points but some unbelievably bad points too. We chose a suite because my husband had worked interstate for the past year and we wanted some quality time together. ...

Sail Date November 2019

value for money seeker

1 Review Written

19 Helpful Votes

Worst Ship/Cruise-line ever.

Costa Victoria

Africa

We chose this cruise, as it was part of an Imagine Cruising package. The land content, Indian Tour, was most enjoyable. Once we boarded the Costa Victoria, things went spiralling downhill at a quick rate of knots. ...

Sail Date November 2019

m.purcell

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

Venice to The Maldives

Costa Victoria

Africa

This cruise was very reasonably priced and the itinerary appealed to us. In fact it was so cheap that my expectations were not high.We had been on a number of cruises with different cruise lines including The Queen ...

Sail Date November 2019

bluedave789

2 Reviews Written

17 Helpful Votes

Worst experience ever

Costa Victoria

Mediterranean

Having chose this cruise for its destinations, we where surprised to find that this ship was exceptionally old and the food was exactly the same. The food in the buffet was unappetising and always luke warm and most ...

Sail Date May 2019

readsreviews

1 Review Written

11 Helpful Votes

Way better than I expected

Costa Victoria

Mediterranean

Price and Itinerary were the reasons picked. I was quite scared after booking after I read the bad reviews about the Victoria and all of Costa's ships. I found the bad reviews not to be true at all. I guess I was ...

Sail Date May 2019

Scrumptuous

1 Review Written

7 Helpful Votes

Tired ship

Costa Victoria

Mediterranean

I cannot fault the staff, who always wore a smile, however such a lot would appear to have changed since we last sailed with Costa, though that was on the Mediteranea. This ship was really tired and I could not ...

Sail Date May 2019

ChrisCruise40

1 Review Written

9 Helpful Votes

Worst ship EVER

Costa Victoria

Mediterranean

I'm not sure I can even describe how bad this cruise was (for comparison we've cruised Costa, Aida, Holland-America, Royal Caribbean, and Disney in Med, North Sea, Fjords, Carribean) and we were in one of the deck ...

Sail Date April 2019

Puppy1952

1 Review Written

7 Helpful Votes

Costa Cruising is awesome

Costa Victoria

Trans-Ocean

My hubby and I are not seasoned cruisers and the only previous cruises we’d done were only 4 days each, 25 years ago. We booked this cruise because of its length (28 days) and its interesting itinerary. Only ...

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Sail Date March 2019

Kundo

2 Reviews Written

13 Helpful Votes

Worst cruise I have ever been on

Costa Victoria

Africa

We sailed from Mauritius to Venice, we picked this trip because of the itinerary I did look at some of the reviews before we went, but unfortunately I was too late to cancel. A lot of what I have to say has been ...

Sail Date March 2019

swinstan

1 Review Written

7 Helpful Votes

Is Costa cutting back?

Costa Victoria

Africa

Cruise was chosen primarily for the itinerary and because we had travelled with Costa before. Although not 5 star, Costa has generally offered good value but this time there were cutbacks apparent which changed all ...

Sail Date March 2019

MK_Cruiser1955

7 Reviews Written

50 Helpful Votes

Very Pleasantly Surprised

Costa Victoria

Mediterranean

As part of my aim to cruise with as many different cruise companies as possible in 2019 it came to the turn of Costa. I will have to say my expectations were low in advance of the cruise, mainly for three ...

8 photos

Sail Date April 2019

Jossamund

2 Reviews Written

36 Helpful Votes

Good in Parts - But Not Many!

Costa Victoria

Africa

This was a 31 day repositioning cruise from Reunion to Venice and the main attraction was the itinerary around the Indian Ocean and the Eastern Med. The Victoria is an old ship and the decor, compared to MSC ...

Sail Date March 2019

Cooperstours

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

Unique itinerary made this cruise special.

Costa Victoria

Africa

Visiting unique ports of call like Madagascar and the Seychelles the Costa Victoria was fine. The staff on the ship worked very hard and managed well dealing with the incredibly variety of languages spoken by ...

Sail Date March 2019

Askew

1 Review Written

8 Helpful Votes

Having done 30 cruises never choose Costa again

Costa Victoria

Africa

We have cruised on many cruises ships over the last 30 years, sometimes twice a year and all cruises have been amazing except for Costa. We used Costa 3 years ago and said never again. However we were looking ...

Sail Date March 2019

euro421

1 Review Written

6 Helpful Votes

Excellent cruise! Excellent crew! Excellent entertainment team!

Costa Victoria

Africa

We didn't have high expecations after all bad reviews on ths website. But by the end it was a very nice surprise for us! It was an excellent cruise as we could stay almost three days on Seychelles, we spent three ...

Sail Date February 2019

CRUISENSNOOZE

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

Costa...never say never again!

Costa Victoria

Africa

We booked this cruise mainly due to the itinerary and this was our first taste of a Costa cruise. I did not have high expectations of Costa after reading the reviews here and so was not disappointed!!. Our cruise ...

Sail Date February 2019

HoratioN

1 Review Written

6 Helpful Votes

Exceeded expectations cruising from Mauritius to Seychelles, Madagascar, Reunion

Costa Victoria

Africa

My wife and I chose this cruise for its itinerary, its cost and not the cruise line. We had read a variety of differing reviews and were expecting to have some problems with availability of free drinking water and ...

11 photos

Sail Date February 2019

Francoise Cardon

1 Review Written

9 Helpful Votes

Much better than its reputation

Costa Victoria

Africa

Excellent itinerary - The pearls of the Indian Ocean including Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Reunion. We are frequent travellers from Norway and we have been on cruise many times with Cunard, RCCL and ...

6 photos

Sail Date February 2019

Costa Victoria Ratings

Category	Editor	Member
Cabins	3.0	3.3
Dining	3.0	3
Entertainment	2.0	3
Public Rooms	3.0	3.2
Fitness Recreation	2.0	2.9
Family	2.0	3.4
Enrichment	1.0	2.7
Service	4.0	3.2
Value For Money	4.0	3

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