COSTAMEDITERRANEA WESTERN CARIBBEAN CRUISE March 5 - 12, 2006 By Mary & Vincent Finelli
"Con te Partiro`...," once again we are cruising "Italian Style" on the Costa Mediterranea --- our third trip on this excellent ship. Naturally, if we return to the same ship, we must have enjoyed ourselves immensely on previous cruises --- and we did!
So, this poses the question, what is so good about Costa that we find ourselves returning twelve times in all? Let's start with the crew. Captain Massimo Garbarino, we have considered a friend since he commanded the CostaRomantica where our son was married on February 14th several years ago. He always takes a personal interest in passengers' views of cruising. CostaMediterranea Hotel Director Ann Ryan, whom we had previously met on the CostaAtlantica, is dedicated to following up on any inquiry by a passenger. She ensures that each passenger has the most enjoyable trip possible. When speaking with her, she proudly noted that recently the Mediterranea in the last two sanitation inspections by CDC (Center for Disease Control) has received two perfect scores of 100. This is a nearly improbable feat, denoting that the ship is impeccably run.