Costa Luminosa Review

A Review of the Costa Luminosa

Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Luminosa
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LightingLeica
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Oct 2013

As a prelude to our CIE eight-day bus tour around Great Britain, my wife and I recently decided to do a short Mediterranean cruise and booked what seemed like a good deal from Costa Cruise Lines. I generally like to arrive at least a day in advance to rest and recuperate from jet lag before embarking on a scheduled tour, and I thought a few days on an ocean liner would give us the perfect R&R to rejuvenate us for the trip to come. Unfortunately, the cruise was not nearly as relaxing as we'd hoped.

We flew into Nice from LAX, with a layover in JFK, totaling about 20 grueling hours of transit time from home to the hotel. We arrived about 11am, which would have given us barely enough time to make our scheduled 12:45pm Costa shuttle from Nice to Savona. If we missed the shuttle, we'd have to take a very expensive taxi ride to Savona, Italy, where our cruise was to begin. That connection was too close for comfort, so for our peace of mind, we chose to come a day early and just relax at our hotel for the night.

The next day we went back to the airport and boarded our Costa shuttle and took the two-hour ride to our ship, the Costa Luminosa. The porters took our bags from the shuttle and had put them in our room by the time we checked in. Very convenient, and about the best service we got on this particular voyage.

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