As seasoned cruisers who have travelled extensively on Princess, Celebrity and Royal Caribbean we thought we would take up the superb offer on a Costa Cruise, as an experiment and to compare the cruise lines. We were very pleasantly surprised. I was constantly on the lookout for anything negative but failed to find it.

Embarkation at Barcelona: effortless. We simply walked straight up to the desk and showed our boarding cards. Half an hour later we walked on to the ship (we were a little early but there was a cafe in the terminal) and straight to our cabin where we found all our cards and paperwork. Disembarkation was equally effortless.

The ship: excellent, equally as fine as all the other lines we have been on. Facilities were great.The décor was all music themed and this could be classed as a little eccentric in parts but none the less amusing. Read more