We chose this cruise based on the ports of call and the price. We paid £1300 pp for a premium inside cabin and for a 19 night cruise this was amazing so you need to decide if you think that my negatives outweigh the positives (overall probably not but they may put us off Costa in the future).

Included in the price: we flew to Lisbon, stayed 1 night B&B in an OK hotel and then had a full day in Lisbon; we then flew overnight to Sao Paulo and stayed B&B in the Marriott Hotel which was excellent. The following day we transferred to the ship in Santos. The cruise was 19 days taking in 5 stops in Brazil and then across the Atlantic to Teneriffe, Casablanca, Allicante and then to Genoa where we disembarked and were transferred to Milan where we had a further night B&B at the Hilton in Malpensa.

Value for money was amazing overall but there were a number of issues; the entertainment in the main theatre was very poor, we have cruised with many cruise lines (including Costa before) and this was by far the poorest we have experienced and with a 5 day at sea crossing the Atlantic it was very disappointing. As dancers we enjoy the opportunity to dance on the ships and whilst we appreciate that on the Italian lines we get mainly Latin American dancing there were a number of Ballroom sessions which barely included any ballroom. Read more