We chose this cruise because it was of the Baltic Sea and offered three days in St. Petersburg. For the first half of the trip, the food was fabulous, for the last half it was still very good but I wanted different tastes and flavors; I like highly flavored foods.

We are from the Napa and Sonoma areas so we were looking for European wines. On a 10 day cruise we ordered wine about five times. We were both amused and proud of our local wineries when we saw how many of the wines were from our hometowns. To the Sommeliers we expressed our disappointment with the European wine selection. Two or three of them responded with snobbery, looks of distain, and other arrogant posturing specifically pointing out the most expense European wines on the list as their recommendation. That turned us off to ordering wine.

With the exception of those sommeliers and an obnoxious head of shore excursions, all other staff we encountered were wonderful. Read more