Costa Luminosa Review
Lovely ship shame about the constant penny pinching..OK if you have drinks incl.
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I booked this cruise because of the itinerary and the very good price. We have been on several other cruises in the Carnival brand i.e Cunard X1 Princess X4 and Carnival X1 plus also NCL X2 and Royal Caribbean X1 . I was expecting some compromises due to the very keen price... what I wasn't expecting was the constant penny pinching for example no tap water or coffee with meals outside of the breakfast time without additional charge.It is also the most aggressive sale of Drinks packages I have ever seen 30 euros per day plus...you have to drink a lot to make that worthwhile and many people were.
The ship itself was very clean and high standard certainly having the Italian sparkle. I knew about the compromises on the multi language being mainly European clientele my wife and I were okay with that. The menu is European focused and we really liked the menu in the formal dining room (I like pasta and Italian and sea food) however the buffet was very limited choice compared to other ships and much more restrictive hours presumably to keep costs down... it was even additional charge for pizza!.
Entertainment by the formal ships company was good but several of the nights were just Karaoke by the ships entertainment crew in Butlins red coat style not really cruising standard by any stretch.
Cabin Review
Inside Classic
Cabin was spacious clean comfortable, no excessive noise and was best part of the cruise. In cabin TV entertainment in english was almost non existent... BBC World News only. Many channels showing american or English programs films but all dubbed into Italian.
Port Reviews
Venice
We had 2 days pre-cruise and 2 days post cruise so we well and truly saw Venice and surrounding islands.
First time that we could be bother queuing for doges palace but it was excellent
Trieste
Okay but not a great deal to see, Also it rained later in the morning which also spoils things.
Corfu
Definitely not enough time here. Was scheduled at 4 hours ...cut even shorter by arriving late and the short blast of rain. We would liked to have stayed longer here.
Mykonos
An easy walk into town from the boat. Mykonos is probably the highlight of the trip we had not been to Greece for many years.