Athens (Piraeus) Cruise Reviews

We have just come back from our first trip on a Cunard ship but with previous experience of many other cruise lines and our overall experience was excellent. We usually travel with our teenage sons but this was our first trip on our own we are in our early to mid 40's and wanted a more adult experience than some of the other cruise lines offer. Firstly we had a private flight from Bournemouth put ...

This is my thrid cruise ever, first two were on NCL Jewel for my honeymoon 2007 and NCL EPIC in 2012. Before choosing this cruise I was thinking that Carnival cruises is not my taste, but this ship was brand new and the itinerary was fitting exactly what I need because we were 3 families and total of 11 from 79 years old all the way to 4 years old. We didn't want to spend so much money on ...

This is our 4th cruise and second with Carnival. I booked this trip for my 50th birthday and took the family (two kids 10 and 12). Carnival is fantastic if you have a family or want to have fun. Here are a few items I wanted to share: Our room: 2409. Second floor mid ship. The room was very large with two baths. Note that only one has a toilet. There was a very large closet. The best part ...

Cruised with Celebrity Equinox this summer once again and I must say it was still very enjoyable. The ship still has that lovely sparkle I remember. Our Stateroom was 9303 and we had concierge class- however I did not feel that paying the extra bucks to have a few snacks in the room late afternoon and the few other extras warrant the extra price. The other staterooms are just the same. So dot ...

Cruise was supposed to end in Istanbul but at last minute changed to Athens (due to terrorist attack), while this change caused some effort in rescheduling, it did not take away from the overall experience. Booked a Celebrity City stay for the days before departure. Was an excellent decision and gave us a chance to visit Delfi and the Acropolis in a small (just my wife and I) group tour and all ...

This is my first review. I am a first time British cruiser, 36 years old professional chap, who was, as I suspect many are, a little bemused by the number of alarmingly poor reviews on this site. It does make me wonder why some people go cruising in the first place if they hate everything. I have just come off Royal Princess for a seven night itinerary in the eastern Med and was not sure what to ...

This was our third cruise with Azamara, chosen mainly for the itinerary. We stayed one night prior to embarkation at the Hilton, Athens. This was part of the package. Arrival in Athens was mid afternoon and about 35°C, so we decided against moving away from the pool area! Transfer to the cruise terminal by coach was fine as was embarkation. The ship had very recently received new decor whilst ...

We booked our vacation and chose to sail aboard Carnival Vista on a 10 day European cruise. We chose this ship because it was Carnival's newest ship and we got a very reasonable deal on this sailing. This cruise also offered the ports that we were wanting to visit. This cruise left from Athens, Greece and sailed for 10 nights to Barcelona, Spain. We arrived in Athens 2 days ahead of sailing and ...

We chose this cruise because we have sailed on Carnival before and knew what to expect and also because of the price. This was a new ship wo we figured we couldn't go wrong. And we were not disappointed. We knew what to expect as far as dining. In fact I'd say their choices are getting worst every time, but I think all the cruise lines are doing this to steer you to their $$ dining choices. We did ...

We are a couple from the UK aged 31 & 33 and have previously cruised with RCI, Carnival, MSC and NCL and this cruise was the 10 night Greek and Italy cruise. The ship is the best one we have been on. Having previously been on a Carnival ship in the Caribbean we were slightly apprehensive as we found that ship a bit garish and plastic. However we were delighted to find a modern, sleek and ...