Athens (Piraeus) Cruise Reviews

This was our first experience on Seabourn. We selected the cruise based on the itinerary that included Petra Jordan. Our cabin and cabin attendants were wonderful. The food in most of the restaurants was mediocre and bland n terms of flavors. Each restaurant has many choices which change daily so there is a great variety of food in each restaurant. It didn't matter which restaurant we ...

Silversea has been blindly focused on cutting costs and this has severely impacted the quality of its offerings. This cost cutting has shown up it two areas. The first is the ship was grossly understaffed and the staff that were there were undertrained, inexperienced, and often not qualified for the positions they held. The wait staff, who were there, to the most part, did an outstanding job. ...

It was last minute and the only one leaving from Athens at the time. I should have just flown to Rome and jumped onto a better Cruise company. Armonia old, dull, boring, over priced for what you get, catered towards Italian and Spanish. Cabin and serving staff were all friendly and polite. Definitely over promise and under deliver. Very disorganised for excursions. Not enough time at ports. ...

1. Unprofessional crews are undertrained, ruled, and disrespectful. One crew even threaten to call the police when I asked him questions about my passport status. (They send someone very unprofessional to collect customers' passports). 2. Don't get on the cruise in the first place. And don't purchase any excursions with them!! I booked a shore excursion with the MSC excursion desk. I was ...

This cruise was originally booked for September 2020 but was rescheduled due to COVID. The cruise had to be rescheduled 4 times. The last time it was rescheduled was because the cruise was dry docked in Italy and I paid an extra plane ticket to fly to Greece in order to make the cruise. Every time I rescheduled there were new fees to be paid that Norwegian would not let me pay with cruise credits ...

Pros- staff. Friendly, helpful. Cons- Food. Average at best. No real menu items relating to the area ( Greece/turkey) being explored. Chili con carne for special chef item for lunch in very warm Greece was a good example. None of the food was beyond average. All frozen so fish came out tough and tasteless etc Wines were primarily Italian and Spanish. Again simply introducing local wines as ...

We were on the Quest in early 2019, love it and wanted to go again but COVID-19 hit. We chose this "new" ship for its itinerary and Azamara reputation, oh boy!!! we were in big disappointment from the start. Three (3) hours delayed at the embarking terminal after 26 hours flight from the left coast, we just need to check in our cabin and rest. We were very disappointed in the condition ...

NCL standards and quality including entertainment and activities have been slipping for some time but my experience on the final night brought things to a whole new level. We have been on 11 cruises with NCL and are classed as Platinum guests but my last experience has left me feeling like the scum of the earth. I queried a charge of $267 on the bill for Beauty Salon/Spa which we never used. ...

This is a shortened version of a 2,624 word review we sent to Holland America Guest relations and never got a response to: This cruise was our first travel adventure since the pandemic began in 2020. We booked this cruise to celebrate our wedding anniversary and to belatedly celebrate a milestone birthday that occurred during the pandemic. We booked a 5 star ship, which is our standard when ...

All of the shore excursions that I booked/paid directly with the cruise line were cancelled at the last minute. I have been waiting 4 months (so far) for the refunds. I have submitted 5 requests for information and each one is replied to with the most ignorant nonsense - such as that the refund has been processed to the "agency" and I need to follow up with them however, I did not book with an ...