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Nothing special

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Nautica

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RomanLadyBug
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

We chose the cruise for the itinerary and supposed quality of the cruise. The itinerary was great, but the cruise was nothing special compared to any others we have taken. The stateroom bathroom was exceptionally small. We had an Oceanview room on the 6th floor toward the front of the boat. The room was larger than most as the balcony area was inside the room. Because we were over the ...
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Sail Date: July 2023

Cabin Type: Owner's Suite


Disappointing on many levels

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Carnival Venezia

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marylynn44
10+ Cruises • Age 20s

This cruise was originally on another ship but changed to the Venezia. When we got our room changed we upgraded to a Suite for pennies and were pleasantly surprised about the room. It was lovely, spacious, great closet space and a full length mirror in the closet that was perfect. The bathroom had a double sink but no space to put anything except for a couple small shelves on the wall on both ...
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Sail Date: June 2023

Cabin Type: Suite with Ocean View Balcony


Absolutely…positively…decline in the quality of food.

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Oceania Vista

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ravel
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

I have sailed 5 times with Oceania. The food has been the primary reason and the service. The food was actually terrible on the new Vista. Room service was not edible. Red Ginger had the best food out of all the restaurants. The bacon was tasteless. Even the ketchup was an off brand that was horrible. The penthouse suite was great but the vibration from the engines woke me up at night. I have ...
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Sail Date: June 2023

Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite with Veranda


Premium price for a low Budget experience

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Oceania Vista

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TXLuxCruisers
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Chose this cruise for great itinerary and Brand new ship. Although bathrooms are now larger, staterooms below the "penthouse" suite category are simply too small. Far less space than Seaborne, Regent and Silversea! But most disappointing is closet space!! Actually ridiculous that a New ship would have a shared 2 person closet that measures less than 2 meter/yard wide, and only deep enough to fit a ...
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Sail Date: June 2023


The good, the bad and the ugly

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Oceania Vista

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jfeldm1
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

The good. The food on this cruise was the best I have ever had on a cruise. The bathroom in my standard stateroom was the nicest I have ever had on a cruise. Our room steward was amazing throughout the two weeks. He never failed to keep our room clean twice each day. He went out of his way to refill our refrigerator and ice bucket. They do not nickel and dime you on this boat which is very ...
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Sail Date: June 2023

Cabin Type: Veranda Stateroom

Traveled with disabled person


Corporate Event Dominates the Cruise

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Seven Seas Voyager

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CathyGe
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

This is our second cruise with Regent, our first was on the Explorer and was a wonderful experience. Compared to the Explorer, the Voyager is somewhat shabby and is in need of an upgrade. The food was generally fine but not as excellent as I remember the food on the Explorer being. There are also fewer dining options. The Wi-Fi was glitchy, but perhaps that's to be expected on ...
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Sail Date: May 2023


Nice but flawed

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Seven Seas Voyager

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DLondon
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

This is our second cruise with Regent, we embarked in Istanbul and went (are still going) around the Eastern Mediterranean. The butler and steward are fantastic they always have a smile and are super helpful, nothing we have asked for is too much work for them. The food was mostly ok, not wow but ok, we did have one bad meal - lunch at the compass rose, the burger was undercooked, potatoes ...
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Sail Date: May 2023


Not the Seabourn it used to be

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Seabourn Encore

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peterwkli
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

My wife and I have sailed with Seabourn many times and were looking forward to our post-pandemic cruise. However, we were disappointed with the level of service provided by Seabourn and it is definitely not at the superior quality the cruise line used to offer. First off, the wait staff in the dining areas are all great and diligent as before and so are the cabin service personnel. However, ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Veranda Suite


73 Day Grand Spice Exploration Oct.-Jan. 2022-2023. Will be last Regent cruise.

Review for a Africa Cruise on Seven Seas Explorer

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brevetjudge
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We signed up for this cruise in 2020. We hoped by end of Oct. 2022 things with Covid would have settled down. Since this was to be our 6th Regent cruise, 2nd on Explorer, we believed the tours would be very good and safe. We believed we needed to be careful in many parts or the world now. Especially since we are in our seventies and walk a bit slower. We believed Regen would take good care of us ...
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Sail Date: October 2022

Cabin Type: Concierge Suite


Abandoned by Oceania

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Riviera

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Simonise
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

This back to back (12 + 7) days cruise was booked one year ago. Four weeks before departure we were informed by Oceania that our chosen stateroom 7004 was unavailable for "Maritime Technical" reasons. We chose this particular cabin because of the extended balcony. Phone call queries with both our Travel Agent and Oceania as to what this term meant proved fruitless. We eventually agreed with ...
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Sail Date: September 2022

Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom


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