Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

We loved the Viking Danube river cruise we went on in May 2018 and chose the 7 night Ancient Mediterranean Cruise as our first post-COVID cruise. Although we felt overwhelmed by the long airport check-in lines we got to Athens and checked in the Viking Sky after nose swabs. Thanks to Viking hosts at Athens our embarkation went without a hitch. Our portside aft deluxe verandah #3068 was ...

We (2 50s parents and 2 18yo children) cruised on Oosterdam for two weeks, joining about a month after her return to service. Overall, this was an excellent cruise for us, and we actually think it was better than our 25-day 2019 Mediterranean cruise on the Koningsdam. We selected the cruise primarily for itinerary--lots of ports, and places we mostly had not visited previously. With one ...

To experience Super Yacht cruising! However the reality did not quite live up to the expectation! One week before our cruise was due to depart, we were advised via our cruise travel agent that on the 2nd day of the 7 night cruise when we were in Solit Croatia the vessel would have to go into dry dock overnight for an urgent repair. This of course was very disappointing news, however we decided ...

We typically do viking river cruises. This is first viking ocean cruise, but unfortunately started with italy. The italian government instituted a policy a few weeks earlier (?) to stop cruise ships from docking next to venice proper. Viking had to dock a loooong way away. Took us nearly two hours to reach venice, had short tour, given 30 minutes for out-on-our-own time which included a 20 minute ...

We picked the cruise as it was longer than those we'd taken before and because the ports-of-call included many where I had never been. And my partner had never visited any. It also allowed for us to spend time pre-cruise with a friend in Italy and with some relatives in Spain. The several changes of starting port were annoying at best. We understand that the first was necessitated by the ...

Pros Stunning ship in many ,many ways ,particularly the design, furnishings ,and art work. Entertainment on this cruise was best Ive ever experienced after 8 Celebrity cruises Staff were excellent all around ,Captain was an amazing lady (she gave a talk in theatre) Big swimming pool you could do lengths in! Variety of bars and eateries ,plenty choices Embarking and ...

We chose this cruise as we had visited and enjoyed several of these ports before and needed a sunny holiday. Overall we were happpy with the cruise even though the weather was very hot for the time of year. i would recommend paying the supplement for the drinks package as the daily bottle of water came in very handy and the premium wines and spirits were woth the extra charge. The excursions ...

We had to cancel an earlier cruise on Azamara due to Covid and this was a last minute getaway.We were pleasantly surprised to be on the ship by noon considering our embarkation time was 1pm. P&O had plenty of staff at the airport and the cruise terminal. It was great that we were under cover and cool whilst waiting as temperatures were very high.The ship was clean and our room on deck 9 very ...

We opted for a suite (Deck 8) . What we learned the hard way is that some of those suites (ours) were right underneath the pool deck and Windjammer. THE NOISE coming through our ceiling was loud and very disturbing. The sounds of people walking, running and tables and chairs being dragged, and chopping and banging noise up till 3am. It sounded like we were living underneath a factory. We paid ...

If you set the bar low enough you can accept anything. Before you invest you should investigate: My assessment is: that the company management is trying to squeeze every penny out of every passenger to the determent of the company. First off, Advertising: Selling the Cruise: 35% discount plus FREE Open Bar, FREE Specialty Dining, Free Excursions, Free WiFi, Free Extra Guest, Free airfare ...