Luxury Cruises Reviews

Le Soleil is beautiful. It has everything going for it, except the food. Considering this is a French company we were expecting more, a lot more. The Chef de Cuisine, introduced to all at the welcome reception on the pool deck, was French but I am not sure how many others were French and know that a good number were not European. The main courses were regularly bland, lacking in appearance and in ...

The cruise was generally satisfactory. The food, with some exceptions (such as the Polo Grill steak house) was quite good. The staff throughout the ship was helpful and pleasant, and it does a good job in necessary tasks such as waiter/waitress service, housekeeping, the selection of local guides, etc. My only significant complaint, and one noted by several other passengers, is that communications ...

Overall the cruise was good but with a few irritations. Great ports of call but the on board experience was slightly frustrating. Accommodation The accommodation was excellent. We had the balcony cabin and the room was clean and spacious. Excellent storage space and good power shower. The room was well maintained by the steward who was friendly. The only slight irritation was the TV. It was a 32 ...

Embarkation: Arrived by train to port. Line was a bit choppy. Do this here, sign this there . In other words not one check in. Room was an obstructed view but at a bargain price. Can't complain, adequate. Close the curtains because the maintenance staff are often on the lifeboats. Cabin steward only saw him 2x in ten days. We had to put drinks on the floor for him to get the message we needed ...

Could be your cruise of a lifetime, but I was expecting a bit more My wife and I recently completed the "Riviera" cruise from Rome to Barcelona during the period of June 19 to 26, 2014. We were celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary and were doing the trip "first class". As such, we booked one of Wind Surf's suites -- cabin #501 -- at a total cost of $9,000. I can honestly say we have never ...

I was surprised to read the negative reviews for the same cruise I was on. No voyage is ever perfect but these folks didn't experience the horrific crossing to Europe on RCl Brilliance that I did in May 2014. In comparison this was a heavenly eight days. The lecturers alone are in a class by themselves. I guess the good part of the awful food on the Brilliance was that my husband and I lost weight ...

Thoughts From Our Recent Cunard Queen Mary 2 (QM2) Cruise  Southampton to New York City – May 9, 2014 Before I begin, I wanted to thank so many of you on this board for answering all of my questions many of which I posted nine months to one year ago. Whereas on some of the other boards I often am the one giving answers, on this board I was clearly the newbie as we were on this recently completed ...

We enjoy crossings and using ships as a means of transportation and actually prefer crossings to port-intensive cruises. Thus we chose the QMII as a means to get to Europe for a reunion of friends in Paris. Embarkation: Super-smooth, but probably because we arrived at 3:00 well after most passengers were on board. I recommend this option to others since Cunard's embarkations can be chaotic and ...

This is the first time I cruised with Oceania. I picked the cruise because the itinerary is one I have wanted to do for a long time. Unfortunately, because of the situation in Ukraine we were unable to go to Sevastapol, Yalta or Odessa. This was not Oceania's fault but they were very sneaky in not informing us until it was too late to cancel. And worse was to come - we lost 3 ports and they didn't ...

Being a World Club platinum member we knew what to expect in our cruise aboard Queen Victoria. Embarkation was smooth. Food quality and service in the Britannia dining room were very good, though short of being excellent. However our dinner one night at The Verandah restaurant was truly one of the finest we've had on land or sea! Remarkable! One peeve I had related to the "Coffee Card" , or ...