Rome (Civitavecchia) to the Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

When Crystal sadly went bankrupt Oceania were among the alternatives we tried out. Here are our findings. Oceania try to carve out a space for themselves between the mass market and the luxury segment. If you ask me they are closer to the former than the latter. THEIR BOOKING AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS are designed exclusively to prevent any wrongdoings by the staff in favour of the customer. It ...

We booked this cruise as it had been several years since we last visited Europe and we liked this itinerary. This portion of the trip embarked in Rome, we stayed at the W Hotel, a brand new property with excellent and clean accommodations and outstanding service. Would not hesitate to rebook there. We contracted with Rome cabs to transfer us- the dad dropped us off right in front of the ship. ...

This cruise was our fifth attempt since Covid to take a cruise. We chose the itinerary for the ports of call in Israel. We took a similar cruise on Celebrity Constellation in 2011 but we had to divert from Ashdod to Haifa because of a rocket attack across the Gaza strip. This impacted on our excursions to the Holy Land and we missed one due to one of us having Norovirus. This cruise we made all ...

This cruise was a replacement for one we cancelled from Miami so we didn’t know what to expect. We had just been on a Norwegian cruise the week before so we were able to make some comparisons. Right away we noticed that the buffet food was sub par. The food items were generally not hot no matter what time we arrived there and the milk should have been kept cold. I thought it was a recipe for ...

We had booked a fly-cruise package with MSC in March just before the 30% healthcare workers discount offer ended. It was a 7 night cruise aboard MSC Splendida starting from Rome and visiting Genoa, Marseille, Siracusa (Sicily), Taranto and back to Rome with 2 sea days in between. On the day of cruise (23/9/22), we flew from London Heathrow to Rome via British Airways. The flight departed on ...

We chose this cruise because of the ports of call in Israel. We do not like the Edge Class ships although we have sailed on The Edge in the past. We prefer the Solstice Class ships having cruised with Celebrity 19 times before. We do not like: The 4 free restaurants, instead of the main dining room on the Solstice Class ships, although labelled Cyprus, Tuscan, Normandie and Cosmopolitan each ...

Actually ... our ship was placed into dry dock & we needed to switch ships ... so we selected the 7-day Epic (first time on this ship) and we were not disappointed! Before our cruise there were not many updated fotos of #16000 - the two bedroom Haven so I wanted to add lots of info! The space was great with lots of storage. Although there were 2 of us, we selected the two bedroom for the extra ...

The ship overall has a nice lay-out. The crew was really great a high level of service from the Windjammer to the MDR The cabin boy did a great job. The food is not bad but at best mediocre. Well to be honest it was a little bit disappointing. Fish was most of the time really overcooked, so had to send it back Using the mandatory app to make reservations is a disaster. Lots of times ...

Having read previous reviews we were nervous and had lowered expectations as we planned this trip. This was our second post pandemic cruise and are very happy with how life continues to evolve to ‘normal’ at sea, all in all it was a wonderful vacation. As loyal Diamond+ we are pretty experienced with the fleets, but also with the competition! The ship presents beautifully: Sparkling new, ...

Having been on Rhine Getaway and Paris and the Heart of Normandy, we chose a Viking Ocean Cruise in order to start in Rome and tour Monaco, southern France through Barcelona, Spain. Every dinner was delicious, with the two of us choosing to eat each night in the main dining room, served by Agung and Ryan whose courtesy, professionalism and personalities were simply unexcelled. Since our party ...