Barcelona Costa Smeralda Cruise Reviews

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A nightmare, but not a cruise
"The food is tasteless, old, yesterday and cold.Your kitchen food, tragedy and nightmare...."Read More
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A nightmare, but not a cruise

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Remas
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

A complete mess. The food is tasteless, old, yesterday and cold. Breakfast includes yesterday's cold baked potatoes straight from the fridge. Omelet and scrambled eggs are cold and yesterday. Your kitchen food, tragedy and nightmare. There were not even fresh vegetables like fresh cucumbers or fresh tomatoes. There is no buffet. Food is rationed, the chefs do not understand what the customer ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Cabin Type: Suite with Ocean View Balcony


Worst vacation ever. Ripoff! Dishonest Misinformation and just awful.

Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Smeralda

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Amyaint
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

I chose this cruise as it was part of the Ryder Cup official sponsor. Shame on the PGA for picking such an inferior partner and 3rd party to coordinate this vacation. It was awful and a waste of €4 thousand! The lack of communications, misinformation and just complete discombobulated events made this a horrible waste of time, ports and events. Costa Cruise - [ ] Delayed luggage, no iron, ...
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Sail Date: September 2023


More than adequate for our requirements

Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Smeralda

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slh411
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We wanted to visit Palermo, as my mom’s grandmother taught school there prior to coming to the US. This cruise was perfect for us and took us to so many beautiful ports; it was also refreshing to not have a cruise director/party central interrupting every hour or two. We enjoyed most meals, we had no problems with seating in the breakfast and afternoon tea buffets on deck 5 and 6 dining rooms ...
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Sail Date: September 2023

Cabin Type: Classic Balcony Stateroom

Traveled with disabled person


Worst cruise ever!,

Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Smeralda

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Cody934
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Completed a transatlantic from US to,Barcelona. The Costa Smeralda did a Mediterranean cruise 2 days after our transatlantic and went to ports we wished to see, such as Sicily, Rome… Upon boarding, we were advised we needed to download the Costa App in order to get the daily news, events, times & menus. U.S Americans could not download the app (due to incompatibility between Costa & ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Traveled with disabled person


Nice Experiences

Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Smeralda

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JanBuric
10+ Cruises • Age 30s

I readed a lots of bad reviews about Costa Smeralda. Most of them are from Covid time, so I don't know if it was due to restrictions or Costa Smeralda improved the services but I have only good experiences with travelling on Costa Smeralda. The ship is nice, very clean, food was really good and the stuff was very nice and friendly. I Was afraid at first that so big ship will be overcrowded but it ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Cabin Type: Classic Balcony Stateroom


Worse cruise ever

Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Smeralda

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CruisingEurope2023
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Costa was chosen due to ports of calls, and past experience on Costa many years ago. From day 1 cruise was a disappointment. Four of us seated at 2 different tables. Waiter could care less about my wife and I at our own table. Food when it did arrive was coolish at best. It got worse everyday. This was not a cruise but a ferry ride as passengers embarked and disembark at every port. Talking to ...
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Sail Date: May 2023


Horrible experience with Costa Smeralda!

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Centeno
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

Everything was terrible! Food, entertainment, customer service, restaurant staff, photo staff, etc. The worst of all was the lack of variety and amount of food in the buffets and main dinning rooms. All food was repetitive every day; focaccia with tea or water, oriental pasta with no flavor, apples, honeydews, and more focaccia. i mean, we were hungry throughout the cruise. The waiters were ...
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Sail Date: March 2023

Traveled with children


Pleasantly Surprised

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Smeralda

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Katelois101
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

We booked this cruise in 2019 to sail in June of 2020, and we all know how that story ends. When the world shut down, we opted to take the voucher offered by Costa which offered us the ability to rebook a cruise with a suite #15010 (vs a terrace cabin which we originally booked) and have the highest-level drink package which covered all the soft drinks and alcohol we needed. The Suite guests have ...
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Sail Date: December 2022

Cabin Type: Suite with Ocean View Balcony


Perfectly fine and met expectations

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Smeralda

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ani4ani
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

This was our 21st cruise. We have sailed on Costa before as well as the other "main-stream" lines, e.g. RCCL, Celebrity, Norwegian, HA, MSC etc. This cruise was a last-minute replacement for a cancelled MSC cruise. Essentially, we paid less than 50% for the "same" cruise on Smeralda. We had read the numerous reviews on here and we were not unduly concerned since our own experiences have never ...
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Sail Date: October 2021

Cabin Type: Premium Terrace Stateroom


Costa Smeralda was a Great Cruise for the Money

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Costa Smeralda

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kathrynlwright
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

I went on the Costa Smeralda cruise to the Mediterranean with three friends. We had two premium balcony cabins with the upgraded drink package. We found the ship to be beautiful, the service to be excellent, and the on board activities to be lots of fun! We had read the awful reviews and were prepared for the worst. To out delight, the cruise couldn't have gone more smoothly. Embarkment and ...
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Sail Date: February 2020

Cabin Type: Classic Balcony Stateroom


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