Expedition Cruises Reviews

I have cruised and traveled all over the world for 40 yrs. Crystal, Seabourn, Viking, etc. My Rating: The Flora Ship 6 out of 10. The crew 9 out 10. The food 5 out 10. Regular cabin with balcony, 4 out 10. The excursions and what we actually experienced 2 out 10. Excursions were the MAJOR disappointment of the trip. Considering the time, energy and money expended on ...

My Mum and I choose this cruise to celebrate her 60th Birthday. We choose Hurtigruten because of their long experience in polar sailing and because of their science program. Antarctica itself was a magical experience but we left regretting our choice of cruise line. Hurtigruten markets itself as luxury for a reasonable price, but make no mistake- they are a budget cruise line with a budget product ...

My wife and I recently took a 11 night Aranui 5 cruise to the Marquesas Islands. We are glad that many previous reviewers had a great time on this ship. There were some positive aspects for us including magnificent scenery, a good sized cabin and a few staff who did their best for passengers. We found the cruise most disappointing especially given the price. Wish we had done more research - ...

Like on their ocean cruises they pipe nondescript classical muzak on the loudspeaker system incessantly, making for the ambiance of an elevator in a department store. You can escape to your cabin or to the scarce outdoors areas if they haven’t stoved the furniture - which they actually do all the time because the cushions aren’t waterproof. Not that it matters much because there is no shade to be ...

We were sent a link by Hurtigruten to fill in this review. We purchased this cruise after watching a channel 5 documentary on Hurtigruten Norwegian Cruise. What we got is NOT what we watched on TV or the itinerary we booked as per the photos on this review. Hurtigruten are not an easy company at all to contact or deal with so be aware of this fact please. Once on board Maud it becomes very ...

I have been on numerous cruises throughout the world, most of which I greatly enjoyed. This experience with Hurtigruten on a supposed 17 night Antarctica cruise was the worst vacation experience of my life. I found the food so bland as to be inedible by the third day, and in general I found the personnel, especially management, to be dismissive and unfriendly. The journey down the coast of ...

Following brilliant reviews pre-covid this appeared to be the cruise of a lifetime on a wonderful new ship with highly skilled expedition team members to lead. The ship is truly amazing and our cabins on deck 9 were the 'best' and our cabin stewards Jonathan and Ernest were simply wonderful. Could not fault them. The laundry service was quick and efficient. The meals in the ...

To avoid international travel and tour agreat Lakes. It was my worst travel experience and I have traveled extensively, 23 countries. Let viking book flight and they used Air Canada. Flight delays 8 hours going to ship, luggage arrives four days later soaking wet, so another day without clothes while laundry washed and dried all. If you have pricey cabin you can book upscale restaurants ...

This was most likely my only trip to Svalbard, and I am angry with myself for not researching this more carefully. We did the Norway coastal journey with Hurtigruten five years ago and had an amazing time, so I thought that I knew the quality we would receive. But this was very different. The greatest disappointment for me was the complete lack of information that we received about the area we ...

This cruise line should stick to ferry service ! Having recently been to Antartica on Swan Hallenic we were expecting much of the same on this Arctic Cruise. We were sadly mistaken for sure, Surly staff in general, they seemed very over worked, except for the bar staff. Nickel and diming for most everything, for example, if you were late for lunch and ate in the restaurant that was ...