Costa Classica
by Jim Sherriff Eastern Caribbean
February 8, 2004
Cruising "Italian Style" has to be experienced to be believed. Every announcement was in six languages.
Nothing was ever on time or as advertised. Actually it became quite funny to us. Thats Italian!
Classica have the biggest cabins I have ever seen. This was our first inside cabin. We even had a queen size bed. The ship design was very Italian. Marble everywhere. The decor went from 'Over the top" to very tacky.
Service was excellent. An English speaking staff member was available to us for any problems or help. The entertainment staff went out of their way to make sure we were having a good time. There were only 16 of us (Canadians) on the ship who spoke English.
Entertainment was excellent considering they could not say everything in six languages. So they did not say anything and had some novel and clever ways to communicate to everyone.
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The food was everything from blah to excellent. Stangely enough their Italian dishes were not the best. They had the worse pizza I have ever eaten. Any little Mama Papa Italian restaurant in North America could put them to shame.
The shore excursions were much the same as every other cruise line.
The thing that struck us most was the inconsistences in everthing they did. We enjoyed the experience but would hesitate on cruising with Costa again.
If you want something a little different in a cruise it is worth a try.
