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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jun 23, 2005
Pros: nothing worth mentioning
Cons: food terrible, service terrible, ship incredibly simple and boring, terrible experience.
Summary: Costa Cruise lines - Magica was a terrible disappointment. I had read a lot of reports the food was bad on Costa lines. I got scared when the first day our cruise director warned us the food wouldn’t be what we would expect, as we are not familiar with ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 10, 2001
Pros: Clean, friendly crew and passengers. Great service. Almost all inclusive.
Cons: Drinks (no matter what kind) are extremely expensive.
Summary: My mother and I went on a 7 night cruise leaving out of Ft Lauderdale stopping in Key West, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel, Ocho Rios and Grand Cayman. We specifically went on this cruise because the Atkins (diet) people were going to be on it lecturing and ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 23, 2000
Pros: Italian style and elegance, well-bred clientele, beautiful amenities
Cons: Trip was too short
Summary: I have never enjoyed a ship as much as I enjoyed this one! The Italian style that is evident throughout the ship made it such a pleasure to be on board and the staff and food was equally as delightful.
My family is from South Florida and we ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 4, 2000
Pros: excellent food and service
Cons: too many smokers
Summary: we sailed on the costa romantica leaving from fort lauderdale and stopping in key west, cozumel, grand cayman and jamaica. approximate cost was $2400 for both of us, including air (this was in 1997), and we sailed in january.
the ship is ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 29, 2000
Pros: Clean good food
Cons: lame activities, and shows
Summary: We departed mid Jan. The boarding process was very quick quick and easy.
The ship was very clean and fairly new,total passengers about 1600,
about 600 crew. This is Italian style, I loved the food and the food servers were exceptional. The ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 11, 2000
Pros: food, service, ports-of call
Cons: Spring break, inadequate time in certain ports
Summary: Costa Romantica is a beautifully-appointed ship; not garish and gaudy. My first trip on the Romantica was in 1996 with my husband and 4 other adult family members. We flew from NY to Florida for a back-to-back 2 week cruise...Eastern and Western ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 21, 1999
Pros: Beauty of ship, friendly crew, varied nationalities of passengers.
Cons: None! Our favorite of all, even Costa Victoria.
Summary: Since 1996 my husband and I have spent 4 wonderful weeks on the Romantica. Even though we have cruised 4 other lines in this time frame, none has measured up to this cruise ship.
We cruised both Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries in the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 2, 1999
Pros: It's a cruise!
Cons: Poor onboard entertainment; limited food
Summary: I've been fortunate enough to travel on many cruise ships from many different companies. While Costa isn't the top of my list, it's still a vacation.
I cruised around the Mediterranean on the Costa Romantica. It's not a mammoth ship by ... read more
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