Bizziecruzer Posted March 16, 2023 #1 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Hi all. We have a cruise booked on Costa Firenze later in the year. Wondering if anyone can post their experiences if you have sailed with Costa. (No Concordia input thanks 🙂 ) We have been told that announcements will be made in English and Italian as a lot of Italians travel on Costa. We have also been told that there are some limits on restaurants you can go to on a basic fare. For comparison, we have previously sailed Princess, Celebrity, Royal Caribbean and P&O. Thanks in advance for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleFish1976 Posted March 17, 2023 #2 Share Posted March 17, 2023 6 hours ago, Bizziecruzer said: Hi all. We have a cruise booked on Costa Firenze later in the year. Wondering if anyone can post their experiences if you have sailed with Costa. (No Concordia input thanks 🙂 ) We have been told that announcements will be made in English and Italian as a lot of Italians travel on Costa. We have also been told that there are some limits on restaurants you can go to on a basic fare. For comparison, we have previously sailed Princess, Celebrity, Royal Caribbean and P&O. Thanks in advance for your input. I don't know if you've seen this review of her most recent Costa cruise by Emma Cruises but it's very comprehensive. From her review of the line as long as you know what it's like and are a bit flexible you could have a really great time. It's an Italian line so I imagine the default language is Italian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinbadThePorter Posted March 17, 2023 #3 Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, Bizziecruzer said: We have been told that announcements will be made in English and Italian Also German, French and Spanish. I don't know why they don't just make one announcement in Esperanto. Edited March 17, 2023 by SinbadThePorter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ozwoody Posted March 18, 2023 #4 Share Posted March 18, 2023 On 3/17/2023 at 5:45 PM, SinbadThePorter said: Also German, French and Spanish. I don't know why they don't just make one announcement in Esperanto. Because no one speaks Esperanto, even though it would benefit everyone if we did. Should be taught in every school from grade 3 around the world. Would possibly save a lot of conflicts if they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lyndarra Posted March 18, 2023 #5 Share Posted March 18, 2023 25 minutes ago, Ozwoody said: Because no one speaks Esperanto, even though it would benefit everyone if we did. Should be taught in every school from grade 3 around the world. Would possibly save a lot of conflicts if they did. You've got to be kidding.😱 It's hard enough teaching English which, BTW, is the most widely spoken language in the world so why try and bring in another? How long would it take to teach the teachers and how many would be qualified to teach them, by then English may be universal - problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ozwoody Posted March 19, 2023 #6 Share Posted March 19, 2023 1 hour ago, lyndarra said: You've got to be kidding.😱 It's hard enough teaching English which, BTW, is the most widely spoken language in the world so why try and bring in another? How long would it take to teach the teachers and how many would be qualified to teach them, by then English may be universal - problem solved. Sorry Bizziecruzer I did not mean to hijack your thread. Info on Costa Cruises would be interesting I have never sailed with them, may give it a try if I knew more about them. regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchhalm Posted March 19, 2023 #7 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Never again Costa for us. OK, in all fairness it was CHEAP and a last-minute decision to cruise for a week or so from/to Singapore. Awful, just awful. Old ship, totally geared to Chinese. Only perhaps 200 non-Chinese passengers, and we were huddled together for comfort. 😂 Diabolical food, so much so that the waiter apologised when serving it, 'i am sorry, i have no idea what that is'. We contemplated jumping ship in Bali, where, coincidentally we arrived at 07.30 pm, instead of 09.00 am. And STILL, they conducted "sightseeing tours" of the rice terraces. In pitch darkness. No refunds for those poor souls who had purchased tours. Because we DID run the tours! Well, I'm sure the new mega ships they have are a lot better. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted March 19, 2023 #8 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Plenty spaget and garlic on Costa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getting older slowly Posted March 20, 2023 #9 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Costa.... ummm My Cousin and his wife did a costa cruise in asia a 14 nighter,.. the other year they are princess cruisers..... what they said OMG Never again..... it was a good price but no..... good luck Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted March 21, 2023 #10 Share Posted March 21, 2023 1 hour ago, getting older slowly said: Costa.... ummm My Cousin and his wife did a costa cruise in asia a 14 nighter,.. the other year they are princess cruisers..... what they said OMG Never again..... it was a good price but no..... good luck Don I said the same thing about MSC Cruises. Spotless modern ship, but just too big and too many different languages for me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getting older slowly Posted March 21, 2023 #11 Share Posted March 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, MMDown Under said: I said the same thing about MSC Cruises. Spotless modern ship, but just too big and too many different languages for me! I thing it comes back to it.. each to his own... great thing lots of cruise lines to go with... for us it is Princess and shorter ones on Cunard and really short ones Spirit of Tassie lol just waiting for lunch ( up near Halls Gap ) for BH Birthday... Smoked Salmon, Tuna Pate. freshly cook bread Rolls served with a local Fizz and dinner is Fresh Prawns, chips and salad with French Fizz. Cheers Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted March 21, 2023 #12 Share Posted March 21, 2023 11 minutes ago, getting older slowly said: I thing it comes back to it.. each to his own... great thing lots of cruise lines to go with... for us it is Princess and shorter ones on Cunard and really short ones Spirit of Tassie lol just waiting for lunch ( up near Halls Gap ) for BH Birthday... Smoked Salmon, Tuna Pate. freshly cook bread Rolls served with a local Fizz and dinner is Fresh Prawns, chips and salad with French Fizz. Cheers Don Yum!! Enjoy your birthday celebrations at lunch and dinner near Halls Gap. I thought of your holidays when my younger daughter recently visited the Grampians National Park, which she loved. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted March 21, 2023 #13 Share Posted March 21, 2023 21 minutes ago, getting older slowly said: I thing it comes back to it.. each to his own... great thing lots of cruise lines to go with... for us it is Princess and shorter ones on Cunard and really short ones Spirit of Tassie lol just waiting for lunch ( up near Halls Gap ) for BH Birthday... Smoked Salmon, Tuna Pate. freshly cook bread Rolls served with a local Fizz and dinner is Fresh Prawns, chips and salad with French Fizz. Cheers Don🍾🦞🦐 You are 'livin the dream there young Don. Enjoy !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendy Posted March 27, 2023 #14 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Don’t know about Costa, but on MSC bingo in 6 languages left me befuddled and no I didn’t win. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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