Rome to Venice 7 nights. Second time on Allura. Food was excellent as always and ship still smells new. Staff very attentive love this line.
Having visited an Oceania ship many years ago in Southampton we decided to treat ourselves to an upmarket cruise. The ship was beautiful, the service exemplary and the food was to die for. However there were a few downsides to the cruise, the lack of passengers created less atmosphere, even though it was to our advantage being upgraded. The theatre was of a nice design but the entertainment left a bit to be desired compared to our favourite line, Princess Cruises. Everywhere was very luxurious but everything came at a high price including tours and onboard shopping. However our itinerary was really good with just one sea day in the ten and I think our main moan was that we were advised at every port to carry passports, vaccination certificates and key card and medical masks and in no port of call were we asked to show anything or wear masks unless we wanted to. We appreciate the ship was following rules by head office no doubt but I am sure with a bit of checking in the countries we visited they would have learnt that these items were not necessary and it would have alleviated us having to carry them everywhere we went.
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The cities were lovely and the countryside beautiful!
Great ship snd destination
Embarkation was the easiest and fastest we have ever experienced. The ship is beautiful. It is light and spacious and full of gorgeous artefacts. Our concierge balcony cabin was spacious and very comfortable, although it would have been improved by better drawer space. The bathroom was probably the most elegant we have had. The balcony itself was very spacious but lacked high backed furniture or footstools. There were two bucket type chairs and a small table -such a waste of such a lovely space.
All crew members that we came in contact with were delightful, from room stewards to restaurant staff and the boys who saw us safely on and off the tenders. The young Cruise Director was brilliant and the entertainment extremely good.
The food in all the restaurants was excellent. We normally avoid the Buffet on cruises because we hate the fight for tables and the scrummage around the service stations. This wasn't a problem at all on Vista and we ended up enjoying every breakfast and an occasional lunch there.
Ship beautiful staff excellent food in main restaurants not up to standard and disappointing. Special restaurants Ok .
Thoroughly enjoyed our first time with Seabourn
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