Sue and Kevin Mullen wrote:
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> Jeff wrote:
>> Jean O'Boyle wrote:
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>>> Hi Peter,
>>> Lots of pasta dishes, fish and Northern Italian style cooking....red
>>> sauces a bit on the tart side..The desserts were very good. The
>>> maitre d' said that they were thinking of adding more American style
>>> dishes...Guess because there were so many American passengers....I
>>> hope not too many as I liked the idea of having more of an Italian
>>> type experience. You could always find something that you liked on
>>> the menu...You mentioned that you like Princess; so do I, but I also
>>> like the variety in
>>> cruises out there, I'm not a cookie cutter person..I have not tried
>>> Costa, but the only thing negative that I have heard about their
>>> ships is that they attract more of a smoking clientele...but with the
>>> bans put on smoking, even in Europe, we will see a difference on the
>>> cruise ships as well, if not already. Jeff, who posts here, took a
>>> Costa cruise not too long ago and he said there was no problem with
>>> cigarette smoke on his sailing..
>>>
>>> --Jean
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>> To the original poster -- I have been on Costa three times now, twice
>> on the Mediterranea (which might be my near favorite ship!) and once
>> on the Magica. In the Caribbean, they are responding to the American
>> market....and there were actually quite few places you could smoke and
>> the euro-passengers on board seemed fairly respectful of this. Now in
>> the Med this might be different.... What wins for me on Costa in the
>> Caribbean is simply price -- I sail solo and can afford a balcony on
>> them. That being said, the food is pretty good -- especially the
>> italian stuff like pastas and risotto, etc. They have all that good
>> stuff like prosciutto and good cheeses at every meal and saw mussels
>> on the buffet one day! It's quirky and different, but I like that.
>> There's only so many middle-American touches I need. Anyhow, I would
>> recommend!
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> Welcome home Jeff!! So how was the cruise with the parental units??
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> sue
It was good! I had a great time kayaking around....I'm ready to be a
kayaking guide in Canada, lol.... and, the verdict is in and Dad had a
good time! I think we might have more cruises in his future here!
Although, so far they are thinking river boat cruise in France which is
somewhere Dad really wants to go (aka, the whole french thing....) but
I'd be a reluctant tour guide on land....long story, but 2 alpha males
don't necessarily mix when it comes to travel plans, lol.... We had fun
though, terrific wait staff, I'd have to say HAL food has come a long
way in 10 years! Nothing to do later at night, but what's new.... Had a
great cabin steward as well, and....hot tubbing with the stars, lol. It
was an interesting journey....
Jeff
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