What’s it like to cruise on Costa Smeralda, one of the largest ships on earth? Join me on this full ship tour as we go venue by venue, topic by topic and review the ship and the experience on board this 7-Night Mediterranean Cruise from top to bottom (quite literally).
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↪ Video Chapters ↩
0:00 Intro
00:58 Driving to Port in Rome (Civitavecchia)
01:20 What’s in this Video? (and what’s not!)
02:15 First Impressions On Board
02:35 Deck 6: The Heart of the Ship
03:20 Deck 7: Reception & Guest Relations, Shops
04:21 Deck 7: Casino & CoDe Museum
05:23 “Interesting” Designs
05:58 Deck 9: Heading to My Stateroom
06:07 Full Premium Balcony Stateroom Tour
10:04 Deck 8: The Hidden Lounge
10:50 Deck 18: Largest Pool, Settimo Cielo Outdoor Lounge
13:05 Deck 18: Passeggiata Volare View Point
14:47 Deck 18: Piazza di Spagna, Orizzonte Bar
16:06 Deck 17: Piazza di Spagna, Outdoor Pool
17:11 Deck 17: Lido Caracalla, Aperol Spritz Bar, Water Park, Kiki Poke
18:59 Deck 16 & 17: Solarium Pool, Nutella Bar, Burger Bar, La Cascata Bar
20:29 Deck 16: Spa & Fitness Center
21:06 Deck 16: Family & Kids Facilities
22:29 Deck 8: Gelateria, Bellavista Restaurant, Sport Bar, Wine Bar
23:50 Deck 8: Specialty Restaurants on Offer
25:02 Deck 8: Full Buffet Tour (Seating & Breakfast)
26:47 Deck 8: Full Buffet Tour (Lunch & Dinner)
27:08 Service on Costa, a Story
28:32 Deck 8: Outdoor Dining Areas
29:45 Deck 7: Superba Bar
30:27 Deck 7: Il Rugantino Restaurant (with Breakfast Service)
31:00 Deck 7: Piano Bar, Laguna Bar, Sushino Sushi Bar
32:01 Deck 7: Campari Bar
33:14 A Taste of Entertainment on Offer in The Colosseum
34:07 Deck 6: Sanremo Theater
34:48 Deck 6: Mastrogianni Grand Bar, Jazz Bar
35:36 Deck 5: La Colombina Main Dining Room
36:12 Sampling of Starters
36:46 Sampling of Pasta Courses
37:07 Sampling of Main Courses
37:28 Sampling of Desserts
37:54 My Final Thoughts & Price Relativity
39:19 The Flip Flop Score
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This is NOT a promotional video. I pay for all of my flights and hotels (and I always tell you how much!) so I can be as honest and impartial as possible. I do not receive any special treatment that wouldn’t otherwise be publicly accessible, in fact, the hotels and airlines have no idea about my visit and that’s the way I like it!
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34 Comments
Have been waiting for this video the last couple of days, never knew I would be so intrigued by a cruise review! Just 3:45m into the video and you have me already floored with the “clusterduck” 🤣🤣🤣Just love it!!! BTW…we became gym members at the Apurva Kempinski today😉 🥳 Thank you for bringing us sooo much enjoyment with your unparalleled HIGH quality reviews 🙏🏼
I am a coffee fanatic too. I like my coffee – black and strong. Always get a chuckle when they ask ‘Do you want us to leave room for coffee. Good video – really good tour of ship.
Thanks
I am very new to cruises, never been on a real one myself and never knew a thing about what's in these ships. I am enjoying and finding the review very interesting, but I can't seem to find the price in the description…
Cluster duck… hillarious. You fooled YouTube's algorithm with this one. Btw, Costa have not been on speaking terms with technology for ages. How else do you reckon Costa Concordia missed the reef off Giglio?
Clustermuck? Never heard of it
Really good video, i actually like this length, please don’t cut next one up in two
This is such a big coincidence that you uploaded a cruise review now as I was just two days ago reading about the Costa Concordia wreck, and there were comments on the same video asking if Cruise ship vacations were good/worth it ( especially for the slight chance of you dying, if things turned wrong ) ..and many people replied back that it was totally worth it experience for the price and the unlimited food!… now..time to watch your review..
Great and comprehensive video, i enjoyed it. side note i will be flying Vietjet HKG-DAD soon to spend a month in a country i love, will be thinking of your vietjet reviews for sure on that flight😊
Finally a realistic review. Well done.
Another amazing video Kevin! Question – Do you review videos to ensure you’re not caught in any reflections (for anonymity of course). I’ve casually tried to observe, but you have a pristine record! Anyways, awesome vid!
That's honestly shocking that Costa allows smoking on balconies especially after the Star Princess fire in '06.
Hey, Kevin! Maybe you want to try and show some highclass cruises? I think about Hapag Lloyd, Royal Clipper or even something-completely-different like Hurtigrouten? But other than that: very interesting review, thank you very much! 🙏🏻
Nice review Kevin.. 🙏.. all I wanted to comment on, is the sheer amount of different and conflicting colours, patterns, styles, shapes and lines etc throughout the ship.. you invoked the word Cluster***k early on… the word I’d use for the epic scale of random stuff everywhere within , would be Clutter.. Utter Clutter .. 😂.. Thanks again for your excellent work .. ✌🏻..
Great review Kevin. I can see how Costa appeals to many people.
Hey Flippty flopper! I just remembered why i never subscribed nor given you a like before! your pompous self know-it-all never happy comments and of course "I AM NOT SPONSORED I PAY FOR EVERY TRIP" comments on every video! but i will give you one thing! i watch your video on mute! lol
I post this every time but… another great vid ❤
Thank you Kevin. I followed this channel from early days. Hope to see 100 million views soon ❤
Really enjoyed the dry humour in this vlog. "They charge for pizza on an Italian ship?" 😂 Priceless!
Thank you 🚢
The interior design of the ship looks like it was borrowed from the Andaaz Gangnam
Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur on Thai Airways in business
Congratulations on your first cruise review 🎉
Keep up the excellence
Can you review lines like RegentSevenSeas and Cunard
They seem sooo inviting
Kevin, anyone whos crawling out of bed for a double shot espresso before 7am on a cruise clearly isnt utilising their drinks package effectively!! Bleary eyed and reaching for water, paracetamol, Berroca then the coffee (in that order) at around 11am would make sense. Just me? perhaps 🥳
Clutterduck 🦆🤣
So l noted not many comments on this video yet so thought ld add another giving some feedback, l dont think the 1st video was necessary as l really felt you repeated some aspects of the 1st video in this one. I do appreciate how you are trying to give alot of information and l feel you achieved this and then some across both videos, l understand it may be difficult to condense it all into one video and renain around the 40min mark. Just my opinion and l will watch regardless 👍. You certainly scored some fantastic weather on this cruise, beautiful blue skys and picture perfect sunrises ! I have to agree the layout and "flow" no pun intended of this ship leads to some very crowded spaces and wasted space. Thanks for another great video 🙂
Amazing video
Did you notice that the bar area outside by the pool had the same color scheme as Burger King?
Hmm.. 🤔 BKK to KUL on Thai Airasia in Business? Love your vids Kevin!
I do not think you need two videos for each cruise. There were lots of repetition between both videos; one comprehensive review would be plenty. Thanks
Brilliant! Just brilliant! Keep it coming!
I wonder if you used a VPN and used Italy as your location if you would be able to download the app?
Can you get NFL games on that cruise? 😊
Ditto other comments here! We have only cruised with RCL and a token repositioning on Princess. I really appreciate and enjoyed the review. I didn't realize Costa was so big and as a West Coast Canadian I only heard of Costa from some of their more newsworthy events such as a vessel running aground and capsizing years ago