Emerald Cruises UK
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Azzurra definitely not luxurious
Very disappointing cruise very much misdescribed. 1 cabins and adjacent corridors smelt of sewage a known problem mentioned in other reviews not fixed. 2 only two years old and deteriorating fast , rusty door frames , leaking shower, cracked tiles, cheap particle board fittings swelling in damp , chair ripped. Overall cabins sparsely appointed and cheaply fitted out. 3 in room tv and wifi poor 4 dinners were nice but not luxury breakfast dull and unvarying 5 ports of call were awful tourist traps, they advertise their smaller ships ability to get into off the beaten track ports yet we still followed the same route as the mega ships. 6 our trip was ruined by the presence of a group of friends of the owner which made up over 1/3 of the passenger who were rowdy noisy drunken and monopolised many of the facilities. When I and others complained we were told that they don’t usually allow large group bookings but in this case as they were mates of the owner the staff were powerless. On a positive note the staff were great especially our waiter Gibril (Jimmy) who looked after us wonderfully. Conclusion never again on Emerald, back to Uniworld, AMA and Silverseas for us !!!