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The buffets are very different and various (one day I counted 5 different kinds of pasta (2 kind of spaghetti dressed with different sauce - Carbonara and the other with tomato sauce olives, anchovies and caper, one oven polenta topped with cheese, Gnocchi di semolino - better that the ones that my mom and I make at home, and chick peas soup), plus grilled prawns, fried calamari, mussels....at last a great and good quantity of food!
I had to notice the continuous check in the restaurants and buffets of the Maitre D', Mr. Fernando Sanna and the Director of Services, Mr. Percivale. They were everywhere!
The Tiziano Restaurant is a very wide two story dining rooms, sober, and well decorated. We requested a table for two on the second seating (9,30 pm, maybe too late for not Italian guests) but the service was very smooth and attentive.
Our waiters (Gabriel from Romania and Wayne from India) was very carefully ( I requested a special bread and I found it each dinner on my table thanks to the cares of Wayne). Both waiter was always ready to fulfill any our requests.
The service in the dining room was very, very good, I felt sheltered and cared from our maitre Mr. Salvatore, who had a nice and pleasant words for all his guests. The executive chef, Mr. Paolo Màspero, is a young man from Genova or Liguria and he received the bigger applause and standing ovation from all the guests during the farewell dinner. He deserved all the ovations.
(I congratulate with him personally). All his staff make a very good job.
For the first time in a back-to-back cruise we had for dinner an additional menu, a second choice of the regular menu.
Cakes were very good (specially soufflés, Pastiera - one Neapolitan specialty, and fruits sorbets, as also starters (we appreciate grilled oysters and the delicious and very special ?Frittella di Gianchetti? a sort of pancakes made with baby fishes. Excellent seafood dishes, soups, and some little surprise like fried calamari or bruschetta that sometimes were served.
To say the true pizza was not very good, and the afternoon tea is a little bit lack. They must improve the variety of the snacks (On the Infinity I had one of my best afternoon tea, my mom said the elegant tea on Cunard was a must!)
COSTA ATLANTICA ENTERTAINMENTS AND CREW
The crew on board are very nice and patience, and the service is very attentive....especially the personnel at Reception, always ready to solve any kind of problems. The Captain Welcome cocktail and the repeaters cocktail are very sober and elegant, no hint about business affairs, and our Master Giuliano Bossi welcomed all the guest with some beautiful and poetical words....in 5 languages - at last Italian.
The shows are very good and the Cruise Director, Mr. Michele Esposito, and his staff were very nice and not too much invasive....
OTHER
We had a very good service from the free shuttle, available by the ship in the most ports, and the program of the day named the "Today" is very full of information (I bring with me a copy of it and plus a copy of the menu of Gala Dinners).
I forgot! We had a surprise from the Master of the ship. We were sailing through Flam Fjord, in the direction of Bergen. The ship made a little deviation to another little pristine Fjord. We reached a very amazing place! A minor harbor. Two little villages, between mountains and a glacier, waterfall, little red houses, no kind of noise, and the ship made a couple of rotations allowing all the passengers to watch this fairy-tale landscape.
It?s a night lovers ship. I was very happy about this because I remember a cruise made in the Caribbean some years ago on board another ship, when most of the activities were over around 10,30 pm. What a bore!
Except two Gala evenings each week, suggested dress is casual, but I must consider that from Spanish People to French, most were wearing a semi formal clothes during the informal evenings. Not much tuxedos.
So at last one of my best experience I never had of all my cruises (Obviously I'm not talking about luxurious cruise lines!) It was my best cruise considering the quality/price factor.
I wish to suggest Costa to all the people who expect to live a very Italian experience and loving to be always followed and pampered by a very efficient and very discrete organization and a living cruise.
By Guest Contributor: Stefy
MORE ON COSTA ATLANTICA FOOD
The buffets are very different and various (one day I counted 5 different kinds of pasta (2 kind of spaghetti dressed with different sauce - Carbonara and the other with tomato sauce olives, anchovies and caper, one oven polenta topped with cheese, Gnocchi di semolino - better that the ones that my mom and I make at home, and chick peas soup), plus grilled prawns, fried calamari, mussels....at last a great and good quantity of food!
I had to notice the continuous check in the restaurants and buffets of the Maitre D', Mr. Fernando Sanna and the Director of Services, Mr. Percivale. They were everywhere!
The Tiziano Restaurant is a very wide two story dining rooms, sober, and well decorated. We requested a table for two on the second seating (9,30 pm, maybe too late for not Italian guests) but the service was very smooth and attentive.
Our waiters (Gabriel from Romania and Wayne from India) was very carefully ( I requested a special bread and I found it each dinner on my table thanks to the cares of Wayne). Both waiter was always ready to fulfill any our requests.
The service in the dining room was very, very good, I felt sheltered and cared from our maitre Mr. Salvatore, who had a nice and pleasant words for all his guests. The executive chef, Mr. Paolo Màspero, is a young man from Genova or Liguria and he received the bigger applause and standing ovation from all the guests during the farewell dinner. He deserved all the ovations.
(I congratulate with him personally). All his staff make a very good job.
For the first time in a back-to-back cruise we had for dinner an additional menu, a second choice of the regular menu.
Cakes were very good (specially soufflés, Pastiera - one Neapolitan specialty, and fruits sorbets, as also starters (we appreciate grilled oysters and the delicious and very special ?Frittella di Gianchetti? a sort of pancakes made with baby fishes. Excellent seafood dishes, soups, and some little surprise like fried calamari or bruschetta that sometimes were served.
To say the true pizza was not very good, and the afternoon tea is a little bit lack. They must improve the variety of the snacks (On the Infinity I had one of my best afternoon tea, my mom said the elegant tea on Cunard was a must!)
COSTA ATLANTICA ENTERTAINMENTS AND CREW
The crew on board are very nice and patience, and the service is very attentive....especially the personnel at Reception, always ready to solve any kind of problems. The Captain Welcome cocktail and the repeaters cocktail are very sober and elegant, no hint about business affairs, and our Master Giuliano Bossi welcomed all the guest with some beautiful and poetical words....in 5 languages - at last Italian.
The shows are very good and the Cruise Director, Mr. Michele Esposito, and his staff were very nice and not too much invasive....
OTHER
We had a very good service from the free shuttle, available by the ship in the most ports, and the program of the day named the "Today" is very full of information (I bring with me a copy of it and plus a copy of the menu of Gala Dinners).
I forgot! We had a surprise from the Master of the ship. We were sailing through Flam Fjord, in the direction of Bergen. The ship made a little deviation to another little pristine Fjord. We reached a very amazing place! A minor harbor. Two little villages, between mountains and a glacier, waterfall, little red houses, no kind of noise, and the ship made a couple of rotations allowing all the passengers to watch this fairy-tale landscape.
It?s a night lovers ship. I was very happy about this because I remember a cruise made in the Caribbean some years ago on board another ship, when most of the activities were over around 10,30 pm. What a bore!
Except two Gala evenings each week, suggested dress is casual, but I must consider that from Spanish People to French, most were wearing a semi formal clothes during the informal evenings. Not much tuxedos.
So at last one of my best experience I never had of all my cruises (Obviously I'm not talking about luxurious cruise lines!) It was my best cruise considering the quality/price factor.
I wish to suggest Costa to all the people who expect to live a very Italian experience and loving to be always followed and pampered by a very efficient and very discrete organization and a living cruise.
By Guest Contributor: Stefy
