ada58

Hi Ada,

It is a little quieter on the upper deck of the restaurant (deck 4) than on the lower deck, we liked this as looking down was like our own side show.

The lower deck (3) gives you a far better view if they still have the Italian night crew dancing, and goings on.

Hi Tenpin

thank you for the info about the dining decks. Sounds like either one is ok.

You mention in your post that there is dancing on the lower deck. sCan you elaborate on the dancing aspect of the evening.

When does the dancing happen, is it during dinner at both sittings or after.

Do you recommend the earlier sitting 7;30 or the 9;30 .

Ada

Hi Ada

 

Not sure whether you mean decks for the restaurant. I don't know the answer either way. Much of a muchness I would think. Maybe someone could help you there.

 

Tours:

Bari: Easy to walk into the central town area. Not a huge amount to do but if you just has an afternoon it will be fine. There are a few churches. The one has a beautifully preserved mummy-my sort of thing. Hubby thinks I am crazy always wanting to see dead bodies. There is also a nice square with restaurants. Our last call to Bari was not great, we were delayed and most of the places were closed by the time we got into town. Don't get the Costa shuttle. It's expensive and really not needed.Down load G**gle maps on your phone and tell it where you want to go.

 

 

 

Santorini:This will be a tender port. I cannot remember how we got to the furnicular but it was not that busy when we went up and down. I won't walk on the ramp with the donkeys. 1)I don't like farm yard smells and 2) It sounds dangerous. People are bumped and can fall and break limbs. Once you are at the top you can just wander around, shop, have a beer etc. The tours usually go to the other part of the island I think it is called Oia.

 

Katakolon: If you want to see Olympia I would definitely hire a car. There is not much to see or do in Katakolon. There is a little train that goes to a vineyard but when we went on it the place was closed and it was a lovely warm spring day. The car hire is very close to the harbour and we were at Olympia before the buses came. It was lovely to walk around the ruins and do your own thing. You can down load a map and read about the places. The museum is also worth visiting and was also quiet when we were there.

 

I see you have a whole day in Mykonos. We only had a late afternoon and evening. We wandered about a bit and had a lovely meal. I am thinking it will be packed when you go. If you look on the "ports" section of the boards of Whatsinport website you could get some ideas.

 

We have never been to Argostoli.

 

Venice is Venice. Amazing place.

 

Well, I am busy packing for a city break to Prague. I won't be on cruise critic for a bit but shout is you need moer info and if I can, I will help.

 

Riana

Hi Riana, Thank so much for the great information on each port. It sounds like were going to do most things on our own given that there doesn't seem to be a lot of time for excursions which is just fine with us. Have a great time on your vacation.

Hi Ada

 

We've not been on the Luminosa recently but we cruise with Costa on a regular basis.

 

Most of the ports are very easy to DIY. In Katakolon we rented a car and drove to Olympia. Not for the faint hearted but not far and we were there before the buses.

 

What to do on the ship:

The animation team does stuff most of the day. We don't partake. It will be deck games(silly stuff), trivia etc. There are lots of dance classes and exercise classes if that is your thing. You could always just lounge around the pool if you don't go ashore.

 

Evenings will have lots of dancing opportunities. Costa has improved the amount of evening entertainment venues. A couple of years ago it was hit and miss and sometimes only taped music early. There will also be two shows at night. One for early and one for late dining. These will be singing/dancing type shows, illusionists, ventriloquists etc. They seem to have a tenor on every ship now.

 

We like the Luminosa. Hope this helps but ask if you want to know more. I am back at work the next two days and going away on Sunday.

 

Riana

Hi Riana, Thanks for responding and the great information. It is very helpful. Which deck should we request to be seated on, the lower or upper? I read from others that the excursion on the ship are not worth while. We are going to be in Bari at our first stop and probably just want to go into the city and tour. Have you been to Bari? Do you know how far it is from the ship to Bari ? Also, for Santorini, there is an excursion which has a boat that takes you to the city and back. I was wondering if that would be a better option than going up and down the tramp. You mentioned that you had rented a car in Olympia, was that worth it? Please advise with your experience on excursion for the Greek Island tours. Thans

hi can anyone recommend what sitting and the numbers of people to sit with at the dining room on A Costa cruise. We want to meet people not sit alone each night.

Hi there I am still aboard heading on Baltic cruise on Magica in July ! You are right though it's very quiet on here at the moment ;):confused:

I agree it's lonely. Would love to speak to a Costa cruiser. We're going on our first and would love some advise.

It is very lonely on the Costa boards at the moment. I have been sneaking a peek at some old threads and there used to be so many Costa cruisers.

 

Has just about everybody jumped ship?

 

Alicat

Hi Lookimg to speak to someone who has been on the Costa Luminosa. This is our first cruise with Costa and would love to know what to do on ship.

Is anyone going on the Costa Cruise Luminosa on Aug 18. 2018 or has been on it recently. Would love to chat.