Maybe many here would disagree with me, but if this is your first, and maybe only trip to Europe, I would not recommend a cruise. If I was in your situation I would pick the countries in Europe I’m interested in visiting and find a top shelf tour company that has a tour covering those countries. Tauck Tours comes to mind
I’ve been on Navigator several times, last time November 2019, that was probably one of my best cruises! I would have no reservations, except I never book an aft cabin because it vibrates in that area
Interesting… I disembarked Splendor yesterday and our cruise was plagued with passengers blatantly reserving lounge chairs. I spoke to the GM Mr Galzy about this, and he said they couldn’t remove passengers belonging as that could result in a liability issue , plus they didn’t have the staff to monitor how long things were unattended on a chair. Time will tell if they indeed enforce this policy, it’s not the first time that they have instituted it.
I enjoyed very much the Lemon Duo on Splendor this past cruise. I had the opportunity to chat with them , they’re a sweet couple from Argentina. They’re very eager to please and play a wide variety of music, even tango!
If you think this is the only chance you’ll have to visit Sevilla then do that. Cadiz is in its own right a charming city. I would not even consider taking a tour to Gibraltar, went there years ago as a stop on a cruise and was mildly interesting but imo not enough to warrant a special excursion to it
The Navigator started service in 2000 , I last cruised on her in 2019 and was surprised how well kept up she was. Sorry for your troubles, you were not aware the Navigator vibrates in the back? It’s been the case from day one
Please, could those of you that have been recently on Splendor comment on the availability of Fever Tree tonic onboard? Last time I was on Regent ( 3 years ago) they only had Schweppes Ugh!!
That’s fine, and they should, but this board is called Cruise “Critic” for a reason. I welcome hearing the good with the bad, specially since I’m going on the Splendor in a few weeks. Hope they don’t run out of Fever Tree !