Considering crusing Costa for 1st time

[Catnip]

Hello,

I have been on about 28 cruises, or so, on other cruise lines (ie: RCCL, Princess, Cunard). We are considering a Costa 7-day Med cruise next year.

From the "regulars" here, would we find less children in May, or in Sept/Oct? Also, I know Europeans smoke a lot. Is the main dining room non-smoking, and what about the show lounges?

And one last thing, are the shows in English?

 

Thanks for your help!

[Jo42]

There were hardly any children on my May trip. Schools return in September. October should be similar to May.

 

There is no smoking in the dining room and I don't remember the theatre being smoky. The Grand Bar was smoky during the morning when we waited to disembark to our excurions buses. Shows were mainly in English.

 

Enjoy!

[TDOTCRUISR]

Totally agree with Jo42. No smoking in dining room & main theatre. Lots of smoking in the lounges at night and while waiting for excursions to depart. There is a section at the back of the lounges reserved for non-smokers. Most nights, we sat at the very back & still had no problems seeing what was happening on stage. Seriously speaking, only shows worth seeing were the gala night shows & they were mainly in English.