Originally Posted by
747FC
I've done several "re-positioning" cruises:
1. Costa: Copenhagen to Genoa. Terrible experience at a low cost. Unlike a previous Costa cruise that we loved, this one had a very different class of passengers aboard.
And that's important, and what made the last cruise difficult. I think the ship could handle 4,600 pax just fine. But there was a deep cultural rift between 2 halves of the customer base. I don't know if the other side was aware of it, but one half of the passengers seemed united in their dislike for the other half. Without getting too deep into it, over 2,000 were cosmetic salespeople on an award cruise.