Italy, Croatia and Greek Islands

It was a beautiful tour, and the cruise ship was fine. We visited some wonderful islands. However it was listed in the caralog as "lesiurely", but I found the shore trips somewhat challenging. Occasionally we had to board ferries to take us to the ports. It was diffiult getting into and out of these boats. Also, there was more walking than the literature indicated. I would suggest the tour be listed as at least a "2".

Good trip to Italy, Croatia and Greek Islands

Overall, we enjoyed this tour but do have suggestions to improve it. Our guide, Chiarra, could have met with us more often, giving us more details of what to expect. It was more of a Costa Cruise than a GoAhead tour. Parts were hurried, i.e. we wanted more time, not just a night tour, in Mykonos. We actually stayed aboard ship that evening so never even stepped on Mykonas. The tours of Olympia and Dubrovnik were the best tours, however, we wanted to be with friends we had met but they were on a different bus and we never even saw them during the Olympia tour. This should have been arranged by Chiarra. The tour in Venice was good and understandably rushed because of the inclement weather. Bussing to and from the airport was handled well and we enjoyed the Courtyard by Marriott.

Italy, Greece, Croatia

Ship was too large w/ too many passengers to enjoy all the facilities. Smoke-filled lounges & casinos (should indicate in tour literature that smoking is allowed & where). Food quality was fair--had much better food on other cruises. Accomodations were fine and steward servicing room was excellent. Too short of time in each port to see sights sufficiently (long lines to reenter ship cutting down on sightseeing time, especially in Santorini). Long lines to sign up for individual tours aboard ship, website for cruise line did now work & couldn't book tours ahead of time. Tour guide was very friendly, knowledgeable but with this type of tour not too much interaction. Did not think the trip was worth the cost.

Beautiful and interesting sites, learned a lot

Our ship cabin was very good, loved having the balcony. All of the local tour guides were outstanding. Met some warm and interesting people in our group.

The itinerary of the trip was excellent

The cruise company provided an excellent vehicle to see the various ports of call. Service by the international staff was fine and the food was plentiful and good.

Disappointing Go Ahead Tour

My family has taken other GA Tours and loved them. But they were land tours and this was a cruise. Go Ahead provided very little additional value to this type of tour. None of the excursions were included in the price and our tour guide only went with us on one excursion. The final day in Venice was very disappointing. Our tour guide took us to the palace and then left us on our own for the rest of the time there. Where did she go? She could have invited any who wanted to go with her to another site or out for lunch...something! We had very little planned interaction with the other tour members. We actually met some very nice people in our tour in the airport on the way home! She could have taken us on an initial tour of the boat, arranged for all of us to meet in one of the lounges at night...anything. This was a very expensive tour that we could have booked ourselves and had just as good a time.

Venice extension is a must

If you take this tour, take the pre or post trip to Venice. We had three nights and could have used at least 3 more. It is an incredible place. Ask for Ziggy as your tour guide. She is excellent. Request her on the boat and Venice extension. The young lady we had on the boat who lived in Rome pressured us to give her our reviews before we departed. This is highly unethical and unprofessional. We did not comply with her attempts. She did not work very hard.

Great Trip with great stops

Liked the itinerary but felt the stops could have been longer at the Greek Islands, maybe a longer cruise would have been better.

Venice is incredible

We took the two night Venice pre trip and it was fantastic. Our tour guide Ziggy was incredible. She made this trip and did much more than was expected for us. On the contrary, our guide on the cruise to the Greek Isles was fair at best. She really did not exert much which caused confusion when we disembarked the boat. The cruise itself was excellent and we highly recommend it.

A Very Memorable Trip

This trip was one of the most delightful trips I have ever taken. I even enjoyed the rainy day in Venice. The views were spectacular and breath taking.