Costa Cruise Line, an Italian-base cruise company, with a total of 14 fleets, (1 more "Costa Lunimosa" coming soon), covering more than 100 port of calls worldwide...
Alot of people in our country has yet heard about this cruise liner, but for your info Costa Cruise Liner has been here for years and is awarded the No1 cruise liner in Europe. And 19 Mar 2009, is their first time to stop at Port Klang for shore excursion.... :p
well.. i was kinda honored to be invited onboard together with another 28 travel reps for a short cruise inspection at Costa Allegra, one of the fleets that serves Asia Route for these few months, besides Costa Classica... Both are among the smallest fleets of Costa...
Around 10.30am we arrived Star Cruise Terminal Port Klang accompanied by 2 Costa Sales Rep in KL... we need to wait till most of the passengers get out from the cruise for excursion when the cruise is almost empty for our inspection session.... apparently we waited for quite some time and was wondering how come there's nobody getting out yet.. finally the officer told us that we still need to wait coz there is an "accident" out there... wow sounds serious...
1hr plus later.. finally most of the passengers stepped out and its out turn to get in....
Costa Allegra
Facts
Built in: 1992
Refurbished in: 2006
Passenger Capacity: 784
Number of Crew: 466
Total Cabin: 410
Tonnage: 28,597t
Length: 616 feet
Beam: 84 feet
Deck: 9 (8 for Guests Use)
Max Speed: 22 knots
Cruise SpeedL 20.5 knots
Their "Lobby" but not at the entrance of the cruise
Usually cruises have 4 major type or cabins.. Inside Cabin (cheapest one), Outside Cabin with window or porthole, Deluxe with Balcony & Suite... dont expect much about size of the cabins especially "Inside Cabins"... trust me it sometimes is smaller than rooms in Genting First World Hotel.. :p
Casinos, spa & sauna, fitness centre, salon and beauty centre, pools and the basic facilities... So not really gonna touch much about that...
Two things i need to highlight about Costa Cruise...
1) all chefs onboard are from Italy.. you are able to taste the typical Italian Gourmet even you are outside of Italy :p
And unlike other cruises, they use EURO onboard
If you board on SuperStar Virgo before you might get abit disappointed as Costa Allegra is just 2/3 of Virgo... and it's relatively OLD....
Remember i did mention about the "accident" happened that cause the delay of our inspection??
As i highlighted this Costa Allegra is the first time to Port Klang.... and..... it hit the jetty....
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For me.. board on a cruise is always an economic way to travel... why?
1) what you have paid is all included (accommodation, 5 meals a day, evening shows, balls, gym, spa and pool facilities, relevant port tax), besides the tipping (standard around USD10 per day) and optional shore excursion...
2) time saving, it's like a floating hotel, on the next day when you wake up you are at the next destination and ready for shore excursion....
3) so relaxing and romantic... you are at the middle of the sea and nobody else could interrupt you :p
4) when you join international cruise liner like Royal Caribbean or Celebrity Cruise and Costa, you get to know people all around the world :)
Im actually planning a 6 days cruise vacation next year's January, on Royal Caribbean (The Best Cruise Operator) from Singapore, to Phuket, Langkawi, Port Klang then back to Singapore... the cheapest rate is at USD 359 (approx RM 1370) per person.... anybody interested??
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