Last nights gala dinner finished off with the traditional Baked Alaska parade. Love it or hate it, Costa still do it and it does seem very popular with the passengers. Lots of napkin waving and glass of fizz from the captain.
Today was our last full day onboard the Costs Deliziosa and we spent the morning docked at the port of Dubrovnik. We have been here quite a few times and lovely as it is we decided to spent the paltry 5 hours allocated for this stop onboard the ship. The weather was again glorious and we were very conscious that we would be returning to much cooler conditions in a days time so really it was an easy decision for us to make. We had discussed walking round the perimeter of the harbour side but for us an empty ship has a certain attraction.
Costa were charging €10.95 per person for shuttle tickets which is a lot for the short distance it is to get to the Pile Gate, a local taxi costs just €13 so if there are 3 or 4 of you it would be a more cost effective way of getting to the old town. The taxis also offer a 1 hour panoramic tour for just €50 so it you ever find yourself here then that looks a good deal and you would be supporting the locals. (Not that we did today!)
Besides our ship we were joined today by the Costa Classica and MSC Magnifica so the town would also have been quite busy too. Far better for us to do what we did today I think than get off just for the sake of it.
Considering today we were in port, we pretty much did the same a our sea day yesterday and finished off the afternoon with 5 laps of the prom deck before going for a couple of drinks prior to starting the dreaded packing. One thing that has puzzled me if the fact we haven’t yet received out disembarkation tags or information yet. I am sure we have had this 2 days before on previous Costa cruises.
Tonight is Italian evening which has always been one of the nights we have enjoyed on Costa but again I don’t remember it being on the last night.
We dock in Venice at 10:00 in the morning and have organised a tour which I will tell you all about while we are waiting at the airport tomorrow night.
Right I’m off now to finish the packing, take a quick shower and then make the most of out last night onboard the Costs Deliziosa.
That seems to have gone in WAY too quickly! Hope you had a wonderful time though! Costa and MSC are both lines I’d like to try at some point, so it was nice to read about.
Lesley and I really enjoyed Dubrovnik when we were there, even though it was very very wet! We also used the taxi and found there were enough other couples also looking for a taxi that it was easy to share and bring the cost down quite considerably. Staying on the ship in a busy port you’ve done before is nice though… so quiet!