Island Cruises Cruise Line

A joint-venture between Royal Caribbean International and Britain's First Choice Holidays, Island Cruises was established in early 2002. The company's single ship, Island Escape, offers Mediterranean cruises during the summer months and Baja California cruises during the winter season.

• Patricia Vaughan  Island Escape  Mediterranean

  Service and Food excellent ! Cabin needed updating and was Eextremely noisey at nighttime, when cruising, due to severe knocking and rattling in cabin. The solution provided by staff was earplugs !... read more

  8 users found this review helpful.
• Graeme Livingstone
  
    Island Escape  Western Mediterranean

  This was our first experience of cruising we don’t have anything to compare our cruise holiday with except our other land holidays. We have to say that overall we really enjoyed our... read more

  28 users found this review helpful.
• Wendy McEwan
  
    Island Escape  Western Mediterranean

  This was our first cruise so were not sure what to expect. This review is therefore going to be mixed. We boarded the ship quickly and our luggage was bought to our cabin (deck 8) ... read more

  10 users found this review helpful.
• Graham Couch
  
    Island Escape  Med Charm

  This was our 4th cruise but the first on the Island Escape; we have previously sailed on the Sunbird and the Carousel twice, so we have some experience of cruising. Overall the cruise was... read more

  8 users found this review helpful.
• S. Trwoga
  
    Island Escape  Western Mediterranean

  This was my first introduction to cruising and like everyone else I had seen the TV footage of the launch of the island escape, not great! we stayed in a deluxe cabin on golden deck, very... read more

  3 users found this review helpful.
• Dr. Sujit Vasanth and Mrs. Katie Vasanth
  
    Island Escape  Western Mediterranean

  1.Cabin – We lucked out and were assigned to cabin 7057 on the Emerald Deck. This was a small inside cabin, but quite cozy and more than adequate. Facilities were tidy and in good order.... read more

  6 users found this review helpful.
• Pat Cramman
  
    Island Escape  Western Mediterranean

  This was our 7th cruise on Island Escape and we felt the standards had dropped. The ship looks more than ready for a make over. Our cabin was on aqua deck number 3574, right at the back... read more

  2 users found this review helpful.
• Paul Ward
  
    Island Escape  Mediterranean Essence

  Departure Port: Palma, Majorca Duration: 7 nights Booked direct with Island Cruises Cabin number: 8038, Premium Outside Cabin, Deck 8 (Diamond) Previous cruise experience: Little –... read more

  4 users found this review helpful.
• Anna Sciberras
  
    Island Escape  Mediterranean Essence

  Obtaining tickets: disgusting. We paid for our cruise in February and after umpteen telephone-calls to Island Cruises got our tickets just 2 days before departure. I... read more

• Martin Breslin
  
    Island Escape  Mediterranean Spirit

  The Island Restaurant opens for lunch and dinner and offers a choice of waiter service or self-service, we experienced a 15 minute wait for waiter service in the evening. ... read more

  2 users found this review helpful.
• James Hall
  
    Island Escape  Mediterranean Essence

  DEPARTURE PORT: Palma, Majorca DURATION: 7 nights (stay & cruise) 1st week in Majorca BOOKED WITH: Travel Choice CABIN No: 6055 inside cabin REGISTRATION AT PORT: No queues at... read more

  4 users found this review helpful.
• Jo Gledhill
  
    Island Escape  Western Mediterranean

  Excellent cruise, the fact that every day you wake up to a new view is amazing! The staff were very helpful (the only comment is that for many, the first language was not English and this... read more

  1 users found this review helpful.
• Pete and Les Penfold
  
    Island Escape  Western Mediterranean

  A Brilliant Budget cruise with friendly staff, excellent food, good entertainment, a clean and tidy ship, interesting itinerary, varied and entertaining facilities all washed down with a... read more

  2 users found this review helpful.
• Brenda Guinnane
  
    Island Escape  Western Mediterranean

  B1: Submit Your Cruise Review Review: We decided to go on a cruise for our honeymoon. We opted for the stay and cruise option. We had our first week in Alcudia where we enjoyed a... read more

• Robert Sheridan
  
    Island Escape  Western Mediterranean

  My first Cruise, I arrived in Palma where there was a problem with computers, we were kept standing in cramped area for around 40mins, on board my room inside cabin, clean and... read more

• Zaheera and Leyla Hyda
  
    Island Escape  Western Mediterranean

  Cabin: I really enjoyed sleeping in our cabin cause the bed was excellent. Our cabin steward was excellent ("Vladimir") as he cleaned our room spotless. He was the best. ... read more

• Rachel Harrison
  
    Island Escape  Western Caribbean

  Cabin: We had a Golden Deluxe Cabin, which was excellent. It had a double bed, large dressing table, two double wardrobes, a seating area and lovely décor. The cabin was exceptionally... read more

  1 users found this review helpful.
• Ruby
  
    Island Escape  Western Mediterranean

  Going on this cruise wont be a regret or a waste of money as every minute will be worth it! The ship is so big and wonderful inside! The meals are very extravigant! The... read more

• Mike Coggs
  
    Island Escape  Mediterranean Essence

  I have just returned from a one week cruise onboard the Island express on the Mediterranean Essence Itinerary. We joined the ship at Palma 16 days after disembarking from an eleven day... read more

  3 users found this review helpful.
• Sonia Travica
  
    Island Escape  Western Mediterranean

  Had a wonderful cruise on the Island Escape. This was my first cruise and I could not have had anything better. Everything from the cabin to the service and food also entertainment was... read more

• Debra Hughes
  
    Island Escape  Mediterranean spirit

  arrival:- quick and efficient, luggage at cabin record time. cabin:- 8016 very clean and inviting, Ganna the cabin stewardess did a wonderful job at least twice a day. bars:- 100%... read more

• Joanne Taylor
  
    Island Escape  Med Spirit

  We thought that the cruise was brilliant!! There were very few things on the ship that we could criticize and to be honest most of these were bits and bobs. The food was excellent.... read more

  2 users found this review helpful.
• Edna Stinchcombe
  
    Island Escape  Western Caribbean

  What a fantastic time we had on our first cruise – Island Escape around the Mediterranean . A very big thank you to the... read more

  3 users found this review helpful.
• Tim Glithero
  
    Island Escape  Mediterranean Spirit

  We have just come back from a cruise and stay holiday. On the 22nd July we arrived in Palma, and the weather was very nice indeed. We were welcomed by Island Cruises Reps who gave us an... read more

  4 users found this review helpful.
• Lance Essex
  
    Island Escape  Western Mediterranean

  First cruise certainly not the last. Started with flight from Birmingham to Palma no delays so far so good. Arrived in Palma about 11.00am local time to a sunny but humid day.Reps... read more

  1 users found this review helpful.