Hello all,
yesterday I had the chance to visit Costa Serena, one of Concordia's sister ships, on dock at Civitavecchia, close to Rome, and sailing a round trip from Savona to Civitavecchia, Palermo, Palma de Maiorca and Valencia. A friend of mines will be on cruise on this ship on June and her travel agent had some free ticket for a visit of the ship with lunch offered in one of the restaurants on board.
The best thing you can do on a cruise ship is eating, because they keep on cooking fresh food at any moment, so we didn't think twice and went to some of the several "buffets" (don't know if it can be translated into English, there are tables with several foods and you can help yourself) of the ship .
I didn't like the ship itself because some areas are extremely kitsch (definitely a good setting for porn movies

), but it has been a nice way to spend a day out.
I would post the photos but they are too big and I don't feel like resizing them all, but there is one attached just to make an idea of how horrible some of the entertainment areas are.