We had only just come home from a Christmas cruise on Sinfonia and had a great time, by chance I was browsing the MSC site and found this cruise from Dubai flying out from the UK on Emirates at a price for a balcony cabin for what you would expect to pay for the flights.
The flight was very good and we were transferred to the ship by about 8:30 in the morning, we expected to have to wait until ...
Travelled as a party of 7 to celebrate a birthday.
The Yacht Club is promoted as being special, but the concierge desk really let it down. No assistance at any time, always told to go away and come back later (as excursion desk was not open, bar that had made a mistake on on bill wasn't open, surely their purpose is to sort things out and get back to you if there is any issue, not to make you ...
After reading many bad reviews we were a little worried. However, we had a thoroughly enjoyable trip with no real complaints although with every ship one can have little niggles. For the price we were very happy. This was our 16th cruise & 1st with MSC & we will be happy to choose MSC again. We chose this one for some winter sun, relaxation and interesting ports & that's what we got at very good ...
Last year I had two cruises with HAL and one with Celebrity. MSC reviews are very controversial and I did not immediately decide on booking. But as a result I liked this ship.
What I liked:
Thanks to the status match program, I received status Black based on my status from Celebrity.
Food in a paid restaurant. One trip there for free with the status of Black. Cooked delicious, decorated ...
We usually go to florida and caribbean during this time of the year, but in 2018 /19 we decided to visit uae and some other gulf countries for change . Msc was the only acceptable for us cruise line in the region so we booked with them (yacht club) on a 7-day cruise started 29 dec 2019.
Four years ago we spend three weeks in yacht club of divina (caribbean sea), last year we boarded msc seaside ...
Unfortunately we booked this back in June for new years.
We also had a cruise booked with MSC seaview in Sept. (New ship) That was awful the staff were rude there was no atmosphere we couldn't wait to get off the food was the same every night.
When we got back we tried to cancel our dec new Years cruise on the splendida but we couldn't so we are here.
We decided not to let it get to us ...
7 night ME cruise from Dubai with my wife over Xmas. The ship itself was fine, but the food in the buffet and main dining room was pretty poor. Low quality and variety. The fresh pizzas were good, as were the breads, pastries and barista made coffee. Plenty of bars, with the best range of wines being in Dim Sum. Ship was packed, but the bar and seating area at the back of deck 15 was good. Very ...
I went on with an open mind after reading the reviews, after a few hours the style wears off and the reality is clear.
Only a handful of staff are happy, you get told wrong information on a constant basis! You are clearly putting some out asking for service!
Food is very ordinary in the buffet and the selection is the same day in day out. Lunch food is just left out until dinner tome. ...
I choose MSC because of price, itinerary, and service. We always choose the Yacht Club experience and are never disappointed. Though we rarely go to the buffet I noticed the bar service there has greatly improved. As always the ship was immaculate. We had no problems in any manner on board.
The dining experience has changed a bit in the YC but not in a positive or negative way. In comparison, ...
Embarkation seemed smooth but they didn’t put our drinks package on our cruise card so had to queue again onboard ship to rectify - no apologies.
Headed up to pool deck and first thing we encounter is a pile of vomit with cones round it and most of ship cordoned off and being painted. Food in Bora Bora lacking in variety and often cold.
Lot of ship off limits for Yacht Club. Then had the ...