MSC Poesia Review

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MSC Poesia Cruise - Ship was great - Food was terrible!

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2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Dec 2012

I wanted to share my observations from our recent cruise of the MSC Poesia. We traveled December 1-11, 2012 and were in cabin 10126. We are experienced travelers and this was our first cruise with MSC. We were asked by friends to join them for our wedding anniversary and in total there were five couples traveling together.

It is always helpful when giving feedback to start out with positive things, and there were things I liked about the cruise. I thought the ship itself was very pretty, and well maintained. The ship was clean and attention paid to detailing. The evening entertainment was very good in the Bar De Poeti, both Greg and the dark-haired woman with whom he performed, were very good. The four-piece band in the same room was excellent and good for dancing, providing a wonderful variety of music and tempo. The two bands in the Zebra Lounge were very good and entertaining, although their Latin music repertoire was lacking in salsa music. The evening shows were very good and the acrobats and adagio dancers were very entertaining. The excursions were very good, and we found them well organized and informative. The port in Jamaica was especially pleasant for walking around and shopping.

Staff that was especially helpful was Henry at the reception desk that helped me resolve a problem that I was having with the Internet. The bar staff at the pool bars were very good, they made good drinks and the serving staff were attentive around the pool deck, without being over-bearing.

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Cabin 10

The exterior cabin with a balcony was very small, with the bed taking up so much of the space that it was difficult to walk around to get to the bathroom. The bathroom shower was small and had a curtain that flapped thus allowing water all over the floor, as compared to RCL shower that had rounded glass doors to keep the water in. There were no toiletries in the bathroom. No complementary waters or any perks.

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