MSC Fantasia Review

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NEVER Again - Self Loading Cargo Treatment. Worst cruise experience

Review for the Mediterranean Cruise on MSC Fantasia
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10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jun 2014

I have wondered why there are such varying reviews for MSC and I think I have established largely why. More on that as a summary.I have 20 cruises under my belt and this was the worst ever. The only exception being the fantastic itinerary. Port of call every day and this was the reason I decided to try MSC.

Embarkation at Venice was relatively smooth. It took about 70 minutes from arriving at the Venice cruise terminal to get on board. First impressions were that this was a very long ship. It is almost as long as the Queen Mary 2

Ports of call all went relatively smoothly with exception of a disaster in Dubrovnik. The ship was unable to dock and 4000 passengers had to be tendered in 4 boats. Over 2 hours late I missed my excursion. They put me on a German speaking bus as the English bus had left. On return it was another 1.5 hour wait to get back on the ship. This was a total disaster. In the very hot sun MSC couldn't even be bothered to offer their self loading cargo water.

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Fair size. About the only good thing about the whole ship was the cabin.

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