We chose MSC because of price and the ship Divina. We had reservations about cruising MSC from many of the reviews so I want to summarize first. This cruise turned out to be our best cruise ever! The ship is beautiful from front to back and still looks brand new. The food was outstanding, the service was above average with the room steward and dining room table waiters being the best we have ever had, and the entertainment deserves all of the world wide awards it has won!
MSC has introduced a lot of innovation in the cruising industry. Some people do not like change, but we applaud change when it makes things better. One example is the key card in the stateroom. When you enter you must put your room key card in a slot on the wall to activate the lighting. I am sure this helps the ship conserve energy, but the real reason they do this is it alerts the room stewards when you are in your room with a small light that goes on above your door in the hallway. It eliminates those irritating knocks on the door when you want privacy and you never get surprised by a steward walking in on you. The efficiency of the steward was absolutely the best.You do not get a chocolate on your pillow or a towel animal every night. Instead you get a meticulously cleaned and prepared room twice a day!
The food including the buffets was excellent. We ate at the buffet for breakfast and lunch only and everything tasted great. I usually take many items to try and find 1/2 not tasting very good and left on my plate, but on the Divina I cleaned my plate every time. The variety on the buffet was everything you find on all other cruises but in addition they offered an ethnic section, a pasta section and a Mediterranean section along with a kids only section. The buffet pizza was very good. The food in the main dining room was excellent every night - so much so we ate their 6 nights. Every course of the meal had great flavor with excellent options and variety. You were always encouraged to eat as much as you wanted and ordering 2nds or 3rds was greeted with a smile and the next portion was there in minutes. On Lobster night I saw many people ordering 2 at a time and one person next to us had 4 Lobsters. The desserts were excellent with great taste. Our water glasses were filled before empty and bread was offered several times throughout the meal. After the 1st night the waiter knew if we wanted our wine glasses refilled and always was right there. The dining service could not be any better!
Maho Beach to see the planes take off and land
Nice 4 hour tour with Island Marketing
did our own walking tour. Been to Nassau several times before