Overall, I had a great time and would certainly sail with MSC again and the Divina was simply beautiful.

Boarding was extremely easy and much faster than any either of our two previous cruises with Norwegian and Princess. But, after we boarded, a few minutes of time were required to connect a credit card to the room using a kiosk, though it was certainly easy enough.

The biggest problem we encountered had to do with reservations at the specialty restaurants. We purchased a 4 specialty restaurant package and after boarding we wanted to ensure that we could get a table at the Ristorante Italiano on New Year's Eve, so we went to where we were told to go to take care of it. When we got there, we had to stand in line for a few minutes and then finally got to talk with a woman that was using a tiny spiral notepad to try to keep track of everything for 4000+ passengers. No computer. No IPad or phone. Just a little notepad. Needless to say, our worst fears were realized and our reservations were non-existent. Read more