Just returned from the 4/15 Eastern Caribbean Divina cruise. A little background...we have cruised Carnival once, 1999, and it was fun. I didn’t think I ever needed to cruise again, but in 2003 we tried DCL for the first time, and cruised with them 8 times, the last in November of 2016. We have sailed on the Magic, Wonder, and Fantasy, including several 7 days, one 4 day, an Alaska, a Med, and the first EB Panama cruise in 2005, so quite a bit of experience w/ the Mouse. We’re Gold on DCL which translated to Gold on MSC. Much prefer MSC’s loyalty program which rewards days at sea plus onboard spending. We did an additional Alaska in 2013 on HA...did not enjoy that one.

We travel with DS, 26 and autistic, and my 76 year old mom. We always book two cabins, this time two Aurea suites. We had cabin 9010...oh my! If you can book one of these corner suites do so. We have one on the Meraviglia, cannot wait!

Beautiful cabins, great room attendant. As many have said the rooms are cleaned promptly and well. On DCL you could leave the room, be gone several hours, return and the room still not clean. This after explaining to the room attendant that my DS sometimes doesn’t like to leave the room and that if possible it would be great if it could be cleaned when we put the sign on the door...no go and one of the reasons we tried MSC. And yes, I always tip extra for good service. This time a first...our guy said we gave him too much! He deserved every cent and more. Read more