MSC Poesia Review

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Poesia 14 Day New England/Canada

Review for Canada & New England Cruise on MSC Poesia

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Sail Date: Oct 2011

Poesia Review

Just back last week from the 14 day New England/Canada cruise.....wow....remember the movie "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly " with Clint Eastwood.....well this could be called "The Good, The Fair and The Poor" with MSC. As a background, my wife and I have been on 19 cruises so have a working knowledge of various cruise lines and what they offer and have really loved all the cruises we have been on even this one........but.....some things on MSC could be improved just as some things on other lines could be improved.....of the 2300 passengers more than 1500 were from North America...only 11 Italians...wow.....got that from the front office....

THE GOOD.....the ship is beautiful with all the marble and the way the ship is laid out......it is well maintained and clean......the cabin steward and assistant were very efficient and did an excellent job of looking after us.....the dining room waiter and helper were also very good....the ship handled well in rough seas and the 110 km winds off the coast of Nova Scotia......getting on the ship went without any problems and a staff member showed us to our room which some of the other lines do not do.....we went straight to our room as got on after 2pm so did not rush up to the buffet for lunch...the 14 day itinerary and the price were excellent....something you do not see too often for a balcony cabin...dinner seating....we ate at a table of 8 and we all instantly gelled as a group...many enjoyable dinners together...that also was a plus as of the 4 couples, two were from Canada and two from US...and as a plus we were all English speaking....apparently the cruise line does make an effort to seat different languages together but we did hear of unhappy customers but not us...key card holder was a great idea when you went into your cabin....put card in slot...lights go on....take card out when leaving lights go off after a few minutes....great idea

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Cabin 9
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