MSC Family Cruises Reviews

I am not posting this review to be negative on MSC. I just want to give a review of someone who is just a blue collar working stiff. The initial cruise price was a big part of the decision to choose this 7 day Bahamas cruise. It seemed too good to be real. A room with a balcony for 7 days for under 700.00 each double occupancy, wow. Perhaps my inexperience(only 4 cruises) in cruise travel is to ...

About the Reviewer: I’m a middle-aged American male who traveled solo on this, my 56th voyage. I have sailed primarily on NCL with over 25 voyages there and a handful of cruises with Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, MSC and Carnival. This was my fifth MSC cruise and my second time on the Meraviglia. The MSC Meraviglia repositioning cruise from NYC to Miami was my last cruise before the COVID shut down ...

We have cruised Norwegian and Royal. Our favorite is NCL. I decided to book this cruise because the price was cheap and thought how bad could it be. We arrived at our assigned embarkation time and waited in line outside in the hot sun just to get into the building. Once inside another line for security and check in which took another 45 minutes. We have never waited that long on any of our ...

Me and my husband went on a 7 days cruise to the Bahamas from NY ( May 28th - June 4th). This was our first trip with MSC. We have been on cruises with other companies before so we have something to compare with. We really loved everything about our trip: new luxurious ship Meraviglia, clean and comfortable cabins, assorted and extremely delicious food, abundance of different shows and ...

If you have a family do not book MSC Cruises!!! They will separate your family. That's what they did we us. We booked 2 rooms with 6 months in advance, one in front of the other. 2 weeks before the departure we learned that they changed one of the rooms to 3 decks above. We called and emailed many times before the trip, but nothing helped. They claimed they couldn't do anything and we should ...

From a first time newbie cruiser: Family cruise centered around Athens, Greece for 2 week trip. Picked up MSC cruise at Athens, Greece in Piraeus port - 12 noon check in - very easy & fast check-in, luggage tags already provided (no need to pre-print tags which we had) and luggage delivered before ship sailed at 5pm. So glad we planned to arrive into Athens 2 days prior because we had a ...

I've never written one of these before, because the only BAD cruise I was ever on was a 4 day on the old Majesty Of The Seas back in 2008 where my stuff got stolen on the pool deck. Cruising with thieves for a few days does not make for a great experience. You're always looking at someone wondering who stole your stuff, and usually people generally use these forums to gripe and not praise. I'm ...

This cruise was a present from my children for my 80th birthday . Embarkation was chaotic. We waited without moving for two hours. It took us four hours in all. There were only two restrooms available in the embarkation terminal for over 5000 waiting passengers. Many elderly people were waiting and some young children needed to go to the bathroom also. There was nowhere to sit the first three ...

Wow! We spent a fortune sailing in the Yacht Club. Expected it to be like Norwegian Haven or Celebrity Retreat. The service was excellent in the YC but the entertainment and staff outside of Yacht Club is horrible. I honestly think they dislike Americans (but love our $$). Worst entertainment of any cruise line I have traveled and we have been on over 40 cruises. Boring Sea days-no ...

Ship was nice. Good layout. Food was good. Bar service was good except for 15th back outside deck. Entertainment was so so. Wifi was TERRIBLE. TV reception was awful. We had a few issues that went unresolved. First we were woken up by maint. workers banging on a pipe before 8a several mornings. I called to complain and guest services said it wasn’t happening. I said come to my room and hear for ...