MSC Rio de Janeiro Cruise Reviews

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Better for couples than for families

Review for a South America Cruise on MSC Seaview

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Cruise Crack
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

I will start by acknowledging that most of the issues we experienced would not have occurred if I was traveling solo or with just my wife. But traveling with our five children, ages 6-21, caused many issues. Overall, while the staff was mostly very friendly, they seemed to be inexperienced and/or undertrained. This was apparent right away during embarkation when they didn't want to let us on ...
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Sail Date: January 2024

Traveled with children


No, don't do it!

Review for a South America Cruise on MSC Seaview

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7WondersDone
10+ Cruises • Age 40s

The chaos for onboarding should've given us the picture, but we had paid and were committed. They gave us a time window to show up, we did. We waited 3 hours and 45 minutes, first hour and 30 of which were in grueling sun, just to get onto to the ship. It was a mad house. Lines don't end there. Anything, food, shows, excursions are designed to create wait, lines and frustration. Pretty much ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Deluxe Balcony

Traveled with children


Disappointed

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on MSC Seaview

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Fullabeans38
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We have travelled on repositioning cruises before 32 in total many on MSC but this is our first one on MSC Seascape. The ship itself is beautiful good State Rooms , crew looking after State Rooms efficient and helpful. However the food is well below the standard we would normally expect. My husband said so much of the food served reminded him of the food available in the British Army when he did ...
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Sail Date: March 2023


MSC should be prosecuted for 'MIS-SELLING.'

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on MSC Preziosa

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hi ho happy
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Firstly I and tens of thousand of others are being 'MIS-SOLD'. The customer is given the opportunity and often pays extra to choose a balcony cabin or similar, only that MSC cannot be bothered to log the details and given a random cabin, yes we are in the computer age. This is a known issue with Cruise Consolidators and happened to us on MSC Seaview in December last year and the Preziosa in April ...
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Sail Date: April 2022


Disappointing

Review for a South America Cruise on MSC Fantasia

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Ronnie6024
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We were all waiting a large warehouse type building up to 6 hours to acess ship!! No explanation, no apologises. Then once on the ship, we were ordered to take part in the health and safety exercise, when most of us were exhausted and hungry. Organisation in disembarking for excursions, were chaotic & disorganised. An excursion to Rio was not included as part of the itinerary. Sorry, there was an ...
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Sail Date: January 2020

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom


Experience OK with some drawbacks

Review for a South America Cruise on MSC Fantasia

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flcbarbosa
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

The embarkation process was catastrophic, it took me 6 hours to get onboard. Unacceptable. The cruise was fine, with some good points during the trip, such as the animation team, and bad ones, such as the pool water color (green) during some days. The cabin was very good. The restaurants handled well all the people onboard, and the food variety was very good. However, the Red Velvet restaurant ...
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Sail Date: January 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom


DO NOT BOOK WITH MSC

Review for a South America Cruise on MSC Fantasia

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nomoretogo
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

As a very experienced cruise, thought we would try MSC. Never again, worst cruise line ever, nothing good to say about it. Service not existant in all areas Food served warm, never hot Cabin staff very rude Staff just walk into your cabin without knocking No point in complaining as you just get fobbed off with false promises and actions Muster drills at nearly every port, ...
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Sail Date: January 2019


NEVER MORE

Review for a South America Cruise on MSC Fantasia

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MAUROJR
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

My wife and I embarked on the MSC Fantasia on December 8, 2018, on a cruise that departed from Rio de Janeiro, heading for Buenos Aires, returning to Punta Del Este and Ilha Grande. The trip was my wife's birthday present, and what should have been of the dreams turned out to be a big disappointment. But I prefer to start with the good points: the cabin cleaning service was excellent, the ...
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Sail Date: December 2018

Cabin Type: Interior Stateroom


Fun in the sunshine

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on MSC Magnifica

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Ann Leeds
6-10 Cruises • Age 80s

We chose this cruise because we could start our holiday in Rio de Janeiro, which is one of our two favourite destinations for overseas holidays. We knew we would get some warm winter sunshine, so precious for people in Britain. Of course as people know Rio is a fabulous place, having a wonderful coastline,lots of places to visit and a big vibrant city. The people are very kind and helpful and go ...
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Sail Date: March 2018

Cabin Type: Oceanview Stateroom


Bad experience at MSC Musica

Review for a South America Cruise on MSC Musica

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Helerson
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

My wife and I took a Cruise at MSC Musica. RIo-Buenos Aires-Rio. After purchasing the tickets, directly with MSC, we received, on the eve of the trip, an email confirming a cabin with a balcony. We were very happy because we bought the Bingo rate and knew we could go to internal or external cabin with balcony. Confirmed that it was external, with balcony, we rejoice even more. On the day of the ...
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Sail Date: December 2017

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom


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