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Review for a Canada & New England Cruise on MSC Meraviglia

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Ivan bial
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

MSC is a cruise line like no other. If you’ve been on other cruise lines you won’t like MSC Make sure you bring Kleenex. Bring Toilet unless you liked single ply paper. If you prepay for a dining package, you’ll be presented with a restricted menu. If you use a c-pak unite bring an extension cord, there are no outlets by the bed. Only 2outlets Only two places with ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Premium Balcony


The Yacht Club service needs work

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NJ_FL_Traveler
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

The Meraviglia is a huge ship and the Yacht Club is featured as a "ship within a ship". While there were many excellent experiences from sailing in this class, there were other elements that definitely need work. I was traveling with family and we had 4 cabins in the Yacht Club. I am an experienced traveler, mainly aboard Silversea, Seabourn and Viking and booked this cruise because my family ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Yacht Club Royal Suite


The good, bad and ugly of MSC Meraviglia

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tgrey
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

First, the good things about our recent cruise on the MSC Meraviglia. The ship is beautiful and clean. The room was very nice. It had everything we needed. The only complaint was the strong odor coming from the shower. It was a very strong and a pungent chemical-type odor. If you kept the shower door closed you could not smell it. Our waiter and assistant waiter were great as well as our ...
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Sail Date: October 2023


How can I do my job?

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georgelawler228
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Had a really good time as usual we dont let the little stuff get to us.The crew were unreal and worked harder than ever to make our vacation as good as it could be. THE PROBLEM? The company completley misses the mark on the importance of quality and making tools available to the staff. We have done about 15 cruises now Royal Caribbean, celebrity,Cunard, Seabourn, viking and even Carnival and ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Fantastica Balcony Stateroom


Get Your Act Together MSC

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jgallagh1944
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

This was our fifth cruise on MSC. We have been on Divina twice and Seaside twice. I had expected that MSC had learned their lessons with the Divina and the Seaside, but was terribly disappointed. We cruised on the Meraviglia because Portland and Boston stops were desirable, as was Peggy's Cove in Halifax. The ports were fine; it was the experience on the ship that was disappointing. MSC failed to ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Fantastica Balcony Stateroom


Confusion

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Joan 2333
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

We chose the cruise to see family in new York, Visit "beautiful" |||| New England and travel on a fantastic looking ship at what we thought a reasonable price. Embarkation wasnt too bad considering the number of people but disembarcation horrendous. I dont know if it was better if you had pre booked one of their final destination tours or their airport transport but as our travel agent had ...
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Sail Date: October 2019


Embarkation Shambles

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PrettyVacant
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

It could have been so good, but the embarkation was the worse I have ever had to endure. Easy for me as I was not as old as some of the travellers who were made to stand for over 4 hours in the port whilst they embarked. No information, no water, shame on you MSC. Once aboard the ship all was good. The cabin beautifully adequate with good service from the attendant. Food was good and ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Bella Balcony Stateroom


MSC Yacht Club is not equal to a luxury cruise line.

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hypercafe
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We just returned from the October 8 trip on the Meraviglia to Canada from New York. We were in the Yacht Club so I am comparing this to other luxury cruises I have been on such as Silversea or Crystal. As has been said the embarkation process was very poor. There was no YC luggage drop off nor did anybody know there was a YC area however there was and we found it by pure chance. We checked ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Yacht Club Deluxe Suite


Never again

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mhanlon100
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We chose because of price and destination. Too many passengers for the staff who did their best to keep up. Rarely was I asked if I wanted coffee after lunch or dinner. Three times no creamer, waiter brought a glass or cup of cream and poured it into my warm coffee. My usual go-to alternative at dinner is salmon. It was small and overcooked. No TV reception-I missed news and sports for 10 days. ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Bella Balcony Stateroom


Beautiful Ship, Wonderful Crew but Last Cruise with MSC

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MITraveler60
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

The Canadian Maritime Province itinerary of this cruise and the thought of sailing on a new ship was appealing but the execution of all aspects of the pre-cruise experience, a nearly four hour wait during embarkation and general on-board disorganization have convinced me to refrain from sailing with MSC in the future. Having experienced the woeful lack of customer service when booking a previous ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Fantastica Balcony Stateroom


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