We chose this cruise for the itinerary, especially for Cuba. We had 3 chances to go ashore at Havana and it exceeded our expectations. The cabin was nice with large window and our cabin steward was excellent at all times. We had breakfast and lunch in the self=service restaurant, no problem there, except it was always so crowded. Our evening meal was in the Caravella restaurant. Our waiter ...
I cruised the Montego Bay-Havana itinerary with my husband and three twenty-something children. We're from Colorado. We've traveled a lot together and are avid sightseers. We took this cruise mainly to visit Havana.
Our cruise passengers were about 1/3 North American, 1/3 South American and 1/3 European and other. All ages were on this cruise, from tiny infants in arms to elderly people in ...
First time on MSC and from all the reviews I had read I went in with low expectations. Embarkation was a nightmare. There were long lines that moved very slowly and there were large groups of very noisy people cutting in the line and pretending they did not speak English so they didn't need to explain themselves. Immigration and security was very slow and we even saw one of the officers asking the ...
Went on this cruise because I wanted to see Havanna,Mexico and Jamaica. It was my first cruise, and I rely enjoyed this way of traveling!
We had everything we redden on board!
What I did not like, which i recon is the same whatever cruise you do is this:
The food waste in restaurants was a shame to see, also thinking about all the poverty we saw ashore. There should have been ...
This was our first time on an MSC ship having previously cruised with Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Cunard & Princess.
It's safe to say they do things a bit differently on MSC but this cruise was a lot cheaper than our previous cruises and the itinerary was unique and the main attraction for this holiday. Overall it gave us value for money, especially the pre-booked drinks package and photo ...
This cruise cam up on the site of Passion for Cruises, a firm that I have used before as a solo passenger & whop have always given me good honest assistance but this time fell foul of others shortfalls. The travel details were from Gatwick to Madrid & then on to Havana. Got to Gatwick early using the train which was far cheaper than travelling by car & paying parking fees. Through Customs & waited ...
Several issues with this cruise
- entertainment on a weekly programme, if you're there for two weeks you get the same twice
- no comedy shows (assume because of language issues)
- no cinema, although the so called business centre is crying out to be a cinema
- very little to do on sea days - all activities seem to be dancing or exercise, no lectures/talks
- no information on ports ...
Cruise is chosen because of the itinary and price.
We have cruised before with MSC (Splendida & Fantasia) in the mediterranean.
Embarkation was smooth (except for the customs in Cuba)
Ship is old and on some places this is vissible.
Also the enlargment of the ship didn't match the restaurants and public places.
The window cleaning was poor and suspected a long time ago done, some ...
I had been on a cruise with Norwegian Sky a month before so I was able to compare quite easily and some of the differences astounded me.
First off, alot of the staff in the buffet area were quite rude. I felt like asking them for a bottle of water was the equivalent of accusing them if they recently murdered someone...If someone broke a smile,I would have been dazed. Twice I asked for coffee ...
This was our first cruise, so although I have nothing to compare it to, I did expect a bit better.
The first problem we encountered was a note in our stateroom saying the excursion we had booked for the following day was cancelled due to lack of take-up. I had until 23:00 p,m, to book something else. Not very helpful when you don't embark until 23:45 p.m. so to late to re-book.
The stateroom ...