Southampton to Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

This was a choice made on a previous winter cruise on this ship, which in hindsight should have been researched more as I wasn't aware it was school holidays in the north of the country hence the ship was rammed to capacity and not a quiet space to be found anywhere at anytime. It was more like a holiday camp at sea, which you could not escape! One of which I will never book again. There was ...

Having never sailed with MSC before my aunt and I decided to try them based on our travel agents recommendation. How wrong they were. Embarkation was fine really, however arriving onto the ship with music blaring from one of the singers left you a bit dazed. we had been given a dining time of 9.30 which was a bit too late for us, so decided to ask if we could change it. we had to put a ...

I booked this cruise in haste after having to cancel a similar itinerary on a smaller ship. When I realised the size of Arvia, I tried to change to another P&O smaller ship, but it was too late. I feared the worst, and, boy, was I right! This ship is a disgrace - Embarkation, endless queues, but not as bad as I had feared, cabin OK, balcony at the front of the ship - But ...

My wife and i recently returned from our long awaited cruise on the msc virtuosa. We have had some wonderful cruises with many different cruise lines over the years, including on the msc lyrica out of venice and consider ourselves to be knowledgeable and experienced cruise passengers, so much so that we had two of our friends accompany us on this occasion at our recommendation. Expectations ...

It was the first cruise the TUI travel agent found which went to Barcelona. It sounded great we paid for a balcony cabin each so very expensive. It was the opposite of luxurious. Far too many people on-board approximately 6500, 1400 of which were children. We chose 1July as it is before schools break up for summer holidays. Travel agent didn't warn us that in Scotland schools close much earlier. ...

This was our 15th cruise....3rd time with MSC. We sailed out of Southampton on a 14 day cruise to the med and back. We were initially excited about experiencing MSC's newer ships however our excitement quickly turned to resentment! The ship was sailing at capacity and it was VERY crowded. Not enough deck space or sunbeds for passengers on sea days which lead to arguing between passengers and with ...

Chose Arvia as it was well advertised as the new state of the art cruise ship. How wrong we were. Arvia is designed to pack in as many passengers as possible while lacking the facilities and staff to look after them. The self service Horizon and Quays restaurants are permanently overcrowded with guests fighting over food and tables, the food quality and choice are equally poor. The a la ...

We have just had the worst cruise ever on the Arvia the boat is to big 5,200 passengers and not enough crew. The Cruise was more akin to having a Butlins holiday camp at sea linked with a boose cruise. Who ever designed the Atrium with the restaurants mixed with bars clearly have no idea that people in the restaurant do not want sit next to families playing cards and children screaming and ...

Chose cruise as Southampton based and 7 days which is all I can be away at the moment. Looked like it would be good with numerous bars, restaurants etc. The ship is new and huge. Too big for the logistics of getting people on and off (especially in La Rochelle where the queue for return shuttles practically blocked the town) and too big for a decent service level in the bars. Staff generally ...

Wanted to try this ship with the curved LED roof in the atrium and never tried MSC before so good opportunity to kill two birds etc. First the good points; A very large ship plenty of bars and lovely atrium with shops etc and above mentioned LED roof panel, which is probably the most impressive feature of the ship. There is a large circular stage venue at the rear of the ship that has ...