Disclaimers: First, I believe there is a cruise line for everyone. Second, I have cruised the Mediterranean before (June 2023). Third, I typically sail on Holland America.
I simply did not enjoy this cruise experience. There were multiple things I did not like but understand they may just be annoyances to me. There were a few standouts of things that were really good.
The Good:
1. The ...
Just returned from a 7-night Mediterranean cruise (started from Marseille, FRANCE) - 2 adults/2 young kids
Pros:
- Ship is modern and well designed
- Deluxe Balcony room was a positive surprise and we enjoyed the room a lot (size and shape)
- Kids Waterpark was impressive.
- Experience at seafood/fish specialty restaurant Ocean Cay was very good
- Breakfast and lunch in main ...
We booked a cruise through Avoya Travel on the "MSC Seaside", departing Marseille on June 3rd, 2022. On our arrival in Marseille on June 1st, Avoya Travel emailed me to inform us that our cruise had been cancelled! We had to decide within a few hours whether to accept a booking on another cruise, with a different itinerary on the "MSC Seaview", departing a day later, or take a full refund. We ...
I am a very seasoned cruiser with 94 cruises behind me. We booked this cruise five days before sailing as we were supposed to be on the Crystal Debussy that was cancelled because of the Netherlands closing down. So not wanting to stay home for another holiday season we went on the Grandiosa.
We boarded in Marseille which is not a very accommodating port for moving your luggage. There are no ...
Like many people have mentioned about MSC ships - BEAUTIFUL SHIP, POOR EXPERIENCE.
Let's start with the Pro:
- very clean
- excellent gym equipment
- great stage/entertainment, top notch.
- great design
now the Cons:
- no one knows the true answer to your questions. Wondering how your meal package works? Well you'll learn it through trial and error, just make sure you ask ...
My husband and I chose this cruise as it covered the Med, Suez, Petra and Ports in the Middle East.
We arrived in Barcelona for check in which took 3 hours as there were so many people boarding and not enough staff to check us all in.
The cabin was nice, double bed, sofa bed and balcony.
The staff in the sit down restaurant were from Bali and all very nice people and very good at their ...
A friend of mine said that MSC offers good trips through Europa. So we booked a expensive cruise with almoust all the packages needed. We were surprised, that a lot of drinks are not included in our package. We consumed a nice bottle of wine every night for dinner - of course not included in the price.
Every day the made a advertisment about percentages for shoping, best offers for massage, ...
Pros:
Cleanliness and space of cabin was good.
Equipment at the gym is good.
Cons:
Food: The (paid for in advance but constantly stated as ‘complimentary’) restaurants and buffet all served low quality food. After a few days the limited variety became very boring. The restaurants had the appearance of quality but really it was the same low quality food from the buffet but done ...
Previously used MSC about 7 years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Treated with respect and pleasant dining all through the day.
This cruise eas so different, majority of staff unsmiling and grudgingly helpful when unable to avoid assistance.
Started badly with us (70 yrs of age) having to lug our luggage from the port entrance to our cabin, plenty of staff just watching pretending that they ...
If you’re looking for a bit of luxury, some good quality service, friendly staff, great entertainment and decent value for money, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU.
The entertainment is a bunch of people singing, changing outfits and dancing, EVERY NIGHT.
The Market Place cafe is chaos 20 hours per day. Absolute mayhem.
The staff and cruisers have very little to non existent manors. Pushing, ...