MSC Orchestra Cruise Reviews

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A cruise without TV and poor satellite communication

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on MSC Orchestra

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lay about
6-10 Cruises • Age 80s

Told by Iglu that this was a good cruise, .No bus to pick us up at Nice, one arrived 2 hours late. Boat drill held before we had got to our cabin. Internet very slow and news from TV non existent after Suez. Ship had coughs which required doctors treatment more than expected. Disembarkation Durban like very stressful like rush hour in London, also at Durban airport long queue to ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom


Not the best cruise

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on MSC Orchestra

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port solent
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We chose this repositioning cruise because of the itinerary and wanted to do more of South Africa. Overall the ship was clean and tidy, the staff must take a lot of credit for this. But we were disappointed over a lot of things such as the following (some can be attributed to the staff having to say it in several languages and people talking over it). - The mandatory emergency drill ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom


Never again MSC

Review for a Trans-Ocean Cruise on MSC Orchestra

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THEKRAUT
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

This was the worst cruise we ever had. Embarcation in Genova took almost 5 hours. Disembarkation in Durban took more than 3 hours. Because of the bad airconditioning half the passengers were ill after the first week with serious influenca. The food was very low mass production and below any cruiseship standard. Fresh fruit excisted of melon green, red or yellow with the ocasionsal appel. Food ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Oceanview Stateroom


Waste of time

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on MSC Orchestra

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Wave63
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Family friendly and to try a new cruise line . What we got was the rudest most unhelpful staff I have ever seen in the 15+ years of cruising. The dinning was average and again “couldn’t care less type of attitude “ Nobody seemed to know what was going on and never got the same answer twice. We had a tight connection and wanted to know how long roughly it would take to leave the ship ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom

Traveled with children


Poor experience

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on MSC Orchestra

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Nessa55
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

I chose this cruise because my best friend wanted to do the European tour and I was in a position to make it happen so why not. I hate when people do a review and it sounds like they are just being petty about every little thing so I will try not to come off like that even though my experience overall was not as enjoyable as I thought it would be. My passion is cruising and I can honestly say I ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Oceanview Stateroom


Beautiful cruise to Iceland and Greenland

Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on MSC Orchestra

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cruisesafer
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

We chose this cruise after browsing the MSC Cruises website for a itinerary that was a little out of the ordinary. We found this itinerary very interesting because of the stops in Iceland and Greenland. We are former non-adventurous travelers/backpackers (enjoying street food and restaurants, friends' places or motels and hostels, and public transportation or rental cars and, of course, planes for ...
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Sail Date: August 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom


MSC - More Sur Charges: Unprofessional, cheap and argumentative

Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on MSC Orchestra

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Gcony
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We chose this cruise to circumnavigate the British Isles and found nothing but dissapointment. We have recently returned from a cruise around the British Isles on MSC Orchestra (5th June Hamburg). If MSC gave us free tickets to cruise again we wouldn't accept them. Our first encounter was at embarkation with queue after queue checking the same thing over and over followed by sit-down lunch ...
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Sail Date: June 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom


MSC Bait & Switch drink package

Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on MSC Orchestra

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sun25
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

My wife and I, and another couple booked 2 MSC European cruises about a year in advance. The first, on the MSC Orchestra, sailed from Hamburg on June 5th and visited ports in Scotland and Ireland. This was our first experience with MSC. Overall, this was a lower priced cruise, and the lesson learned is you get what you pay for (unless it's on the drink package, then you may not even get that). ...
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Sail Date: June 2019


More sure charges

Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on MSC Orchestra

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Grdxx1
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

This cruise was chosen for its itinerary. The ship is a fancy barge where you pay extra for anything you may need. We were expected to pay for a glass of tap water in the formal restaurant. They do not provided any facial tissues in the balcony stateroom. They allow open smoking in several areas inside the ship which permeayes the showroom and other bars! There are over 21 points for improvement ...
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Sail Date: June 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom


The Ship That will not be Named

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on MSC Orchestra

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roytherrien
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

“The ship that will not be named” — that is how my wife and I have agreed to deal with this atrocious memory. Embarkation was sadistic. Pouring rain in Venice, through which you MUST walk for the final 100 m to the shuttle and check-in location. Then MSC has you wait outside their MSC 5 million square foot terminal (with room for tens of thousands of people inside), in the wind and cold, for ...
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Sail Date: April 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony Stateroom


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