MSC Meraviglia Cruise Reviews

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Our tucked away bunkbeds for the kids.
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Ocean Cay lighthouse from our forward facing window
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Royal Cake (and the Baked Alaska) were the best!
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Bye, bye, NYC
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Unpleasant, Unorganized & Dirty. Never Again.

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sincerely-wanderlust
10+ Cruises • Age 30s

Before I explain the best/worst parts of this cruise - I'd like to mentioned I've been embarking on cruises since I was 8 (I've been on 14 cruises so far & i'm now 34). What I enjoyed: Entertainment was great. Lots of options for live music of all music genres throughout the day. They had free & paid shows nightly that were 4/5 entertaining/impressive. Specialty Restaurants: I suggest ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony Aurea


My least favorite so far!

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FLNJ
10+ Cruises • Age 40s

I have been on many cruise lines and decided to try out MSC for Christmas with my family. I have adult children: 18 & 23. Let me begin: I give it 3 stars because the service and the workers that we dealt with were great! However, I believe MSC was not equipped to handle so many people on board. Not only did we experience "drama" amongst passengers but the lines for everything were ridiculous. ...
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Sail Date: December 2023


Management needs to review the running of the ship

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Unhappy cruiser 2024
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

My family and I were so excited to embark on our adventure aboard the Meraviglia our of Brooklyn New York. The departure was fine; however, when we arrived in both staterooms were dirty. I immediately called the cabin steward and she cleaned both rooms again. This was not a great way to start a week aboard a ship that is trying to enter the US market out of the east coast. Overall, the ship ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Deluxe Balcony

Traveled with children


worst experience

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Amy franco
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

It was the worst cruise so far.food was bad ,customer service bad . Huge lines for food and bad tasting food. Only one place was serving food unlike other cruises which have food all over floors. Embarkment and disembarkment was so unorganized with huge lines and carrying our small totes also was hectic due to lines. Overall very bad experience and would never recommend this cruise ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Deluxe Balcony

Traveled with children


The Worst Cruise Experience

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michelle.zhang.90
10+ Cruises • Age 20s

We recently concluded our 7-day Christmas cruise aboard the MSC Meraviglia. Despite having sailed with MSC multiple times (five times with Divina, two times with Seaside, and two times with Meraviglia, with four of those being during Christmas), we experienced significant disappointment on this occasion. I highly recommend those who have booked a Meraviglia cruise departing from Brooklyn to ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Traveled with children

Traveled with disabled person


Worst vacation of our lives-a disgrace

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Ef1717
2-5 Cruises • Age 30s

This was the worst cruise line we’ve ever been on. Please DO NOT choose MSC. We spent $3,000 for a holiday vacation and lived in squalor. We were supposed to have 3,500 people on our ship and we had 5,500. The staff was so stressed and under pressure, the buffet felt like a Black Friday door buster, tensions were through the roof, even in the complimentary restaurants the food was not edible. ...
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Sail Date: December 2023


Save your money...never again

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breezweezy
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

The main reason my family and I chose this cruise was the price and it's close departure port. I have been on over 15 cruises on multiple cruise lines. This was first and last time sailing with MSC. Let me begin by saying the money we saved in cruise fare was quickly offset by hidden costs and aggrevation. MSC is a no-frills cruise company. They charge you for everything and anything and ...
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Sail Date: December 2023


Terrible customer service and excuses

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Mason Karnes
6-10 Cruises • Age 20s

I don’t like to complain about things like this but here it goes because it’s really bad. My first experience with this cruise line was when my whole family packed up for a 12 hour drive from Michigan to New York to hop on this cruise for Christmas vacation 1 hour into the drive we got an email from the cruise line saying we would not be going to the Caribbean for a hot Christmas vacation we would ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Traveled with children


Horrible experience

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Anonymous548
2-5 Cruises • Age 20s

A week ago, I sailed on the MSC Meraviglia from New York. The listing originally was a 8 day 7 night trip to the Bahamas. Prior to the trip, I checked the weather and it stated that it was going to be in the 70s. We anticipated warm weather so my mom and I packed up our suitcases in accordance with the weather. The night before the trip, we suddenly received notification that the ship will be ...
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Sail Date: December 2023


Don’t Believe the hype.

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Michael.J.W
2-5 Cruises • Age Under 20

There’s a grand deal of older cruisers writing reviews for this ship in particular. As a 14 year old African American teenager, especially if you have children and or teens sailing with you DO NOT I repeat DO NOT choose this line if you wish to enjoy a holiday on the high seas. The food that they serve here is comparative to that of a high end school cafeteria. They barley have any activities for ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Junior Ocean View

Traveled with disabled person


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