Prior to this cruise we sailed with all major cruise lines except for Costa & MSC. Our best overall line is Princess cruises, but also for different reasons we love Celebrity, NCL and RCI.

Reading various review about MSC we were a bit confused. Beautiful ships, but so many negative reviews. We just could not believe it. What we found was a very nice and interesting experience, with its own strong and weak points.

Things that we found to be wonderful. Absolutely gorgeous ship. Great European ... I'd say Italian design and decor. Very modern and stylish. Beautiful atrium, large and small cozy lounges. Terrific entertainment. We attended nightly shows in the main theater, and found them interesting. In addition from great ... even opera-like voices there were nice dancers, and amazing gymnasts, acrobats etc, different every night. During our cruises we enjoy smaller scaled entertainment... and I feel this is one of MSC's very strong points. Music was everywhere - atrium, Poeti lounge, Zebra and in many other venues. I do not remember all names of entertainers, but especially we liked Italian guitar duo, Trio Stravinsky, English popular song singers in Poeti bar, tenor Giuseppe, both females singers in the Theater. Read more