MSC Fantasia Review
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we had sailed with MSC before but never on the Fantasia - the ship is massive, beautiful, spotless and has a really good choice of bars and lounges.
Embarcation - we had flights organised by MSC from Gatwick to Venice (BA - result!) and then transfer bus from the airport. we hit the ship at the busiest possible time as all the transfer busses were arriving and there were really long queues, seemed really chaotic (nowhere near as calm and relaxing as our previous cruise out of Southampton)! I know that others who arrived earlier and later got on quickly with no issues though........ timing is everything.
Pools: there are 3 public pool areas, the main Aquaparc is brill for young kids as there are lots of little shallow splash pools with water fountains, etc as well as the deeper pool and jacuzzis. there is also another pool/shallow paddling area and jacuzzis which are under a retractable roof which is great for when the weather isnt so great. finally, right at the back of the ship there is the Zen pool area which is more of a quiet pool with jacuzzis and sunbathing more for grown-ups. Finally, there is a tube-water-slide by the kids club that the kids can play on - its open for a few hours in the morning then again in the afternoon.
Cabin Review
8152 - good, quiet, mid-ship location close to lifts. view straight out of window was absolutely fine but there was a life-boat below so if you dont like the idea of looking down on to a lifeboat rather than the water then choose deck 9 or above.size of cabin was good and there was plenty of storage for family of 4.note that when you book a family room, it is a double room with a bed coming out of the ceiling on each side. the stewards bring these out and put them away for you with seemingly perfect timing. (e.g. you get up and go for brekkie and they put them away, when you get back from dinner in the evening they have set them all up for you.