As forth time cruisers, this was our first with MSC as a result of a deal and included an overnight hotel stay in Barcelona which we chose to take at the end of our cruise. This is a beautiful ship, with spacious comfortable cabins and balconies. We even had a full size bath with shower (shampoo and gel provided in dispensers; shower caps but no body lotion) Staff very friendly and helpful and the entertainment was good. Two main buffet restaurants which basically face forward & aft as one very large area. Very nicely appointed with an Asian style décor rather than the usual cafeteria style of other ships. Two main dining rooms also very sumptuously appointed, both appear to serve same menu.

This is an English-speaking, Italian ship with multi-national guests (it was Chinese New Year on our cruise). In comparison with other experiences, we personally found the choice of food a little disappointing as it was mainly pasta/pizza/bread choices with little 'red' meat! In the main buffet, there was usually one meat joint on offer each day, a curry-type choice, and take away style hamburgers and hotdogs, otherwise, everything as above. Breakfast was ok, but only one toaster available (and not every morning) so for those of us who like toast & jam, we were often disappointed! Also, pretty busy in these restaurants in the morning, so we found fairly quickly that we preferred the more relaxed dining in the main restaurant.

Dinner choices lacked the usual 'wow' factor of formal dining although nicely served. Also a little surprising that water was not routinely available and had to be purchased as bottled. However, we were on a 'deal' as it seemed were the vast majority, so it may be that that was reflected in the menu. This is intended to be constructive comment rather than criticism. We were very happy with our experience. Read more