MSC Opera Review

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Absolute Rip Off and Totally Disappointed

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brandansearle
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Apr 2014

My Wife and I have just returned from a supposedly 4 day, 3 night cruise on MSC Opera, in which as part of the itinerary we were manet to stop and do an overnight at Portuguese Island just off Mozambique. The cruise was the 5FM "Oh Ship" cruise, for which we paid R13000.

Sadly, after a high energy sail-away, courtesy of the awesome 5FM DJ's, the remainer of the cruise descended into a total NIGHTMARE, and Major disappointement, our first let-down coming at dinner, only to find that the seated dinner venue options had been slashed from 2 restaurants to one, that's excluding the 11th deck buffet. The dinner was disgraceful in terms of food quality, and even the waiters, who barely managed a smile, seemed to concuir when we sent away 3 different fish dishes because they were either drenched in oill, and/ or had absolutely no taste. The chicken breast waas my next choice, and this came as a thin slither of leather tough, over-grilled meat that I again sent back. Thankfully, the waiter was understanding enough and at my request gave me a number of starter shrimp cocktails (3 shrimps in each), to make up for some of my days' protein requirement. He also brought me a number of plates of pineapple, so all was not lost...yet!

Our first night was spent dancing wildly to the endless mixes of totally awesome songs played out by the 5FM DJs in the really way-too small BiBlos Discoteque.....Try squeezing a couple of thousuand eager party goers into this small space, because the open deck was deemed too windy for poolside action. WE handled that and all was good.

Cabin Review

Cabin was adequate in terms of space...small shower, fridge, one-way glass window to aft deck. Shower drain emptied way too slowly so water dammed up and splashed onto floor when showering. Aircon had thermostat settings but did not work properly. Handles on Door from passage to aft deck were coming off. we reported this on day one. By end oof cruise, still nothing done.

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