8 friends all sailed with the Opera on our first cruise experience ever, on April 21st from Durban to Portuguese Islands and back on the 4 night cruise. We had been told so many stories of how WONDERFUL the MSC Cruises were, and how awesome the food was etc etc blah blah.....so of course we were expecting the best, the most amazing, the most wonderous.....

Boy were we wrong....well at least on a few counts.

The ship itself is great, clean, glitzy (to a point) and we enjoyed the cruise for the mere fact that we relaxed, had fun with friends and got to get off at Portuguese Islands on both days and relax on the beach (note, not on the ship thankfully)....but that's about where the wow factor ends.... Read more