We chose MSC Magnifica b/c of the itinerary. The ship was beautiful, great staff, great sailing, beautiful ports, we loved St. Petersburg. Their tour group were good, we only booked 3 with MSC and the rest on our own since there's alweays a savings with other companies. The shows on this ship were aboslutely the best we've ever seen. There was a lot of entertainment all over the ship. Great dancing every night. The food was good but not great. There were nights the food was very good but for us the taste was never great. We booked the Bella experience since we don't drink soda or alcohol, with Bella there was quite a savings which was one thing we really like about MSC. We liked MSC so much that we are sailing again with them on September 2nd, with the MSC "Divina" from Miami, FL. Looking forward to sailing with MSC going to Norway.