MSC Divina-25 January to 4 February 2018

First a little about us, this was cruise number 99, we are Diamond + on Royal, almost Diamond on Carnival, Platinum + on NCL and have sailed Princess, Celebrity, Holland American and a couple of cruise lines that are no longer in operation. This was our first cruise on MSC. We have friends that love MSC and others who hate it. This was a 10 day cruise with a couple of stops we had never been to before and the price was right.

We used our status match of Diamond plus to become Black Card on MSC, their highest loyalty level. I recommend that everyone who that a status on another cruise line use the status match. We were given a boarding time of 3:45 but arrived at 2 pm and we were directed to the priority security line. The security line moved a little slowly because they used the priority line for the people with wheel chairs also. After security we went to the priority check in line. We were the only ones in that line and went to the next open check- in counter. Check in was fast. To use a credit card while on board, you do not set up a credit card account in advance or at check in, you do it once you are on the ship. Also you do not have to fill out the health form like you do on other ships. Read more