Returned from a 14 day cruise on March 5th. Chose this cruise because of the ports of call.Flight embarkation and disembarkation to and from Bridgetown very good. We had a two week cruise with no days at sea but visited two ports twice. There was at least three ports where people embarked, this resulted in safety drills at each pick up which was annoying as everything was closed while the drills went on. Many large groups of locals got on at Martinique, we found some of these a little to noisy for us especially around the buffet and pool areas. We found the main show lounge entertainment disappointing and repetitive, although the acrobats were very good. We had an inside cabin on deck 8 which was kept clean and tidy by our friendly steward. The shore excursions which we booked before leaving were very good and well organised, although we had to go to the excursion desk on one occasion the night before a trip as we received no tickets. We did not use any restaurants as I became ill after 3 days, so we just picked our time and went in the buffets. The food in the buffets were very disappointing, the choice was poor, but worse of all many of the meals were only lukewarm or even cold. The drink urns were also awful the coffee was frequently lukewarm, and the hot water was also only lukewarm, no way could you make a cup of tea with this. I did report this to a supervisor but there was no improvement, in fact the only time you could get a hot drink was at breakfast time when hot milk was supplied to top up your coffee. Breakfast was the best meal of the day with plenty of choice. The best place to get a hot tea or coffee was in the coffee bar, or other bars, this we paid for as we had no drinks package included as we only made a late booking. To us the drinks package you could buy were excessive at 29 Euros per person per day for 14 days, there is no way we could get our monies worth at those prices. Although being ill most of the time didn't help as I had to go to the ships doctor twice I don't think we will book with MSC again, four other cruises we have been on with other companies have all been very enjoyable.
Our inside cabin on deck eight was comfortable and kept clean and tidy by our steward.