I did read the reviews but I choose this cruise because of it’s Cuba itinerary. Most Americans reviews don’t like MSC because it’s too European. While I find that to be the same for me, there was other negatives which were more for my experience. These negatives were the following:

Food (worse cruise food ever and I have been on a lot of cruises). They had the same items for every meal time at the buffet. The main dinning room wasn’t any better. I tried the speciality dinning $35 plus gratuity (Surf and Turf) wasn’t any better. I had the lobster and it was too much salt. Wasn’t any better. I eat pizza and ice cream a lot. I loss weight on this cruise ( first time ever). I made sure I eat off the ship at every port stop ( which I don’t normally do on a cruise).

Staff and Service - the worse I have experienced on a cruise so far. The feeling I got from most of the staff was unfriendly honestly. I honestly believe that MSC needs to take a page from some of the other cruise lines that provide the totally package cruise experience ( just saying) Read more