My husband and I have just returned from a two week back to back cruise on MSC Poesia. MSC is a cruise line we had not tried before. We've looked at reviews in the past and read some that were negative. However when we talked to people that had been on the ship we were told that they liked it very much and would happily cruise on the ship again. A great deal was offered - too good to pass up. So we decided to see for ourselves. Here is the story of our holiday.
Flight
We flew from Halifax to Newark and Newark to Fort Lauderdale via Continental. As usual - it was not an uneventful flight. We have yet to fly Continental and not run into a problem or a delay of some kind. Either they didn't have a plane available, or did not have a pilot - this time there was a problem with the plane itself and after boarding at Newark, we had to get off, get our luggage off, and wait for a plane to come in that could take us to FLL. We arrived there about 3 hours later than planned. Fortunately we always travel at least one day before the cruise.
Our cabin was excellent! There was more than enough storage space for our things, two electric outlets in both currencies was great as we could charge cameras and run computer at same time. Loved the flexible shower head in the bathroom - a great improvement over fixed heads on some other lines. Located close to elevators but never heard any noise from them. Only possible negative was the chair in cabin was not terribly comfortable so my husband brought one of the balcony chairs into cabin to use. That is a very minor thing. Most ships creak - this is first ship ever that did not creak or have strange noises in cabins. Also the air conditioning system was excellent. For the first time ever - we could get the temperature as cool as we like it. Our cabin was spotless - in fact the ship even hosed down and thoroughly cleaned the balconies when in a port of call - first time we have had that done mid-cruise. The bed-side table lamps provided decent light for reading in bed. Could not have had a nicer cabin - really delighted with it. It was perfect for us!