Ok, I am back from my birthday cruise on the Poesia and it went very well. MSC had a ree birthday cruise special and I took advantage of it. About us I am 57 my wife is 50 with no kids just a Lab, two cats and 12 Koi. We flew down the day before and stayed at the Lago Mar. Beautiful resort/hotel on the beach just outside Port Everglades. Everything was perfect there. We saw the Oasis of the Sea leave the port that evening and it is soooo large and beautiful. The next day we saw her sister ship in port and it was also impressive.

We arrived at the Port Sunday at about 11AM and were onboard within 30 minutes. Smooth embarkation no complaints at all. Everyone was right the Poesia is a beautiful ship and squeaky clean. We went to our cabin, #10174 a category 10 balcony. Again, clean and perfect. We went to the buffet area and had lunch. Typical buffet food, carving station and usual salads and other food. Tasty but not outstanding. We then went exploring and again we were impressed by the dEcor and everything just shined. We left port a little late, we had second dining and it was after 8 that we left. Dinner was very good. I read here about the menu options and decided to always order from the Italian side of the menu and was only disappointed by the lobster on the last night. Appetizers, soups and salads were very good. Main entrees were also very good and tasty. The service was also very good. We only had to order iced tea the first night and thereafter it was always there. Same for water glass being kept full. He also remembered we wanted coffee at the end of the meal and had it ready for us. Deserts were hit and miss but the gelato was very good.

We never made it to breakfast as we had late dining and usually stopped at a bar or the show afterwards so went to bed later and woke up still somewhat full from the night before. We lunched mainly in the main restaurant and again the food was very good. Once we got used to the fact that the main menu was the same, had many choices so you did not have to repeat, and there was a daily special page added that changed every day. No matter what your tastes I am sure you could find something you like and there always was gelato and the Greek salad was delicious. The Pizza was spectacular and quite a variety. First time I have had salami pizza and it was good. I could not bring myself to try the tuna pizza. Just too different for me. Read more