MSC Magnifica Review
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My husband and I enjoy cruises. We went on our first for our honeymoon and now we try to do one every year. This was our 5th cruise but our first on MSC cruiselines. All of our previous cruises had been on Carnival Cruiselines.
The MSC Magnifica was a beautiful ship. The decor was very nice. We were able to board fairly quickly and go directly to our stateroom rather than have to wait on the Lido deck or roaming around until our room was ready. Our room was nice and clean. We had a balcony and the size of the room and balcony were comparable to all of our previous cruises. Our bed was a bit too hard for me but my husband did not have a problem with it. The pillows on the bed were the worst pillows I have ever encountered in my life. They were so bad I took the throw pillows off the sofa and put my pillow case on them and used that for most of the cruise. Our steward seemed nice. We did not encounter him much at all. He kept our cabin clean when we were out. My one complaint about my cabin/steward was that I had a dress I brought on the cruise and it somehow disappeared from our closet and I never saw it again. I asked the steward if maybe it had fallen out of the closet and was taken by mistake - he said that did not happen. i emailed our house sitter to search my house on the slim chance I forgot the dress at home - I did not. I asked the people at the reception to try to find out what happened to my cocktail dress and the woman I spoke to paid half attention to me as I explained the situation and she did not take my name. she took my cabin number and wrote it on a post it with 5 other cabin numbers on it. I never heard from her or the steward again regarding my missing clothes. I was very upset that my dress came up missing and then no one was able to tell me what happened to it.
We really enjoyed that the evening show for the 2nd dinner seating took place during 1st dinner service. The show was at 7:15 each night and after the show we could just go to dinner and after dinner either go out on the ship for the night or just go back to our cabin. This is much better for us than having to wait until 10:15 for the show to begin. We enjoyed the shows. There is a certain amount of cheesiness one should expect from a cruise mainstage but there were some very cool things as well. Plus, the opera singers were a great experience for us.
Cabin Review
Our stateroom, 10151, had a balcony and on the balcony there was a small table and 2 chairs. This was nice. Inside our room it was very clean and nice. Blue was the main color in the room. There was a fold out sofa, a vanity, a queen size bed, two nightstands, a dresser, television, and a closet. There was a small bathroom with a very small shower. The bed was quite hard for me but my husband did not have a problem with it. The pillows on the bed were absolutely terrible. There were a couple days on the ship when the toilets stopped working. This was less that desirable.
Our stateroom was located in a great place on the ship. Close but not right next to elevators and stairs. Not above or below any noisy clubs or the casino. It was a nice location.