We are family of four with two children ages 8 and 11. This was the 11 year old's 10th cruise. In the past we have enjoyed sailing on Celebrity, Princess, Royal Caribbean, NCL, and Costa. However, this was our first experience with MSC.

We chose MSC because of the dates (kids only had to miss one day of school) and the price. We were able to be in a Cat 11 (which is the highest cat room shy of suite)Superior Balcony for just over $1800 for the week. No other cruise line could even come close for that same time period. We sailed Dec 16-23, 2011.

We used ParknGo in FLL and they took us and picked us up from the port. With the online discount, the week of parking was less than $60 and the service was good. Upon arrival at the terminal, checkin was quick. They would not allow the children's cards to be blocked from making purchases (which we have never had any problem doing on any other line) but it could be set to a maximum amount per day but that had to be done on the ship. Read more