Chose this cruise for the first cruise we have ever booked.
Food was a variety of the same cafeteria style food over the 10 days, the food itself was uncreative and bland and the selection was awful.
The a la carte places were ok, le bistro was the best overall. But Cagney's and la cucina were second rate at best. Would not pay half of the prices they charged.
The activities on the ship ...
I would avoid booking with MSC at ALL costs. To start, the food was barely edible. Everything was either over cooked, undercooked, or bland. Everything is served room temperature even in the restaurants. Bartenders couldn’t care less about who came first and they like to ignore you. The customer service was absolutely atrocious. The vodka shooter in my room had been refilled with water. Upon ...
I have in the past cruised on Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Norwegian, and Carnival. So I do have a good comparison of what should be expected. The boarding was smooth however everything else including the majority of crew members was disastrous. I did not at all get the feeling of vacation no welcoming experience at all. In fact, including the entertainment which was sub-par (In comparison) In all ...
A group of 5 of us (one who is a new Cruise Travel Agent) talked us into taking a 5 night cruise out of Miami to the Dominican Republic and then to Bimini.
They did honor our Royal Caribbean status with giving us A Bar tap of $400 and a room credit or $200 each sounded like a good deal.
From the time we boarded we had a very enclosed feeling, there was no open promenade deck, and the boat ...
I’ve always cruised budget cruise lines such as Carnival in the past, but wanted to experience a “luxury” cruise… So, I booked a cruise on the brand new Norwegian Viva. I’d like to be clear that this is a beautiful brand new ship, but that’s where the excitement stops. The food is terrible (think bland w/ zero flavor) and hours for complimentary food choices including the “Seaside Grill”’ are ...
It’s worse than Carnival. You book to have dinner at a certain time but when you get here they give you run around telling you to go to guest services. You get there they send you back to the dining. It was a pattern. Guest services was useless and would give us wrong information the whole time. The whole boat smelled like cigarettes smoke. It was everywhere. It’s not kid friendly.
I’ve never ...
We wanted to go through the Panama Canal and this ship went to one of our favorite islands curaçao first of all, we bought a larger balcony cabin. Do not ever upgrade your balcony cabin or wind up above the tavern. Our room and the one next to it are right above the karaoke bar and where the bands play. You do not hear it in the hall but the minute you open the door the sound comes blaring out ...
This is not a pleasant cruise and lacks any class. Passengers are repeatedly asked to make noise so that it appears like they are having fun. (For example, I attended an art auction aboard the ship where the auctioneer asked the participants to literally “yell as loud as they could to win a prize”. Outrageous. My ears were ringing and I was in pain after that.) The food is warm at best - never a ...
In a couple of words overcrowded and understaffed. Also very gay friendly so I can see the attraction reason why it is popular.
We got to the port and waited in line to get on the ship. Boarding was late unlike all other cruise lines so lunch time had past and had to do drill. So basically no lunch 1st day unlike all other cruise lines.
Went to the cabin and my wife's luggage arrived around ...
Other cruise lines that we have sailed with were not available so my travel agent suggested MSC. We researched the Magnifica and were pleased with what we read. They did a great job of describing the ship however it wasn't at all like what we read. First of all, I will say the staff is wonderful and so nice! We chose to do Atlantis as an excursion and we had a blast so highly recommend you ...