I'm sorry if my review seems a little harsh but I'm only going to tell you the things that really stood out as not pleasant.
Note, I've been on over 15 cruises to date.
FOOD:
I was horrified that my assigned sit down dining room has $ upgrades for what may be considered "better" entrees. I was really saddened that the only beef that was on the standard menu was always served in gravy type ...
MSC needs work on communication
We sailed the MSC Meraviglia October 16 sailing. Beautiful ship, clean with a friendly staff. That makes a good first impression but it doesn’t take long for that to be questioned. As we proceeded up the gangway to the ship the very first thing they did was “chip” us like a pet! MSC does use an electronic bracelet to replace the ship card which is handy and it ...
First there was several cruise to go on, that was very reasonable, I didn’t want to travel the same islands that I have already seen 6 times. So, I decided to do the MSC even though it was more expensive but I get to see something different.
I paid for me and my two granddaughters, then my daughter wanted to go. So I paid for her. Then my other daughter wanted to go, there was no other room ...
My wife and I are MSC cruisers. We love going on their ships. They are elegant. Service is great. Food is good. We adopted our grandchildren a few years ago and started taking them on cruises. They are 6 and 7 now when we went on the meraviglia on September 18th. This is their 2nd MSC cruise.
This was the 1st seven day cruise from the whole covid thing. We only had just over 1500 passengers on ...
I tried MSC for the first time, like most people on the ship because of the great price. This is my experience recently on the Meraviglia. I got a e mail to check in at 1:40 originally then it was changed to 2:30. My flight got in at 11:00 and we went right to the ship , was welcomed and taken right in at 11:45. The process to get on the ship was less than a hour. Everyone I talked to was worried ...
Be prepared, this review is long but worth the read.
We chose this cruise for its great deal that was being offered and we had never tried MSC before. Little did we know that this would a terrible and regretful experience for "a vacation".
Embarkation:
For starters, spending almost 4 hours just at embarkation was a HORRIBLE way to start a cruise. We got in at 1:30 and waited in the ...
I'm an avid cruiser being on at least 40 Cruise's since 1983. Having cruised on RCCL (diamond member), Princess, Carnival, NCL, HAL, Celebrity, Red Boat, Admiral I have a reasonable idea what makes for a good cruise. I booked an inside cabin and pre purchased the Thermal Spa pass in place of a balcony. This usually works out great on NCL and Holland since they have great spas with large window ...
We had saw the reviews of the MSC Seaside and this being a newer ship we wanted to cruise. The timing was excellent.
Our first issue was the failure of MSC to disclose out Balcony was on top of the Circue show. So each day when they started their rehearsals in mid afternoon until after 11 each night the walls would vibrate from the noise. We went to Customer Service who said they would ...
We have been on multiple cruises with other cruise lines and have had excellent experiences previously. We were originally booked on a cruise with a different cruise line, but following first a cancellation then a change of itinerary to the subsequent cruise we booked, we decided to cancel and re-booked on MSC as it was hitting most of the ports we had been interested in and was slightly less ...
My husband and I are not first-time cruisers. We've been on 2 Carnival cruises, Celebrity and now MSC. On this cruise, we visited Costa Maya, Belize, Honduras and MSC's private Bahamian island, Ocean Cay. Now, let's start with the positives... We had fantastic weather overall. The ship was beautiful. The service on the ship was decent - especially our servers in the dining room - John and Adonay. ...