Great itinerary with very interesting ports alas the highlight ports were cancelled without being informed of this change and no interesting ports were added.
Embarkation was easy and organised
The highlight were the exceptional staff especially cabin dinner and entertainment staff so friendly and cooperative
Poor nightly shows the best was done by the crew
Good was good except not ...
We picked this repositioning cruise to take advantage of a visit to Jordan, in particular Petra. The deal looked too inviting to resist, but how we wish we had. It all started to go downhill when we received an email from MSC at 3pm the day prior to boarding advising us that "with your safety and wellbeing in mind, we have taken the decision to slightly amend your cruise". This 'slight amendment' ...
We are currently on this excuse of a boat that you call a cruise ship "Cabin *81**"
Previously we have travelled with Holland America, Celebrity, Carnival, Royal Caribbean and P & O
Examples
Dinner
Ordered dinner and the vegetables were raw when we queried the head waiter he blamed the server
The menu, well I hope your not paying the head chef a decent wage because he is not dishing ...
Probably our best cruise ever (28 cruises on 7 different cruise lines).
We managed to get an amazing deal on Yacht club for this repositioning cruise and now would always choose YC (if available)......
It's a slightly older ship and some deck areas are showing their age e.g. deck chairs , pool areas , decking etc.. , but otherwise we'll maintained esp the interior which you couldn't tell was ...
I cannot say anything good about this ship or MSC and will second everything the previous reviewer had to say about this cruise I can only add it was like Butlins at sea We have another MSC booked which we are seriously considering cancelling I cannot express how bad it was .The facilities on board cannot deliver to 6000 passengers. This ship does not compare with other ships of its size and yes ...
This is a new cruise ship that has far to many people for the community space. There is no lounges or quite places to sit and relax.
The entertainment was sparse, you had to book in to the shows, which you could only see once, if it was sold out then you couldn't go.
I have travelled with many cruise company's and this has to be the worst be far
The food was plain, but they were always ...
We have cruised a lot on several ships and Lines across the world including MSC. No ship or cruise line is perfect. All have their pro's and cons. However, after our 14 day Suez canal cruise, we would probably say this is our current favorite ship.
Our balcony room on deck 16 was a good size with a comfy bed and massive couch. This ship is new and it feels it. Very clean, no rust, staff always ...
They did not inform us about the PCR test!!!
We arrived the port at 2:30pm. There was a PCR test counter at the terminal and they charge ~USD73 for person!! AND the staff said they need 4 hours to get the results!!! Our cruise schedule departed at 6pm!!!
There are lots of people at the terminal waiting for the results.
We finally got the results after two and a half hours!
It is really ...
The cruise seemed like we would enjoy experience.
We were not informed that a covid pcr test was needed till arriving at port of demarcation .
After setting sail we were informed that we needed a visa to visit Jedah which we found impossible to obtain so lost one port of call.
We were looking forward to navigate through the Suez canal but we could not access front of ships as this part of ...
Was really looking forward to this cruise. But now I am really looking forward to getting off.
On boarding ship it was at first glance very impressive. The ship has being all over it, but that's as far as it goes.
The main inside deck is deck 6, on this you will find various things such as a bar, Chocolate shop, phone box for the secret bar, pizza and burger, a few shops, guest services and ...