MSC Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

The MSC Lirica is a beautiful ship, very quiet in it's running, but also without the creaks and groans of other ships we have travelled on. The itinerary was attractive, going to places we hadn't visited before, and overall, we enjoyed the ship and the cruise, but there were a few things that could have been better. We visited, Haifa, Zakynthos, Genoa, Civitavecchia, Messina and Marmaris. We ...

We have just returned from a week long cruise on Armonia from Venice to Ancona,Dubrovnik,Corfu, Gythion, kefalonia & Kotor. We booked direct and had seen reviews of the ship so knew what to expect. flights were booked as part of the package and were with BA from Gatwick. Transfer was included but lacked information from MSC staff on arrival. It was a bare minimum welcome. A bit more info on check ...

This was our 1st time on a cruise having spent 2 wonderful days in Venice. The day of embarkation was not pleasant, disorganized and at times chaotic! We finally boarded at around 3pm (should have been 12.30)and to compound things even more a suitcase did not arrive until 9pm. Staff on reception not at all helpful when we tried to ascertain what had happened to our luggage! However, after this ...

The Lirica itself is a fine ship. The destinations were particularly interesting for us (Limassol-Haifa-Zakynthos-Genova-Rome-Messina-Marmaris),but the big plus was that we could embark from our home port Limassol which saves you the hustle of airports/transfers/hotels. This is a good embarkation policy of MSC which allowed passengers to embark/disembark at all ports of call. Our cabin was ...

Myself and two kids age 16 and 21, just returned from a wonderful, 7 day Cruise onboard the Divina. There were very few Americans on board, but all of the ship employees spoke some English. My son enjoyed the teen club, Graffiti's, even though all the kids were from non-English speaking countries. Everyone speaks some English so he did just fine. Here are the pros/cons of our MSC Divina ...

We were told that flights would be arranged close to our travelling date, we were informed 2 weeks prior to travel that we were outbound from Gatwick to Verona and inbound Venice to Gatwick. Not the end of the world, but be aware that you may not get a flight to a local airport. Flights were organised, along with transfers, by MSC. Gatwick was chaos!! We arrived early, but were unable to sit ...

We recently returned from our cruise on the MSC Fantasia. We embarked in Venice and stopped at Bari, Katakolon, Santorini, Piraeus, Corfu, and Dubrovnik. We had a port call every day of the cruise. The embarkation process was quick and easy. In fact, it went so well we did not roam around Venice because we were allowed on the ship at around 11:00 A.M. instead of 1 P.M. as we expected. The MSC ...

We sailed on a one week's cruise with MSC Fantasia the last week in June. Embarking from Venice and then to Bari, Katakolon, Santorini, Pireus, Corfu, Dubrovnik and back to Venice. Venice is of course the main attraction here. The ship itself is huge, new and modern. Everything is very well maintained and working the way it should. We had a balcony cabin and would highly recommend this. It is well ...

I have just returned from the MSC Preziosa (disembarked on May 17th) and thought I would right a quick review as it is a new ship and there are few reviews around. We were a travelling party of 2 adults and 1 infant, and this was not our first cruise, although all other cruises had been with RCCL. We were looking forward to the new experience. The cost effective child places, coupled with short ...

My wife and I were fortunate enough to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary with a lovely group of fellow cruisers. MSC DIVINA: Outstanding vessel - extremely plush and stylishly maintained to a high standard though there was a little lateral movement, as one would expect, at the extremities of the ship. EMBARKATI0N: Venice was a bit of a scrum as anticipated from other Reviewers - but ...