"Food was just very average in the Yacht Club restaurant, but serving staff were good.There is also an issue with the lack of attention that is no longer present in the Yacht Club, by the concierge desk, who seemed to be frustrated with their job...."Read More
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Having previously cruised on RCL, Princess, Cunard, Celebrity and Disney I realised that this would be a different experience. The low cost for a winter Med sailing made it worth a try.
Pros:
1. Value for money. With the availability of cheap flights to Europe from the UK this cruise was a cheap vacation for us.
2. Clean and well maintained ship
3. Helpful staff
4. Great cabin ...
We chose this cruise as a budget trip, so we chose a minimum requirement cabin and the very basic drink package with a determination to get the most out of our pre payment and tightly restricting further costs. Our needs were simple to relax with a drink on board and to explore the various ports we visited.
Embarkation and Disembarkation were pretty much flawless. We were on the ship before we ...
This was our 3rd time on MSC, in a Yacht Club standard cabin with balcony.
We were expecting the same good feeling after our cruise but felt let down by the constant lack of organization of the whole cruise.
The problem is that the staff had not been trained to do their job, giving out bad information, and not admitting that problems had occurred. There is also an issue with the lack of ...
The cruise was absolutely excellent in every way. The ship is beautiful and the staff is wonderful.
However the testing requirement pre-boarding was a total mess.
First of all MSC hadn’t made it clear that it was necessary to bring a negative Covid test (not older than 48 hours) to the check-in desk. So on arrival to the port we were sent to a nearby pharmacy to get our test certificate. ...
Lets start off with the really great. Cruising is back! We are a couple nearing 50 and have now been on 85+ cruises on 11 different lines all over the world. Our main go to has been Celebrity, Royal and lately HAL and Oceania. We enjoy great food and wonderful service and this cruise ticket off just one of those boxes. More on that later.
We chose this cruise just for the only reason MSC at ...
MSC are one of the first cruise lines to start operating their ships again following the situation with Covid-19. Whilst they appear to be getting it right and the experience was excellent they could be leading to a total disaster.
Embarkation
All passengers are provided with their allocated embarkation time and its important that you are respectful of this not only for yourself but other ...
We have not cruised with MSC before, only RCCL, but as Grandiosa was the only ship that matched our preferred itinerary at the time period we could have a vacation, this had to be it. We will not cruise MSC again.
It is a beautiful ship, it's sparkling, there's mirrors everywhere, and it's very obvious they are trying to be elegant and luxurious. However, that is just on the surface.
Food: ...
The MSC Grandiosa is a very mixed experience, and whether it makes sense for you depends a lot on what you value and what gets under your skin.
I will first describe the things on MSC Grandiosa that are first-rate. Then I will describe what I think is poorly done, and will represent deal-breakers for many. After that I will describe the ship's overall philosophy, and the type of person for ...
We choose the MSC Grandiosa since we wanted to experience the new ship feel.
Getting on the ship in Barcelona was a breeze. It took no more than 20 minutes from arrival in the port to boarding the ship.
First impression was a big WOW. we entered on deck 6 ( the promenade) From that moment one was surrounded by cruise staff trying to sell you pretty much everything.
We pre booked the non ...
This was our first time with MSC. Previously we have cruised with Norwegian and Princess. Also our first European cruise.
I was traveling with my wife and two kids (daughter 14 and son 11).
Scheduled itinerary was Rome-Sea Day-Sicily-Malta-Barcelona-Marseilles-Genoa-Rome. Itinerary changed, actual itinerary was Rome-Rome-Corsica-Majorca-Barcelona-Marseilles-Genoa-Rome.
Embarkation: We ...