We are just back from our week on MSC Splendida. In spite of being winter, we loved it and had a lovely time. The ship is huge and its beautiful and it shines from its cleanliness, we’ve been already in Poesia ...

Sail Date December 2016

lornajoan

1 Review Written

6 Helpful Votes

Crystal stairs best thing about MSC Splendida

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

The best thing about MSC Splendida is the crystal staircases in the main atrium. Otherwise, in my opinion, corporate policy for this cruise line needs a serious overhaul. The ship seems poorly managed and ...

Sail Date October 2015

cruise-2015

1 Review Written

First Cruise

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

This was our first cruise experience - £599 including flights for 7 nights flying from Gatwick for a cabin with balcony. Long delay with British Airways but once we arrived at Genoa all went smoothly The ship is ...

Sail Date January 2015

NHSlug

1 Review Written

MCS Splendida 2014

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Ship very clean and modern, entertainment very good, room service good, evening dining service good. The ship does have some quirks to it. The ship doesn't want you to take a drink that might be half full and bring ...

Sail Date July 2014

Roxyh

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

Beautiful ship horrible food

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

The Splendida was a beautiful ship when we got on we was really impressed.. But don't go on for the food it was horrible. I ate a lot of bread and water.. We didn't try the Tex Mex we was afraid of paying for the ...

Sail Date March 2014

sankav94

1 Review Written

Cruise Review MSC Splendida

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

We had done a cruise with Holland America last year this time since it was December and options were limited we went with MSC Ship Speledida lives up to its name its absolutely "Splendid" The activities in ...

Sail Date December 2013

Celtic Lass

3 Reviews Written

Msc a version of Butlin on the sea

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

The ship is really nice and the cabin a very good size. The ship is really clean and the staff in the bars are very nice. The staff in the bora bora are only table cleaners. They don't speak to the guest or help ...

Sail Date May 2013

Fishfingers

2 Reviews Written

MSC Double cruise

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Read all the reviews before going and bad service+food was almost universal in them. However these I found were totally unfounded. At Venice the embarkation was rather chaotic but relatively speedy with helpful ...

Sail Date July 2012

cantfindanunusedusername

1 Review Written

Love the Yacht Club!

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

For years I've been a loyal Sandals customer but decided to try a cruise for the first time due to a special rate offered in the Yacht Club. It is everything and more than the advertising says. We got off to a ...

Sail Date June 2012

Mark glynn

1 Review Written

SPLENDIDA

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

The negatives - MSC does not care about you in any way once you get on the boat. All they want is to turn you upside down and shake as much cash as they can out of you. They are only short of wearing masks and ...

Sail Date June 2012

expatchris

1 Review Written

First Cruise review on MSC Splendida

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

This was our first cruise and before we departed we went from high expectations to it cant be that good for the price we paid ( Â£349 ). Well overaall the cruise surpassed our highest expectations and like people ...

Sail Date April 2012

Jen and Joe Traveler

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

Cruising with kids: Don't book MSC- book Royal Caribbean

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Kids Zone: MSC is not a kid friendly cruise for English speaking passengers. Last summer we took a Royal Caribbean cruise and my kids loved the kid's club so much that we could barely drag them out; however, this ...

Sail Date April 2012

Flah

2 Reviews Written

First and last for this cruise line. It just awful!

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Positive: The stateroom is nicely decorate and it is quite comfortable. Negative: The service is so bad that I think majority of the crew especially in the dinning room should be retrain. If you don't speak ...

Sail Date December 2011

David Priestley

1 Review Written

unbelieveable

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

I had read reviews about msc cruises and the ship msc splendida and a lot had said how bad it was well i can tell you they were wrong. I got picked from the airport and taken to the ship bags taken off me and shown ...

Sail Date January 2012

Perry123

1 Review Written

What you save on the front end you'll pay on the back end!

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

MSC Slendidi 11 nights from 13/11/2011-24/11/2011 embarkation port "Genoa" My wife and I have cruised with MCS in the past 2 years aho on MSC Musica so we both kind of expected what was coming, but had some hope ...

Sail Date November 2011

1 Review Written

MSC Maybe

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

The ship was very clean, staff was good, cabins better than average. The food was 60% poor, 30% ok and 10% really good. You were fine if you filled up on the pasta which was good most of the time. The seafood was ...

Sail Date November 2011

domfrontqueen

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

Beautiful ship but staff need training in service

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

I booked this cruise for two reasons: because it was going to Alexandria (with the opportunity to visit the Pyramids)and because there was no single supplement.The BA flight from Heathrow got us to Milan in under ...

Sail Date March 2011

Calilily

1 Review Written

MSC Spendida-DON'T GO!!

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

First let me say I love to cruise, have sailed several lines and this is the first time i have taken the time to give a critique. I will keep this as short and honest as possible. The cruise port of Civitavecchia ...

Sail Date February 2011

zijlweg

2 Reviews Written

MSC not so hot anymore.

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Having sailed on quite a few MSC cruises, it seems that overall service is deteriorating. Are the services bad? No Are the services good? No It is just all average...no more no less! It ...

Sail Date February 2011

Paul Ingram

1 Review Written

Piracy on the high seas

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Arriving at Nice !6th Decenber 2010 was not nice since no rep. was there to greet us, we were left stranded for about 2 hours with out any explanation. Eventually getting on a coach for the 2 Hour drive to Genoa, ...

Sail Date December 2010

samjethro

1 Review Written

Loved the MSC splendida

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

my husband and i cruised dec, 2010 to egypt, greece, malta, and italy on the msc splendida. great ship and great staff. everyone was very helpful and friendly. the itinerary was exactly what we were looking for. we ...

Sail Date December 2010

West is best

1 Review Written

One tea bag

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

This cruise was booked because of the price and the itinerary. We knew beforehand that we would probably be paying for everything except at foodtime. The Spendida was a lovely ship, and the number of ports visited ...

Sail Date December 2010

lisaldb

2 Reviews Written

Beautiful Ship, BEWARE The Food and Service

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

My daughter and I sailed on the Splendida. I'm going to cut to the important points because so many go on and on about what's good and what's bad, and I'm going to cover what was very important to us - food and ...

Sail Date November 2010

Travel Junkee

1 Review Written

Even the Italians were unhappy

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

There were so many things wrong with this cruise I feel I need to start with what was right: the rolls and breads were delicious, the cabin steward did a fine job and our luggage was already at our cabin when we ...

Sail Date November 2010

Flora Thompson

1 Review Written

Nice boat ride, but a shoddy cruise

MSC Splendida

Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

It was a nice boat ride but a shoddy cruise. We had read all the reviews on MSC Splendida and decided to try them anyway because we loved the itinerary and the price; the timing worked for us and we didn't ...

Sail Date November 2010