Fantastic med. cruise

Item: MSC Bellissima
Rating: 4.1
Author: Plugtheleak

MSC Bellissima Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Plugtheleak

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 166

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 25, 2019

Ship: MSC Bellissima

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13125

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

First time with MSC always cruised with P&O before. Endless announcements in multiple languages gets a bit dull after a while. Glad to say next 5 cruises booked already with P&O so normal service will resume soon! Well February 2020 to be exact. Chose this cruise as have teenage kids who say P&O ships are boring, so this cruise was really for them. We were super lucky with the weather and it was a great break. We would cruise with MSC again if the itinerary suited us, I would not say it was great value, 1 week 4 of us sharing a room over 4K but we did opt for Aurea level so got the free access to the spa and got the premium drinks package which was a god send! Sky lounge there version of the Crows nest, no atmosphere very quiet a real shame. Good experience but looking forward to slipping on my comfortable slippers aboard P&O.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Very prompt and efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

MDR food fine for me, they struggled with my wife's allergy. Normally cruise with P&O who manage to cater much better to her needs. Restaurant table staff were excellent.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Children's slides amazing, we all tried the high ropes course. Didn't take part in any pool games due to language barrier

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Shows in main theatre varied and singing good. We saw a CDS show it was excellent but lacked any storyline.

Children's Programs

2 out of 5

Children went to kids club but not impressed very little for the older teens to do and not many English speakers attended.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Can't complain everyone we delt with very helpful and smiley. Table waiter and cabin steward very good.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Ship very new and always being cleaned.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Cabin fine for two but as we were a party of 2 adults and two teenage children it felt small. Not enough storage for 4 people had to use suitcases to store cloths. Zoe useless thank goodness we still get daily paper telling us what's on

Ship tip

Buy drinks package as drinks are expensive

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Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

3 out of 5

Did not explore as this was our embarkation and disembarkation port

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Marseille (Provence), France Did not visit port

Did not leave ship

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Genoa, Italy

4 out of 5

Took trip to Portefino great place and we were super lucky with the weather

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Naples, Italy

3 out of 5

Bit run down around the port, shops good

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Messina, Sicily

4 out of 5

Nice place took hop on hop off bus both routes very good way to see the place as first visit

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Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5

Beautiful port, took red hop on hop off bus, long trip good way to see the island as first trip. Would take taxi next time or organised trip to a beach

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very well organised, smooth and on time

4 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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cruisereckoning 5 years ago

Sounds nice

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Cruiserike0322 5 years ago

Over all a good cruise for you

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papapot41 5 years ago

Not everyone on cruise ships speak English. In order for all passengers to obtain messages it was probably necessary.

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