MSC Divina
MSC Divina Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean
Mediterranean from Civitavecchia
Sail date: July 04, 2015
Ship: MSC Divina
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 10279
Traveled as: Family (older children)
Reviewed: 9 years ago
Review summary
The boat was clean and nicely appointed. The buffet was disappointing in its variety and quality for all meals. The orange juice was terrible and tasted very artificial. The Black Crab was good for dinner. Our waiter, Jerry, was very accommodating. The waitstaff had trouble taking drink orders -- if it wasn't a daiquiri or Rum and coke the staff had difficult understanding the order. Language barrier. Breakfast at the Black Crab was disappointing. It took a long time to get a simple glass of water. Many times the waitstaff didn't understand what we wanted -language barrier. We could not get maple syrup at one breakfast.
We did not like being charged for gelato when the "self-serve" ice cream was frequently unavailable/ran out and only available for a very short time during the day.
Daily newsletters said we had to carry out passports at each port. Why were we required to carry our passports when disembarking when we were never asked to produce them upon embarkation at each port?!
Daily newsletters should be delivered BEFORE evening so we can plan earlier for the next day.
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3 Comments
Gwbigdog 2 years ago
Gwbigdog 2 years ago
glomarrone 9 years ago
We had a problem with the soft serve mqchines on our cruise on MSC, too. Many times the ice cream came out too watery or simply didn't work. It was annoying. Good thing that thy have more than one machine on board.
I think that it is the ports that require you to have your passport with you. The ship just reminds you to have it as required by the country that you are visiting. You can get a passport card along with your passport the next time you need a new passport. This way you just have a card to carry and not your whole passport. You would need to inquire if the countries that you visit accept that for ID.