Impersonal, strange Ship

MSC Divina Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

marcelzangger

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 07, 2016

Ship: MSC Divina

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 5211

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

This is all based on my personal opinion.

To start, food was great and our Stateroom was spacious and comfortable.

(Outside stateroom) That end's the plus list. On the negative site we found the Ships layout very confusing. On some Decks you have to go up or down a Deck to go from one end of the ship to the other. On more then 20 Cruises I haven't been lost on a Ship. Buffet is similar, you have to walk long ways here too, the layout makes not relay sense.

Strange when Staff only speaks one language and that is French?

Waiters din't know anything to tell you about next Days Port of Call or specials.

It was somewhat very impersonal unlike on Royal Caribbean or Carnival.Very limited Shopping options.

So we wont Cruise with MSC again in the near future. Let's see how the new Ship is turning out, they said it will be built for the US market.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

in my opinion the Shows aren't as good as we saw it on other Ships,

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Impersonal staff

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

It was smelly on the coridoors

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Spacious Cabin, plenty of storage space. Shower could be better the folding Glass doors are tricky.

Ports of call

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

6 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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diecastadam 8 years ago

I was able to speak with the staff and all I can speak is English so the crew only knowing french is not a true statement. I thought the staff were nice. The ships layout was confusing.

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rmancuso 8 years ago

@boldpro totally agree!

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boldpro 8 years ago

I was just on this ship and number one the staff doesn't speak just French number 2 why would the waiters know about ports of call that's what you have the cruise staff for it's also on your television also in your daily program

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rmancuso 8 years ago

We LOVE MSC! Can't wIt to leave in 6 days!!

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carolinagirl1194 8 years ago

Been there also. I won't be returning either.

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