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MSC Divina Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

judyskate8

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

USA, Honduras, Belize, Mexico, Bahamas

Sail date: October 15, 2016

Ship: MSC Divina

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Port of Miami stinks! The parking lot is too far to carry suitcases. Price is $20 a night, so for 7 days cost $140. We will never go to Miami Port again!

Ft. Lauderdale, Canaveral, Tampa are much more friendly ports.

On the ship Food, entertainment, cabin size, cabin service are GOOD. The service ( waiters) in the restaurants STINKS!!! The buffet spreads over loooong space so you need to walk in very tight passage from station to the station. Few 7' high decorative columns create the bottleneck. Buffet food is good. There is some problems with vacant tables. Samsung TVs in cabins STINK: take too long to turn on or to switch stations. For news we had ONLY few boring CNN stations. No FOX TV for the balance CNN crap. Hallways between cabins are about 3.5', too narrow but cabins size is good. All over is-GOOD rating. They must to improve the quality of their waiters or maybe their kitchen is too slow. Then they need to add FOX TV or OAN tv before my Miami friends will go back on the ship. I agree with them.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

Food is good, the service ( waiters) STINKS

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

good

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Very good

Service and Staff

All are good except slow waiters

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabins are good, hallways are too narow

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

good

Ship tip

Food, cabins, entertainment are good. Waiters stink.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

1 out of 5

Port parking is too far to carry suitcases. Never again will ship from Miami!!!!!

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Ocho Rios, Jamaica

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

9 Comments

bilshup 8 years ago

Now this was probably a fun person to sit by in the buffet. We had a great time and parked in the $70 lot. For a little more than than the sale price of this cruise I could have stayed in a cheap motel and watched Fox News all day, but I am glad I chose the cruise.

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nlb1050 8 years ago

we cruise from Miami a lot and have found a lot for a total of $70 for a week, great shuttle service to and from the port, parking should never be a reason for not cruising from any port

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harlyri11323146 8 years ago

Seriously Disney cruise just had info mercials nothing to speak of , didn't bother me, I looked up parking ahead of time actually at at port canaveral booked a hotel room for one nite $100 and got free parking and a shuttle , you have to do your homework ain't nobody giving anything away,

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abby76 8 years ago

Judy needs a clue. It takes too long to.change channel ....waaaaah cry baby!!!

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boldpro 8 years ago

Judy how many times have you cruised and why are you carrying baggage when you arrive you drop the bags off and the porters take them and when you leave the porters will take them out for you or you can leave them on the curb you get your car and put them in there you are blaming waiters for poor service even though you have no idea what might have caused the problem and why are you blaming a cruise line because they don't have Fox News I do like Fox News but certainly can live without it for a week as far as the hallways go those are the average size on those ships either the cabins would be small or the hallways bigger or the other way around which would you prefer

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Rdzshelly 8 years ago

I USED premier parking was only 70 for the several days and they were great they take you and bring you back from the port

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harlyri11323146 8 years ago

They have parking for $8. With a shuttle you have to google it

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bienfang10 8 years ago

I also would like to c fox also. Research lots right by ports you save half. Miami is fine, just a little busy.....

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bienfang10 8 years ago

Judy. The parking lot is right accross the street.

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