Captain Terrific and Impactful / Food Tolerable
MSC Divina Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern
7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)
Sail date: March 04, 2017
Ship: MSC Divina
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 11159
Traveled as: Singles/Friends
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
The Captain was a standout; interesting, funny, thoughtful, and great at his job.
We had 3 rough days at sea, and when the Captain finally found us some sunshine, he worked diligently to reschedule the itinerary to maximize time in the sun, and calm the seasick passengers.
Food in general was passable, nothing outstanding, though there was plenty to be had. All food was served cold, and I really wanted hot meals hot. Lots of food was overcooked, especially eggs. Cold overcooked eggs are gross. The exceptions: French fries and desserts--these were great.
The ship was clean. Lounge performers very good (though everything was electronically augmented like karaoke which was tiresome.) Dance instruction very good. Theatrical shows were hit or miss (2 good/2 terrible). Service at bars was slow, but table service was usually efficient.
I had heard that MSC was an older-persons cruise line, but this was not the case. All ages were present. There was not excessive advertising as I have experienced on other ships, and I really appreciated that. Overall the trip was very good and restful.
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Ship tip
Elevators were fast and smooth. Worth the time to walk stern for less busy elevators though.
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7 Comments
tsweet30310948 7 years ago
You cannot bring water onto the Divina. The free water onboard is good (no bad taste) or you can buy bottled water for $2 each. I bought one bottle and refilled it a lot. I did carry the bottle on/off at each port and it was not confiscated.
Shows:
Like--Michael Jackson Tribute, The Mask
Terrible--Queen Tribute
So-So--Opener, Italian Opera, French Burlesque
To be fair, the performers were mostly excellent. (I don't enjoy performers who beg for applause, and there was a troupe who did this excessively, so I found them off-putting.) The arrangements, concepts, choreography, design, and show compositions were lacking.