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MSC Divina Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

jojodidi

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 27, 2017

Ship: MSC Divina

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11248

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Let me say first, this is an experienced person review, I have been on so many cruises and this is an honest comparison to other cruises that I have been on. MSC is good for a first time cruisers who have never seen better... but this is what I experienced no personal view involved

all public bathrooms smells
room smells ( i paid for a balcony )
You will eat carbs ( macaroni on lunch daily and food selections are bad, doesn't mix
they cater to European customers mainly
no one smiles, exhausted staff
small ship and not equipped to entertain 4000+ guests
MSC cares about selling only, no one cares about your enjoyment. for example ( they dont have enough seats at the main pool, yet they managed to set up a 8 tables wide display for their duty free items which could seat up to 60 customer in the shade in case they don't want to get burned by may sun teampture specially kids )
no American style food
No kids pool or splash section
theatre shows are cheap and made to consume time. mostly acrobat which was good but that is about it and filled with non sense music and songs
entertainment team showing a man kissing a man before show as a joke and my kids were watching...and kids where every where ... promotes homosexual activities
low scale staff
pool is dirty
ship is warm and AC was always set on high temperature
horrible management...needs organization
I fell victim to online critics which showing this company to be good when in fact it was not. they are way worse than carnival which I thought was the bottom line....now MSC IS THE WORST ON MY LIST!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

bathroom smells, unsanitary conditions

Ship tip

stay away!

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

2 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

1 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

11 Comments

harlyri11323146 7 years ago

We cruised with 3 other senior Cples ,we ALL absoulutely loved it, American food everywhere , the shows were great , sorry I musta missed the LBQT one, sarcasm, the employees were helpful and went out of there way to help me and my wife on her mobility scooter , because the her scooter couldnt traverse the ramp , an employee took us up and down to another ramp which we used, our room Stewart was great , I loved the international crowd , maybe I'm an idiot but we're booking the Seaside next year, the pool was crowded , but I've been on a Disney ship and I couldn't get near the main pool either, I think that's common on big ships ,

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leftylee47 7 years ago

Total opposite of my experience. Everything was very nice--food, service, cabins, pools and shows. We had a great time. Loved the whole cruise.

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balconyfor3 7 years ago

Some people are not open minded to try something different ! If you dont like that it's a Europeen ship, you should stick to your all american ship and continue to eat all that fried food! It's fun to try diff©rents sometimes... food and other culture!

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tlj0788 7 years ago

Say what???? loved sailing on the Divina! It was a first class ship! the best of the best! We loved everything about it! First class ship for first class people!

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Yashu 7 years ago

and if you claim that you are an 18+, well experienced cruiser, and love to party and drink it sounds like you are a well experienced "Carnival" cruiser. if that is the case then you just stick with your meat factory ships and stay away from the family friendly ships.

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Yashu 7 years ago

I do agree that Jojo sound homophobic. welcome to the twentyfirst century Jojo. if you are that concerned about what you our you kid see in surprised that you even managed to step out of your house. and I liked the fact that they didn't have much American food, I knew they were an Italian company and expected a lot of Italian style food. if you travel to Asia do you still expect American food? I sure don't. And MSC promotes themself as a family friendly cruise line so of course there will be a lot of kids. Do a bit more research next time before you even book a cruise.

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sonofacruiser 7 years ago

No american food? No hamburgers and hotdogs and fried cheese you mean. If your so experienced then why did you not do your research MSC is an Italian Cruise line which has a European style. FYI if you did not like MSC I would not spend for a European Vacation and I would recommend not visiting Rome.

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bienfang10 7 years ago

a stupido comment. we love the Divina. The workers work there ass off!!!

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firefighter1177 7 years ago

Wow are you sure you were on the Divina? Everything and I mean everything you just said is the total opposite of my families experience on the Divina! Please enlighten all of which cruise line is so much better than MSC since your a "experienced cruiser"!

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rgbenning 7 years ago

An experienced person in regards to what? Your profile has no history whatsoever. You have zero listed cruises! I advise you take everything stated in this post with a grain of salt! I also agree that this individual would appear to be a little homophobic.

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Tawsy 7 years ago

Don't care for your homophobic views

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