thorne95 Cruise Review on MSC Divina on Jun 03, 2017

Item: MSC Divina
Rating: 4
Author: thorne95

MSC Divina Cruise Review

thorne95

Contributor Level: Purser

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Sail date: June 03, 2017

Ship: MSC Divina

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This is actually a really fun cruise! I had read many reviews beforehand and was nervous due to the many poor reviews. The ship is huge! When you felt like you should be at the back of the ship you realize you are only about halfway there. That being said most of the space is used for cabins. The fifth sixth seventh floors have many bars and activities. We enjoyed hanging out in the golden jazz bar or black and white lounge. The floors 14and up were the pools more bars and other activities. Most of the ship is cabins which is my biggest complaint because it can cause overcrowding. But there is still more than enough space to roam and have fun due the enormous size of the ship. Many people complained about the food beforehand and I haven't the slightest clue why. The food always tasted great. I will admit it was very much different from normal cruise food. But everything I ate I really enjoyed. Especially the fresh baked breads and desserts. There was some overcrowding of the buffet but it wasn't to much of a problem. One thing I thought was funny about the cruise was that a main decorating decision was to literally put mirrors everywhere. And I mean everywhere. I could literally watch myself getting fatter as I went through the day. The reason I gave 4 stars rather than 5 is there was just a little to much catering to the eourpeans. I'm American and I'm used to cruise ships where I'd watch stand up comedy and party the entire cruise. This cruise was much different in that the entertainment was never language based it was all dancing, performing dancing and taking dancing classes. I got a little danced out. And on sea days rather than playing fun music at the pools and partying they would do yoga in front of everybody while we were swimming. It also isn't a booze cruise like many others tend to be. I can't remember seeing even 1 person plastered during this cruise. The atmosphere is more of a cocktail and lounge setting so it never got very crazy. But I didn't mind that much especially because I'm not a drinker myself. My last thing is the announcements. Because there are people from all around the world (some nicer than others) there are very many languages spoken on the ship making announcements seem to take forever. Especially when they had to do them in 8 different languages. But other than that it was a really enjoyable cruise.

3 Comments

DianeQc 7 years ago

I enjoyed your review very much. Especially about the mirors. My sister, nephew and myself are cruising on the Divina in July 1st after booking last November. Finally the time has come. 18 days to go.

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harlyri11323146 7 years ago

Good review , if you want American food only , stay on carnival why not open your horizons , we had 8 seniors and only 1 steak was returned and promptly replaced

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bbhellriegel 7 years ago

I really hated the mirrors in the elevators!

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