Beautiful ship, horrible food, questionable destinations.

Item: MSC Grandiosa
Rating: 3.1
Author: urbaniz

MSC Grandiosa Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

urbaniz

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 35

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5

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7 Night Western Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 06, 2023

Ship: MSC Grandiosa

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I would not go on this cruise again with MSC. The ports are not walk off friendly and the food quality on MSC was just awful.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Very poor quality food and selection, many things repeated day after day.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Good shows but they are short so as to accommodate the large number of passengers in the smaller theatre.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

2 out of 5

Not a lot of time in the city after the bus transfer.

Thumbs Up 0

Palermo, Sicily

1 out of 5

Old, rundown city.

Thumbs Up 0

Valletta, Malta

4 out of 5

Nice, easy to explore by walking from ship.

Thumbs Up 2

Barcelona, Spain

4 out of 5

MSC should provide a free shuttle off the port, too far to walk.

Thumbs Up 0

Marseille (Provence), France

3 out of 5

Some parts of area go downhill quickly.

Thumbs Up 0

Genoa, Italy

1 out of 5

Most horrible place ever.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

4 Comments

gribb0 1 year ago

Sorry you didn't like Genoa. It's one of my favorite cities

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for the review

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