Beautiful ship, horrible food, questionable destinations.

MSC Grandiosa Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5
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MSC Grandiosa

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.

Palermo, Sicily

1 out of 5
Old, rundown city.

Valletta, Malta

4 out of 5
Nice, easy to explore by walking from ship.

Barcelona, Spain

4 out of 5
MSC should provide a free shuttle off the port, too far to walk.

Marseille (Provence), France

3 out of 5
Some parts of area go downhill quickly.

Genoa, Italy

1 out of 5
Most horrible place ever.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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