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MSC Grandiosa Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5
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MSC Grandiosa

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 27, 2023

Ship: MSC Grandiosa

Cabin number: 9260

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

You have to pay for too much add on that should be included in the cruise price like other cruise lines. You want get anybody to cruise a second time with you if don't do like the competition.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
organized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
The food was vey bland and not enough meat variety.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
NOT enough activities. pretty much dance in the hall most of the times

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Never had to pay for amphitheater entertainment.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Maitre d was very rude. When we booked the cruise we were scheduled to dine at 8 pm, but instead Msc had change the dining time to 6pm and wouldn't accommodate us in any fashion.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
the cabin and crew were good

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
very good. you need small face towels

Ship tip

Don't sail you will be disappointed compare to other cruise lines.

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

4 out of 5

Marseille (Provence), France

1 out of 5
you shouldn't have to pay to get to the city center.

Genoa, Italy

3 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

4 out of 5

Palermo, Sicily

3 out of 5

Valletta, Malta

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
very organized
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5 Comments

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Nice itinerary. Appreciate your details. Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    1 year ago

What did you pay extra for?

RetiredRay    1 year ago

Note that they very carefully avoided saying WHAT other lines had free that they had to pay for……Just saying….

CruzeFan    1 year ago

People either love or hate MSC. Most cruise lines charge extra for drink packages, excursions, specialty dining, etc..