MSC Lirica Cruise Reviews - Reviews

the ship is beautiful and elegant. the room was big and beautiful, food was good , service at the restaurants and in the room-very good. entertainment -great!the lounges are elegant and pleasant to stay in..the buffet is too crowded. the fact we had to pay for each glass of water is insulting when we think of the amounts of food served and wasted during the meals.ignoring the last two remarks , it was a great cruise, highly recommended!!!

The ship was the right size for me and my wife. I mean it was not one of those that have 2 or 3 thsousand people to big you can not get the ser. This ship just right very clean oh yes the best i been on. The crew very nice .

We sailed from Ft Lauderdale to Jamaica,Columbia,Panama, Costa Rica and Honduras. The ship itself was beautiful, staff very pleasant. and the itinerary was great....However The total package is alot more than meets the eye. Bar costs.... from coke, water and drinks are more expensive, the entertaiment and deck activities are definately geared to the Europeans, not Americans. The shops onboard did not have the selections or deals of other cruise lines. NO FREE DECK ICECREAM. The food was good if you like Pasta dishes. We did have lobster one formal night but it was overcooked and no drawn butter was offered. The Buffets were the same. PASTA PASTA and more PASTA. The pool buffet was pizza and over done hotdogs and hamburgers which went with the rock hard bread. The coffee and tea was only offered from around 630 am to 1030 pm. No juice soda was offered after the buffet closed Unless you bought it from the bar.There was free incabin food service but had a very limited selection of foods. Parking was also a problem and very costly.

It is very small in comparison with the smaller well-known cruise ships. The entertainers lacked talent and personaltiy. However, the pool "entertainers" were AWESOME!! from 10am-5pm the entertainment by the pool was the daily highlight. NO SPLASHING IN THE POOL- Europeans, adults and children alike, do not tolerate any swimming, splashing, playing or simply enjoying yourself. Kids were frowned upon when they splashed in the kiddie pool. Kids were also frowned upon during the day where the majority of people were. They expected kids to just stay in the child care facility-that was not one of our options! If you are cruising to experience different contries and culture-then this is the cruise for you. If you have a family and want to enjoy yourself you may consider an American style cruise ship such as Royal Caribbean Carnival.

first time on the MSC Lirica and I would not recommend this line to anyone.

The ship was well appointed, very clean, and lots of fun. Took the western Carib tour for 11 nights - April 2007.

The ship was very nice. The rooms were larger and better then expected. The ports were very interesting and nice. The help were friendly and helpful despite there long work schedule. I would not hesitate to sail with msc again. It was a great experience. It was my second cruise. The first was with another carrier.

The Lirica ship and itinerary where excellent except for a few items like rubbery lobster that one night and tough steaks. The ship had a great "entertainment crew" that worked really hard around the pool to insure everyone having a good time. Although it is a very clean ship one could hardly find any ashtrays. All announcements were made in 5 languages and most crew members spoke several languages. Announcements as to when passengers could go ashore were not made, so one had to go to the 5th deck and find out if we had been cleared to go ashore or telephone the Reception. We were told that this was done on purpose so that people could sleep in. Most arrivals to ports were around 7 or 8 A.M.

The ship was meticuously clean. And the wait staff and cabin stewards were excellent. But we were disappointed in the food. Breakfast on deck 11 was excellent and the chef absolutely amazing. Some of the entertainment was outstanding and some was so-so. The daily announcements were available in 5 languages as we had many people from different countries onboard. The ports were excellent choices. We enjoyed being able to get off the ship on almost a daily basis because of the constant rocking of the ship. We doubted whether the ship had stablizers. If it did, they not used because the seas were not rough but ship constantly rocked. This is our third cruise and I do not remember ever having the motion that he had on this ship. Our friends did not feel well the entire time because of the constant motion. One of the greatest assets for us was the fact that a priest was onboard and offered daily Mass. This we enjoyed!! We did not sign up for excurisons on the ship but had no problem arranging the tours ourselves in each port at a reduced cost. So if one is looking for a spotlessly clean ship, excellent wait staff and room stewards, daily Mass, great ports and can overlook the food and comfort of the beds, this cruise is for them.

Ship itself was clean and neat, but did not have stabalizers, so had a constant slow rocking motion. Staff was nice and helpful, I even got a haircut. Food was average. NO American TV, I am a sposrts nut and missed the first two weeks of the NCAA basketball tourny, beacause they don't have CBS or ESPN. Or a Sports bar. Also very few people on board within my age range, mostly retired people. Very few children. We sailed in mid March.

Boarding and a friendly crew made it bearable. It is a lovely ship, looks new and is very clean. After that it has no more plus's. Food was very poor, every day it was the same, no variety. meat was not edible. Desserts were the worst we have ever had. Not one chocolate dessert offered until the end of the trip. The rest seemed like frozen food. Entertainment was very amaturish, the same dancers every night with only a change of costume to make it seem like a new act. Tours were not well explained. Each island seemed the same after touring the first two. Barbados, and Puerto Rico were the best. The others were not worth the price to go on the bad roads and lack of anything interesting to see. If we had Television stations to watch, it would have been less painful. TV was a disaster for Americans! Internet did not work well, and we were charged for up to 20 minutes before we could make a connection. No servers on the outside decks. Nothing to do on a rainy day, no lectures etc. We would never go on another cruise on this line.

We were going to do an 18 day cruise with the MSC Lirica Cruise Lines, but upon reading the reviews, we have decided NOT to cruise with this line. We enjoy dinners and entertainment and find that these reviews tell us that we won't be enjoying them We are experienced cruisers

The service by most was rude, the music was rerrible, staff very unfriendly except by the Entertainment group. Food was great, although not always available throughout the day. 12% tipping outlandish! Opted for cash to those who we enjoyed. Our ship was ultra clean.

very clean well kept.Well staffed.

The ship did have some nice things and rather elegant.

The MSC Lirica is a serviceable vessel with a European flavor (announcements made in English, Italian, German, and French) for getting from one Latin American port to another. Always impeccably clean with a friendly and helpful crew, the ship is pleasant but not spectacular. We had an inside cabin which was tight, especially the corner shower. However, the outstanding cabin steward from Romania served our every need graciously. We ate only the first dinner in one of the two dining rooms and never returned: food was inferior, room was incredibly loud an tables were crowded together. The buffet offerings were satisfactory for breakfast and lunch, but for dinner reduced choices amounted to pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs and perhaps chicken or lamb chops. No dessert. We did not partake in any of the onboard engtertainment. Tour excursions we selected were all outstanding: Panama Canal bus tour, cruise on a rainforest canal, visit to banana plantation, a day at an island beach, and sailing/snorkeling at a coral reef.

The ship was not steady and although the waters were calm it rocked the entire 11 night cruise.

The ship was small and not kept very clean. This was my 7th cruise and if it had been my first I would never cruise again. The stabilization was terrible and the ship handled the rough seas poorly.

If this was our only experience cruising, we would never cruise again. The price seemed good but, in reality, the cruise was over priced. I don't cruise to be hasseled for everyting. We did enjoy the ports of call. The excursions left a lot to be desired. The descriptions of the trips were sketchy. We were taken places to shop for half the time, then taken to another place for the canopy tour which is what we signed up for.

Never again.