korpo024 Cruise Review on MSC Magnifica on Apr 24, 2017

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Review summary

We went at the end of April on a 4 nights cruise. From Genua, to Rome, to Corsica, to Marseille and back to Genua. The short cruise was part of a three week holiday trip through Germany, Swiss and Italy. It was also an experiment. It was our first cruise with our 4 year old daughter. We did not know how she would like it. It also was our first MSC cruise. When we saw the low pricing, we did not expect much. So we were very much happily surprised by this ship and cruise line. The MSC Magnifica is a wonderful, clean ship. It looks very well maintained. The ship can easily compete with the luxury lines. The personnel is not that good as on the luxury lines. They do their best, but they do not speak good English, they make little mistakes....And it looked they had to work hard for their money...They didn't look happy sometimes... We had an interior cabin, this was good. It was kept clean, although we never saw our cabin stewart. No personal link with us as passengers. The entertainment was European. In the theater is was great...During port days it was non existent.... There were almost no games, or trivia shows....It all was a bit quiet on the entertainment outside the theater. The itinerary was good. I have seen Rome lots of times, so we stayed on the ship....Then you find yourself on a almost empty ship! All the pools and deckchairs, and jacuzzi's are empty! Corsica was beautiful. And Marseille we did not care for.... Although there were some minor points... overall we enjoyed our time on MSC Magnifica a lot! With the pricing of MSC cruises, you get a lot for less money... We have been on Celebrity en HAL, and those cruise lines are much more luxury, but you pay for it BIG. Especially since children are sailing for free at MSC, this will be the cruise line we will choose the best few years....The other cruise lines simply can not beat these prices...