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MSC Magnifica Cruise Review to Worldwide

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
MSC Magnifica

World Cruise

Sail date: January 04, 2019

Ship: MSC Magnifica

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8197

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Staff were fantastic - Captain Marco was very accessible to all. At the end of this lengthy cruise, we were ready to go again. highly recommended.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
This took a while

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Excellent. The market excursions with the Exec chef where the night's dinner was purchased and then cooked for us were superb. Also, for the Australians on board the Exec Chef cooked a special meal in a private dining room on australia Day for us.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
exercise classes were fantastic, art classes were also very good, trivia, and many other activities. Plenty for everyone to do

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Good variety of excellent shows and performers from around the world

Children's Programs

Didn'ttravel with children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Fantastic service

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very clean and tidy

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin at the rear facing the back of the ship - meant you got a view of both sides. Very comfortable

Ship tip

While you do get a little bit more noise and movement, the views you get from a rear facing balcony are worth it.

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

4 out of 5

Genoa, Italy

4 out of 5

Marseille (Provence), France

4 out of 5

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Malaga, Spain

3 out of 5
tour guide could have been better

Funchal, Madeira

5 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5
very poor - USA needs to spend some funds here.

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Santa Marta

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Cristobal, Panama

4 out of 5

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5
having a rear facing balcony made this even better

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

Puerto Quetzal

5 out of 5

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5

San Diego, California

3 out of 5

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

2 out of 5

San Francisco, California

5 out of 5
Love San Francisco.

Hilo, Hawaii

5 out of 5
Very interesting

Honolulu, Oahu

5 out of 5

Papeete, Tahiti

3 out of 5
didn't live up to its reputation - other french polynesian ports were far better

Moorea, French Polynesia

5 out of 5

Bora Bora, French Polynesia

5 out of 5
absolutely beautiful

Pago Pago, American Samoa

2 out of 5
USA needs to spend some funds here - more like a 3rd world country than part of the US. 50 years behind Apia

Apia, Samoa

5 out of 5

Nuku'Alofa, Tonga Islands

4 out of 5

Lautoka, Fiji Islands

4 out of 5

Suva, Fiji

5 out of 5

Bay Of Islands, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5
Did the included excursion which was fantastic - even though i've been to Sydney lots, I still saw some new things - made me proud to be an Australian

Melbourne, Australia

5 out of 5
Sports and art capital of Australia and lots of natural beauty.

Fremantle (Perth), Australia

5 out of 5
Lovely city

Singapore Marina Bay

4 out of 5

Port Kelang

5 out of 5

Phuket, Thailand

5 out of 5

Colombo, Sri Lanka

5 out of 5

Male, Maldives

3 out of 5

Dubai, U.A.E.

4 out of 5

Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

5 out of 5

Khasab, Oman

5 out of 5

Muscat, Oman

5 out of 5
an eye opener

Aqaba (Petra), Jordan

5 out of 5
Amazing visit to Petra - recommend going there

Suez Canal Transit

5 out of 5
having a rear facing balcony made this even better

Heraklion

5 out of 5
Will come here again

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
good, easy
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