The Walmart of the seas!

MSC Magnifica Cruise Review

bigjet22

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5

4 Night Bahamas (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 25, 2024

Ship: MSC Magnifica

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 8083

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

My 14th cruise ever is going to be my last! MSC mastered the art of cheapenest! There next ship should be called: the Walmart of the seas! Calling safety as an excuse for your shortcomings (on a vacation provider contract!)is lame and should be compensated with cash,not a 50% of paid fare on our next cruise with them within this year!!!

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Some good stuff but overall below average

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Not really tempting to play along

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Average

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Staff don't really care about rules and codes of conducts(enforcement) Crew taught of our safety by not tendering to private island,but a million dollar cruiseship took our parking spot on the pier!!

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Paper thin walls cabins letting you earing your neighbours whispering!! No soundproofing from hallway

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Avoid at all cost!! Near elevators of middle ship! Very very noisy! No sleeping possible as loud party goers always transit by!

Ship tip

AVOID!! (Unless you only look for cheaps,but you should save and go to a real cruise!)

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

CRUISE SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

2 out of 5

Two days wandering to nowhere @ 5 knots make a rocky experience!

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Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Getting better!!

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Best moment of the cruise!!

15 Comments

byhisgrace 7 months ago

Yikes 😳 sorry

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gareds 7 months ago

At least it's better than staying home alone.

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Nancy7500 7 months ago

Sorry that it was so bad and somone went overboard?

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Gwbigdog 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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HandiSandi 7 months ago

A crew member jumped overboard... they didn't even have the man overboard safety feature. We sadly were at sea for a day searching with no recovery.

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HandiSandi 7 months ago

I TOTALLY AGREE.. ILL NEVER SAIL THEM AGAIN.

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outtoseaDon 7 months ago

Tell us how you really feel

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Flcruisepro 7 months ago

If you had read many of the reviews, you should have figured that out. There is a reason their prices look so tempting.

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cruising2004 7 months ago

You could try a different cruise lines. Sorry this cruise was a disappointment.

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kelskazoo22 7 months ago

Cheapenest? Okay then.

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javawoody 7 months ago

What did you expect? You get what you pay for

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HeavySeas 7 months ago

Wow....thanks for sharing

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thedriskills 7 months ago

I had a very similar experience in December. Magnifica really put me off as well.

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Skooby 7 months ago

Sorry to hear about your experience. And yes MSC is one of the cheapest cruise lines but their yacht club (which isn't on that particular ship) is very good. Night and day from the regular bookings. Thanks for your feedback.

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Lounray 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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