MSC Magnifica Cruise Reviews - Reviews

A very good first trip to Europe. If you're considering going to Europe for the first time, I would highly recommend this cruise. Takes you to many lovely places and you get quite a bit of time to enjoy them. Ship itself is very good and had plenty of amenities for a family with young children.

MSC. Go for the itineraries. At least on Magnifica, the food has been aeful on both our trips and the service subpar. It's a 2 star hotel that moves you from port to port. If that's all you want from the cruise, you'll be happy. I thought Carnival was low class, but this was worse.

Pretty underwhelming. I think I have gotten too used to Viking, where many things are included, like wine and beer and excursions. When you add that up, it's worth the extra money.

Cruise was a good sample of Greece and all things Mediterranean. The staff is great and friendly. The food was not memorable just ok.

Pleasant cruise, liked most of the excursions. Food was average with minimum variations. Entertainment was good through out the ship, the theater and at the numerous halls.

My husband and I enjoyed our trip trying to have a positive attitude. However, although the ship is beautiful, MMSC lacks good customer service and more food options!!

Enjoyed a couple of the ports. The cruise ship staff was not helpful and sometimes down right rude.

What a great life experience! Was able to explore several different countries while enjoying staying on cruise ship. Would definitely recommend to others!!

Overall it was a pleasant trip with MSC. Friendly crew, food was decent. We had bottle water package with a dinner however it was only good in one dining room. Wish they have fountain soft drink in buffet.

good only for the ports of call, don't assume you know everything from other MSC cruises, ask as beginner and don't expect a great customer service info

all my questions were either met with blank stares or very conflicting information... many passengers left the cruise early...

12 Days sounded like a good idea when we booked. Truth is it was a little too long. Decent ship with strong ports of call. The cost was reasonable but the balcony room we had was very small and the shower with beyond tiny. The entertainment sucked on the deck as well as the theater. I dont think they had a cruise director. They did have a couple people that spoke via mic to the hand full of people willing to play their cheap kiddie games, so I assume one of them might have been the director. The deck music was on a loop so the 20th time we heard the same crappy music was really enough.

The best part of this cruise were the activity on the boat (Dance Lesson, Team Activity, the dancing bar area). The port stop was excellent!!

The only improvement is too much selling drink package on the boat and they are not flexible for upgrade or pay the different.

Overall was a great Cruise!!

My favorite part of the cruise was making new friends. I was very disappointed with the amount of selling of items on the ship; not at stores but tables that were set up everywhere all time time! Morning noon and night.  I am upset that I had pre bought a cocktail package and was told that vodka tonic is not a cocktail and that I had to choose from what they consider cocktails to be!  The shore excursions were especially in Morocco very disappointing. It seemed as if we spent all day going to the shops where kickbacks were given   Shopping time and pharmacy time was to be in the excursion but we were brought to a little shop where it seemed the guide would be getting something out of it.  I heard so many good things about Msc and I would most probably not be returning. 

we had requested table for two. We checked with head of restaurant  Instead of being polite and say don't have he went on:-   have to  build ship twice as big and on and on----. The are are many courteous ways to say no. This ship stops at different ports and several hundred embark and disembark and if they tried they could have accommodated or have three small table in the same area.We decided to eat at cafeteria , I had special diet request but it could not be met but they call me how I am doing?. How is my diet. This was funny. I learn my lesson:  stick with American Cruises: you will be better off.

Barco excelente, Personal sumamente amable. Itinerario de lujo. Camarote confortable. Organizacion insuperable. Buenas excursions. Sin duda alguna recomendaria MSC para una excelente estancia a bordo.

we were blessed wiht good weather apart form the last day - grey and raining in venice.

the embarkation process was a complete shambles - 6 queues before we could get on board - much too much security. Appalling, and terrible first impressions.

i felt the ship was too big with too many people for my liking, often had queues for breakfast // lunch etc.

however food was good, but breakfast room had either bacon OR sausage, not both. scrambled egg was wondeful. always lots of fresh fruit to chose from.

comfortable cabin with small side balcony, and great service, though hardly saw the 'cabin boy'. the theatre shows were mainly average. two swimming pools. useful gym. the main restaurant we were in was noisy and service was slow - we had to complain at the time, though not the waiters fault - he had too much to do. the resorts visited were super (Olympia the least exciting and Dubrovnik the best, in my view). Resort dis-Embarkation not so chaotic. did not agree with MSC policy that any alcolhol brought in resorts could not be  drunk onboard - obviously going to affeect their sales, but creates a monopoly. it wasn't possible to drink 14 bottles of water in 7 days despite my best efforts, so not a good deal. asian fusian restaurant was great - quiet and super food, but had to pay extra for this.Luggage delivery was fine. enjoyed the cruise apart from too many others onboard, but don't think I'll travel with MSC again.

The MSC Magnifica  honors its name.  The ship is beautiful, very clean, and its staff very well trained.  On our day at sea we encountered a thunderstorm which lasted a long time, but the ship was smooth as glass. The itinerary was very good, only one day at sea, which was a big plus for us.

The passengers were from all over, but a very large majority were from Italy and there were a lot of children that had the run of the ship.  This was mostly evident in the buffet restaurant and the pool area where they seemed to be unchaperoned.  After a very hectic experience at the buffet restaurant, we went to all our meals at the sit down restaurant, adjusting our days to their opening hours.  This experience was shared by all the passengers at hour table, avoiding the 13th deck at all cost.

Next time I will make sure that schools are back in session before I book our trip.

A big disappointment.

Having recently been on cruises with Celebrity and Holland  America, MSC are a distant 3rd on accommodation, service and food!

Venice is a poor port to embark/disembark from.......will advise all friends to avoid.

The food is not of a high standard and the "smash and grab" buffet was a disaster.

I have to be honest and say "never again MSC".

My husband, my kids and I used to go cruise 2 times per year. We tired many cruise lines like, Norwegian, Celebrity, Royal Caribean, Princes, and etc. We tried most of them, and we are very happy. We tried your MSC for the first but we are very disappointed. The boat is quite good, but, the Customer Service is the worst service I ever experience, all the staff do not speak Engish, they do not know even how to greet the guest .They never smile specially in the Front Desk and all the Manager had an attitude. The food are the same every single day, The worst food ever, there no presentations. The both manager in Quatro Viento Restaurant and other restaurant in 5th floor are so rude. We went to your cruise to celebrate my birthday, instead I will feel relax cursing, I got  a lot of stress in your boat. One of the thing that I do not like also, is your excursion is too short. We do not even have time to shop around. I will never ever recommend MSC Cruise Line to all the people that I know. it will be my first and last in your Cruise Line. It is the worst cruise line ever.