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MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
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MSC Meraviglia

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 13, 2017

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Cabin number: 12352

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

enjoyed the ports, shows, beautiful ship lackluster food. Was told by others that this cruise line caters to Europeans who enjoy entertainment over food. Not sure I believe that

Embarkation

4 out of 5
went smoothly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
specialty restaurants were great, buffet and main dining room mediocre at best

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
hot tub was not hot... always in use

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Excellent shows and singers, 2 Cirque shows

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Service staff seemed very inexperienced, not eager to please the passengers

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
no lounge chairs for the balcony, just regular chairs, not very comfortable. Didn't really use the balcony much for that reason

Ship tip

unless they change things, I would choose another ship. this one has been sailing since June 2017, still working out the kinks

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
no excursions here, arrive before the cruise to enjoy the city

Marseille (Provence), France

5 out of 5
went on private tour of Marseille, Provence & Cassis, wished it would have been longer

Genoa, Italy

4 out of 5
would have liked to visit Portofino but there was some confusion, the website listed this excursion as unavailable so chose another activity. On the ship this excursion was available

Naples, Italy

4 out of 5
had been here before but we arrived to this port at 1pm and left at 7pm not much time to do a lot. was able to go on Capri Island tour, very rushed though. wish we could have spent more time here

Messina, Sicily

3 out of 5
not much offered here, just did the hop- on, hop- off bus, which many others did also, long waits

Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5
no excursions here just did self tour

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
large crowds waiting for taxi to airport
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

kgt12us    7 years ago

Thanks for your review. Could you suggest specific tour companies for the tours you were on?