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MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review to Caribbean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5
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MSC Meraviglia

7 Night Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 24, 2019

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10163

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Unfortunately we have previously sailed with Royal Caribbean, making it impossible to not compare with this MSC experience, which came up very short.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
As expected, port of Miami is a mess

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Nothing great, average at best. Almost no desserts in the buffet

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Bingo was good, couldn’t do the water slide because the staff at the gate totally ignored me. Tried to cancel a couples spa but was told we could not get a refund because we booked it ahead of time through the MSC website, ridiculous!

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Cirque was good, the adult comedy show was bad, not entertaining.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Average at best, of course there were some exceptions where the service was excellent, like in the Sky Lounge, however the majority of bar tenders were very inattentive, same with the buffet staff.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Too narrow with limited outdoor space. The enclosed pool was a sauna. The ship is still pretty new so no issues.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
All acceptable for a cruise

Ship tip

Don’t expect good customer service

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

2 out of 5
Complete disaster, finding parking and getting around the port on embarkation day was a total mess

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

2 out of 5
The tender shuttling makes it a drag. I understand its impossible for the ship to dock.

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5
Excursion was great and port was as expected

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
We disembarked on the first self service group
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

bobduck1993    4 years ago

Your ports of call were great!

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