Rather dull

MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

skarlet514

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 29

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

14 Night Caribbean & Antilles (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 05, 2020

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 11026

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Disappointing. The ship is beautiful but was very disappointed in the nightlife. Not geared toward Americans at all. Was so excited to cruise with friends and be able to have some fun evenings and there was really nothing that we enjoyed doing. Their dance parties were all foreign music. The DJ really didn’t seem to have a clue what Americans like to listen to. Dining room food wasn’t very good. Ship was beautiful but the activities were disappointing.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Crowded

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Buffets were good but always the same. Mozzarella was amazing! Dining room food wasn’t great.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

I thought the activities were sorely lacking. There were no dance clubs like most cruise lines have where you can dance the night away unless you like Latino music. They do not cater to Americans well at all. I wouldn’t do it again.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Cirque de soleil was great. The dj at the dance parties were awful if you were an American wanting to dance to familiar music

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Very nice

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Beautiful clean ship!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great! Bigger than most cruise lines

Ship tip

Don’t pay for the WiFi package if you have an iPhone. You can iMessage through the ships hotspot for free. And don’t go on this cruise if you like American nightlife

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Ports of call

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5

Lots of shopping to do. Did not excursion

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Belize City, Belize

2 out of 5

If you know to go outside the tourist trap area to the straw vendors its a cool experience. Did not excursion

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Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

1 out of 5

Beautiful to look at from the ship but we were disappointed that all you could do were a few touristy stores. Last time we went to roatan we landed in mahogany bay where there was a beach you could walk to.

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Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Nice place to beach for the day. Prices in shops and market were ridiculously high. Tourist trap. Wish they didn’t make you get out of the water at 5:00. Nice to be able to just be beached for the day. Wouldn’t minded doing it for more than one day.

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Crowded

6 Comments

Fiesta83 4 years ago

Thanks for your honest review

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ADM01 4 years ago

Joanzey if you have an iPhone and would to to iMessage a friend or family member with iPhone and iMessage active through the free Meraviglia WiFi you can do so. But that’s all you’ll be able to do. With the free WiFi to check the MSC app. But if you want to send picture, FaceTime or call you would ah e to pay for the cruise internet. Once on board just follow the steps through the mobile app.

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joanzey 4 years ago

Can you explain how you used the ships hotspot for iPhones iMessage to text?

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TravelingSmis 4 years ago

Thanks for your review.

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bobduck1993 4 years ago

When we travel it is to get away from home ,to experience the unexperienced,to learn new things ,to meet or at least see others in their element! If we expect to do ,to hear and to see what we see at home,we just as well to have stayed at home!

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15mustang 4 years ago

This cruise line caters more to Europeans.

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