Great first time cruise with MSC

Item: MSC Meraviglia
Rating: 4.2
Author: TomandAnnie

MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review

TomandAnnie

Contributor Level: Third Mate

131 Days Till Next Cruise

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 02, 2022

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10139

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Probably my favorite cruise so far. I will cruise with MSC again.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Extremely quick and organized. Walked in terminal at 10:40, having lunch at 11.00

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food was ok. The buffet seemed to have the same choices every day but it was good. We went to Hola twice. Great Mexican food. If you like tamales they have really good ones.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Never a problem getting a hot tub.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

The Broadway shows were very good. The magic show was the best

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

The staff went above and beyond to keep things clean and safe.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very beautiful ship. Great layout!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Nice cabin. Plenty of room.

Ship tip

The back of the ship outside bar is great.

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Ports of call

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

It's a beautiful place but the same thing goes for shopping. We had a guy try to convince me he worked on the ship and was off visiting family there to get us to go in a store. MSC isn't allowing there crew off. I called him out on it.

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Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

2 out of 5

Old part of town sketchy. If you like being harassed to shop the thats the place to go.

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Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Awesome!

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Off the boat waiting for our shuttle in 15 mins

Traveler Photos

11 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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hogfan55 2 years ago

I’ve been on MSC 3 times (twice Divina and once Seashore). I’m going on Meraviglia in February. Everyone has their own opinion but I’ve been on 22 cruises on 6 different lines and MSC is IMHO no better or no worse than any of the mainstream lines. They have beautiful ships and every cruise line does some things a little different (and sometimes some of their own ships vary) but in general there’s not any big difference in any of them. I sure don’t understand why a lot of people give MSC bad reviews but I’ll keep taking advantage of the good rates and good cruises.

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4waltons 2 years ago

I went on different MSC. But I highly enjoyed it too

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willwork4cruz 2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it. What made you like it over your past cruises?

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izrgreen 2 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to write a review.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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javawoody 2 years ago

Appreciate the update

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Curt34 2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise. Thanks for the review.

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PiratesWorld 2 years ago

Thanks for the info

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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cruising2004 2 years ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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