Beautiful Ship/Great Staff/Bad Experience

Item: MSC Meraviglia
Rating: 3
Author: wltasler

MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

wltasler

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

3 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 13, 2022

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Cabin number: 13127

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

The ship was beautiful and clean. Cabins were very nice and staff was friendly. Food needs huge improvement! Activities need to be added and improved. Private Island was terrific. Something must be done about embarkation and disembarkation. I will NOT be doing another MSC cruise and its a shame cause ship and staff were very nice but that's about it.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Couldn't be worse. Was told to arrive for 12:30 check. Arrived at 12:15 and waited on line for 3+ hours to board

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Food quality was basic at best with little flavor or variety. Super long lines, never even got to have a hot breakfast on 2 of the 4 mornings.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Many gambling machines were out of service, no typical events that we were looking forward to like bingo or karaoke.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

They were entertaining enough but very, very amateur. Costumes were cringy/corny and cheap looking.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff was very friendly and helpful even though they were overworked and stressed.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Ship was spotless and modern.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Very clean, roomy and well appointed

Ship tip

Don't come for the food and expect long lines.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

1 out of 5

Total chaos and unfriendly/rude workers and very long lines.

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Nassau, Bahamas

1 out of 5

Waste of time.

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Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

5 out of 5

This island was great. Very clean, pretty beaches.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Total disorganization and chaos once more. Super long lines. Was told to be out of room by 8am and did not get off ship till 11am!

7 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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byhisgrace 2 years ago

Thanks for your review

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GriffFamily 2 years ago

Thanks for the review. It sounds like your particular cruise had a rough on and off the ship.

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cdavid46 2 years ago

Thanks for the review. Sounds like several others had pretty much the same experience.

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javawoody 2 years ago

Appreciate the review

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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