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Item: MSC Meraviglia
Rating: 4.3
Author: stilley

MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review

stilley

Contributor Level: Second Mate

131 Days Till Next Cruise

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

3 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 02, 2023

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall, it was a nice cruise and we will enjoy MSC again

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Not a great experience. Embarkation was delayed for some reason. Once they started boarding, it was fairly smooth, if a bit slow

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

We ate at the main dining and buffet. Service was great, food was good. Pizza was excellent. We had a couple of meals that were a little bland, but overall we were pleased. I think we will try a few specialty restaurants next time. Bar service was very slow. Just to get a bottle of water felt like a hassle.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

We didn’t notice much in the way of onboard activities that interested us, but we were ok just exploring the ship or lounging around in a quiet space

Entertainment

5 out of 5

We caught one show at the roadway theater that we enjoyed, and we paired to see the Houdini show. Thoroughly enjoyed it

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

The staff did a great job, and worked their butts off! It seemed to us that the ship may have been a bit understaffed, which contributed to longer wait times.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Beautiful ship, very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Beautiful island. Our day was cut short because of bad weather that would come in later that night. We had to board ship at 8:30 pm, instead of staying overnight. For some reason, and without explanation, all but one of the beaches were closed at 4pm, which was disappointing.

Thumbs Up 1

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5