Our Last MSC after three try’s

MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 10
Helpful Votes: 139

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5
MSC Meraviglia

4 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 12, 2023

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14230

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

If there is one area you want to be positive it’s the service. This is where MSC fails . It’s unfortunate because the ships are beautiful, food and entertainment good, service in the specialty restaurants was good. It was the bars and bar service that let us down. Staff was minimal when everyone wanted a before dinner drink, half the bars closed till dinner started , Bar tenders arguing and avoiding guests if they could. This is a big area of opportunity and an area we are not willing to wait for to improve. After three try’s it’s always been the bar tenders, bar hours and bar supply that’s let us down .This trip was the last straw. From the Sky lounge where the two bartenders tried with everybody to avoid eye contact ( one was Joel ) to walking up to the lighthouse bar at 8:25 just to relax and bar tenders see us approaching yelling we’re closed. It was Joel again. Ok I didn’t ask to be served so why so anxious to turn people away. The next rude bunch was the security group. Just incidents like that the whole time makes you want to jump ship. By the way we have cruised 65 times on pretty much all cruise brands and this will be our LAST MSC cruise . Bye bye

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Moved the crowd well and we were on in about 30 minutes from arrival

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food has improved . However we are our four dinner meals in specialty restaurants and they exceeded our expectations

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Entertainment was good, shows all had to be reserved which slowed the seating process a lot.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
This is where improvement is needed. We are not hard people to please and realize the staff work hard long hours but to be ignored and pushed aside here and there is unacceptable

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ships are very well designed and tasteful

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Cabins roomy and we designed but could use an update

Ports of call

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
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7 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the review

Popdog    1 year ago

Thank you for your review. We are not big drinkers so ai suspect we should enjoy our May cruise on the Meraviglia.

Dappel    1 year ago

My husband and I don't drink alcohol so maybe that's why we never have a problem with MSC.

ddme    1 year ago

Thanks for your detail review. I also think service is one of the most important thing besides safety.

CruzeFan    1 year ago

The shorter cruises seem to have more of an issue with bar service due to quickly becoming booze cruises with the free drink packages that are offered many times.

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed review. Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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