Gorgeous ship / awful experience

Item: MSC Meraviglia
Rating: 3.2
Author: funmom23

MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review

funmom23

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

3 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 13, 2022

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Pretty much hell but we made the best of a really bad situation

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Worst 4.5 hours ever in the heat , just to board ! This was a sign I wish we listened to .. I was feeding my biscotti airline biscuits ri th elderly & diabetic .. no water was offered . It was a complete nightmare

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

If you were lucky to get reservations or pretend to have one , you were blessed. The buffet was like something I’ve never witnessed in my life . People were acting like animals like they never ate before - I couldn’t find a slice of bacon to save mt life but oh when I did , It was grabbed out of my hand like a seagull . Rumors spread that they ran out of food . The specialty restaurant / steak house was amazing but it took 3 hours to have a dinner with just my son.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Rumors were that half the staff could not board ship because the ship came from Italy & proper documentation was not avail for the crew so the weekend trip ran on half the crew for 4000 people !

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Gorgeous ship , very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Do not ever ever go for a weekend, ever Guests were trying to fly home from the Bahamas

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Ports of call

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Lack of bartenders so it was self serve to go up to coolers & grab your beers which were warm but the island itself was beautiful

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Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Again , a complete mess. Armed officers were called onto the ship because of masses & masses of people fighting to get off. Zero organization , zero management

9 Comments

funmom23 1 year ago

41 Pearl- yes it indeed came back from an Italy cruise & MSC did a one day turn which led to such a nightmare . This is the explanation they gave us anyway . They had to turn everything around in hours , losing half the staff due to some passport / documentation issues . Hopefully they learned from this experience bc the ship was absolutely gorgeous

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41pearl 1 year ago

The ship didn't come from Italy. It's been departing from Port Canaveral since at least December!

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Oops

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cruisent 1 year ago

Other passengers pulled bacon out of your hand like a seagull?! Did I read that right? That's so wrong...and gross lol.

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CruzeFan 1 year ago

The 3/4 day cruises are not good experiences. The 7 day or longer itineraries are a complete different experience.

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dixietino 1 year ago

How terrible, possibly the worst cruise review I’ve ever read. Sorry for such a bad experience

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tavo6 1 year ago

Oh Wow!

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your feedback. All I can say is. “WOW”!

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javawoody 1 year ago

Interesting

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