Worst cruise ever!!

MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

2.9 out of 5
MSC Meraviglia

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 05, 2023

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I had read about previous experiences and was well I’m not picky it will be ok. I have been on 6 Carnival cruises and 2 RCCL. I had the most miserable time. Embarkation was controlled chaos. Getting to the buffet the 1st day…impressive. After ever lunch/dinner being the same every day not impressive after day 2. I ate in the dining room were only 2 eatable meals. I have Celiac disease and had to constantly remind them only to be told you have to preorder every day. Even after I ordered my preorder they were out of didn’t have. Was going to make reservations at Hola specialty but the ran out of Tortilla chips.how does that happen? A lot of bars ran out of things, mixers, can sodas. There was also no food after 9:00. Tried to call room service which I had free with my room only to be told sorry kitchen closes in 10 minutes. Not acceptable. The welcome aboard show non energetic boring show. The comedy Houdini show with the cruise director was very funny however very warm in the Broadway theater. No activities unless you liked drinking and partying until wee hours in the morning. The older crowd enjoyed playing games and cards. I never felt like such a waste of money….I could go on and on. If your thinking it can’t be that bad it is and worse. It is an absolutely beautiful ship. They truly need to take some lessons from other cruise lines that got it right!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

2 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
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6 Comments

stilley    1 year ago

Sorry you didn’t enjoy your cruise

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed.

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate your comments

kelskazoo22    1 year ago

Thank you for the review. I hope I have better luck on my cruise in May.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

CruzeFan    1 year ago

People either love or hate MSC. I sailed on the Meraviglia and Divina four times for a total of 33 days and loved it. I thought the food, entertainment, and service were equivalent to or better than carnival and royal Caribbean. But I appreciate the negative review since it helps. Keep the prices low for those of us that enjoy MSC.

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