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Item: MSC Meraviglia
Rating: 2.5
Author: jackie70

MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

jackie70

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 10

Helpful Votes: 86

Overall rating:

2.5 out of 5

8 Night Florida & Bahamas (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 27, 2023

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13010

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Will not be going on MSC or recommending MSC to others . I’m a cruise fanatic this left me a bad taste . As a travel consulten I go an all cruise line to let my clients know the the difference experience on the different ships.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Nice and quick

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Dining room good, specialty Awesome buffet horrible drinks were watered down sodas were flat.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Awesome

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Beautiful ship but lacking cleaning vomit on floor which things happens . It’s unexceptionable that it was just there and no one came to clean it . Some one slipped on it . Vey nasty.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Room was ok not as clean . When we got their balcony had crumbs and sticky cup marks on the table . Bed had something that caused us to itch we checked for bed bugs but didn’t see anything.

Ship tip

Beautiful ship

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Ports of call

Brooklyn, New York

1 out of 5

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Little Havana awesome place.

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Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

1 out of 5

Beach lice every one will go in and after a while run out of the water itching all over .

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Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Love swimming with Clayton the dolphin.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Very disorganized bad

9 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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willwork4cruz 1 year ago

I get it. I’ve only been on one MSC. We were hoping it would be our new favorite line and are not picky but unfortunately, it was our least favorite cruise. Nothing horrible but they just don’t seem to try very hard. Other lines can do simple things like a decent buffet, welcoming attitude, customer service, etc but MSC just doesn’t put in the effort. I do want to give them another shot and with low expectations I hope to enjoy it more.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate your v

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Leebo65 1 year ago

too bad you didnt enjoy your cruise, ive been on two msc cruises and both were nice, nothing and no one on this planet is perfect, a person can find fault in anything....nake the most of it...

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Skooby 1 year ago

You should try "other" MSC cruise ships OUTSIDE the USA. Their smaller ships. It's night and day. For instance the one based in the UK Southampton Port and the USA Brooklyn Port are both disasters in comparison. They're too crowded and short staffed still. Most of the employees are new. 5000 guests need to get off while 5000 more are angry outside wanting to get in and expect everything to be spotless in a 6 hour turn around. I'm cruising on this ship soon and will post a honest and logical review based on the circumstances at hand. Disembarkation is a port problem. Doesn't matter if you're sailing MSC and paid $500 or Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and paid $10,000 you're going to wait your turn unless you're in the MSC Yacht Club or have status on either ship. Anyone who wants a 5 star service, pay the extra money and book the MSC Yacht Club on any of the overcrowded MSC ships.

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cbyron3 1 year ago

MSC generally only gets good reviews from people who have only ever cruised with MSC. The ships are beautiful though, I'll give them that

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gwright1129 1 year ago

We have no seeums in Florida, they bite.. and then hours later when your trying to sleep is when it begins to itch.

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gwright1129 1 year ago

Well perhaps the itch was from the sea lice and not the bed....

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Appreciate your point of view especially since you are a travel advisor. Thanks for sharing your experience.

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Better than expected!!!

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