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MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
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MSC Meraviglia

11 Night Canada & New England (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 04, 2023

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11175

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Will try to cruise another MSC cruise but a much smaller ship.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Wonderful...happen to arrive with virtually no lines

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The specialty restaurants were very good however, we unfortunately had a dining room waiter that was less than adequate for a waiter/server. He was inconsiderate to us each evening we spent with him, so much so, we elected to do walk ins at another dining room

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Fitness Center each day when not on excursions. Also did some jogging on the walk/run outdoor track

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Disappointing as to how one has to sign up for tickets and its almost not worth it because the shows are no more than 35 mins.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Loved our room steward, Jason! He was wonderful! Took great pride in his work. Our Cabin always looked great and smelled heavenly.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Too big a layout. Both quality of service in food areas and quality of food in dining room areas suffered. Speciality Dining areas were nice

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Would have preferred more shelf space. But overall with balcony, cabin was fine.

Ship tip

Don't go on the large ships...at some point, one will lose the quality of service and food due to cruising on larger ships.

Ports of call

Brooklyn, New York

5 out of 5
We love New York so that is one of our favorite go to places.

Newport, Rhode Island

5 out of 5
Lovely town it was our second visit there.

Boston, Massachusetts

5 out of 5
Another favorite city of ours!

Saint John, New Brunswick Did not visit port

Due to weather according to Captain

Halifax, Nova Scotia Did not visit port

Due to weather according to Captain

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

5 out of 5
Another favorite place of ours. Decided to have fresh mussels for lunch in the downtown area!

Sydney, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5
Second visit for us...fabulous city!

Portland, Maine

5 out of 5
The shopping streets and restaurants!

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Due to the overload of people getting off the ship and as mentioned previously, it's too chaotic for disembarking.
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5 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the review

Skooby    1 year ago

Thank you for your review. Smaller MSC Ships are definitely better and you just feel like family instead of an ant maneuvering around a huge ship If you know the waiter's name mention him and how bad your dining experience was in the online MSC Review. Otherwise he'll continue to be a terrible staff member to other guests.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise. Thank you for your review.

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