Good itinerary but issue with excursions

MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5
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MSC Meraviglia

7 Night Florida & Bahamas (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 25, 2024

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10230

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

The ship is nice, the crew is good, the food is average. The itinerary and cost is best.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Embarkation is chaotic when it comes to luggage drop off, and be prepared to pay $300 to park yout car

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Specialty restaurants ok, liked Hola Taco. Its hard to make reservations. We found best way, go to Ocean Cay, and make dinner and show reservations there. Be prepared to wait in line for a long time.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Hot tub nice, bar service nearby very good

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Went to Houdini which was not a magic show as name implies, more of a variety circus, it was ok. Comic ok

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Room steward excellent, All staff great, except ignored a little at Panaroma Restaurant, so only went there once

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Clean, beautuful ceiling and staircase, easy to find cabin

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Clean cabin, a little smaller than comparable Royal Caribbean balcony, closet doors drove me nuts, no outlet by bed, liked dnd and room cleaning button

Ship tip

There is nowhere on board to buy toiletries, make specialty restaurant reservations asap

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5
Went to NASA, visit is 4 hours, couldnt quite visit everything

Nassau, Bahamas

1 out of 5
Inexplicably we left Florida late and arrived at Nassau late. We found out when we arrived for disembarking our excursion was cancelled, total customer service fail, handled very poorly all around

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

5 out of 5
This was my favorite part of the cruise. We got a cabana by lagoon, totally worth it. Go early, gets busy toward afternoon. Didnt go to buffet, but food trucks and wait staff very good. Towards later in afternoon, kind of had to defend our cabana so we probably left an hour or so earlier than we would have liked. Cabanas are assigned so its the luck of the draw.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
No crew in sight, we had a customs delay, MSC very bad at comnunicating, lied about the issue. The way people crowded in and blocked all doorways and exits actually started to make me anxious. No crew present in Broadway or anywhere in the vicinity
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8 Comments

CruiselineAdmin     8 months ago

@nyeddie03. Thanks for sharing your review with the Cruiseline.com/Shipmate app community. I have updated your review to 3 stars for the cabin based on your comments. Thanks again!

nyeddie03     8 months ago

Comment from reviewer: sorry meant to give cabin 3 stars

TheBigSalad     8 months ago

Thank you for your review.

javawoody     8 months ago

Thanks for the write up

Gwbigdog     8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

HeavySeas     8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

cruising2004     8 months ago

Thank you for your review.

Skooby     8 months ago

Thanks for sharing your experience.

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