Disappointing, boring

MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 2

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
MSC Meraviglia

Sail date: August 04, 2024

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14192

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 months ago

Review summary

Truly disappointing, very boring and uneventful. Parties weren’t great either. There are 19 floors in this ship, and only a handful has things to do. Most of the floors are rooms. I’d give my trip a 1.5/10

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Fairly simple and straight forward

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The buffet food almost always needed more salt. Restaurants were better

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
The arcade had a sign saying “work in progress”, most of the machines were off or didn’t work. We bought the fun pass which is basically prepaid arcade money, which was hard to use when most of the machines were broken. The water park only opened on the very last day. Bowling was fully booked almost immediately. And the activities on the ship were boring compared to other ships I’ve been on.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
We didn’t get to watch all the shows, but the ones we saw were okay. There just weren’t a lot for a 7 day cruise.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Everyone was nice, especially certain bartenders.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Everything was clean and consistently being cleaned

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The cabin was clean, good size, the bed was extremely comfortable. But like other ships you can hear the neighbors through the walls or you can hear people talking in the hall.

Ship tip

I wouldn’t do it again. There was not much to do, I would suggest Royal or Carnival.

Ports of call

Brooklyn, New York

3 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

2 out of 5

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
There was an issue with one of the ramps for disembarkation, so just one ramp for the entire ship. It took hours to leave.
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6 Comments

ericbran     3 months ago

OH NOOOOO sorry about your cruise. Thanks for sharing.

javawoody     3 months ago

Appreciate the post

cruising2004     3 months ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.

Gwbigdog     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Skooby     3 months ago

Thanks for your review. Many passengers complain about too much salt in the buffet foods, including me. So it's a good thing if they reduced it, which means it's easier to add salt than remove it. The port authority is responsible for the ramps working or not.

HeavySeas     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience