Let down in to many ways

Item: MSC Meraviglia
Rating: 2.8
Author: Sturn38

MSC Meraviglia Cruise Review

Sturn38

Contributor Level: Second Mate

188 Days Till Next Cruise

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 9

Helpful Votes: 189

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5

7 Night Caribbean & Bahamas (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 02, 2024

Ship: MSC Meraviglia

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 2 months ago

Review summary

We meet some great people. Enjoyed most of the food and the pizza is amazing. However we won't sail this ship or her sister ship

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Better then expected

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Ran out of way to much for a 7 night sailing

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Lacking or on organized

Entertainment

2 out of 5

High-school

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Nice staff just wasn't interesting to our 11yr old. Couldn't get her to leave the one on carnival the following week

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Staff and service is awesome with a few rotten eggs. Mostly awesome

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Kids pool closed. Slide area covered in suet that ruined bathing suits and beach bag.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Showing her age. Our 3rd time on this ship. Kuch better pre covid

Ship tip

If you have kids or want to use the slides don't go on this cruise

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Brooklyn, New York

2 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Stopped was told I had a balance and had to go to customer service. They said I had a minibar charge but it was empty from day one

6 Comments

BnCTcruising 2 months ago

That’s too bad. We went out on a limb a few years ago and tried MSC and went on this ship. We enjoyed it.

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TheBigSalad 2 months ago

So much has to go well on cruises. Thank you, for your review.

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ryro 2 months ago

Just curious, if you have already sailed on her for a b2b by the look of it…why sail again if it is so awful?! 🤷‍♀️

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TiffyTaffy 2 months ago

Sorry you had a disappointing experience.

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HeavySeas 2 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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cruising2004 2 months ago

Sorry this cruise was a disappointment.

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