Great cruise if you can put up with Germans and Italians.
MSC Poesia Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean
7 Night Adriatic & Eastern Mediterranean (Venice Roundtrip)
Sail date: May 09, 2015
Ship: MSC Poesia
Cabin type: Oceanview
Cabin number: 8130
Traveled as: Singles/Friends
Reviewed: 9 years ago
Review summary
Great ports of call and shore excursions. Main dining room is excellent with fine dining menu changing every night. Bars and lounges are tastefully decorated with great musicians and vocalists. Breakfasts and lunches at the main cafeteria is a nightmare, an eating frenzy with insufficient tables and have to wait in line for food and dodging on-coming crowd. Beverage stations are always either "out of order" or empty of hot water, or something. Majority of passengers are Europeans with Germans and Italians making up more than 50% of the entire load, which resulted in stiff, poker face unfriendly people. There are also quite a handful of families with young kids, babies in strollers and noisy toddlers running around during the busy breakfast and lunch hour. Shows are mediocre in 5 out of 7. Overall service by the crew is excellent except for a few overworked individuals.
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Not too bad if you can put up with kids and Europeans with a mixed bag of different languages and attitudes. Service is great compensating for some of the flaws and annoyances. The ship itself is awesome with great interiors.