Single male seasoned cruiser, nice ship, poor service, small pools, no drink service by pool

MSC Seashore Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 71

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
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MSC Seashore

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 10, 2022

Ship: MSC Seashore

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13249

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

First time on MSC will probably be my last, several europeans on the ship that causes lots of confusion and most are very rude. Food & Bev Service and Quality was Below Average close to Poor. I'm loyal to RC and wanted to try something New I wish I had not.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very smooth

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Main dining service was great food was very average, specialty service was great food below average Not worth the upgrade save your $. Buffet service DIFFICULT it's all over the place the food quality below average most food was warm Not Hot, breakfast was BAD OMG they can not even cook eggs, the omelets were gross, the crew cook had no clue how to cook over medium eggs "the Ham and hash browns were good. Over I found the food quality below average.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Pools are Small, No Bar Service at the Pool, You Must Go to bar and wait and wait and wait for a drink. Not allowed to have a drink in or by the pool was annoying.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The main shows were Good, other live music average.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Cabin service was average, NO Server Service in the Bar areas you MUST Go to a Bar and stand and wait and wait and wait for a bar service so annoying. I found Arya the bartender in the Venchi chocolate bar who was AMAZING he and Maylene were the Best Servers on the ship. Do vist the Venchi Chocolate Bar. Juice stations on the ship is Very Poor quality juice, if you REAL Orange Juice you have to PAY for it.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Nice New Ship very easy to navigate and very pretty.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
The Cabin was average the closets are very oddly placed and difficult to access cabinets in the bathroom are at an odd angle right in front of the toilet causing you to have to sit at and odd angle was not pleasant. Lots of USB ports and wireless charging on the desk was very nice.

Ship tip

take a cab or uber do not use there transportation it's Very Disorganized, Take Cash to pay off your onboard Credit or make sure you CC was charged or they will not let you off the ship.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5
Average cruise ports nothing special.

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

3 out of 5
very annoying vendors

George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5
nothing exciting

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Cozumel is the best port Great Food was the best I had all week.

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Very Pretty

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Total Cluster F. Was Group 1 for prepaid transport the airport, when scanning out was told my CC was Declined for $168 my card has 100k limit and it was clear had to go to customer service and that took 45 min and that caused me to miss my bus to airport. Several passenger had CC issues was just not me.
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6 Comments

bonbida    2 years ago

Thx for sharing

CruzeFan    2 years ago

Thanks for the review. People either love or hate MSC. I had a great experience in January and am booked for 19 days starting October 2.

k9nurse011    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise. Your experience was much different than mine! Sorry it didn’t work out but like you said, you still have RC.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback.

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the update

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Yep not a US based cruise line. Mist love or hate them. Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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