Terrible experience with Cheap Cruises .com but excellent experience with MSC Seashore

MSC Seashore Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
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MSC Seashore

7 Night Western Caribbean & Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 29, 2024

Ship: MSC Seashore

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12178

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 month ago

Review summary

I would NOT recommend booking through Cheap Cruises .com . That had to had been the worst experiences my wife and I had. I could easily make a list of reasons why but suffice it to say, don't book through Cheap Cruises .com . It would have been far better to had booked through MSC Cruises. We definitely will sail through MSC again. We loved it and enjoyed the experience. This was the first cruise my wife and I had ever been on.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
MSC was excellent! No, issues with boarding MSC Seashore

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The main dining room experience was excellent. The food was excellent except for there were a couple of times the meat was either overcooked or difficult to chew.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We did the pools and water slides. They were fun!

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The theater experience was good but the singers were a bit Karaoke and others had expressed the same. However, they had a couple of dancers from Columbia, I believe, they were absolutely wonderful.

Children's Programs

We had no children with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Overall, the service and staff were wonderful. We had one lady at guests services who was absolutely rude. Everyone else were superb.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everything was clean and the design was beautiful.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We loved our cabin, its location, and it was very well kept by the staff.

Ship tip

There is an area, I forget which deck, the floors are very slippery. We weren't the only ones dealing with that.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
The staff at the port were very helpful.

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

4 out of 5
We rented the daybed with shade. No one informed us it was next to the Lighthouse, by the bar, where people smoke their cigarettes and cigars. We aren't smokers so we didn't get to enjoy the daybed. That was a waste of money. In addition, no one informed us that it wasn't on the beach. We had to walk from the Lighthouse all the way to the beach. Save your money. Don't get the daybed with shade.

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5
We loved Costa Maya and it's setup. Just be aware that there will be those outside their shops trying to coerce you in to them.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
We loved Cozumel and it's setup. Just be aware that there will be those outside their shops trying to coerce you in to them.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
No one informed us how the disembarking worked. We didn't get off the ship until about 10 am even though we arrived at about 7 am. The give you a number and your time to disembark is based on the number they give you. We had to sit and wait in the sports bar.
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9 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

Bernierfamily05     1 month ago

Congrats 🥳 on your first cruise. Welcome to the team. Thanks for sharing your first experience with us & happy to hear you will cruise again!

Gwbigdog     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

bobherb     1 month ago

Thank u for ur input...greatly appreciated

BnCTcruising     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing. We really like Ocean Cay as well.

javawoody     1 month ago

Thanks for the write up

HeavySeas     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

cruising2004     1 month ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise! Thank you for your review.

sopha     1 month ago

You will find vendors on all ports trying to get you to buy. Some islands worse than others. But that is their livelihood so they want your business. Glad you had a great cruise.

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