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MSC Seaside Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
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MSC Seaside

7 Night Eastern Caribbean & Bahamas (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 04, 2018

Ship: MSC Seaside

Cabin number: 14012

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Very impressed with MSC Seaside! Excellent food, service and facilities. Would highly recommend it to others. Only two complaints:1 - the mandatory safety presentation was a joke. Not informative at all. Took over an hour waiting for passengers to arrive and only demonstrated how to put on life vests but didn’t even tell us where we would find them in case of emergency and nothing about emergency procedures. 2 - allowing people to enter late for stage shows and to wander all over looking for seats which was quite disturbing during the otherwise excellent performances

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth, easy and well-organized with friendly and efficient staff

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We ate in the Seashore Restaurant for all dinners and 3 breakfasts . Other breakfasts and lunches were in the Mediterranean Buffet. Food quality and variety were excellent.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Especially enjoyed the Aurea Spa. Had 2 wonderful massages and enjoyed time each day in the thermal area. Pools were quite crowded but we went very early one morning and really enjoyed it. the zipline was an adventure - it’s been on my bucket list. (I’m 75)

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Stage shows were all excellent. Wonderfully talented performers for Singing, dancing and acrobatic acts. Costumes and sets fabulous. Only complaint was that people were allowed to enter late and walk aroun looking for seats. Very disturbing

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Waiters were all excellent - couldn’t ask for more attentive, friendly service. Our room steward was friendly and kept our stateroom in perfect condition - and always with a smile! All other ship personnel we came in contact with were friendly and professional .

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship was super clean and well-laid out. Whoever was in charge of design was very talented. Common areas were always clean and well-maintained and workers were all very friendly and hard-working

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Overall very comfortable . Adequate size of room and bathroom. Enjoyed the balcony. Very quiet - especially at night. Super comfortable beds. Always very clean

Ship tip

Be sure to experience everything possible during the cruise and use the MSC for me app

Ports of call

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Excellent excursion - tour of both Dutch and French sides and a little shopping time. arranged through Cruises.com. Small number of people and a super guide- very knowledgeable and friendly. Only disappointment was beach - an alternate one due to hurricane damage at planned one

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5
Went on a walking tour on our own with helpful advice from local San Juan tourist office.

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Excellent excursion booked through MSC. Boat trip to Pearl Island. Very nice - not crowded, beautiful and nice facilities. Only complaint was that the person escorting us off the ship disappeared and we were left on our own in a panic to find our way to the boat taking us to the island. ,

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

natashatsh    6 years ago

What experience did you have? Aurea? Thanks for the review. Thinking about booking her.

IkeDeb    6 years ago

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