Less than satisfactory

Item: MSC Seaside
Rating: 4.4
Author: srich6275

MSC Seaside Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

srich6275

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean & Bahamas (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 24, 2018

Ship: MSC Seaside

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10109

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

MSC should focus more on enhancements for American population and listen to suggestions from past Divina guest.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The main dining room food was very good. The food in the buffet was horrible, bland and no taste at all. The only food items my family were able to eat at the buffet was tha american food, which was hamburgers and hot dogs. The drinks were good as we had a drink plan and only had limited options to try from other than the additional we paid for.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Ziplining was fun, but thr lines were long for the slides at the times we decided to go.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The stage shows were not up to our expectations. We have previously taken the Divina and the shows were much better and catered to Americans. Only one show was geared towards Americans and this ship was supposed to be made for America. There were not enough activities that were geared towards our demographic.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Dining staff was great! Receptionist was rude and wanted you out of their face very quickly. Room stewards gave us dirty sheets and blankets in room 10109. Photo personnel was not friendly and could not speak English. Pictures were poor quality with no good deals being offered on the ship.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Dont let this ship reflect other MSC ships, try each one out first.

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

8 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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Grandad2019 6 years ago

It's hard to please everyone!!

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ChrisB66 6 years ago

Another 1. My God. Think you need to wake up and realise the world does not revolve around Americans. Only able to eat Hamburgers and Hot dogs? Seriously? Should RC change how they operate during summer season out of the Southampton, Rome and Barcelona? Cities in 3 different countries with different cultures, Europe is not a country by the way nor does it have 50 cultures which are the exact same.

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kpellapatrick 6 years ago

If you wanted an American cruise then take an American cruise line MSC is an ITALIAN cruise line I would think those sailing it would be thinking and expecting a different experience maybe embrace the differences

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KeithFreeman 6 years ago

Well MSC markets this ship as a ship for the American market, yet it doesn’t feel like that when you’re on board. It feels like a European cruise ship for the European market, that just so happens to leave out of Miami.

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billericaydicky 6 years ago

The world revolves around America😀

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onlysail 6 years ago

God bless america 😁😁😁

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robinscruise2106 6 years ago

Seriously? LOL!

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