Truly European Environment; more formal; high quality

Item: MSC Seaside
Rating: 4.7
Author: ShelbyCruisers

MSC Seaside Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

ShelbyCruisers

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 53

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 26, 2019

Ship: MSC Seaside

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 13215

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

MSC will definitely be a cruise line we will consider when we look for future cruise adventures. It's indeed a European environment and takes us back to our experiences where we were stationed in Europe. The fact that they did the status match was a BIG PLUS! But beware that you may be in the minority as an English Speaker on some activities. Food quality exceeded the other cruise lines. A more formal environment, but enjoyable.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

With Status Match We were able to go through the VIP line

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Food was definitely better than the other cruises we were on.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Very nice pool

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The Theater presentations were absolutely magnificent, but the other lounge activities were a bit lacking

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Great staff and service. Sitting at the same place for Supper we made some great friends

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Love it that the activities were all together on the lower floors including the Buffet.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

All we can say is WOW!

Ship tip

Make sure you sign up for all the Theater shows on the first day.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Miami port seemed to be organized and able to handle all the traffic involved with multiple cruise ships

Thumbs Up 4

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

5 out of 5

Went to Dunns Falls-it was very interesting and a one of a kind experience even if you don't have the ability to climb the falls.

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George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5

The Best of the Caymen's excursion was a bit boring.

Thumbs Up 2

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

History and beaches are the key.

Thumbs Up 4

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5

See the ruins.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

The black luggage tags allowed us to bypass the crowds and get off before others in and organized and friendly way.

3 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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pccrossman 5 years ago

Status match? We booked a balcony room ..do you know if the doors are sliding glass or swing glass for balcony? We would love to hear the ocean at night and hard to do with the swing doors

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pccrossman 5 years ago

We are booked on the seaside at the end of this month. Looking forward to a more upscale environment...we have cruised with carnival, RC, Norwegian, and disney so qeyare not looking for the typical "party" ship. We are bringing my mother in law (born in Switzerland so the European feel will be wonderful for her) What do you mean when you speak of "status

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