Underwhelming Caribbean Cruise

MSC Seaside Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

williammcintosh

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

2.3 out of 5

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MSC Seaside

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 16, 2019

Ship: MSC Seaside

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 11211

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Very poor food quality and pretty much the same choice every day. Itinerary not the best and too condensed into the middle three days. Don’t expect a sun lounger unless you are happy to put towels down at 6am every day- not controlled by staff, towels down all day and beds not used - no staff intervention.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

All food outlets on board were poor with luke warm to cold food served throughout cruise.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Cabin was what you expect in a new ship.

Ship tip

Won’t book another MSC cruise unless they improve the food served and change destination ports.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

2 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

1 out of 5

Not a destination of choice and ship docked too late in the day. Every other ship was set to depart when Seaside docked.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

1 out of 5

Would have given no stars if that was an option.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

4 out of 5

Really nice port and a nice surprise based on the other disappointing ports. Would definitely visit St Maarten again.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Could have been much better if ships staff had managed and directed the procedure better.

3 Comments

Nanalovescruzn 5 years ago

I found the same to be true. Not deal breakers for us but expected more coming from RCL.

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bonitapr4843c67 5 years ago

Beautiful ship but I do agree food is OK MD was slow and entertainment was slacking was boring for me.

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mjwright86 5 years ago

It sounds like cruising isn't for you. Maybe for you next vacation you should try something different 😊

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