Not the best cruise that I've taken

Item: MSC Seaside
Rating: 3.2
Author: stanleyhwest1

MSC Seaside Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

stanleyhwest1

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 304

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Eastern Caribbean & Bahamas (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 22, 2020

Ship: MSC Seaside

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10150

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

This was the worst cruise I've been on but it did have the best entertainment which made the cruise worth taking but not sure if I'll cruise MSC again.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

I was not crazy about the food but the service was good

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

All I really did was the hot tubs and they were OK

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Best I've seen

Children's Programs

I'm 67

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

No problem at all with service

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Fairly new ship

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Cabin was comfortable but had very little storage.

Ship tip

The ship did a lot of rocking and they blamed it on the weather, but I've been on several cruises in worse weather and they were not this bad.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Terrible traffic getting to port in Miami

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

2 out of 5

Arrived an hour and a half late to port and it was raining

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Great visit, we did the snorkel excursion

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Nassau, Bahamas

2 out of 5

Bad snorkel excursion because of the weather

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Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

1 out of 5

About 3 hours late and Not what I was expecting at all

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Self disembarked

5 Comments

RP82 22 days ago

I'm glad that you did enjoy something on that cruise. Thank you for your review.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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ptinehoutx 4 years ago

We loved Seaside and would definitely go again. The specialty restaurants are good, the thermal spa is so relaxing, the ship is new, showers are a little small but balconies are nice and the pizza is AWESOME!

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rayjaze264 4 years ago

Thank you for your review. All cruise experience shared are appreciated bt me

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Haralambos 4 years ago

I agree entertainment was the best that I have seen on the 30 cruises I have been on

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