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: 299

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.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Terrible traffic getting to port in Miami

Thumbs Up 0

San Juan, Puerto Rico

2 out of 5

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

Thumbs Up 0

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Great visit, we did the snorkel excursion

Thumbs Up 0

Nassau, Bahamas

2 out of 5

Bad snorkel excursion because of the weather

Thumbs Up 0

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

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