Long lines, mediocre food, poor customer service

MSC Seaside Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

2.4 out of 5
MSC Seaside

4 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 19, 2023

Ship: MSC Seaside

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14198

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This trip was not relaxing at all. Unfortunately, this is our first and last time sailing with MSC. We were stuck with whatever they gave us at sea and I was so excited to get off! There were long lines for everything. The staff didn’t have answered for any of our questions, we were charged for 2 ginger ales after only asking for one, we were told they didn’t have any at all. Then we tried to get help removing the charges and had to stand at the bar and ask for assistance. We were told to go to another bar… just as we were about to walk away they brought ginger ale from somewhere. There were more things like that, that added up to make the trip into a really bad experience.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
It took 3 hours standing in the hot Sun, to get through the line to check in.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Packed buffet lines, not much food variety, poor quality, mixups in dining room

Ipanema Restaurant

2 out of 5

Our waitress was lovely but, we kept getting the wrong thing. I’m not sure what our actual dining time was because the app said something different than everything else. Menu seemed limited and The front desk staff was rude on the second night and we had long waits for food to be brought to our table.

The Biscayne Bay Buffet & Pizzeria

1 out of 5

Not much variety, mediocre food, nothing was labeled

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Not much to do.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Great performers, terrible and short shows

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Room steward was great, dining room waitress, and light house tour guide were both really nice. All other staff was poor.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Ship was very clean and well kept but, the design was confusing. We were never able to find out how to get to some parts of the ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Cabin was nice, the bath room was a little small but they are on other cruise lines as well

Ship tip

Pack snacks, you will have long waits for food. Don’t expect breakfast to be delivered to your room.

Ports of call

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

4 out of 5
Light house excursion was fun, $17 umbrella rental

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Another long line
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9 Comments

RP82     30 days ago

I am starting to think this cruise is going towards the poop cruise experience on the spectrum. Only hope there wasn't a Schettino like Captain commanding the ship. Thank you for your review.

stilley    1 year ago

Appreciate the review

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

seaturtlebus    1 year ago

Thank you for the review. Seems I only read bad reviews about Carnival and I have only sailed with them. Never this company. Sorry you had a bad time.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience. Sorry it wasn’t the best.

amorad2112    1 year ago

Thanks for your review and sorry for your experience. This seems to be the standard for this ship with a lot of the recent reviews I’ve read. Not sure if it’s the cruise line or the cruisers but I will find out in little less than a month!!

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate your view

crusin4gramma    1 year ago

You would get breakfast delivered to your cabin if you ordered it and paid for it. Just like every other ship when you are not in a suite.

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your details. Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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