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Item: MSC Seaside
Rating: 4.1
Author: CruiseOften2

MSC Seaside Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

CruiseOften2

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 109

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

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4 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 30, 2023

Ship: MSC Seaside

Cabin number: 14134

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Would consider going on this ship again but only for a short get away cruise. Ship is very beautiful and overall very clean, but no one enforced making sure people washed their hands or used sanitizer when entering any of the dining venues.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Main dining room nightly food selection was questionable and food was never hot. Buffets had a good selection and variety of food.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Ship is chopped up and took a couple of days to find everything. There is not central promenade and stores and other shops are scattered around the ship

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Cabin seemed much smaller than other balcony cabins on other cruise lines we have sailed on.

Ship tip

OK for a short cruise but would not do a long cruise on this ship.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Loved Ocean Cay

Thumbs Up 1

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Terrible. Used express disembarkation and was awful. They need to control people getting offthe ship better. People trying to get off elevators could not because of the back-up of people and staff did nothing to help alleviate the situation!