My 1st & last time cruising with MSC Seaside

Item: MSC Seaside
Rating: 2.5
Author: begumknahar

MSC Seaside Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

begumknahar

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

2.5 out of 5

Verified Review

4 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 30, 2023

Ship: MSC Seaside

Cabin number: 12169

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Very disappointed made 11 of other family members travel along with me & everyone had same experience as I did.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Bad

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

The worst buffet I’ve ever experienced comparing to the other cruising I’ve done. Same foods served at lunch, dinner and left overs pretty much gets served as midnight snacks. I usually gain few lbs after cruising & this time I’ve lost weights after cruising. I felt like I was in strictly on diets.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Activities were ok

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff members are very friendly

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

I’ve booked deluxe room with balcony on the deck 12. The worst room I’ve ever stayed in cruise. The cruise Itself needs renovations it’s a very old cruise and rooms are all old and filthy. Everything is falling apart from the beds to the carpets are so gross & smelly. Will never take MSC Seaside again for sure.

Ship tip

Don’t cruise with MSC Seaside

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

It was just ok

5 Comments

RP82 1 month ago

Sorry for the bad cruise. Hopefully you future cruises are better. Even maybe Yacht club? Anyway, thank you for your review.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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Dumfy75 1 year ago

I’m also confused about the comments about the ship, it’s really not old! I think one thing you can usually take from MSC reviews is that the ships are beautiful.

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cdavid46 1 year ago

A little confused about your comments about Seaside being an “old” ship. It is probably newer than 80% of all cruise ships in service today! Sorry your experience was not what you expected, but I find most of your comments to be more false flags than truth.

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise. Hopefully any future cruises will be more to your liking. Thank you for sharing your experience.

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