Nice time/ Not nice time

Item: MSC Seaside
Rating: 4
Author: mikeb1952

MSC Seaside Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

mikeb1952

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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11 Night Western Caribbean & Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 17, 2023

Ship: MSC Seaside

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10151

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Hate it when someone asks for a review and makes it mandatory that you answer a question!!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

I always like to eat supper in the main dining room to meet new people & try new things,I had always ordered 2 entrees,to try different things that I would not get at a restaurant, they are small portions, when I told our server I wanted a second entree she said they charge for a second entree, never heard that before, so I had the one entree but our server was not a good server seemed sneaky to me, anyway she served me last the whole cruise until the last night, she served me first & asked me for a ten on my review of her, I told me she would get the review she deserved.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

Does have kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Everyone but the above mentioned server did a fantastic job.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

It was sufficient, the balcony was nice when in the shade or at night, super hot during the day in the sun.

Ship tip

Learn where everything is, all restaurants & buffets are on the back & theater on the front but when you go from one to the other be sure to go the length of the ship on a main floor, they are easier to walk through than the floors that have guest rooms, always something in the hall, also find out where he yacht club area is and how to navigate around it, doesn’t make sense to me to inconvenience the people that are having to work to pay for their cruise than cater to the ones that don’t!! If they want a yacht club they can pull it to one side & not inconvenience the people that are not the privileged few!! They need to remember it is the little guy that’s keeping the boat afloat!!!

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Ports of call

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

1 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

4 Comments

RP82 1 month ago

I often take pictures of the name badges of the crew, I usually would praise their efforts in the end of cruise review (if I thought they'd earned it). Haven't been ask to give a very good rating and mention their name, but I have been asked (was on a back to back, so the previous cruise review of ship) If I'd completed my cruise review. I thought it was a sneaky way to alluding to mention this crew members name and helping get a reward, which I wouldn't do anyway. Thank you for your review.

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Paul1234 1 year ago

I agree with you 100%. These cruise lines are going to this two ships on a ship program where they cater over the top to a select few who pay high prices the other 5,000 on people on the ship that paid the full requested price for their cruise fare are treated like third class on the Titanic. one day the cruise lines will wake up and realize they have lost their customer base

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javawoody 1 year ago

Interesting

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thanks for the review.

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