No WOW factor here!!

Item: MSC Seaside
Rating: 2.6
Author: rong32940

MSC Seaside Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

rong32940

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 38

Overall rating:

2.6 out of 5

Verified Review

4 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 05, 2023

Ship: MSC Seaside

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11132

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

The dinners were terrible and being an Italian line I was expecting much more! 1 clam & no sauce on linguine. 3” square chicken w/campbells soup for parm. One 1”cube of meat short ribs & 3 chunks of fat. Lasagna was 3” square/1” tall & if you wanted more (it sucked) there was a charge. Ridiculous! I supervised inmates in a prison who cooked better!!!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Easy & fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Main dining room was terrible - portions were very small & poor quality would be an understatement

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Shows, water slides, bar entertainment,

Entertainment

3 out of 5

No wow factors here

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

The poor waitress did nothing but apologize for the food , not many waiters around the pool getting drinks for you, don’t fall for that drink package included sale - you have to drink 10+ a day to break even

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Nice pretty new ship

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

I get balcony suites so I can have coffee delivered in the morning & enjoy it out on the balcony - they charge for delivery now!

Ship tip

Go on another cruise line!!

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida Did not visit port

I live there

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Nassau, Bahamas

1 out of 5

Dirty & you’re harassed by the locals - didn’t feel safe at all!

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Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas Did not visit port

All there is to do is sit on the beach -!I can do that at home. Considering this island use to be a garbage dump I didn’t want to go.

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Fast & easy

1 Comment

RP82 2 months ago

This is what alot of people have been giving MSC Seaside and MSC cruises in my opinion. Usually I see bad reviews for the 7 nights cruise, 1st time I have seen it for a short cruise. Thank you for your review.

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Other reviews of this sailing

First cruise ever....not disappointed

Ship was beautiful the food average, the team very responsive even if they didnt understand what we asked of them. The bed and pillow amazing. Sad that we had to track down several times to request toliet paper before we ran out completely.

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