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Item: MSC Seaside
Rating: 2.2
Author: caymanpace

MSC Seaside Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

caymanpace

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

2.2 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean & Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 12, 2023

Ship: MSC Seaside

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9084

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 months ago

Review summary

Don’t bother. If this was my first cruise ever, I’d never cruise again

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Fine

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Only ate at buffet. Grilled meats were like shoe leather. Had more sausage in a week than ever in my life. Would have had hot dogs but they didn’t have them often. All but 1 ice machine was broken all week and they had tongs out and a bowl very occasionally but you could not get enough ice that way and once in a while they would have gunk in them. They only tell you after checking in to use a credit card with no foreign transaction fee and then to change it at the service desk and that was painful. And don’t try thr “home made” ketchup- it tastes like tomato sauce +tomato soup!

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Shows only. There were NO enrichment opportunities unless you call arts and crafts enrichment. 1 of 4 singers was good. All dancing was excellent

Entertainment

1 out of 5

See above

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Service personnel were perfunctory and not especially engaged

Ship Quality