MSC Seaside Cruise Reviews - Tips

Be ready to spend lots of money onboard the MSC Seaside. Also, be ready to not have many dining options.

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Although we had paid extra for the ‘Fantastica’ experience, we found this not worth it as it didn’t offer anything extra for us.

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Weigh the beauty of the ship against the service and food

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Not for american

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Appreciate everything!

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Book it!

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Sorry but no trowel animals... The MSC for Me app is great except for the chat (text) feature, It did not work well at all. Enjoy yourself

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Hi:) I m a cruise lover :) and MSC mostly. So, let s start with the beginning. MIAMI - try to arrive at lest 1 day before the cruise. Use UBER for transfers . It s cheap and worth it. Book your shows. Try pizza. Try Gelato. Go on each Port. Drink :) Explore Embarkation : print in advace your labels for the luggage. If you are not ayacht club member ( in this case you can embark whenever you want ), as a regular passenger you can embark starting 11.30- 12:00. No matter what they write on your papers. BUT, no later than 17:00. Disembarkation: you ll receive the instructions 1 night before and you ll know what you have to do If you prebook MSC excursions from MSC portal and receive email confirmation from MCS, print them and take them with you. Sometimes their system is not syncrhronised. when on the ship 3 important things: book / confirm your excursions ( you can modify/ cancel 48 h in advance w/o any costs, register your credit card, buy your social app internet. Ship is huge and amazing. Clean, Full of Life, full of shows. Regular cabins are so and so. Pay attetion to your steward if he doesn t take care of your cabin. Dining : same menu in Ipanema and Seashore. BUT very tasty and waiters more than friendly. They are doing their best. Live cooking shows I bought my excursion through MSC. Althgough they have cheaperlocal offers in the port. In Costa Maya i tryed swim with dophins. Quite an experience. Try it. On your disenbarkation day book a Miami tour with drop off at the airport .

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Enjoy the multiple languages and cultures on board. Meet people. A smile is a smile in any language!

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It's a great ship.

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Be open minded and go to activities even if you’re not sure what it is based off the description. You may be pleasantly surprised

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Use the aft elevators to move around the ship

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If you are used to other cruise lines you will appreciate them more after being on MSC. We sail mostly on NCL and really missed the layout of their ships and adult areas they offer as well as the food they offer. Over all a good cruise but if I have my choice I would stick to NCL or RCL. Price for cruise was good but they really need to step it up if they want to capture the American market.

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If you buy a drink package, the easy package is just well drinks and Miller Lite draft. I had to upgrade to the premium package to get what I like to drink. The price was $230 more

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Booked 2 trips on board Jamaica and grand cayman

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Sail with an open mind and you will love it. It is European. Enjoy interacting with people from other cultures

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Start a photo file with the photo desk day one. Pre buy your photo package- a small laundry package would be good also pre bought. Especially if you don’t have a balcony as bathing suits never really dried!

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Go with an open mind.

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Be good to walk stairs. The elevators are suck

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Don't worry about negative reviews. We didn't experience any of the negativity that we had read about.

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