The food was poor quality. Got sick from the fish. Beds are hard. Room service needs major overhall.

MSC Splendida Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
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MSC Splendida

9 Night Eastern Mediterranean (Trieste Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 09, 2023

Ship: MSC Splendida

Cabin number: TBA

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I won't do another MSC cruise. I usually give things a 2nd chance but not this time.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
The wait was too long and we even had an appointment time.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
The buffet had spoiled fish the 1st 3 days. The dining room served me spoiled smoked salmon twice. I only ate fish once because I got food poisoning and was sick in my room all night. No one cared when we told them about it.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
shows were excellent. Crafts were fun. The hot tubs were full or closed. We only made it in once.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
excellent

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
We never had enough towels. We were always asking for another towel. They took out water and beer out of the fridge and locked it. The not said if we needed to use it to let them know. Well, da! we obviously were using it, thus needing it.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Too many smokers were allowed to smoke anywhere even though there were signs posted for designated areas.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
floor in bathroom remained dirty for the entire 9-day cruise. the beds were very hard. We had to ask for sheets if we wanted a top sheet. They made the bed every day and take away the top sheet, so we have to keep asking.

Ship tip

Don't. Choose another company.

Ports of call

Trieste, Italy

4 out of 5
It was good and excursion was great.

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

4 out of 5
It was good and excursion was great.

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

3 out of 5
It was good and excursion was bad. We hired a private tour which was nothing more than a glorified taxi.

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

4 out of 5
Ancient Ephesus was the best thing to see!

Istanbul, Turkey

4 out of 5
People were aggressive in trying to sell you or get you to come inside their store and it was a little scary.

Corfu, Greece

4 out of 5

Bari, Italy

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
I have cruised for years, multiple times a year. this was the best disembarkment ever.
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