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MSC Meraviglia is packed with extraordinary features for the perfect experience at sea in any season. Enjoy outstanding dining options and out-of-this-world entertainment with new panoramic areas, an innovative ocean-view aft lounge, a two-deck "inside promenade" with a 480m2 LED dome and a spectacular amusement area connected to an outdoor water park. Also, MSC Meraviglia is one of the four ships that sail to our exclusive Bahamian destination Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve.
the onboard experience on MSC Meraviglia is very much relying on the mother of nature and subjective opinions for food and service provided, so those bi-polar reviews are all correct. I chose MSC for its value of money cruise fare, while march break prices are soaring in anywhere. After on board I figured out that more than 80 percent people are from Canada, mostly Ontarians, which made the voyage very pleasant. Being advised by our MDR waiter, last two voyages they omitted Ocean Cay due to bad weather, and from online reviews I got to know that even Port Canaveral also omitted for some voyage, which made the experience a mess for limited food supply and no fun at all. As regards our voyage during Mar 9 to Mar 16, we have the best weather, on schedule sailing, nice food, attentive services and tons of entertainment. Nothing to complain at all. I love the food both in buffet and MDR, I would say the food quality in buffet is par for many 5-star hotels, except for no sea food and variety of ethnical foods, MDR menu is changing every day with different themes, it's a big loss for the people who didnot go to MDR to enjoy the cuisine, checking out my pics of entrees.
Hi everyone, While I sit in the Chase lounge at LGA waiting for my flight, I figured I would write a quick(ish) review of our cruise on Meraviglia. First, we are a family of 4- 2 adults, 2 kids (12 & 15). This is our sixth MSC cruise, the first on Mera and the second in YC. We typically book Fantastica Balcony rooms and are plenty happy with that. We decided to spring for YC on this cruise because we knew we would be on the ship more than our normal cruises out of Florida. We arrived in NYC on Thursday evening to spend a couple of days being tourists in the city. Embarkation: We Ubered from our hotel in Times Square to the ferry station at Pier 11. From there, we took the 9:15 South Brooklyn ferry to Red Hook and took a short walk to the YC tent to drop off our luggage. We were escorted to the YC lounge at the Port, did the typical check-in procedures, had time for a quick glass of champagne, and were whisked away to the Top Sail lounge. I think I was on the ship with a drink in hand sometime between 10-10:15. The whole process was quick and easy for us. Room: We stayed in a basic YC balcony suite. The kids shared a pull-out bed, much to their frustration. They are used to the MSC couch bunk beds, so a week of sharing resulted in a lot of "get on your side" comments. The room was spacious and had plenty of storage for us. There are two closets, one with shelves and one to hang clothes. There are also three large dresser drawers of storage in the main room area. The closet area is directly in front of the bathroom, which made the bathroom smaller than the YC bathroom we had before. We have mixed reviews of the closet space being there. It was nice for an extra changing location, but we didn't love the smaller bathroom or how crowded it got near the bathroom with 4 of us trying to access clothes and the bathroom. But, this was not a big deal at all, more of an observation. Something to note, there are no outlets near the bed, so be prepared to plug everything in on the counter across the room. We asked for extra towels and pillows and were provided with both. The bathroom had shampoo, body wash, and conditioner in the shower. On the counter, there was hand soap and lotion. We also had some toiletry amenities such as a shower cap and Q-tips. We had sparkling water and still water available to us in our room as well as a fully stocked mini-bar with our preferences. They had some fun juices and sodas that the kids enjoyed. Each night we had a treat in our room and our room steward made sure we had water and glasses near our bed. Our butler, Shane, was great! We really enjoyed talking with him. Joy was our assistant butler and she kept our room pristine. Sea Days: We enjoyed our three sea days very much. The first day was rocky! We had a lot of wind and they closed down many of the outside areas. However, when the areas were open, we ate breakfast and lunch at the pool deck- which we LOVE! During sea days we spent time in the pool, going to various activities, and my daughter spent a lot of time at the kid's club. We played many games of cards in the Top Sail lounge and my son loved all the readily available treats. We had great weather the last two sea days and the water was much calmer. Restaurant: We only ate at the restaurant for dinner but had great service and food. They were accommodating to us ordering things that were not on the menu if we wanted. Everything came promptly but we never felt rushed. The staff in the dining room was fantastic and got to know us and our preferences. We were seated at the same table every night, which we appreciated. Ports: We arrived at Port Canaveral two hours late. There is much debate over why we were late (weather or mechanical issues), but either way, we were late. The RC ship that left NY around the same time, arrived earlier than we did... MSC did, however, add an extra hour to our time at port in the evening. But, this then made us one hour late for Ocean Cay. Oh well. In PC, we spent time with my family who is close to PC. Ocean Cay was a beach day. We enjoyed the YC beach and lunch at Ocean House. They expanded the seating at Ocean House, which was nice. We didn't have to wait for lunch. The service on the beach was different than before. At the beginning of the day, the butlers came around with trays of ready-made drinks...it was a little harder to get a different drink at the beginning of the day. As the crowds died down on the beach, we were able to have more personalized service. Our third port was Nassau. We hadn't been there since they renovated the port. It was nice. It didn't feel too crowded despite 5 or so ships being in port that day. We walked around the port and some of the shops outside of the port. Entertainment: Meh. The theater shows were unimpressive. However, the carousel shows were fun. We did the progressive trivia in the evenings and always stayed for name-that-tune. There's always something to do if you just look for it. We did the flight simulator and that was fun. We also tried the water slides and rope course. Both were very exciting! Disembarkation: We were out of the room by 7:00 (the deadline was 7:30). We had breakfast in the restaurant and then hung out in the Top Sail lounge until about 9:00. We called an Uber and were on our way to the airport by 9:30...it would have been sooner, but customs was held up due to a long line of people trying to get out of the building. Overall: I'm glad we tried this cruise. The price and extra days in NYC were worth it. YC was amazing, as usual. The service and exclusivity cannot be matched. However, I think we will go back to cruising out of Florida for a number of reasons- more ports, close to our family, and warmer weather from the start.
Considering the low cost of the cruise (about $1,000 per person) I was extremely pleased with this cruise. Embarkation was fine. Luggage was waiting for us outside of our cabin. While the cabin was small, we never felt cramped (except the bathroom). Excellent closet and drawer space. The balcony was fine. During the first night the divider between our cabin and the cabin next door became loose and banged during the night. We saw our cabin steward in the morning and told him the problem, and by the time we returned from breakfast, he had the problem fixed. Our cabin steward always kept our cabin immaculate, and always greeted us warmly. Food is a mixed bag. The food in the main dining room can vary from excellent to okay. Our server, Nattoo, was excellent! Prudence was excellent too—she always greeted us warmly. The food in the specialty restaurants ranged from good to not good. The weakest was the food in Ocean Cay. The service was excellent. We loved the gelato and chocolates in Jean Phillipe. We had breakfast and lunch twice at the buffet, and the food was plentiful. No shortages of anything. There’s an excellent omelet station at breakfast and the artisanal pizza at lunch is excellent too. We very much enjoyed the Sky Lounge to get cappuccino and virgin pina coladas. Plenty of seating and it’s “adults only”. We very much enjoyed the Aurea outdoor seating area on Deck 19. Plenty of lounge chairs. We saw a show in the theater and it was fine. I wish there were handrails to go down the steps of the theater. The disembarkation at the private island Ocean Cay needed to be handled in a more organized way instead of 4,000 guests trying to disembark at once. We wish there were benches for seating on the island. Tomorrow we disembark the ship, and we hope it will go smoothly.
It doesn't take long to find negativity surrounding MSC cruises online. My thoughts on this ahead of trying MSC was that folks who like their low prices, want to keep them low... keeping MSC cruises a best-kept-secret, and while I think I might be on to something...I can definitely come up with a few reasons it doesn't match the big American cruise lines, which is what folks are comparing to, in my opinion. We were a family of 4 with a 12 year old and 2 year old staying in a balcony cabin, Aurea experience. Bottom line- I wouldn't likely do an MSC cruise anything under Aurea with my kids I don't think, unless it was really inexpensive. While we didn't have private entrances and butlers like the Yaught Clubbers.. Aurea definitely got us a few perks I likely wouldn't do MSC without. 1. Anytime dining (Aurea) allowed us to show up in the dining room anytime we wanted between 6-9pm..we always walked right in and ate a dinner as quickly or slowly as we wanted. Service and most of the food (with a few exceptions) was great! 2. Priority boarding was great for embarkation...did NOT work great for disembarking... more on that later. 3. Meraviglia has an amazing thermal spa and getting to use that 'included' was amazing. 4. Top 19 Sun deck and pool... there was always MORE than enough chairs on the Aurea exclusive deck and it was a great little warm pool and a great place to watch sunsets/sunrise/sail away... etc etc. ... and during the day had their own little bar area with NO LINES. The not-so-great... 5. Disembarking was horrific.... They had good intentions but it did NOT go as planned... mostly due to the fact that no one followed the rules... BUT in my opinion staff should have stepped in and they didn't. 6. Lines for drinks.... This was my first time cruising with a drink package and I suspect this isn't too unusual but the Lines for drinks were truly not great at times...bartenders seemed almost offended/annoyed by cash tips so that didn't work in my observation either. Good thing though: On our cruise no drink limits and bar tenders were always happy to make you 2 at a time! ...Also they were ALWAYS delicious and worth the wait! 7. Lines at MSC Ocean Cay for Buffet was wild... Didn't even attempt it but I found a food truck with burgers and hotdogs with absolutely no waiting away from the crowds so we did that. Not bad or good: Baby Club was ....fine... free so I can't complain but even though you could only leave your (under 3 year olds) for 2 hours at a time during very specific hours ... it was a tiny room and not many toys and I felt guilty leaving our 2.5 year old there for longer than an hour so we only used it for 1 hour twice. My older kid didn't use the teenager club but there was a LOT of teenagers using it and the smaller kids clubs Looked like they were having a fun of fun and highly used! Ocean Cay was certaintly no Coco Cay (R.C.) but if you weren't comparing with Royal, it was really really great!!! I went with low expectations from everything I'd read online and I experienced 85% of the bad things people say online about MSC to be completely untrue. Our room attendant was fantastic, our MDR experience was great (again Aurea), our food was really good, drinks were really good, plenty to do, staff was great and friendly... Shows were REALLY good and easy to get into with reservations on the app... Speaking of the app- Its fantastic and easy to use and made my job as the family-cruise planner and officiator a lot easier! I could go on and on but really... I'm excited to try MSC again in the future and will be recommending to others with the Aurea disclaimer attached.
the onboard experience on MSC Meraviglia is very much relying on the mother of nature and subjective opinions for food and service provided, so those bi-polar reviews are all correct. I chose MSC for its value of money cruise fare, while march break prices are soaring in anywhere. After on board I figured out that more than 80 percent people are from Canada, mostly Ontarians, which made the voyage very pleasant. Being advised by our MDR waiter, last two voyages they omitted Ocean Cay due to bad weather, and from online reviews I got to know that even Port Canaveral also omitted for some voyage, which made the experience a mess for limited food supply and no fun at all. As regards our voyage during Mar 9 to Mar 16, we have the best weather, on schedule sailing, nice food, attentive services and tons of entertainment. Nothing to complain at all. I love the food both in buffet and MDR, I would say the food quality in buffet is par for many 5-star hotels, except for no sea food and variety of ethnical foods, MDR menu is changing every day with different themes, it's a big loss for the people who didnot go to MDR to enjoy the cuisine, checking out my pics of entrees.
Hi everyone, While I sit in the Chase lounge at LGA waiting for my flight, I figured I would write a quick(ish) review of our cruise on Meraviglia. First, we are a family of 4- 2 adults, 2 kids (12 & 15). This is our sixth MSC cruise, the first on Mera and the second in YC. We typically book Fantastica Balcony rooms and are plenty happy with that. We decided to spring for YC on this cruise because we knew we would be on the ship more than our normal cruises out of Florida. We arrived in NYC on Thursday evening to spend a couple of days being tourists in the city. Embarkation: We Ubered from our hotel in Times Square to the ferry station at Pier 11. From there, we took the 9:15 South Brooklyn ferry to Red Hook and took a short walk to the YC tent to drop off our luggage. We were escorted to the YC lounge at the Port, did the typical check-in procedures, had time for a quick glass of champagne, and were whisked away to the Top Sail lounge. I think I was on the ship with a drink in hand sometime between 10-10:15. The whole process was quick and easy for us. Room: We stayed in a basic YC balcony suite. The kids shared a pull-out bed, much to their frustration. They are used to the MSC couch bunk beds, so a week of sharing resulted in a lot of "get on your side" comments. The room was spacious and had plenty of storage for us. There are two closets, one with shelves and one to hang clothes. There are also three large dresser drawers of storage in the main room area. The closet area is directly in front of the bathroom, which made the bathroom smaller than the YC bathroom we had before. We have mixed reviews of the closet space being there. It was nice for an extra changing location, but we didn't love the smaller bathroom or how crowded it got near the bathroom with 4 of us trying to access clothes and the bathroom. But, this was not a big deal at all, more of an observation. Something to note, there are no outlets near the bed, so be prepared to plug everything in on the counter across the room. We asked for extra towels and pillows and were provided with both. The bathroom had shampoo, body wash, and conditioner in the shower. On the counter, there was hand soap and lotion. We also had some toiletry amenities such as a shower cap and Q-tips. We had sparkling water and still water available to us in our room as well as a fully stocked mini-bar with our preferences. They had some fun juices and sodas that the kids enjoyed. Each night we had a treat in our room and our room steward made sure we had water and glasses near our bed. Our butler, Shane, was great! We really enjoyed talking with him. Joy was our assistant butler and she kept our room pristine. Sea Days: We enjoyed our three sea days very much. The first day was rocky! We had a lot of wind and they closed down many of the outside areas. However, when the areas were open, we ate breakfast and lunch at the pool deck- which we LOVE! During sea days we spent time in the pool, going to various activities, and my daughter spent a lot of time at the kid's club. We played many games of cards in the Top Sail lounge and my son loved all the readily available treats. We had great weather the last two sea days and the water was much calmer. Restaurant: We only ate at the restaurant for dinner but had great service and food. They were accommodating to us ordering things that were not on the menu if we wanted. Everything came promptly but we never felt rushed. The staff in the dining room was fantastic and got to know us and our preferences. We were seated at the same table every night, which we appreciated. Ports: We arrived at Port Canaveral two hours late. There is much debate over why we were late (weather or mechanical issues), but either way, we were late. The RC ship that left NY around the same time, arrived earlier than we did... MSC did, however, add an extra hour to our time at port in the evening. But, this then made us one hour late for Ocean Cay. Oh well. In PC, we spent time with my family who is close to PC. Ocean Cay was a beach day. We enjoyed the YC beach and lunch at Ocean House. They expanded the seating at Ocean House, which was nice. We didn't have to wait for lunch. The service on the beach was different than before. At the beginning of the day, the butlers came around with trays of ready-made drinks...it was a little harder to get a different drink at the beginning of the day. As the crowds died down on the beach, we were able to have more personalized service. Our third port was Nassau. We hadn't been there since they renovated the port. It was nice. It didn't feel too crowded despite 5 or so ships being in port that day. We walked around the port and some of the shops outside of the port. Entertainment: Meh. The theater shows were unimpressive. However, the carousel shows were fun. We did the progressive trivia in the evenings and always stayed for name-that-tune. There's always something to do if you just look for it. We did the flight simulator and that was fun. We also tried the water slides and rope course. Both were very exciting! Disembarkation: We were out of the room by 7:00 (the deadline was 7:30). We had breakfast in the restaurant and then hung out in the Top Sail lounge until about 9:00. We called an Uber and were on our way to the airport by 9:30...it would have been sooner, but customs was held up due to a long line of people trying to get out of the building. Overall: I'm glad we tried this cruise. The price and extra days in NYC were worth it. YC was amazing, as usual. The service and exclusivity cannot be matched. However, I think we will go back to cruising out of Florida for a number of reasons- more ports, close to our family, and warmer weather from the start.
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