MSC Cruises Reviews

I think you have missed the point Crowther was making, that is was hard to find a seat, due to overcrowding for one reason or another, in every bar on the ship.

Review does not mention poor service, in fact it says that the cabin staff and dining room were \'brill\'! We had no poor service on our MSC cruise either. And it certainly clearly is a review complaining about the Italians behaving like Italians. Why do people go on Italian ships and then seem to be surprised to find it isn\'t P & O? If you stay in an Italian hotel, do you expect it to be the same as one in Margate? I presume the people who complain have never holidayed in Italy.

Maybe you missed in the review where it stated ("the crew , the Italians , were rude ...") If you found rude staff (crew) on a cruise, would you not want to warn others? .... Or is this something you find normal on a Italian or Margate holiday, hence you find the rude staff attitude reported in the review. acceptable as its a Italian/MSC cruise? .... I do not and many others don't like rudeness, even on P&O cruises.

I do not generally have anything to do with the crew of a cruise ship other than the cabin and dining room staff, so cannot see the problem! In the bars they seem to be complaining that the service was too good! There is no mention of any specific problem with any crew member. I think problems arise with people who have not travelled much and are unable to cope with different cultures. To us, it was like being on holiday in Italy, so we enjoyed it. Others feel safer travelling on an all British ship and if so, are best advised to do so and not leave their comfort zone.

I feel I need to put this issue of bad service and rude staff to bed. Firstly the rude staff were not the watiers or staff in the dining or staff that attended our cabin it was the rest of the " staff " eg the ships officers how would put their heqads down and not make eye contact with you so as not to strike and conversation with you , now as I have stated before we are well travelled and have been on holiday many times to Italy and have never had a problem before nor on any other ship in this area. I think when you walk towards a crew member they should smile at you or say hello at least and that should be a min requirement. As for the service being bad too good what I think most people have misunderstood is that when other people are not drinking and the waiters are working on commission they seemed to hover in your direction and wait for you to nearly finish your drink and then come over and pick your glass up and then ask you if you want another drink, now thats not good service or bad it just made me feel uneasy with them thats all and I am sure most other people would also. Now I hope this clears the matters up once and for all.