MSC Cruises Reviews

Mr. Butler, we were on the same cruise as you and I have already posted a review. I agree with your review. We ate mostly in the formal dinning rooms. Every time we passed by the Tex-Mex restaurant, it was empty. That said it all, so I did not think that it was was worth to pay to have a meal in there.

Sorry to see, your MSC Splendida cruise experience was as BAD, if not slightly worse than the MSC RUINED cruise I had over Christmas, (See "MSC Splendida, Disembarkation was the best Bit" Review) so you are not alone in feeling MSC CRUISES need a boycott or avoided at the very least. The food was not very good, even in the main dinning rooms, usually not hot only warm and often also undercooked (e.g. pasta, rice and meat), so you did not miss much. As MSC clearly market their cruises in England and other English speaking countries, with their Glossy Information Book and rose tinted glasses. They should at the very least try and cater for an English speaking market, who after paying, often 1000's for this cruise, expecting and hoping for a complimentary glass water or tea to be included at meals. SO remember after reading the sales pitch, DO NOT assume anything on a MSC cruise, the organization means if it can go wrong it will, and if you thought it was included its NOT.

What a pity you did not enjoy your cruise. I think you will find however that breakfast buffets are often crowded. We have cruised with a number of different lines and have encountered similar problems on many of them both at breakfast and lunch. You can often avoid the worst of the crowds with judicious timing or, as Bosscat suggests, eat in the main dining room. Also, I'm not surprised that the library stocked mainly Italian books as this is an Italian cruise line!! If you cruise with a British or American line, you are unlikely to find many Italian titles. We have been with both Costa and MSC and have enjoyed all our cruises. Indeed, we have booked two cruises with MSC this year.

i dont think cruisings for you!

they do advertise themselves as italian line and do cater for continentals more than brits. it you dont like continental you wont like msc or costa. we did 2 msc cruises last year and both we brilliant. we had a great time on both. good food, great staff, lovely clean ships. yes places were crowded but on a big ship its bound to be that way. we too used the restaurant as bosscat suggests. we are going costa in april and have read some bad reviews on them too but been advised to have an open mind and we will enjoy it. here's hoping