"Same in Taipei, the ship sells city tours for $70-$90 per person, while you can get a taxi that drives you 4 hours around the same route for ~$50-$70, depending on how many stops you make.Ship Quality
Room Issue: Major issue with our room, which was flooded due to bathtub or sink drainage problems...."Read More
We cruised from 12/21/2023 through 12/30/2023 in Japan and Taiwan. Due to the winds, our departure got delayed by a few hours and as a result, there was only a technical stop in Osaka, at 11 PM, so that part was a bummer. The cruise added $100 per cabin to compensate, given the $2K/person cost paid, the $50 per person credit was not adequate.
Food
Buffet: The buffet on board is good, ...
About the Reviewer: I’m a middle-aged American male who traveled solo on this, my 59th voyage. This is the second cruise on a back-to-back itinerary. MSC didn’t allow them to be booked as one continuous segment so the reviews are broken into two separate ones – each for their own cruise segments. I have sailed primarily on NCL with over 30 voyages and a handful of cruises with Celebrity, Royal ...
I might sound like an Australian whinger but after doing 10 cruises this cruise has to be the worst. This ship takes 5.700 guests but lucky there were only 1700 on this cruise otherwise it would be bedlam. Getting on board was ok we were treated to a buffet lunch which was rather ordinary and remained the same during the whole cruise. The restaurant we were assigned to was very nice but the food ...
From the outset of booking this cruise it was chaotic. Based in Australia I couldn't use the MSC portal and was directed to their Rome based staff. Correspondence came back in Italian and when I was given online access to my booking it was in Italian. Attempts to revert it to English fell upon deaf ears. I muddled through the booking process and got to embarkation. This was to be a 10 day cruise ...
Hadn't done MSC before. Would do again any time. So many pluses, take the plunge!!
Staff so friendly:
- Rodrigo & Alexa - activities - talk to anyone - the best
- Lgarde - talked to us every dinner -came around plus on ship at different times - so good
- Agus - our server - so friendly - great service
Food excellent, service second to none.
Loved water park - no queus at ...
About the Reviewer: I’m a middle-aged American male who traveled solo on this, my 58th voyage. I have sailed primarily on NCL with over 30 voyages and a handful of cruises with Celebrity, Royal Caribbean and Carnival. This was my seventh MSC cruise and first cruise segment of a back-to-back on the MSC Bellissima. I have sailed on the MSC Seaside-class and Meraviglia before in the USA market and ...
MSC was the only cruise line sailing at this time of year in the Mediterranean, so this is what I had to choose. All my previous MSC sailings were bad, and I had said never again MSC.... Well, never never again.
Briefly - ship itself can't be faulted, maybe too much trust in a vessel winning the cruiser. Not so. Officers were non-existent the entire cruise except one brief (5-10 min) appearance ...
Well, I know that I should have written this review earlier, but only now I had the time to pass my thoughts into something readable.
This was my first MSC cruise, my first in a European company, and my election cruise line until this experience was NCL.
Just to let you know that MSC is a great dealbreaker, that is that they match the status that you have in any other cruise line, so it’s ...
This was my first time being on a cruise and i can tell you it was a m a z i n g. I went there on a school trip with high school friends, there was about 60 of us. First of all, staff there is so welcoming and helpful. Lot of Entertainment. Food court is huge, feels like you’re in a mall. During dinner you can choose rather you want to eat in a restaurant or in buffet (food is free except for ...
First and last cruise with MSC.
Lovely ship, fantastic facilities, however ........
To start off with - our cabin was changed from the one we had booked, without any notification or explanation. Cabin was same category but not our preferrede deck.
We were not aware that MSC pick up/drop off at every port of call. Seemed like a ferry.
Not international passenger base on this ...