MSC Sinfonia Review

Great family cabin - 9003

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Sail Date: Jun 2018
Cabin: Oceanview Stateroom
Traveled with children
Cabin 9003: View of the living room with the sofa bed pulled out. Sleeps 2
Cabin 9003: View of the bedroom from the living room.
Cabin 9003: View of the closet and desk area from the bed. There are two cl
Cabin 9003: View of the closet and desk area from the sofa.
Cabin 9003: Bathroom
Ship excursion from Split to Krka National Park waterfalls. There was a bus

My husband and I went on this cruise with our two children, aged 9 and 12. We really enjoyed cabin 9003, which was like a suite at oceanview pricing. We chose this cruise both because of this cabin, and because of the kids sail free pricing, which made it a much better deal for us than a comparable cabin would be on another line. We also liked the itinerary, which took us to Italy, Croatia, and Greece.

My older daughter was the right age for Young Club, age 12-14, but we never could find anything going on with that age group. Our understanding was that they combined this age group with the older teens due to low numbers, but my 12 year old was not at all interested in or comfortable with hanging out with kids that much older. Instead, she preferred to hang out with her sister and the younger kids, which they allowed. Even so, she still felt too old for that group and wasn't particularly happy with the kids club because she is at an awkward in-between age. I think that my youngest would have really enjoyed the kids club more if her sister had been more enthusiastic, but instead they preferred to hang out together on their own. This ship was a good opportunity for them to practice this kind of independence, and we felt comfortable letting them roam around together without us. My youngest really liked the splash pad area, and both kids were crazy for the gelato.

Most nights, we went to the shows without the kids and we did enjoy the interesting acts. We brought the kids to the one with pop music, which they really enjoyed. My daughter asked me, "Is that really Taylor Swift?!" haha. I did feel that the female dancers in the shows were often dressed unnecessarily sexy, and there were times that I felt glad that my kids were not at the shows because of it.

Cabin Review

Oceanview Stateroom

Cabin O2

My husband and I went on this cruise with our two children, aged 9 and 12. We had cabin 9003, which is priced just like a regular oceanview cabin, but is substantially larger. It basically has a living room and a separate bedroom with a door in between. My kids slept together on the pull out couch in the living room, and the adults took the bedroom, giving us some privacy when the kids went to bed earlier than the adults. There was also room for a 5th person in a pull down bed in the bedroom. The pull out couch would not have been particularly comfortable for an adult, but the kids didn't mind it at all. This is a perfect family cabin, at oceanview cabin pricing!

As this cabin is at the very front of the ship, you can hear noise when the ship is docking.

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Ancona

We planned to take the beach excursion from the ship, but it was cancelled due to expected bad weather. We took a taxi to a beach instead. Even though I had asked if it was a sandy beach, when we got there we found it was not a sandy beach. It was a rocky/pebbly beach. My kids still had a nice time, though one of them hadn't brought her water shoes and wished she had. It started raining around 2pm, so we packed up and took a taxi back to the ship. Overall, it was my least favorite port, even though my kids were still happy to have had a little beach time even with what it was.

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