MSC Bellissima Review

Beautiful ship, Great service

Review for the Mediterranean Cruise on MSC Bellissima
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Chrisdrew1
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jul 2019
Cabin: Bella Balcony Stateroom
Traveled with children

My family of four sailed in July out of Genoa. Embarking was easy and fast. Ship was beautiful, Immaculate , and easy to navigate. The staff were very friendly and courteous, the waiters were fantastic, our room steward was awesome , every employee on this ship was great . The food was good , there are more restaurants that you pay extra for than are included . I didn’t like the fact that you couldn’t get ice cream anywhere unless you paid extra .

I think MSC nickel and dimes too much, too many fees for anything extra . There was enough food where you didn’t have to buy anything extra . The ship was crowded but we always found a table for breakfast and lunch at the buffet . We ate dinner In the dining room every night and the food was very good and had enough variety. We booked the fun pass for the kids online before we left and it was a good deal for $120 you were able to spend 180 euros on games in the game room , the card lasted for both kids for the entire cruise , they also had basketball and soccer but the basketball hoop was broken the first 5 days of our cruise so it was mostly soccer . I also booked the laundry package for $48 they washed 40 items of clothing and if you booked online you can give them a few pieces a day until you added up to the 40 items I didn’t have to have it done all together which was nice because I was able to bring less clothes . The WiFi package was good too I had no issues the speed was fine and it worked well I purchased the unlimited plan and my family toggled back and forth using it and it worked well.

I also purchased the cirque show which I really think should have been Included in the cruise fare , very cheesy to charge for a show , the show wasn’t that good it was just ok , my 14 year old fell asleep during it and my 16 year old was bored . The drinks that were included in the ticket were awful you don’t get to choose your drink they had two choices of drinks that were sitting on a bar when you walked In and they were not good , they didn’t even have soda for the kids they were given virgin mojitos. The other shows on board that were included were good and you can book them on the screens around the ship with your room key , very easy and all the shows were available and we booked them the same day . We booked a family room which was two rooms that connected and our balconies connected too , this was a great choice as we had lots of room and having two bathrooms were convenient. We booked shore excursions with the ship and they were good , I was very happy with them .

Cabin Review

Bella Balcony Stateroom

Cabin B1

I booked the family stateroom which had two connecting rooms and balconies . The beds were very comfortable. My cabin steward was awesome, my room was immaculate.

Port Reviews

Taormina (Messina)

Booked a private ride to Taromina which gave us 3 hours to do what we wanted , we walked around the town had delicious rice balls and cannolis . Beautiful city.

Barcelona

You can walk from the ship to the Las Ramblas and from there take the train to the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona is a fun city with lots of things to do . It was about a 30 min walk , you can also take a shuttle bus for 3 euros if you don’t want to walk , the shuttles are located right at the port .

Genoa

Spent 2 nights before the crusie in Genoa , a nice city , we took the ferry to Portofino which was beautiful, It took an hour and a half ferry ride stopping at all the small villages along the way , be careful where you eat In Portofino , avoid Delfinos restaurant , we ordered 5 pizzas and 2 bottles of water and the bill came fo 131 euros when we asked for a break down the pizza were 14 euros bit they charged us a sitting fee and service charge plus the waiter asked for a cash tip on top of that bill . The took advantage of us because we were Americans . Genoa is a nice walk around city the port is busy with lots of activities. You don’t need an excursion for this city .

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