karen
rated the MSC Poesia as follows:
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| karen said: We arrived by water taxi in Venice and the ship looked huge and amazing from the water we couldn't wait to board and look around it.
The brand new ship Poesia was absolutelty gorgeous the bars lounges and cabins were beautifully decorated, we loved the zebra bar with it's stripes, the theatre was stunning and the dining rooms were lovely too. The reception area with the waterfall and glass floor beneath the piano looked fantastic, the whole place was gleaming. But there were areas still being finished during our trip such as handrail on the sundeck which was not in use.
We cruised the western Med, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, they were all nice but stops were quite short in places and not really a lot to see. easten Med last year was much better. Prices on board were in Euros which made everything expensive with our exchange rate.
EXCURSIONS; as usual excursions booked on board were expensive and we did all ours independentely by taxi which was very easy and much cheaper.
STAFF; The waiters and bar staff on board were hard working and friendly, cleaners were polishing and cleaning 24hrs a day, on the whole excellant.
FOOD; food was good and plentiful, buffet for breakfast and lunch was very busy but if we timed it right managed to find a table most of the time. But unfortunetly we weren't keen on fixed dining time of 6.15 and no choice of restaurant or time, and there was no buffet in the evening to eat at later times as an alternative. One night we went to the pizza restaurant which was just ok, but we had to pay for it, which was really not worth it.
BARS; lots of bars to choose from and all with a different look and music style, we tried out most and enjoyed them all (except the one playing Jazz!!)Some had piano playing or singer or dancing we often used the beer bar or zebra bar.
ENTERTAINMENT; 1st night there was a variety show which was quite good but the 2nd show was very similar the 3rd the same with a bit of singing in Italian, 4th we lasted 10mins before leaving!! there was lots of dancing, singers, juggler, contortionist, clown? costumes were excellant but I think it was aimed mainly at children. Some people seemed to enjoy the entertainment but shows started at 9pm or 11pm which we thought was rather late.
CABINS; WE had a balcony cabin on floor 8 at the back of the ship, it was well fitted out and a lovely bathroom, plenty of storage space, fab colour scheme, comfy bed, TV only had a couple of news channels in English (thank goodness for I Pod)
BUT..... unfortunetly it was impossible to sleep due to the vibrations in the cabin when the ship was sailing, everything including the curtains the mirror, pictures, bed, coat hangers in the wardrobe, lights even the bottles in the mini bar shook and rattled all night long!!! Instead of a rest I was exhauted most of the time and longed for home and sleep.
I fear the ship will shake to pieces before long!!! Something was definetely not right there and we weren't the only ones who noticed. It felt like being in a rickerty old train instead of a luxury liner.
Also when the ship sailed the pool area soon emptied as it became like a wind tunnel and was freezing even though it was hot and sunny there was not much shelter from the wind which was dissapointing.
All things considered I enjoyed the cruise but would not book MSC again, We all preferred the NCL Norwiegen Jewel freestyle cruise last year where we could eat anytime in any one of 7 restaurants and the entertainment was much better. And there were no vibrations or sensation of movement at all a much better expierience of cruising. |
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karen from manchester sailed on MSC Poesia with
msc
on a couples holiday.