MSC Cruise Reviews for Gourmet Food from Barcelona

I have been on 18 cruises, but never longer than 7 days. This was my 1st longer cruise and my 1st transatlantic cruise. EMBARKATION: I arrived at the port in Barcelona with a fellow passenger who spoke Spanish. Somewhow, that got us priority boarding. We walked right up to counter, got our cruise cards and walked right onto the ship. I think were were onboard within 10 ...

Sailed from Barcelona, fixed rate taxi fare of 39 euros from El Pratt for the four of us and cases (same for return trip). Approximately 5 minute wait for check in which went smoothly then it was onto the ship. As one of my sons has a Gluten intolerance our first mission was to check the assigned restaurant (19:00 sitting deck 6) had the info we sent through. We were told that our breakfasts ...

First time on this cruise , grup of 12girls from Ireland ( but original from Romania) We can't thank you enough to the staff starting from the buffet, especially Calin ( the best bufet supervisor) 5 stars and his staff are so nice our friend Ahmed, Saky and Christian..and many more , can'trememberall the names ( sorry). They are always ready to help. We had so many choices, exceeded our ...

The crew flock to you like vultures trying to up sell you on everything! Even if you have the packages you want they push you to upgrade. The food at the buffet isn't even all that edible. The eggs are runny and the pizza is garbage. I mean how can you screw up pizza? Huge language barrier. We spent more time pointing at things to order the food / drinks we wanted then actually enjoying the ...

After two years without vactions due to Covid. I Booked through an online agent MSC Grandiosa last february 2023. Big mistake, but wasn’t yet aware of that. I made sure to inform that my son is autistic, no one took care of that, long lines, not quiet tables. Nothing. The service, waiters, room service were great. The people in the reception (5th deck) were just incompetent. 3 times I ...

My husband and I have been on several cruises with Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Holland America. This was our first MSC cruise. Prior to boarding I read and watched several reviews on this website and others. We went into this knowing that the cruise would be a bit different than what we had experienced with other lines. I'm happy to say that we were more impressed with the food, the ship and ...

We chose MSC due to the price and the itinerary, which had a lot of ports we wanted to visit. Having read some of the other reviews I was pleasantly surprised to not experience most of the things everyone seems to moan about. The service from the stewards, restaurant and bar staff was great, they were very friendly and helpful. The guy serving us in Purple Crab was particularly nice. The only ...

Chose this cruise to try and sample MSC. Price was good. The ship was stunning but that’s about all that was. Below is mainly cons but there are some pros. In a nutshell we do not feel MSC stack up against any previous cruises we’ve done. As soon as we got on the ship I felt as if we were being attacked by staff trying to sell us meal and drink upgrades. It was a real hassle. The service ...

We chose this cruise as a budget trip, so we chose a minimum requirement cabin and the very basic drink package with a determination to get the most out of our pre payment and tightly restricting further costs. Our needs were simple to relax with a drink on board and to explore the various ports we visited. Embarkation and Disembarkation were pretty much flawless. We were on the ship before we ...

We just finished a 7-day Mediterranean cruise onboard MSC Opera. This was our sixth cruises overall (three on Princess and one on Carnival) and second on MSC since last December. Embarkment: Easiest of all cruises. We were scheduled to board Opera at 1 pm in Barcelona, but arrived at the terminal around 12 pm. There were about a dozen people lining up and we got onto the ship in no more than 10 ...