MSC Divina Review

LOVED Divina - Pleasantly Surprised

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on MSC Divina
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Jenn_K
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Apr 2014
Traveled with children

We tried something new and we are so happy we did!!

We are a family of 4. Mom, dad, son who is 5, and daughter who is 14. Parents have been on 5 prior cruises, 4 of which were on Disney and 1 on Norwegian. The children have sailed 4 times on Disney. We enjoy great service, entertainment, and food of course.

Pre-Cruise we were looking for a hotel close to Miami Airport, as we were getting in after 8pm and just wanted a place to rest our heads before cruising the next day. The hubs had a corporate rate with Sofitel that was in our budget so we stayed there. Free shuttle from MIA though it runs about every 30 minutes. Our plane was already delayed and it was late so we took a cab instead of waiting. Check in was easy. Room was clean and spacious enough. Beds were comfy – room overlooked the airport. We ordered room service breakfast the next day, a continental breakfast and an egg dish. There was enough food that we were able to share between the 4 of us, thankfully, as the food was not cheap. Bell Services showed up quickly to fetch our bags and lead us to our cab to the port. Overall for the price we had a fine stay.

Cabin Review

Cabin 9

We had a B2 (previous cat 9) balcony cabin on deck 10 forward. The furnishings included a king bed (by cruise standards I suppose as it was smaller than our king at home) and a double pull out bed. We had a single bathroom with 1 sink, shower, and toilet. The sink had a great amount cabinet space underneath and also had three shelves on the wall above the sink/vanity. It had the best storage of any cruise bathroom I have ever been in.Storage otherwise was lacking slightly for our family of four but in the end we did just fine with it. There were two small closets for hanging and a middle closet that had 6 or 7 small drawers. The one hanging closet also had two shelves in it – so really it was only good for hanging shirts or tiny tiny dresses. There are also two small drawers in each night table and plenty of under bed storage. Our balcony was a good size with two chairs and a footstool. We had a nice view of the bridge too.When we arrived in our room our mini-bar door was broken (the hinge was unscrewed) we told our steward just so that we would not be charged for something we did not break. A few days into the cruise a maintenance man came to fix it. The bed was very firm and the pillows even more so. I never woke up sore and was able to fall asleep just fine so it didn't cause issue – just an observation. My daughter said she loved the pillows – she prefers them that way.

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