Our MSC Magnifica Experience - The Good & The Bad

[@jworth7203]

MSC has recently changed their muster process. They are now doing it like the other lines like Royal and Carnival. Yay!

[@wakka89]

Thanks for all the info. Pumped up to go this May.

[@WanderingHewitts]

Have a great time!

[@pw-sz6ds]

I went on MSC for the first time in Feb. I loved it all! The buffet was great! The lunch buffet had so much variety and the pizza was the best we’ve had at sea. We upgraded to the streaming Wi-Fi and it worked great. The muster drill went very smoothly. The only thing I did not like was walking down the stairs but I’m glad we did because if there is a real emergency, we wud only be using the stairs. The elevators were great. Never had to wait for an elevator. All worked great. I thought there would be a problem especially after the shows. Like you said embarking and disembarking was a breeze. And like you said it’s very affordable. MSC is my new ship. We have booked another one.

[@WanderingHewitts]

Yes, we just got off the MSC Divina 2 weeks ago and booked one for Fall!

[@rickkorzeniowski4247]

Thanks. Much appreciated. I liked your casual presentation. I'm on a Magnifica sailing in ten days. I'm learning from you guys.

[@WanderingHewitts]

Thank you for the kind words! We think you will really like the Magnifica! Be sure to check out that back open deck area off the buffet!

[@MelL-w6f]

Hello great video. What time did late night buffet end?

[@WanderingHewitts]

@@MelL-w6f We believe it went until around 1AM.

[@ralphg450]

Magnifica was clean and nice. Good pizza

[@WanderingHewitts]

Definitely! The Magnifica is also one of our favorite ships!

[@user73958]

I was on Magnificia three weeks ago, I found the elevators to be mostly empty the week I was on, and the ship was full. I thought the elevators were great. I did not enjoy the entertainment as much as you did, I felt the theater shows were dated, and the music around the ship was average. I did not like the comedians they brought on. The muster drill, I called the number and heard a beep I thought, and I hung up and went to get my card scanned. I think other lines just make you get the card scanned after you watch the video, better than when I was jammed on a deck in the summer hot outside for an hour in 2019. I thought the food was better than you thought in the main dining room, but the portions were small. I thought the buffet was hit or miss in the quality of the food. I did notice the abundance of lounges, compared to a ship like the NCL Breakaway that had far fewer.

[@WanderingHewitts]

Ya, we didn't care for the comedian they had on board either. Have you been on any other MSC Cruises or was this your first? We were recently on the MSC Divina.

[@user73958]

@@WanderingHewitts This was my first, I have taken one cruise on four other lines each. For all the bad reviews MSC gets, I was pleasantly surprised, and thought it was a great value.

[@KRIPSYNODUTS]

So checkin time at 11 am? I thought it’s 2 pm?

[@WanderingHewitts]

MSC will assign a boarding time for you to prevent crowd backup getting on the ship. It might be early or later depending on your departure time. It should tell you in your web check-in/MSC account fkr your specific cruise.

[@aonshark2517]

in the chapters, it says "mustard drill" is that an italian thing?

[@WanderingHewitts]

No, KZbin will add automated chapters sometimes. It's supposed to read "Muster Drill" .

[@aonshark2517]

@@WanderingHewitts i giggled.

[@sandyvantine7514]

WIFI drops because of all the metal with the ship all ships do this

[@WanderingHewitts]

Very possible. Could be the phones as well. When we were in Carnival their app never dropped us anywhere on the ship but we had different phones then. Could be MSC needs more routers throughout the ship but it's happened in both the Magnifica and on the Divina so far.