You always have the best videos! This was super informative and I made note about the buffet closing at 2pm on embarkation day. That is very useful information. Thanks for sharing!!
@TravelTouristVideos5 күн бұрын
Thank you very much Tee- glad you found it helpful! 😊
@CarlosCruz-ll5ez2 ай бұрын
I was on that same ship in May and I had one of the best experiences considering the mix reviews that so many people post about MSC the ship is beautiful as well!
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
We had a great time too- thanks for sharing your experience on the Meraviglia!
@b.s61562 ай бұрын
Kann ich nicht so bestätigen, wir waren auch im Mai... Nie mehr...
@michaelmcwilliams547518 күн бұрын
We were on it in May also and had a good time. I'm glad we kept an open mind after reading the reviews.
@barbarasiqueira95332 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for another amazing video. I loved that you showed the daily. Thank you, thank you!!!
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
Our pleasure- glad it it helpful! Thank you very much for the comment! 😊
@mcbrayerk3 ай бұрын
A very good review. You should do that for all your cruises.
@TravelTouristVideos3 ай бұрын
Thanks! 😊 Will look to to do that.
@jt82803 ай бұрын
Nice ! For dollar value MSC would be a great choice. Not worried of the noisy Dim Sum MDR. Your son will be 6 " 5 in no time.
@TravelTouristVideos3 ай бұрын
Thanks JT! 😊 This cruise was definitely a terrific bang for the buck!
@angelaherring5443Ай бұрын
You were discussing the $5 charge for more entrees. We actually got full with just one appetizer, entree and dessert. We’re old though and our appetites are smaller than it used to be to be.
@TravelTouristVideosАй бұрын
Yup the $5 extra wasn't a big deal, especially since the cruise price were very good. It's worth it for some really good dishes to pay $5 more for another. Plus you can still order multiple appetizers & desserts without extra charge.
@angelaherring5443Ай бұрын
@@TravelTouristVideos I’d try more of both.
@SACOKE45552 ай бұрын
This was an excellent video. You did a very good job displaying the positives and negatives of this cruise. Thank you very much for the review. You helped me become a better consumer. I appreciate you.
@evamarie57072 ай бұрын
I absolutely agree. I’ve watched other cruise reviews that do not share the info that is useful. This really gave me a sense of whether I would want to take this cruise.
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much- we're happy to hear that it was helpful! 😊
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
Much appreciated! Very glad it's helpful! 😊
@juneyoung55032 ай бұрын
I loved the tone of your voice while giving your tour of the Meravigla. I am hoping to try this ship in the very near future.
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! 😊 The Meraviglia is a lot of fun and certainly worth a try!
@sallylewis53323 ай бұрын
What a great review! We’ve always wondered about MSC and you definitely covered every aspect of cruising with them. I know now that the noise level in the MDR would be too much for me and we’d have to get a dining package. We are only 14 points from making Diamond Plus on RCL, so we just HAVE to do that before we experiment with other cruise lines. But I think an MSC cruise is in our future. Thanks for all the info!
@TravelTouristVideos3 ай бұрын
Thanks Sally- it's our pleasure! 😊 I think at Diamond you can match to MSC's Gold tier already, as Diamond plus will still match to Gold. Here's the conversion table: info.msccruises.com/rs/271-DJN-199/images/Status%20Match_Conversion%20Table.pdf The MDR was super-loud. It's probably okay for big groups traveling together, but yeah for couples or a family of 3 or 4 it might be too much. Overall a lot of fun though, so probably worth a try though especially on the Meraviglia or one of their newer ships.
@paulhaley53442 ай бұрын
Great review. Your tone is perfect. Fine analysis & delivery with pertinent information ..
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! 😊
@dominickpepe28752 ай бұрын
My wife and I are booked on a cruise for late September. This video was informational.
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful- have a fun cruise!
@elvirarustamova3013Ай бұрын
Me and my friend leaving September 23rd on this ship 🚢
@jorjafoxluvr3 ай бұрын
I loved this ship. The buffet had lots of different cheeses that were my favs :) I also got the late dinning when I requested early . The one thing I didn't like.
@TravelTouristVideos3 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your experience on the ship! Yeah the manager told me that the regular "Bella experience" results in not adhering to the early seating requested at booking. Not the best practice- may as well make early dining not available when booking.
@jonrenton3655Ай бұрын
I agree. We were on the same ship from Brooklyn. We were not able to change from late dinning, even though we booked early from booking. We did go directly when we boarded to the MDR. But we were not Dimond level on MSC. But you can always eat your meals at the buffet instead, that had almost the same food all week and no organization with a staff not wanting to help at all.
@TravelTouristVideosАй бұрын
Sorry to hear you couldn't change your dining time. Agree with you about the dinner buffet- it was pretty good! Hope you had a good cruise!
@johngraci26912 ай бұрын
Love these videos! It's one coming out for the Meraviglia Main Dining Room? Going in two weeks and your videos get me ready lol
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😊 I'm releasing the lunch video soon but will work on the mdr dinner after that 🙂
@jackiewilkey2 ай бұрын
Nice review. We were on the same cruise, I saw myself in a few of your shots! We were in Yacht Club which was wonderful. You must try it. Thanks for the memories.
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
Our pleasure! It was a fun cruise, and sounds like you guys had a great time too. Thanks for the comment! We'll have to look into Yacht Club next time.
@GlobalAdventurer3 ай бұрын
That ship has soft-serve ice cream on the pool deck in the back. It's really good. And the pronunciation of Meraviglia is "Meravilla" both "LL" have a "ya" sound like tortilla.
@TravelTouristVideos3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the heads up!
@vincentnnyc2 ай бұрын
Was the soft serve ice cream free? What deck was it?
@GlobalAdventurer2 ай бұрын
@@vincentnnyc Yes! The ice cream is very good and it's FREE. They will make you a cone or a cup (at least it was like that when I was there). I always got a double dip. Even though its soft-serve it's very good. It's located on deck 15 at the Atmosphere Ice Cream Bar outside the main buffet and BEFORE you get to the pool. So basically go into the buffet and exit towards outside and you will see the ice cream bar AND the hamburger/hotdog/pizza bar. And the regular alcoholic drinks bar all in the same place.
@vincentnnyc2 ай бұрын
@@GlobalAdventurer since it is free…i guess there must be a long line there everyday? What are the hours of operation? It runs from morning till evening? And does it break down a lot?
@GlobalAdventurer2 ай бұрын
@@vincentnnyc The lines move really fast. Longest wait I had was probably 2 minutes. I was on there for 14 days and went for ice cream every day. It's open until about 7pm. Not sure when it opens, but I think during lunch or right after. There's buffet tables right there so you can get sandwiches, pizza or hotdogs and the ice cream and sit down and eat them outside. There's three stations so not everything is served in the same station, which makes the lines move quickly. I basically lived out there most of my cruise. I would get a hamburger/fries, alcoholic drink and later get a double scoop of ice cream. They have chocolate and vanilla and sprinkles/et. The area is sheltered even though it's outside. The bar further back pass the pool is open late when the other stations close around the ice cream bar. So you can get sodas/alcohol etc in the back later at night. But you will have to go inside for food.
@JNTravels2 ай бұрын
We just booked this cruise today for October🐸🐸
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
Nice! Have a fantastic time! Would love to hear how you liked it when you get back.
@donaldcook40613 ай бұрын
very good review. I too am considered diamond status on MSC due to my high status on another cruise line. Although ive never sailed an MSC ship before. Thanks for the heads up on the main dining room seating. I’m an introvert so seating with other people as a no go for me. I’m definitely gonna have to do specialty dining or a book a suite in the yacht club. Also good to know they have limited free food options outside of the buffet. Very informative video thanks a lot.
@TravelTouristVideos3 ай бұрын
Thank you- glad it's helpful! 😊 Yeah MSC should get with the times and allow more flexibility for guests at the MDR dinner. I forgot to mention that they did have a "My Choice" dining but those are only for guests who booked Aurea suites, but not necessarily Yacht Club. That's silly though limiting "My Choice" to just suite guests.
@KatyNoel-d6l2 ай бұрын
@@donaldcook4061 I do believe this is only for leaving from US! From Southhampton you can still have as many as you like at no extra cost! I was on Euribia in April and just booked 2 on the Virtuosa x
@angelaherring5443Ай бұрын
I’m checking it out.
@kathyvelasquez36823 ай бұрын
Would not like the crowds or the noise level. But, loved Joanne's outfits. Food looked good.
@TravelTouristVideos3 ай бұрын
Thanks Kathy! 😊 Yeah the MDR was super crowded and loud, but the food was pretty good.
@jlawrence01812 ай бұрын
Great video. As much as I like your video, I am not ready to pull the trigger on an MSC ship. It reminds me too much of my ONLY Costa cruise. I will admit that I have seen a couple of MSC cruises out of NYC in the vicinity of $68 pppd to the Bahamas and Bermuda. But I just booked a 8 day Southern Caribbean cruise on Carnival Magic for $37 pppd. I cannot match that price at a Super 8. I will be the first to admit that the food looked a lot better than I have seen on other videos. I do not think that I could handle all that noise and all those people as the ship would be the largest one that we have been on. Have you folks done a Transpacific cruise at this point? We are planning to finally make our trip to the Philippines and Singapore and would like to cruise one way. Nice to see you cruising again.
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
Thanks JL! 😊 Wow that's a tremendous rate- great find! Yes on the Meraviglia they really pack the tables so close together at the MDR, and without high ceilings, it gets super noisy. Food was definitely much improved- we'll have a lot more to show on what they had. We haven't tried a transpacific yet but sounds very interesting! Never visited Philippines, but Singapore is amazing. You should definitely do that cruise and stay in Singapore for a few days.
@TroyMekulik3 ай бұрын
Was there any sort of accommodation for the delayed arrival to one port and missing one entirely ?
@besweeeet23 ай бұрын
Some of those crowds looked a bit too big for my liking. I had good luck on RC's Voyager, Grandeur, and Navigator OTS.
@TravelTouristVideos3 ай бұрын
Can get very crowded for sure, but it's mostly at the MDR & buffet do they seem more so than the other big ships
@LouiseDonald-rw9ox12 күн бұрын
180 Gulgowski Hollow
@KatyNoel-d6l2 ай бұрын
Hi just wanted to know how the food compared to Princess please? I know you have done many princess cruises and is it really worth the difference in price? I’ve only ever done MSC and have 2 more booked, but I have nothing to compare it to x
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
Princess had slightly better food at the main dining dinner. Both have pretty good buffets, and the pizzas were similar.
@bradh31393 ай бұрын
Thanks, David. I have heard so many positive and negative things about MSC, that I’m not eager to give them a try. You’ve convinced me NOT to go there. Compacted, loud dining is a gigantic turn off.
@TravelTouristVideos3 ай бұрын
Our pleasure Brad! 😊 Yeah we can see how the noise can put many guests off. If you can get a good rate you might be able to have a specialty dining where it's much quieter & drinks package included and still be cheaper than base fare for some other lines.
@mariedilly36492 ай бұрын
we were on this cruise June 23 - 30th...When was this video filmed?
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
We left the cruise on the 16th, so 2 weeks apart. Hope you guys had a good time!
@andrismith2472Ай бұрын
Was that in the beginning of the month? we are looking to go Jun 1st
@TravelTouristVideosАй бұрын
Yup ended on June 5
@andrismith2472Ай бұрын
We want to try it June 1 2025, hoping now too crowded
@TravelTouristVideosАй бұрын
@@andrismith2472 Yeah it was very crowded for us, but still a lot of fun.
@vincentnnyc2 ай бұрын
i hear conflicting response about food and drink in msc ocean kay. i heard the buffet and drink are complimentary when you are on the ocean kay island and when i call msc and talk to a rep...they said i have to pay out of my own pocket. can someone confirm if we have the food and drink in ocean kay extra and that we have to pay out of own pocket or not? does that mean we should eat first before we leave the ship or come back to the ship to eat if we want to eat for free?
@TravelTouristVideos2 ай бұрын
Yup the buffet is complimentary, and so are the beach shack food trucks. We were looking forward to doing a video of it, but the ship missed the port. Here is MSC's official info on the free food (and other useful info) about Ocean Cay: www.msccruisesusa.com/faq/ocean-cay
@aa-py7leАй бұрын
How is the internet connection Is it worth getting it
@TravelTouristVideosАй бұрын
It was pretty fast, though we only bought it for 2 days of the cruise and used our cellular plan (which has international service) when at the ports. If you want to purchase for the entire cruise, be sure to buy before at least several days before your cruise starts as there should be a discount for the package.
@deirdret28242 ай бұрын
The seating with other guests is not true. It depends which dinning room you are assigned to. I sailed 2x’s on this ship & both times we sat by ourselves.
@meizhenliu1336Ай бұрын
Lol I went there at August 25
@TravelTouristVideosАй бұрын
Nice! How did you like it?
@HelinaDonna-u6o6 күн бұрын
Carroll Pass
@robynparker42543 ай бұрын
Husband and I will no longer consider a cruise with MSC. It is my understanding that they do not allow smoking in the casino. That IS odd considering that it is an Italian based company.
@TravelTouristVideos3 ай бұрын
More cruise lines are shifting towards banning smoking in casinos, but yeah for now many are stilling allowing it.
@susanfoley30183 ай бұрын
Sounds like the dining room rules are not conducive to your food videos (paying for extra entrees, sitting with other). 😄
@TravelTouristVideos3 ай бұрын
Pretty much! 😁
@AlyBing-f7n13 күн бұрын
Roberts Circle
@EllisLucy-h6x20 күн бұрын
204 Favian Circle
@brianshaw373Ай бұрын
That ship just looks too big…
@Mel-p9o2 ай бұрын
You don’t pronounce the g….its pronounced m e r - a - v i - l i a
@TroyMekulik3 ай бұрын
Was there any sort of accommodation for the delayed arrival to one port and missing one entirely ?
@TravelTouristVideos3 ай бұрын
All they did was refund the port taxes for Ocean Cay. It wasn't their fault with the weather, but yeah they could've been more generous such as offering future cruise credit.