Watch This Before You Cruise on MSC Seashore

Our MSC Seashore cruise from Port Canaveral wasn't all doom and gloom. We're still MSC Cruise fans, and you can't beat their prices. But this cruise wasn't as great as our prior MSC experiences on MSC Seaside and MSC Meraviglia. The opulence was weak. See what happened.

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Add your thoughts to the comments section! Is it better now? We hope Captain Stefano can pull things together.

[admtim]

We are completely prepared to get tossed off our next MSC cruise like Ben and Jerry because we said things that were completely honest but not 100% positive. If we can’t be honest, there’s no sense doing this anymore. We might have to go incognito 😷

[whiskywillie]

Just disembarking today July 18, 2024...what a wonderful experience compared to our first MSC cruise last year.

Table service food quality proved from a 5 to an 8 out of ten.

Buffet 9/10

Pizza 10/10....by far the best!

Ocean Cay 10/10, better than Castaway Key (been here 10 times)

Plenty of pools and activities.

Theater shows: 9/10 Broadway quality....

I am an MSC convert and will become a frequent cruiser with this brand.

You get good value for your money!!!

[rotfan]

Great review and a little humor like it. Thanks

[pedrozatravel]

Very interesting, thank you for the honest review.

[cynthiamorgan]

FINALLY someone who is HONEST! Thank you for having the guts to tell the truth. People are so scared to admit their vacation wasn't perfect. Every single cruise has its problems, but it seems these were easily preventable.

[americancomputercare]

This is honestly the best cruise review channel anywhere on YouTube. Solid information and humor too! You should have a show on the Travel Channel!

[sonnyc]

Wow! Thank you for taking the time to post this candid review.

[FraserAtSea]

As a loyal MSC cruiser, I was pretty disgusted with my recent experience on MSC Meraviglia. It took us HOURS to leave the ship at multiple ports, and the crew were a nightmare re complaints.

I was hoping it was a one-off, but I’m sad to hear that it sounds potentially fleet-wide… 😢

[admtim]

AMAZED to see so many people who were actually pleased with this cruise! Some folks have an incredibly low bar. If you enjoy waiting four hours standing around just to get OFF a ship, then, wow.

[FRM]

Have sailed 3X on MSC, last being YC on Seaside. Awesome experiences. Booked Seashore YC for 4dy V-Day cruise also in Nov and a 7 day Feb 2025. All YC. Hope they pull it together.

[erinross]

Enjoying your reviews. Looking at MSC for 2025 and still uncertain what to do (also looking at Princess, but the price point of MSC can’t be ignored). So many of the reviews for MSC are cruises departing the US, and I’m specifically looking for reviews of their European cruises. I have a feeling that some of the issues with US departing cruises might not exist for the European cruises.

[naeemahricketts]

Thank you for sharing this review.
Your commentary was hilarious. Gave me quite the chuckle throughout 😂
Going on the Seashore Feb. 17-25, 2024 which I’m looking forward to.
Went on the Meraviglia May 2023 and had a great experience. The worst part of the cruise was embarkation & disembarkation which were a hot mess. Unfortunately, It appears that poor embarkation and disembarkation is a MSC staple. Despite it all, I’ll still be cruising with MSC.

[benbarker]

"Come for the non-existent service, stay for the guy singing Cher!" -MSC

[cheryltracy]

I am literally crying 😂 this is the BEST cruise channel ❤

[johnwalker]

Appreciate your honesty. And sarcasm and humor are always welcome. Every other review is so boring!

[benyarbrough]

You’re funny 😂 when you said “that’s the customer service desk, but that statement is a oxymoron” 🤣

[kaspergrazyna]

I have never watched a video review to the end. I have to say this was very entertaining.🤣

[brevardmarketing]

Dude I totally want to cruise with you and your people. You are freaking hilarious 😂

[admtim]

IMPORTANT NOTICE for those sailing on MSC Seashore:
If you're DRIVING to the port, when you pull into the port area, follow the signs for MSC Seashore. When you approach the parking area, STAY TO THE LEFT and do NOT pull into the parking lot first. It may be labeled 'drop off' or it might not be. It wasn't when we pulled in, and we know better, and we STILL made this mistake! Normally, there's a luggage drop-off after you pay for parking but before you pull into the actual garage, but they're doing construction on the adjacent parking lot, so that was gone in November. You can drop your bags off with the porters near passenger drop off, and then drive back up the road and make a left into the parking garage.

[TheRiverPirate]

I do cruise reviews also mate. That looks almost exactly like our MSC Seaside experience at Port Canaveral for the April 27th 2023 sailing. The ship was almost 200 crew short due to delays on Visa approvals (lets clarify that isn't MSC's fault but the US Govt) as the ship had just come over from Europe. We had an easy embarkation with almost no wait so that was better. We had the Fantastica experience. Our experience was compounded by 400 Expedia cruise travel agents onboard who got priority for everything, so service was even slower! We learned from the MSC Seaside experience NOT to book Seashore for the month of November when it first arrived but wait till December as crew staffing and training would be improved substantially. Ocean Cay has some very soft sand beaches we visited, so you look like you went to the one that wasn't. We have done 10 Carnival cruises in the last 5 years, and those cruises were all outstanding on almost every level. RCCL was a little less outstanding but good none the less. MSC will no doubt be great eventually in my opinion. They are definitely on a learning curve! When I did my video review of MSC Seaside I realized there were far more positives than negatives on that MSC Seaside cruise.