MSC Cruises & Costa Cruises - 9 Differences

Have you cruised with either MSC Cruises or Costa Cruises and are wondering how they compare? Prior to my first Costa Cruise, I thought that they would be similar to MSC Cruises (they're both Italian lines), how different can they be. Right?! Wrong.

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In this video I talk about differences in:

- Dining
- Languages
- Water
- Price
- Smoking
- Buffet
- Pizza
- Housekeeping
- Muster drill

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[Enginuiti]

I know its a bit old, but found this really helpful for considering a Costa Cruise.

[joelanderson]

hey emma if you want to know what how costa cruise line is just look up cruise ship diries on you tube and you will find out about costa cruises and how they operate

[RamblingWithPhil]

I haven't been on either MSC or Costa so it was nice to learn about both in "one sitting".  I like to eat but I'm not so sure I want to be eating dinner for 3 hours and not to have a late night snack option at the buffet which would be closed on Costa.  Good things to know!  How are these cruise lines for children?  Any idea?  My daughter is 11. Will there be much for her to do on either of these cruise lines?

[faceshelds]

i remember i was in primary school and the fire alarm went off in a lesson and honestly back then i would be hard to deal with but then just randomly the muster siren goes off? What about if it was real? Like it could of been because of the Concordia so people aren't scared but for little kids that would be really scary probably.

[robertogolisano]

Cruise is not for old people but ritch.
What do you prefer Costa or Msc? I had a cruise with MSc musica and Costa Concordia long time ago.
I preferred Msc but Costa is more cheap!

[antoninad]

I traveled with Costa for a few years and on every cruise everybody of crew members speaks english, all informations are also in english....i do not agree with your opinion of this...

[miguelnazareth]

I am d Ex Costa Cruise Lines as as d werst cruise lines among all d cruise lines in d world.

[henryrosa]

Very good comparison of the 2 cruise lines. I’ve been on costa 1 time and to Italy lots and the reason there’s no pizza 🍕 is because in Italy pizza is not made with sauce but with tomatoes 🍅 and cheese 🧀 and since they cater to Italians they would complain. You should do a group cruise, I know I would go.