MSC Divina

MSC Divina was the hostess ship for the annual Vegan Cruise organized by Holistic Holiday At Sea. I never heard of this Italian cruise line until now.
I was lucky enough to booked just days before they sold out, so I was able to enjoy a truly fantastic experience. 1,800 vegans from all over the world gathered to learn the latest on vegans news, and just face it, to have incredible amounts of fun with their vegan tribe.
The ship was elegantly decorated, with the grandiose style of the Italian cinema from the fifties. Fellini, Sophia Loren, La Dolce Vita… you get the picture.
We were served three scrumptious vegan meals every day, all consisting of five main courses. The vegan chefs really did an outstanding job with their culinary creations.
We also attended a large series of conferences, cooking classes, Qi-​Gong, Yoga, Pilates, and seminars provided by vegan experts and renowned doctors like Neal Barnard and Michael Kapler. The information I gathered was just overwhelming. All attendees received vegan samples from the newest vegan companies in the world. Nice.
Every day was very hectic. We had singles socials events, vegan pizza parties, dancing, two gala dinners and fun excursions on the islands we stopped.
Memorable, without a doubt, were the ones to the rain forest in Puerto Rico and the Blackbeard Castle in St. Thomas.
I made so many new friends on board, that the last night farewell party was bittersweet…
Next year Divina will be the hostess again. Guess who’s going?

MSC is one of the worst cruise lines. They are disrespectful, the food is TERRIBLE, and the staff will treat you like a criminal. I witnessed my cruise turn into a police state with the addition of a private security firm hired by MSC to literally police the cruisers. The Divina is a lovely ship, completely wasted by a terrible company.

2 stars due to it being a beautiful ship and the shows are very good. But Divina falls short in customer service, embarkation/​debarkation process and food. I sail 2 – 4 times per year and they fall in last ranking for me.

This was my 4^th time cruising with MSC– it was a great time 3 years ago but this last trip had a bunch of horrible things.
–Food– went down in quality, No variety and definitely didn’t put any care or love when making it. Also they did not give many options it was either pizza or burgers at one point and salad, it felt like I was in a terrible high school cafeteria
–bartenders– they were so lazy, didn’t want to prepare any drinks, some of the staff will curse at customers and were just plain rude
–Security– they hired Israeli ex-​Massad security to police and hassle the cruisers– unbelievable– is this a cruise or a police state? This new security was completely unnecessary they were basically profiling and picking on people they were very aggressive towards people NOT a fun time and they also stole money out of people’s rooms.
It is a beautiful ship sadly the service was exceptionally terrible

The Bands and Fans were amazing and saved our vacation…
There are no words to explain how disappointed my husband and I were in the MSC Divina. We just got off the Def Leppard Cruise January 21 — 25 2016.
This is our eighth cruise and it was hands down the worst experience we have ever had! This review doesn’t even deserve a 1 Star but it’s my only option.
The quality, service and food was beyond unacceptable. I truly believe you could get better service and food at a soup kitchen.
I know my standards are high because we typically cruise with Disney, but as I told management, MSC is not fit to wipe the mud off Mickey’s shoes.
The ship is beautiful at first glance but it’s only surface deep!
I don’t understand how this company has received anything other than a one star unless they were Yacht Club members or they bribed people to post good reviews but please, if you are given the opportunity to choose a cruise line, do not choose this one. Run fast and far from MSC. I’ve realized MSC stands for Most Sh***y Cruise line!
Listed below are only half of the issues we encountered on our trip:
First of all walking through the ship as soon as we arrived the floors were sticky like something you would experience in a movie theatre and this was throughout the week. Initially there were no clean glasses to order drinks. Finally when we went to order drinks, the bartenders were EXTREMELY slow. AND they were discriminating to our group. Not that I drink but my friends were not able to order the drink package because we were with the Def Leppard Group however the other guests on the ship that booked and were never told it was a rock cruise were able to order the drink package???
The hours of the food service were ridiculous. Breakfast was only served from 7:00 — 9:00 am in the sit down restaurants and I could never figure out the barffet hours because every time we went there, they were tearing everything down. At one point my husband went to grab something from the barffet at 6:00 IN THE EVENING and yep, it was closed. There was absolutely no fancy deserts to speak of. However if you speak to them they have SEVEN small bite size options to choose from that are far from appetizing.
As the time went on we got more disgusted with options and hours so we decided to go into a small lounge to order and PAY for a pizza hoping it would be better than the food that is included with the cruise since we would have to pay additional money for it, but we were desperate so off we went. Upon arriving at the counter, we waited 5 SOLID minutes as five employees were huddled maybe 8 feet away in the corner talking never to acknowledge our existence. This location was open Noon to Midnight of coarse because you had to pay but what good is it if they wont help you? I tool their photo and immediately reported them to guest services. The next day management called me and wanted to have a meeting which was a complete waste of our time because everything I pointed out and the concerns I had seemed to have some form of an excuse with no intention of taking my thoughts, concerns, idea or opinion to heart. I did get four free pizza’s for the remainder of the cruise, however the service never got better but the pizza was better than any other option. Wasn’t great but better.
At breakfast I ordered pancakes only to wait 20 minutes to get the syrup. The following day I ordered hot chocolate and they brought the package of cocoa and 15 minutes later I got the warm milk and mixed it myself. The following day someone at our table ordered a glass of milk and was brought a very small juice glass of milk which was only half full if that. It was pathetic!
For dinner the one and only night we tried the food, I ordered Filet and Shrimp. The Shrimp was so disgusting I spit it out and the filet was the worst I ever had with no flavor.
A friend fell getting off the ship scraping up her knee and leg really bad and the employee that witnessed the fall replied and I quote «Watch it Lady!» That’s nice! She then went to medical on two separate occasions and both times they were closed. However we should be thankful because it they were open we found the charge would have been $ 95.00. Are you kidding me?!
I then had issues with shore excursions and was told the only person that could help me was the manager. I went to the excursion desk THREE times and she was NEVER there.
Walking through the halls there was a paper on the ground by our stateroom and it stayed there an entire day before getting picked up. Also we passed spilled mustard in the hall that after several people walked by, it was just walked into the carpet and never picked up.

Not impressed. The food is some of the worst I have ever had on a cruise ship, and the ship itself is too compartmentalized. The staff was the saving grace for me, but overall, not impressed!

The MSC Divina was the ship that took me on my first cruise. We boarded through the port of Miami. The air conditioner was turned all the way up and it was freezing. Everyone was dressed for vacation, wearing t-​shirts and shorts, and the cold really cut right through us.
I boarded the cruise ship on a Wednesday afternoon and discovered my cabin was still trashed from the previous occupants. The ship had been used for some sort of rave cruise and the guests apparently had a very good time. It took housekeeping another 90 minutes to prepare my room. I don’t understand why we were allowed to board before the rooms were cleaned.
Because this was my first cruise I bought some Dramamine beforehand in case of motion sickness. I have been on boats before, even deep sea fishing, and never experienced any symptoms of motion sickness. During the cruise I didn’t feel sick but on the first day at sea I found myself dizzy and frequently off-​balance.
On Thursday night I locked myself out of my cabin and had to request a new room key from the reception desk. They asked my room number and gave me a new keycard without asking my name or to see any identification. It would have been too easy to lie about my room number and get a key to the wrong cabin. I briefly considered a new life as a cat burglar, sneaking into every other cabin on my deck and rifling through my neighbor’s personal items, stealing anything valuable I came across. I eventually decided against embarking on a life of crime and returned to my room.
I enjoyed the buffet even though the ice machine was frequently empty. There were many sit down restaurants on the ship but I didn’t make reservations at any of them. I heard it was basically the same food served at the buffet except you had to wait for it.
There were several pay movies offered on the television in my cabin but I wasn’t interested in any of them. I downloaded «The Poseidon Adventure» through my iTunes account and watched the disaster film on my phone. I’ve always loved the ocean and I think my fascination with shipwrecks is probably is a part of that. There was a period during my childhood when I was obsessed with the Titanic and I listened to the score from the Broadway musical often during my cruise. I guess I was tempting fate. If we sank I decided to go down with the ship. It might have been a tragic enough death to warrant a Wikipedia page.

Horrible customer service experience.
The problems arose with our 1^st late dinner seating in the Bella Rosa dining room where the service was slow and the food was not the best however what happened to us was a different story, one of disrespect and one we felt from our first dinner.
As a group of Canadians and Americans of E. Indian decent, we were happy to see our waiter, «John» was Indian. When we greeted him in Hindi, he asked us to speak English only, which we can appreciate however it was his tone which set us off. We didn’t feel special and this feeling is one that is critical, especially in the main dining room, on all cruises. As a side note, the service was extremely slow and we had to ask multiple times to get even our water refilled.
At the end of meal, we asked to switch tables, as we felt we were in a corner and didn’t «feel the love» of our waiter. Please note that this same waiter, was extremely friendly with other tables and we did notice that they were all of European dissent (we felt there was favoritism going on with others and we were being discriminated against). We were told the ship was full and there was nothing they could do.
We didn’t take any lunches in the main dining room but on the 2^nd night, we were thrilled to hear we could custom order Indian food if we gave 24-​hour service. The Matre D was most accommodating in placing our order and told us we’d have delicious Indian food the next night.
The next night which was the Italian Night, we were served but when we asked about our Indian order, the supervisor told us wasn’t ordered. When we mentioned we placed the order the night before, they were quick to follow up and the Italian Matre D told us it was on its way and if he could be of any further help. He was very friendly. The food came and we all enjoyed but it was the fact that no one seemed to care for us without us having to speak up and stress how this order was placed the night before.
It was my father’s 60^th Birthday on 23Dec/​15 and we purchased a surprise birthday cake prior, paying in cash $ 21.
After dinner we had to ask our waiter 3 times to bring the cake. It took 45-​minutes to receive it. Once we get the cake, they didn’t even bring a knife to cut it, but we tried not to get too upset with the service. Mind, you, we also never got refills for water; the wait would only come to take our order, come back with the food and leave.
Then the disgusting disrespect happened, the waiter claimed we have not paid for it insisting for us to buy it again (which we told him for which we have a printed receipt and would be happy to go back to the cabin after dinner to retrieve it), rather than calmly saying there must be a misunderstanding which could be sorted out later.
Tempers then started to flare up. We were told repeatedly that this cake wasn’t paid for and we felt like second class people, trying to prove our point. As tempers flared and our tried to prove our point, five-​six staff came and caused a scene. One of the staff members angrily (while pointing his finger at my father) cursed at him, and that’s when everything got nasty.
We were deliberately sworn at for getting upset because we refused to pay again for a $ 21 cake, a whole upheaval was created and the staff burst out yelling and disrespecting us on his birthday. All this over a surprise birthday cake that was already paid for and somehow wasn’t showing in the system. Can you imagine a huge cruise line and ship basically ruining their reputation over $ 21 dollars? What a shame!
I will stress, although tempers were flaring, no one in our group swore but after hearing this waiter curse at us and threatened to disembark us (kick us off the cruise). And for what, getting upset because we didn’t want to pay for a birthday cake twice.
At this point, we were furious. It was right before Christmas and we were all so upset that it was hard not to feel we were being discriminated against.
We came on this cruise, spent thousands of dollars for a vacation and time with each other to grow but we have been mistreated, discriminated against, and treated unfairly.
This matter was reported to Mr. Franco Rizzo F & B Director and Ms. Daniela Nugnes, Guest Relations Manager aboard the cruise who listened to the entire story, brought in the dining staff to the meeting and promised us a full report before we disembarked the cruise. They then moved us to the Black Crab restaurant (which we had requested from day one).
Unfortunately, we never heard back from them before disembarking the cruise so we’re not sure of the action they’ve taken (in regards to the crewmember who cursed at us) to avoid this from happening again.
Aside from moving us to the other main restaurant, there was no formal apology or no further compensation for this most humiliating incident.
Please do not waste your money traveling on any MSC cruise.

As the name of the cruiser this is my first time on an MSc ship. In the MSC Divina is definitely one of the largest ship shall see you in any port that you enter. They have two sets of sub or skis crystal stair cases, which I’m sure lead to many weddings. You heard the story about every woman wanting their staircase moment, hahaha.
This ship is large! To get from point A to point B it appears that you’re walking a half mile each way or more. Just from the elevator to our room sometimes seems like a real Trek. But in its defense, it is exquisitely decorated has more bars than I could count, the way they do there standard breakfast lunch dinner fare is very nice. The 24 hour room service is great. The beverage packages are reasonable and accessible. The buffet offers a cornucopia of anything you could want.
I love this ship! The captain was fabulous, the bathroom was large as well as the cabin in the balcony just made it exquisite. This is definitely a ship that you could go on more than a seven day cruise and not feel claustrophobic.
As far as things going on they have Broadway type shows every night, and active large casino, multiple pools, of great Spa, a good workout room,… they had an outdoor theater to watch movies at, night club specifically for more after hours, and they made the best smoothie concoctions that you could ever dream of. They have gourmet coffee stations, ice cream stations and the stores on the ship offered a variety of anything you could want.
I cannot wait to sell on the MSC devient again or another one of the MSC cruisers.
What’s a girl to do? When you love a ship or a ship line, go with it and go on a cruise as soon as possible.

We booked a 7 day cruise to Italy, France and Spain on the MSC Divina this month and no doubt the ship is beautiful but we were very disappointed. The pillows in the room were dirty and smelly. The customer service was awful. They do not pick up the phones and when they do they take over an hour to come out for help. (Our safe got stuck)
The tours we booked did not provide us with enough time to explore the place we visited. We also got on the wrong bus for one of our tours and the tour guide failed to advise we were in the wrong bus after checking our ticket and checking the bus twice before we left the port. In another tour the description on their tour guide book states they leave you at the Colesseum (in Rome) but they really leave you elsewhere far from everything.
The food in the buffet and dining room was horrible. It was mostly pasta, pizza, burgers and hot dogs. The selection of food was very limited. We will definitely not travel with MSC again. Most people in the ship were complaining about the disorganization and were very unhappy.

The Worst cruise ever!!! Worst food (college cafeteria food is tastier!!) worst service !
Worst everything! The cruise is new and okay but what’s a cruise with no good food?!

Es una linda embarcación, pero no sobresale a ninguna.
Esta demasiado colmada de gente y en los horarios picos es imposible conseguir una reposera. En la hora de almuerzo estándar es imposible encontrar un espacio, por lo que es recomendable ir fuera de horario. Lamentablemente ahí las opciones de comidas cambian bastante.
Los espectáculos son buenos y la tripulación muy amable.
Cobran aparte del valor abonado un fee de 12 dólares diarios por persona en concepto de «gratuity».
El servicio en la habitación tiene costo y no es tan bueno como en otras líneas.
Recomiendo visitarlo solamente si conviene por precio.

There’s definitely some ups and downs but overall a great value for what we paid.
We booked a 8 days 7 night cruise for the Caribbean leaving out of Miami, picked this particular cruise ship because of it’s tonnage and how new it is, built in 2012. Since I’m a cruise veteran, I’m very particular about the size of the boat and the year it went into service, obviously newer is better, and bigger is better. This boat fits the bill for both.
Service: 3 stars, wait staff, bartenders, and house keeping are all very nice. The bartenders only knows how to make the drinks on the menu, but nothing else. There’s a language barrier between all of them as they all speak very limited English.
Food: 2 stars, poor compared to other cruise lines. The buffet served the exact same food every single night of the cruise. The dining room options are slightly better but the taste was just very lacking compared to Princess or Royal Caribbean.
Entertainment: 3 stars. The shows are very normal, the dancers are pretty talented. The social team organized activities during the day on the boat, those were ok. The piano performers in the lobby and in the bar were very good, we really enjoyed those.
Ports of Calls: There was 3 stops, and each one was alot of fun. We did not book any of the excursions offered by the ship and simply went and explored on our own. It’s alot cheaper that way.
Overall, I would recommend it for the great value, but don’t expect too much.

The MSC Divina is one of MSC Cruises «Fantasia» class ships. Completed in 2012 it is 1092 feet long, can accommodate 3,959 passengers in 1,637 cabins, a crew of 1,325 and weighs in at 139,400 tons.
As cruise ships go it is probably one of the most strikingly beautiful I’ve ever been aboard, and I’ve been aboard a lot of them. Every detail of its interior exudes with tasteful design, décor and detail in craftsmanship. Most everything along those lines are well thought out from the sound deadening acoustics apparent in most every area of the ship to the lavish Swarovski imbedded crystals of a staircase, the cost of which I understand to have been 20,000 Euros per step with 150 steps.
As for the crew, some of the best, most accommodating and professionally polite one might ever hope to encounter, and as an added plus, impeccably attired in white uniform jackets.
When I was aboard, the entertainment held in the ships Pantheon Theater was some of the best I’ve seen aboard a cruise ship with the costumes being amongst the most spectacular and lavish.
Unfortunately the downside for me was the food. I believe most aficionados of cruising would agree with me that a good 50% of the purpose and enjoyment of a cruise is the food and it’s here that the Divina sort of falls flat. They tend to brag everything up as the finest of Italian cuisine, but to me it was more of a black eye in the face of Italian culinary arts. Their pasta, soggy with little if any al dente texture to the bite. As for their steaks of Italian sourced meats, I’ll take American over it any day. On other dishes, bland, flavorless and generally tasteless. As for breakfasts, the Black Crab restaurant offered the same boring small abbreviated unimaginative menu every day of my 7 day cruise. And when it comes to such things as burgers or hotdogs, all precooked, nothing made to order, greasy and overdone. However, on their formal gala night, they did offer lobster tails and did put on a very impressive «March of the Baked Alaska» using real flame fire, an oddity in today’s world of safety first over concerns. Unfortunately the lobster had been overcooked and had the consistency of rubber, but the Baked Alaska though not superior, was better than average.
For the ship itself, a solid 4 Stars Plus but for the food, though not bad, simply not up to par with what one would expect aboard a cruise ship, hence I just can’t find it in myself to give the MSC Divina any better than an overall Three Stars.

MSC SPARED NO OPPORTUNITY TO CUT COSTS OR FINE YOU FOR «ANYTHING»
First off, a lot of these positive reviews are fake, I got off with 5000 other disgruntled customers and no one leaves a positive review. In fact, many people told me this place doesn’t deserve a review for their time. For serving millions of families so far, the review count is already disgustingly low.
The entertainment staff had a contest several times that anyone to leave them a 5 star review on Unilocal gets to enter in a contest for a free cruise (not including airfare) so already some reviews are fake in an attempt to win. Prob only a few people submitted reviews and deleted them when they didn’t win. Those that are still there are prob ones someone forgot to delete.
The rooms smelled like sh*t whenever a neighboring room flushes and the employees deny the smell even though it’s obvious. The room doors have issues and don’t always open, sometimes they get jammed up to an hour and the other room attendants won’t help you. First they don’t understand you and refuse to come help, they tell you to call your own attendant and that’s it. Then walk away.
We had told MSC weeks in advance we eat no meat, no egg and no seafood and when we went to fine dining, it had meat or fish. No real vegetarian options and this was a great opportunity for the dining manager to show off and contribute to the MSC Brand by helping us, instead he hassled us with his ego and kept telling us we would have to leave and he would have something ready for us tomorrow (trust me, don’t expect anything better to be said about the next day). Carnival and Norwegian don’t have stupid dining managers. They have Chefs… And this happened on those other 2 cruise lines as well, however, the chef, hand made us anything of our choice on those 2 cruises. MSC practically told us to f**k off and we could eat like 2 – 3 things upstairs.
One day, they closed dinner early upstairs and tried to force us to go to fine dining where there no food. We exploded on the idiots thinking this was ok. This is unacceptable.
Also there were many times we tried called the reception, we would be put on hold and then they would hang up a minute (literally 1 min, we timed it every time) later.
One day, they cleaned our room and tried to took away the Orange towels from bathroom floor… Didn’t restock them and then tried to charge is $ 40 each for losing them. WHO PAYS $ 40 for rough low grade towels? Idiots. But we didn’t pay for it since we yelled at them and made it clear that it wasn’t restocked and housekeeping admitted it.
They also let people cut in line, then the staff tells you to shut up or they will send you to the back, very abusive.
There’s lots more that happened, but honestly I’ll make it simple. I expected to have a great time since its MSC, a good cargo company, but apparently we are no different than the cargo.

I consider myself a seasoned cruiser and felt compelled to write a review after my 7-​day cruise on the MSC Divina.
Ports of Call: Falmouth, Jamaica, Georgetown, Grand Cayman Islands, Cozumel, Mexico and Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas
Embarkation-​Smooth
Luggage Delivery to Cabin-​Great
Balcony Stateroom-​Handicapped Room, Spacious, Beautiful Décor… the water in the bathroom does not flow to the drain while showering which leaves the entire bathroom floor wet after your shower
Crew– Very helpful
Food-​Left a lot to be desired. Buffet food was basically the same dishes daily. The dining room offered more variety, however the food lacked taste and visual appeal. The ship did offer vegetarian options which is great! Seafood night in the dining room was the best.
Waitstaff-​Overall the waitstaff was good and attentive.
The Ship-​Absolutely gorgeous! Beauty at sea! I loved the sculptures, paintings swarvoski crystal staircases, chandelier… the décor on this ship was amazing!
Entertainment-​Mediocre
Cost-​Average
Disembarkation-​Smooth
Guest Services-​Friendly and Accommodating
I would sail on MSC Divina again, hopefully in the European ports of call! Thumbs up MSC for catering to the North American market.

We got an awesome deal on this cruise. If it wasn’t for the price, I would be more critical, but my room was clean, I always had food in my belly, and a drink nearby. Great ports, great excursions, great family vacation.

I posted my review on the MSC cruise section but felt it would be helpful here too:
I am still on cloud 9 from my recent cruise on the MSC Divina from April 19 – 26, 2014 sailing from Miami to St Maarten, Tortola, and Great Stirrup Cay. This cruise was a last minute decision. I read some so so reviews about the cruiseline and was a bit apprehensive prior to my cruise. Kids aged 11 and under sail for free!
FOOD:
PROS:
When we boarded, we were ushered to deck 14 (their Lido deck) for some lunch. I have to say that the food on deck 14 beats out the food anywhere else on the ship… including the main diningroom. They slice fresh prosciutto, hard salami, bacon every day for lunch. They also had fresh hand made pastas and various sauces every single day… some of the best that I’ve ever had and I don’t even like pasta!
Then there’s the pizza. Wow. These people know pizza! My favorite was their margherita pizza… all of the ingredients tasted so fresh. They used good cheese that would pull and become stringy when you were biting it. The dough was also nice and chewy. I’ve never had so much pizza and pasta in my life! And out of all of my cruises, I’ve never been as FULL and stuffed as I was on this cruise.
There was always an assortment of fruits and excellent desserts. Their desserts beat those of Carnival and NCL hands down. They made alot of mousses and other desserts that were not overly sweet which is my preference.
They also had an «Ethnic Corner» which featured different foods every day. We had indian food, chinese, thai, seafood paella (some of the best Ive had. Very tasty), and Greek.
The food in the main dining room was just average. The plating needed ALOT of work. I normally like to take photos of my food but the plating was so lackluster that I didn’t take any photos of the food after the first night. The food was different every night, but there was nothing that I had where I went: WOW… except for the hand made pasta dishes… those were incredibly good. If not for my vanity and love for dressing up every night, I’d eat upstairs on deck 14 where there was more variety to choose from and had basically some of the same foods they served downstairs.
CONS: Some of the worst burgers that I have ever tasted. I get that this is a European line and we are supposed to do as the Europeans do, but you are sailing from an American port of call and probably have at least 70% Americans on the ship. It would be nice to have one all American item such as the burger made well. The buns were stale and hard. The burger was still shaped like the ice hockey puck that they originated from. There was just no flavor in it and needs a lot of work.
Breakfast was lacking omelette station.
ALCOHOL:
Alcohol was priced very reasonably and they make their drinks very very good. You could buy a 15-​voucher coupon book for $ 72 (like $ 85 after tips added) and you could use those coupons for any drink which comes out to $ 5.66/drink where you would normally pay around $ 8.25/drink…so there is a substantial saving. We ended up buying 2 15-​voucher books… drinks were that good.
Beers were about $ 5 each and very reasonable.
PHOTOS:
This is the first cruise that I have ever been on where I did not buy any of their professional photos. I find that they didn’t photoshop as much as the other ships. All they did was add filters and make the photos in HD which can be a bad thing when you have wrinkles/pimples/scars…it just highlights those blemishes. Photos were also reasonably priced though and they gave many buy 3 get 2 sort of discounts which I have never seen on the other lines that I’ve sailed from.
ROOM:
Our room was a nice size. Bed was comfy. Sheets did not feel as clean as I would have liked. MORE BLEACH PLEASE! I appreciated that the bathroom did not stink of septic waste by the 4^th day. On other ships, we found that the bathroom stench would permeate out of the bathroom and into the room due to the septic tanks filling up from everyone going to the bathroom. No smells were detected at all.
SHIP:
Ship is very elegantly designed. I loved the swarovski staircase and took many a successful photos on it/​near it/​bottom of it/​top of it. Even though it was a sold out ship with about 4000 passengers and 1500 or so crew, the ship never ever felt crowded. There were 3 pools (I think) and hot tubs through out the entire ship and you never felt on top of each other.
GYM:
The gym is small. There is no shower or changing room. The machines get taken up fast and I got into it with a European couple that was extremely rude but in the end, I got to stay on my treadmill. Ha! Suck it!
All in all, it was a very enjoyable cruise and ship and we were in good company. Everything is what you make of it. I cannot wait to go back on this ship. I am a fa

MSC Divina currently sails out of Miami doing eastern and western Caribbean. The ship is beautiful with stairs made of Swarovski crystal and marble décor.
This is an Italian line and mostly sailed from European ports. Because they are new to the US, they have great deals to introduce the American cruiser to their line, which is proving to be a challenge for several reasons. One of which is that the crew is mostly Indonesian with a communication barrier.
The food is not as varied as other lines, but most other aspects are quite similar. The shows can also get a bit repetitive with the same cast of performers. Even the various bands in different lounges seemed to play the same tracks periodically.
All that aside, the low pricing is helping to fill the ship, and I would recommend giving it a try.

I LOVE THIS SHIP!
I am fresh off the MSC Divina and so longing to get back on it for another cruise around the Caribbean! Here is why I like MSC Cruises and the MSC Divina:
1. The MCS Divina is the newest ship in the MSC fleet at not even a year old. She was designed with the help of Sophia Loren, THE Italian Diva, and is a floating piece of art. MSC is an Italian company and the ship is 100% Italian in it’s style and flair. The whole ship is so pretty and fun to be in. I may sound vain, but I like pretty things and I love this ship!
2. The food is totally top notch on board. The buffet is fantastic, the speciality Italian pizzas are amazing, the fresh made gelato is delicious, and the main restaurant is drool worthy! I have been on a couple of cruises and this ship definitely has the best food I have eaten. My bathroom scale can prove it too since I am 10lbs heavier than when I left! Kinda sad, but then I remember the great food, and it was totally worth it!
3. The entertainment is top notch. The nightly shows ranged from Cirque-​like creations, tributes to Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra, and some Italian themed shows as well. It was a great mix and always fun to watch. The daily entertainment was great as well. I am a total trivia nut, so with at least 2 daily trivia sessions, I was a happy camper. They also had all sorts of competitions from ping pong to Taboo to Shuffleboard to Scrabble. They also had daily arts & crafts, Italian lessons, and great live music throughout the day. There was always something fun to do, no matter what you are interested in.
4. Awesome pools! There are 3 pools onboard, including one with a shallow section for the little kiddos onboard, an adults only pool, and a lovely infinity pool at the rear of the ship. All of the pools were beautiful and fun to be in or around. Plus, a huge water slide on one side of the boat!
5. The spa was also delightful! I didn’t spend as much time as I would have liked in here, but that is always the case with me. Great services and a wonderful staff to make your body and soul be at peace.
6. The cabins were super comfortable and beautifully designed. I went with a big group of friends and we were all in balcony staterooms. Every single one of us was so happy and pleased with our rooms. The beds were comfy and the showers seemed a little bigger than the regular stateroom showers in other cruise lines regular staterooms. They also offer suites and the exclusive MSC Yacht Club, which come with butlers, but we weren’t in those this time. One day though…
7. Awesome staff! Everyone I spoke to, dealt with, or had any engagement with, were fantastic. Super friendly and helpful people in every department really makes a ship great to be on.
8. A big plus for families is the Kids Sail Free promo they have running. My daughter, who is 2, was free except for the port fees which were $ 89. Yep, her full fare was covered except for the $ 89 in government taxes. Kids 0 – 11 are free plus port fees and 12 – 17 are $ 159 plus port fees. This is a super deal and super nice on the wallet. Keep this in mind when booking your trip though. I love my kid, but not so much other people’s kids. For this reason, we made sure to book a cruise during the regular school year. There were a few kids, but not too many. They also have great kid programs offered all day long, so the kiddos can have fun with their peers and stay out of everyone’s hair as well.
I would recommend any MSC Cruise to anyone that asks me. I love this company and really like what they are doing. I wish them well in the Caribbean, as well as all of their other cruises world wide. I can’t wait to go back on the Divina or any of their other ships!