NanWales

lovetravel1114, thank you for your insight, started to relax a little in regard to sailing with MSC. Last few cruises have been with Cunard, and to be honest the prices have gone up to such an extent, it does not feel like the service etc., you receive is worth the higher prices. Did not realise they had shows like the cirque du soleil, we lived in Montreal for several years, which is the home of Cirque, and were lucky to see quite a few performances during that time, which were amazing. We are expats, so cruises which offer more international cuisine, and service is something which has been our way of life for many years, my DH loves trying different foods, so more varied the better for him. You will be able to recognize us disembarking the ship in Southampton, we will be the couple to too much luggage! One of the benefits of driving down from Wales, no limits on what you can take.

Booked MSC Virtuosa sailing from Southampton July 1st. It will be our first cruise with MSC, usually sail Cunard or Celebrity, have also cruised with Princess and Royal. Decided on this cruise as a break before summer holidays with our grandsons. Having read a lot of comments, wondering if we have made a mistake, as many contributors to the MSC board here have such awful experiences. Only managed to get my DH to agree to go as we have booked into the Yacht Club, which seems to be at a similar level as grills on Cunard or Retreat on Celebrity. Just keeping fingers crossed our trip will not be anything like the experiences some have had. Though I appreciate you tend to read about complaints more often than not on these forums. Any comments greatly appreciated!