Christmas Cruise - Preziosa from Southampton or Grandiosa from Barcelona

[leojagpreet]

We are family of 3 (Us & 6 year old little one). Usually we fly to Miami for Christmas cruise, because of rising costs, planning to do european cruise.

 

We are looking at 2 options:

 

MSC Preziosa from Southampton. Pros - guess it will have food catered for UK resident needs with curries once a day, Southampton is 1.5hours drive for us, so easy to commute to. Cons: Ports we have visited few times

 

MSC Grandiosa. Pros New Ship, New Ports for us, Cons - Worried about food that it might be too much leaning towards Mediterranean side.

 

What will fellow cruisers suggest?

 

[carlmm]

The weather might ba a bit nicer and the seas calmer  in the Med compared to the North Sea.

Foodwise I would not count on many differences.

[8420PR]

I think Preziosa will have the same dining menu's as Grandiosa - it is not solely a UK cruise as passengers can embark in Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands and UK - so I would expect a European feel (e.g. Christmas dinner on 24th December, etc).

[HipHipOnAShip]

I would venture that the Main Dining Room menus will be the same on both ships.