As a cheapskate i have been drawn to MSC deals before. They supposedly are/were the largest ship operator in the world.

But weve never pulled the trigger.

I usually go inside as that is a nice dark place to sleep and i dont want to hang out in the room.

I would steel myself prior to departure expecting lousy food, bad service, etc knowing that their ocean is as blue as all the other ships and the beer just as cold and the ports will be there when they arrive.

I expect inwould be pleasantly surprised as ive never had a bad cruise only different cruises between ships and lines.

Ive heard expect Carnival minus with lots of non english speaking europeans. Kind of like a med cruise.