MSC Armonia, MSC Cruises

This was my first ocean cruise and I loved the Armonia! It's a little disorganised, as I guess you might expect from an Italian company, and the atmosphere is definitely very relaxed, with lots of families and children around. I think if you like your cruises formal and very structured this is probably not the ship for you, but if you want a relaxed cruise with friendly staff in a pleasant atmosphere, I would highly recommend the MSC Armonia.

This was our 4th MSC cruise, the 2nd on this ship, to Norway North Cape. Although one of the older vessels it was still in very good condition and kept spotlessly clean by the friendly mixed race crew. One has to accept that this is an Italian cruise as are most of the passengers - hence the public areas can get very noisy! Our only disappointment was the standard of the food. Generally very bland and on occasion the meat was over cooked. The redeeming feature was the restaurant staff whose motto was 'if you want anything extra, you have only to ask'. We will certainly cruise with MSC again. Value for money they can't be beaten.