ScotsCouple500

Hi many thanks for the information re gratuities. Hope that you enjoyed your cruise

Hi we are booked on the Solstice sailing from Sydney to Auckland in November this year. According to the CruiseCritic web site gratuities automatically included in the fare.

Can anyone please confirm if this is the case?

Many thanks

Hi we are back 2 weeks ago from a South America cruise on the Poesia. Nice ship but the food was atrocious.

Examples being Rib Eye steak in the MDR less than 1cm thick and 2 small pieces of "beef" 5x4cm. Pasta course again in the MDR advertised as pasta with baby scallops. Lots of pasta and 2 scallops each the size of your smallest finger nail.

Breakfast okay if you like scrambled egg and fatty bacon every day. Pre cooked fried eggs and omelettes but looked like they had been cooked over an hour ago. Fresh fruit salad consisted of apple and melon with occasional grape and bit kiwi fruit.

We had a balcony cabin with Fantastica experience and deluxe drinks package.No complaints regarding cleanliness of our cabin and the ship in general. Not a bit of rust to be seen.

Previously we have sailed with Azamara, Celebrity, RCL, TUI, Norwegian, Fred Olsen and Star Cruises (Hong Kong).

I would not say that we would not cruise MSC again but would be checking the reviews on food first.

Hi we are booked on the Poesia sailing from Buenos Aires on the 17th March just over 4 weeks away. As yet we are the only people registered on the Roll Call. There are very few recent posts regarding this ship and wonder if anyone has had any recent experiences.

Have to say that our expectations are not that high but as we have never been to South America before the itinerary looked good and also suited our dates. Any information etc. from past Poesia cruisers would be great.

Thanks