Meraviglia in Cozumel
Like all large cruise ships, MSC Meraviglia has lots of things for people to do onboard. There are of course pools and hot tubs, as all cruise ships have. Not all of them have an indoor pool though, but Meraviglia has one in addition to outdoor pools. The glass-walled solarium-type room housing the indoor pool and hot tubs even has its own bar as well as deck chairs on two levels. The towel-exchange station on the main pool deck is conveniently located just outside the door. The upper level even has a ping pong table.
indoor pool and hot tubs
The main pool deck has a big screen TV above a pool, which generally had soccer games going during our cruise. That was quite popular among many passengers who watched from the many deck chairs surrounding the pool as well as from the pool itself. The back of that deck had an ice cream station and a bar so people didn’t have to go far for a drink or a snack.
waterslides
Meraviglia also has waterslides. Three of them on the top back deck. Two of the slides use tubes to slide down on, which are available in singles or doubles. The third slide is of the bowl type with no tube required. There’s also a ropes course near the slides. You have to sign a waiver to use the waterslides on this ship, which was a first for us. There was also no crew member at the top regulating when people can go down, also a first and probably the reason for the waiver.
racecar ride in the arcade
For families the ship has much more than just kid’s clubs, though it has them too. It has a large indoor sports court which sometimes hosts activities and other is times just available to use. The enormous arcade area includes an interactive movie theater, a bowling alley, and some mostly virtual rides.
dancers in a stage show
Besides production-style singing and dancing shows in the main theater, Meraviglia also has an additional smaller theater called the Carousel Lounge. It’s called that because it has a round revolving stage. Shows there have lots of aerial acts in addition to whatever is happening onstage. There is a small surcharge for shows in the Carousel Lounge, but it also comes with a free drink that makes up for most of that payment.
chocolate dragon at the chocolate shop
Food is always a big part of cruising, and Meriviglia does have lots of food options, though the majority of places other than the buffet and main dining room are premium restaurants that cost extra. There’s even a chocolate shop that makes its own chocolates onboard, and a place by the buffet that makes cheese. The chocolate shop had some giant chocolate sculptures they had made on display in a case at the front of the shop.
cloudy sky in the dome
One of the highlights of the ship is the dome above the promenade or galleria area. It tops an opening several decks high with the lowest level lined by shops including the chocolate shop, a gelato shop, and a Mexican restaurant. There are additional premium restaurants and a pub along the sides of the level above. The dome is a video screen which projects a variety of things throughout the cruise, starting with a welcome aboard message on boarding day. It could portray anything from fancy ceilings to blue skies with puffy white clouds. Several times a day instead of still views it had active dome shows, one of which portrayed a submarine visit to an Atlantis full of mermaids. Occasionally a camera in the promenade posted views on the dome ceiling of whoever happened to walk by.
relaxing area in the spa
There’s also a spa, a gym, and a casino, and of course scheduled activities like dance lessons, trivia, fitness classes, liquor tastings, and various game competitions.
casino
They even had a master chef at sea competition where the winner got a certificate allowing them to go to a competition where they could try to qualify for the actual TV show. Like any cruise ship it also has plenty of bars scattered about the ship.
cruising duck
Near the end of the cruise we found a couple little rubber ducks on stairway railings with cruising ducks tags. Hiding ducks on cruise ships has become a popular thing. We found one on Celebrity Constellation with a little bit different tag about posting it on a specific website whereas this one just said conquackulations you found me and mentioned posting on social media, nothing specific. Some people post their finds, others don’t. It’s not required. Like the other one it did say keep or re-hide for someone else to find – specifically it said keep or hide you decide, a standard message on duck tags. You can even go online and buy rubber ducks and tags specifically intended for hiding on cruise ships.
pub on the upper level of the promenade
Overall, Meraviglia is a pretty big ship with a lot of places to explore and a lot of things to do. We enjoyed our cruise and always had something to do.
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I love the idea of all those rubber duckies doing their thing on cruises. 🦆 Those chocolate sculptures certainly would ramp up my craving to indulge!
We hide a lot more ducks than we find, but it’s always fun to find one. The chocolate shop on the Meraviglia had specialty hot chocolate and coffee as well as homemade chocolates. It was pretty unique among cruise ship shops. Also pretty tasty. The chocolates are the unique part. Most ships have coffee shops where you can buy fancier coffee, tea, or hot chocolate than what you get free at the buffet, but that was the first one we’ve seen that made its own chocolates.
Very high on my bucket list!