http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/hola Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:58:06 GMT Reviews by hola http://www.viewpoints.com/MSC-Cruises-Opera-Baltic-Russia-review-35d22 <p>We recently had the misfortune to sail on a cruise with the <strong>MSC Opera</strong>. We’ve sailed on several different cruise lines, in many different regions, but this was our first to Northern Europe. We selected the cruise based on itinerary and departure port.  We selected the ship based on reviews we read online about the various lines and ships which met our itinerary/departure port criteria.  Because we used the internet as a resource, we felt we should contribute to the data available there, thus this review.</p> <p>The ship is beautiful, with a lovely art deco décor, and our room – a category 10 ocean view stateroom with a balcony – was comfortable and spacious (the two are not always synonymous).  I learned that the balcony rooms with an impeded view are a joke - a woman who had one explained that the life boat was 'on' her balcony and she would have been better off (and it would have been lot cheaper) to go down a category. The ship has an equipped gym, two pools, two hot tubs, a spa/beauty...</p>... Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:58:06 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/MSC-Cruises-Opera-Baltic-Russia-review-35d22 hola 1