American sailing the western Mediterranean. We boarded in Rome May 17. Ports are Rome, Palermo, sea day, Ibiza, Barcelona, Marseille, and Genoa. Ask me anything.
We have only done DCL and Royal so far, and we will be traveling with our 4 and 5 year old. We had a Royal cruise booked for spring break next year and just received an email that the sailing was canceled due to the ship being chartered (didn’t even know that was a thing 🤷🏻♀️). None of the other Royal ships for that same week are of interest to us and Disney sailings were crazy expensive, so we are going to give a different cruise line a try. It seems like MSC has a lot of ships, so I don’t even know where to start to be honest. We’d prefer a newer (or at least recently updated ship) and would be traveling out of FL (we don’t have a preference on the port).
A couple of questions. Are the specialty restaurants worth it in your opinion and what is your favorite and should I buy the two restaurant special online before I board or should I wait till we board to see if there will be discounts. TIA 🤙🏻
How strict are boarding times? This is to board in Copenhagen, guests will have also boarded the ship at Kiel the day before. We are in Yacht Club if that makes any difference. We have been given a time of 1pm but hoped to be on earlier.
In case anyone has paid for any packages on upcoming US sailings, I just refunded and repaid the lower price for my original drink package on Seashore. Went from $70/pp/day to $55.25/pp/day. WiFi package was a little bit cheaper as well.
Think the sale is ongoing until Tuesday next week!
We are booked on World America in October we have the drinks and WIFI included. I haven't been able to find out how to or how much upgrading the wifi would be. Any one do this recently?
I saw a toddler vomit like fully blow chunks in the pirate pool the mom went and got a lifeguard/pool attendant for help and put what she could in a pile on the ledge of the pool. They didn’t shut it down or clean out the water it was full of kids. Personally I think it’s disgusting I don’t know if that’s normal or not but we left and never swam again. I have photos of her walking behind us with vomit all over her rashguard I was taking pics of my baby walking and realized later on she was behind us. Our shower head had mold all around the white areas took photos of that you’d think they could replace them giving it’s a newer ship. Our robes (Aurea room) were dirty like they’d been worn and drug across a dirty floor we never even unfolded them. It smelled of sewage all over the ship at random times throughout the day. Asked our room steward to change our bedding on day 3/4 and when we came back it was changed but visibly stained with small rust colored stains toward the border and smelled like absolute death I’m not kidding it smelled like something had been rotting in it. Very bizarre. This was all on the Seascape.
At the exit of the boat, take the free shuttle to leave the port.
At 200m at the Marcatini Americano station get on the 8R bus to the central station, ticket cost €1.75.
Take a train to Pisa for €2.90 one way. A train runs in both directions every 30 minutes.
We reach the Tower of Pisa on foot from the train station.
I've been on about 6 or 7 cruises, I've lost count. I'm an msc gold member. I used to enjoy them but lately I only go because my mom loves them and it's a way to spend time with her (we don't live in the same country), but I think I need to be done with them because I get sick every single time.
This time I wore a n95 mask every time I was in the buffet line picking up food, in the elevators, even on the flight there. I didn't sit near anyone at the theatre and I didn't go to the parties. But I still picked something up and now I'm sick at home after returning. I thought I really protected myself this time but apparently not.
It's always respiratory viruses.
Does anyone else go through this and has it put you off cruising?
Hi All,
Just boarded the MSC Meriviglia today, and we're in Yacht Club after winning our upgrade bid. This is our first cruise on MSC and basically ever besides one 23 years ago.
Trip has started fantastic so far, and assuming we like the experience, we're wondering if we book another cruise while on board, will that offer the best price we can expect? Or is it better to wait for cruise deal emails from MSC down the road?
This is a med cruise but our next would likely be a carribean cruise if that matters.
TIA!!
if yall got coke lmk
edit: msc seaside
Going on the MSC seashore in about a month for four nights and I’m not sure what to pack with a 1 and 3 year old!
What do I need to know? What are things that make life easier that I may not think to bring? What do I NOT need? HELP
Can baby swim with a swim diaper? Should I bring a stroller (small one for 1 year old) or wagon for both 1 and 3 year old? Sun shade for the beach? Placemat/baby utensils for dining?
I’ll be boarding the Seashore on May 31st out of port Canaveral. Myself and 17 other family members will be on board (ranging from very young to pretty old). I’m a single male in my mid 30’s and I haven’t been on a cruise in approximately 20 years. While I know that some of the 7 day cruise will be spent with family, I know that there will be a lot of time where they (the cousins of mine I’m close to) will be occupied with their kids. I’m essentially trying to brace for the strong possibility that I’ll be left to entertain myself on my own.
That being said, what all is there to do aboard the ship that isn’t drinking, swimming, or shopping around (I plan to do these things too)? Do these cruises have a lot of people in my age range or does it mostly tend to be older married couples/families?
I’m sure I’ll have fun, I just don’t want it to devolve into me lost on what to do I guess 🤷🏻♂️
I had to move my date back 2 weeks and understood that I’d have to pay a fare difference. What I didn’t expect was my drink package would be refund fed and require me to purchase a new one. I’m in a 7 day on seascape and the price their wanting to charge is 490pp. I paid less than that when I originally booked. Is 490 the best deal I’ll get or could I expect it to go Iower between now and when we leave in July?
ETA. I’m talking about the drink package price. Not the cruise price.
Hello, I went on my first cruise, I didn't know much about it, so going to write some summary of basic information for cruise newcomers so they can find it here. (Cruise Miami - Bahamas)
Arrival - if cruise leaves the port at 5, embarkation ended 2 hours before! so plan your flights accordingly, unfortunately I needed to reschedule my flight because of that.
Embarkation process is super easy - you will leave your luggage to the staff and just pass the face scanners that will scan your face and ID. Super quick, convenient and easy. You will have written on your boarding pass information WHEN you should be in a port, the timing is not so strict as they wrote in the boarding pass.
Cruise - all relevant information are in the MSC mobile app, be sure to download it before. You have there information about restaurants and other facilities. You can book speciality restaurant before the cruise, I tried it out, but frankly I'm not sure if it worth the money. We had one fancy restaurant on a boat that was with life food preparation, that was probably the best.
Food - was American 😄 average quality, I wasn't excited, but there was a lot of things to choose from, desserts were really bad, but I that is everywhere in US. I preferred the buffet restaurant, coz the restaurant where they served the food it was just too huge, packed with tables and you had only 15 min time slot to enter it.
Internet - I bought Internet for US and Bahamas, I didnt buy the cruise internet package, and it was the best decision money wise, coz you dont need internet when you are on a cruise in the evening/night, but you have internet full day when In Miami, Bahamas, when on MSC Bahamas island, and when you cruise during the evening/night, there is not connection obviously.
Service - was really great, but sometimes too many stuff people came knocking to my door just to let me know they gonna clean the balcony the next day.
Room - definitely, buy balcony room, the fresh air while cruising was one of my best experiences
Disembarkation process - last night your will receive documents how to disembark, they want to you to put some sing on your luggage and take is from you the night before leaving the ship - I didnt do any of that, I carried my luggage myself, I cruise was in port before 7 am, I was able to disembark at 7:45 - it was smooth, not too many people. Then when you get to the port, its crazy lot of people there, even the mobile internet is not working, so you need to log into the port wifi to call an Uber. MSC will offer you their bus to the airport, it costed me 25 usd and firstly they told me the bus leaves in 5 min, than they made us wait for 30 more min!!! then you are going to the airport with FULL bus, it takes lot of time, you are stopping at 2 terminals. I Had my flight at 11:30 so it was ok, but you can do even earlier flight, but be aware that their buses suck, if you are in a hurry take UBER and run the airport. If you are not in a hurry, It's ok.
Enjoy your cruise!
We are going in July out of Galveston and heading to Costa Maya, Honduras and Cozumel.
Excursions
Any tips or suggestions on how to get upgrades?
MSC Seashore was nice. Ocean Cay was breathtaking and I didn't wanna leave. I've been to Nassau many times. Beautiful place, but wasn't a new experience for me.
My wife is already looking to book on MSC World America. 7 nights and a few places I haven't been to. Can anyone tell me what a 7-night experience is like on World America?
Is there anywhere to get protein shakes of any kind on Seashore. I have the drink package. Hubby is a Type 2 diabetic and he usually starts his day with a protein shake.
Hey all. Huge hockey and Canes fan here. I'm currently going on the MSC America in a few weeks which just so happens to likely fall on the week of the Stanley Cup Finals. Has anyone been on this ship and can confirm they have the games at the sports bar? I know it can be spotty what channels they have access too from past experience. My plan is to purchase the WiFi streaming package if its not available. Does anyone have experience using the streaming WiFi and if so is it stable enough to watch sports? Thanks in advance to anyone who can give me any info or tips!
Going on world America in May, what events do the have? Like white party, formal dinner, etc?