MSC Opera Live Blog Review

Hi, I'm just boarded MSC Opera for a 14 night Greek Islands cruise and I'm writing a live blog review, here's a link http://cruisemuses.blog.co.uk I know how little info is online about MSC in comparison to some of the other cruise lines so I hope this will prove helpful, if anyone has any questions about MSC just shout. I'll be posting daily subject to wifi (and how much red wine I drink!)

Thanks

Nicky

Have a great cruise :)

Day 1 - embarkation post now live at http://www.cruisemuses.blog.co.uk hope you find it interesting or useful

Enjoy your cruise! Looking forward to your blog updates, I'm taking this cruise on 14th of Sep :)

I'm loving your blog, Nicky! It's very well done. :) I think I'll put this cruise on my bucket list. ;) I just have to figure out how much it would all cost considering we live in California. :eek:

Thank you for sharing!

Kind Regards,

Alison

Hi Alison, thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the blog, hope you make the cruise one day, well worth a transatlantic flight! I guess you have plenty of sunshine in California though, coming from a very rainy town in the Uk we are loving the Italy and Greek sunshine!

Day 2 in Bari, Italy post is now live at http://www.cruisemuses.blog.co.uk hope you enjoy it

Hi JoLoca2208 thanks for the comment, it's a great cruise so far, any questions just ask!

Out of interest, did you have a drinks package for your cruise?

Keep it coming, Nicki, we love it!

(BTW, DH and I were in Manchester several years ago to see Bruce Springsteen 'on the pitch'. We love Manchester!:D)

Hi Nix

thanks for taking the time to do this blog.

We will be on the same cruise in 3 weeks :-)

And, we will also be staying in the same Hilton, but, the night after the cruise.

I was wondering, what is your plan for Sochi? Do you need a visa? as we are from Ireland, we were told, if we book a ship excursion, we do not need one.

and advice will be welcome

Link to Day 2 is not working for me

thanks...

Hi All

Yes Donsy we got the Allegrisimo package included free but it's great value I so recommend it even if you have to pay

Juneau :) glad you like Springsteen in Manchester? What could be better?! Love Bruce

Caveman you'll have an amazing time, we are loving it! Watch out for Mosquitos at the Hilton, use repellent as we had a few bites but other than that it's awesome!

Day 3 is now live at http://www.cruisemuses.blog.co.uk , Caveman the day 2 post is under the day 1 just scroll down or access from the links on the side bar - hope you enjoy

Sorry Caveman I realised I forgot to answer the Sochi question, if you are from UK or Ireland you can't leave the ship independently unless you have a visa which isn't easy and is expensive. If however you do an MSC organised trip then you are covered by the ships visa. The Sochi excursions aren't cheap, we booked the cultural trip, a city tour then a visit to a theatre for a recital at €90 for adults and €60 for kids. I figured it's probably my only trip to Sochi or maybe Russia so we just definitely do something. There are five or six to choose from - enjoy

Day 4 Blog Review of our MSC Opera cruise - today's includes a trip to Athens with details of how to DIY the port of Piraeus, I hope it's helpful http://www.cruisemuses.blog.co.uk

Sorry Caveman I realised I forgot to answer the Sochi question, if you are from UK or Ireland you can't leave the ship independently unless you have a visa which isn't easy and is expensive. If however you do an MSC organised trip then you are covered by the ships visa. The Sochi excursions aren't cheap, we booked the cultural trip, a city tour then a visit to a theatre for a recital at €90 for adults and €60 for kids. I figured it's probably my only trip to Sochi or maybe Russia so we just definitely do something. There are five or six to choose from - enjoy

Thanks Nix111 for replying on that.

I'm Caveman's wife ;) and we were both wondering how things are working with visa in Sochi. We also think it might be our only trip there and would like to do something and not stay on the ship. We are thinking of booking Stalin's Dacha and Russian tea tasting ceremony excursion. It's 75 euro per person, so not cheap, but it's a once off thing, so we'll probably go for it :D Enjoy the rest of your cruise!

Day 6 - Constanta, Romania review on our MSC Opera cruise is up at http://www.cruisemuses.blog.co.uk hope it's useful / interesting

Hi Nicky

Loving your blog, we are sailing on MSC Musica at the end of September to some of the points of call you are doing and look forward to your daily updates.

Many thanks

Day 9 Sea day review aboard @MSC_Cruises_UK Opera & some thoughts on family cruising & Aurea vs Yacht Club at http://www.cruisemuses.blog.co.uk

I'm blogging our @MSC_Cruises_UK Opera cruise, here's a link to Day 10 http://www.cruisemuses.blog.co.uk

My Day 10 review post is now up on the blog, hope it's of interest

Thanks for the Russia question, we will book an MSC excursion ASAP

one more question if you see this?

The Gym, have you been, or walked past, and, did you know and see any free weights? and what are the heaviest? :D:cool:

thanks

My next post is up at http://www.cruisemuses.blog.co.uk Mykonos Port Review another fab day

Day 12 of our MSC Opera Greek Islands cruise review, Santorini http://www.cruisemuses.blog.co.uk