Msc musica Dubai

Is anyone coming on MSC Musica on January 2nd 2016 from Dubai :D look forward to hearing form any other passengers on this trip.

You should check "roll call" to see if anyone has started this sailing already.

Thank you but I have.hence the question

Aahhhhh well I hope you can connect with others soon!! Do you have the "ship mate" app.? They also have a roll call and chat room.

That sounds a good idea for ship mate. As I don't have the app . Thanks for your help. You're not going on the cruise are you?

I WISH I WAS!!! Dubai is on my list.

Unfortunately on non US sailings, roll calls are rarely very active. It seems the vast majority cruising outside the US haven't heard of CC. The majority aren't English speakers anyway (or at least not as a first language).

Dubai is great as are Muscat and Abu Dhabi. Enjoy your cruise!

Hi, yes we are on this cruise, getting on 3/1 in Abu Dhabi. I've been looking in the roll calls but nothing for this one, have you started one now, if so I'll come over:)

Julie

I haven't started one , as I'm not sure what to do:confused:

Yes you have, I replied earlier! You posted in the MSC roll call thread here

http://boards.cruisecritic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2262321

The only thing is you haven't put the date in the title so others might miss it, you may still be able to edit it though,

Julie

First time with MSC, booked to sail from Abu-Dhabi on the 10 th of Jan 2016, anybody else out there the same ?

Also any hints or tips for sailing with MSC ???

First time with MSC, booked to sail from Abu-Dhabi on the 10 th of Jan 2016, anybody else out there the same ?

Also our first time with MSC. We'll be getting on in Dubai on 9th Jan!

Has anybody out there cruised with MSC around the Emirates???

Any tips/advice? :)

Also our first time with MSC. We'll be getting on in Dubai on 9th Jan!

 

Has anybody out there cruised with MSC around the Emirates???

 

Any tips/advice? :)

Not cruised MSC ex Dubai but I have with Costa.

You may get some idea of the ports from this review

http://www.cruisingmates.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=266&t=9610

Not cruised MSC ex Dubai but I have with Costa.

 

You may get some idea of the ports from this review

 

http://www.cruisingmates.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=266&t=9610

Interesting review.

I am off to Gulf in Jan 16. Can you tell me do you need to change money into local currency or can you get by in € and $s.

Not cruised MSC ex Dubai but I have with Costa.

 

You may get some idea of the ports from this review

 

http://www.cruisingmates.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=266&t=9610

A great report! Thank you so much for sharing this. It has allowed me to visualise where I'll be going!

Thanks! :)

Interesting review.

I am off to Gulf in Jan 16. Can you tell me do you need to change money into local currency or can you get by in € and $s.

Sailed 4 times in the region and have always used UAE Dirhams and Omani Reals. I'm an independent traveller doing my own thing in ports, using local taxis etc, so I've always ended local currency to do that. You may get by with euros if you're going on MSC excursions but can't comment on what kind of exchange rate you'd get.

Interesting review.

I am off to Gulf in Jan 16. Can you tell me do you need to change money into local currency or can you get by in € and $s.

You will need AEDs for Dubai and Abu Dhabi and OMRs for Oman. Taxis, entrance fees particularly museums, the metro and abra all need local currency. Money changers are ubiquitous in UAE but much less so in Oman. Our driver / guide in Muscat 'loaned' us some OMRs to pay entrance to the Opera House which we paid back once we found a money changer back at the Souk.

If you visit Burj Khalifa remember to book from home. We used credit card to pay our bills at the Emirate Palace Hotel and the AL Bustan Palace. You will need little OMRs unless you wish to do a lot of shopping.