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And they keep well in your in-room fridge!

The gift does change at irregular intervals. It has been a tote bag, a pen, and one time a MSC ball cap (I suspect that was a from the gift shop because they mentioned at one point that they were not stocked with enough Gold gifts).

The only "bucket deals currently are 5 for 4 bucket deals in some of the Sports bars (at least on Meraviglia and Divina. When they started charging for wings and other foods, they had an offer on the menu of buy four beers and get five. Not sure if that is system wide, though.

Lol! I think you forgot one: Sometimes, it never shows up!

Same in April on Seashore. Actually, it's nicer than the old tote bags.

True with MSC! I should have clarified that I was talking about what we experienced on three B2Bs. With MSC, others will not share the same experiences, especially from the shore side perspective,

Yes! That was about the time DW and I started noticing huge increase in "no shows" in the main dining rooms on the last night of the cruise! 😢 So then began the daily service charge plan.

To clarify, it is not double points, necessarily, but it is more points. In your case, for example, sailing out of Miami for 14 nights in YC, you would get 2000 points as one cruise (based on the cruise being over nine nights). As two cruises in a B2B, you get1500 points for each week for a total of 3000 points. Still significant, but not double. To us, the biggest advantage is we can have me as primary on one week and DW as primary on the other. That allows us to more equitably distribute the points that go to the primary passenger. No advantage in having two Diamonds on a cruise together, but if she is planning a girls' cruise, at least the Diamond benefit goes with her.

Didn't happen to look at the bottom photo on post #14, by any chance, did you? 😉

More on board. At least 15% surcharge applies to onboard purchases.

Sorry! Had biscuits this morning!

Can't get "Ode to Billie Joe" off my mind now!

Wonder if the CD came from Carnival. They were famous with the cooking demonstration and tasting along with the hard sell on making reservations for the specialty restaurants.

Surprised Carnival gave up the terminal. The Captain's Club was for Suite guests back in the day, and had only one customer service desk for check in. Surprised MS didn't use the Platinum Lounge on the first floor for YC.

You are kidding, aren't you???

It is the MSC World Europa. No water. Indoor slide

Not trying to offend you, but I am curious. I understand you had a bad customer service experience on Seaside back in late 2017 or early 2018, and that you swore off of MSC from that point on. Why then, would you continue to be active on the MSC forum pages some four plus years later? Is it curiosity on your part to see if MSC CS experience has improved, or is it a sort of attempt at misery loves company? Personally, I had a bad CS experience six years ago on an unnamed cruise line with a distinctive red funnel. I posted about my experience on the cruise line's forum page. I have not been back on the site again, since I will no longer sail on them.

Yes they do. Fairly often and sometimes very early. That is not your potential problem. You are dependent upon clearance from Customs and Immigration personnel for passengers to disembark. With their work schedules that day at the port they may not open early. Especially true for Miami,wher as many as eight ships may come in on one morning.

SL2 is an Aurea suite higher deck. Don't know if you would get Aurea perks. Only time we did an upgrade on board was YC to bigger room on YC, so perks were not a factor.

YC pool is the One Pool on deck 18.

On the MSC Divina, the adult pool is the Garden Pool on deck 15, or at least it was.

Indeed, as it has become with YC bookings already. It could very well be extended to regular deposits.

Not sure about the size of the rooms, but Seashore lists four MDR's (more than Seashore which had two buffets but often closed one to serve as location for seating for evening dining). It does include the larger two Central Park, and Tribecca, and the somewhat smaller 5th Avenue, and Manhattan restaurants.). They weren't all open when we sailed for two weeks earlier this year, and we were quite happy in YC so didn't try moving. On the elevator situation, you mentioned that MSC disabled the system. In this case, the override system was never installed. MSC put in a new system for control, where all passengers enter the floor they want, and and are then notified what car to get on. Our butler told us that the system is designed to give preference to selection of YC floors within the front elevator banks, but it didn't really match up to our experience. I must say, I did like the system in that it reduced people rushing to get on any car that opened.

Hope it all works out in your favor, Marco! I know Seashore T/A cancellation was a huge disappointment for you guys! John

Sadly, some of us are of that generation whose introduction to wine (or is it wine-like products?) include "stellar vintages" of MD (Mad Dog) 20-20 and Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill. We have come a long way since those halcyon (NOT!) days.