pokeyjane

Hi! Thoughts on Meraviglia, 4 people. 13150 which is the longer balcony by the bump or an aft (12263, 13255 or 12253)? Looking for space of room and balcony, not so concerned with location.

I thought it was very small. There were 2 or 3 sauna/steam rooms. The 1 went into was about the size of an inside cabin. There were maybe 6 heated tile loungers, and a relaxation room (crowded) which is wooden chairs (reminded me of the Titanic deck chairs) with relaxing music.

On 1/3/2020 at 11:54 PM, need2cruise said:

Was wondering about the sauna/ steam room situation on Armonia...are there any complimentary sauna or steam rooms or is it like the thermal suites on the newer ships

I was on the same sailing as OP. They are not complimentary but part of the thermal spa. I think there were 6 lounges, a dry sauna, a wet sauna, and a relaxation room. 

21 minutes ago, aravindndeepa said:

This is from their website- also shows a small video of adding a piece to the ship.

 

That was from 2014. MSC doesnt do a very good job with updating their website.

https://scottsingercruises.wordpress.com/2019/11/23/msc-armonia-daily-program-links/

6 minutes ago, aravindndeepa said:

pokeyjane - any more updates from armonia? are they doing ocean cay or is that cancelled as well?

No, I don't see an update from her. But I did find her original post, $100 OBC, 20% FCC.

13 hours ago, aravindndeepa said:

That sucks.. i am taking armonia on 23rd and hope they fix it by then.

Us to though, honestly, I'm ok with OBC and future cruise credit. 🙂

16 hours ago, aprilF said:

Any mention of OBC/ port fee refunds?

 

She said some OBC and I think future cruise credit. I don't remember the exact amount though.

I've had them before. The only problem we had was traffic and people coming around the corner and not looking. At the time, we had a stroller and I can not tell you the number of times people would cruise around that corner and run into us or the amount of kids who would run around it and knock into us trying to get into/out of our room. But noise was never an issue.

Someone on her right now posted this in a facebook group yesterday: Ship is not operating on full power so our stop to Jamaica and Cayman are both postponed by a day and Costa Maya is cancelled!!

I'm crazy confused right now and I'm sure its either a. a simple thing I'm overlooking or b. one of MSCs quirks or errors.

So last week, someone was on the Armonia and posted photos of the drink packages. One was 'on board packages' that included Easy, Premium and Premium plus. The other was 'Prepaid Packages' that included Classic, and All-Inclusive Deluxe. In my head, I'm thinking prepaid is what you purchase before you board and on board is what you pay when you purchase when on the ship. However, when I log into my account, the only ones I see to purchase are the Easy, Premium and Premium Plus. I looked last week when it was posted and it showed the same thing, same as when I looked a month ago.

Am I missing something?

On 10/1/2019 at 3:08 PM, aravindndeepa said:

pokeyjane- awesome! so are you just planning to stay at port ? not doing any excursions ? or are you planning to do excursions with kids?  let me know if u find any good excursions ..

No, we don't normally do excursions, we stay on board. I like to enjoy a somewhat empty ship while everyone else gets off. 

Hi! We are on that sailing too! My boys will be 8 and 4. I'm not much help as I don't think we've ever left them while we went to port, we usually only get off the ship for half an hour if we even get off.

Ocean Cay doesn't open until November so you probably won't see much about it until people start to arrive. Most everything right now will be speculation.

1 minute ago, Beamafar said:

 

If you're directing that at the OP, she was referring to Christmas coming.

I always think the 'join date' is the posted date.... *rolling eyes*.

What did they end up doing? I'll be on the Armonia for christmas this year, though it is not a sea day.

Just now, Teacher42 said:

Dear Jane, Unless you have kids, your picture taking of children could be frowned upon. Better to ask MSC directly.

I didnt ask for photos of kids, but the kids club program, the schedule they give out. And good luck asking MSC anything, they don't know anything.

Can you post a photo or two of the Juniors kids club program?

The Social package seems to have disappeared from the options on my Seaside booking. So now I have to choose the more expensive Surfer package, even though I don't care about surfing the internet while I'm onboard. :(

I talked to an agent about that yesterday. She said you should be able to purchase that package once on board.

I did get the reset email no problem and instantly. Make sure it's not going into your spam folder.

Nope, not in spam. I also talked to a reservations agent who emailed IT on her end, she said they reset everything and to create a new account. When I do that, it says my email is already being used and to request a new password, which never comes.... *sigh* I like MSC once on board but so many frustrations just to get to that point.

Bring water bottles to fill on board.

I've been trying for MONTHS to get a new password emailed to me, I have yet to see one. So if you are getting the reset email, consider yourself lucky. I'm currently chatting on FB with MSC with little luck.

All this upgrade talk made me go check my bookings for Jan 25 on the divina. The room I had as a Bella inside guarantee was upgraded to Bella balcony on deck 8.

 

I just checked mine for the same date. Bella balcony to a wellness balcony. Sounds like we won't get the experience perks though, as previous threads have said. :(

I noticed the meal time drink package is gone too. :(

I did the Davina last month with a 1 year old and all they had was that 2 hour session. One of them was in the evening though I think, so that helped. No baby sitting or pay service beyond that, at least on the Davina. Not sure if the other ship will be different?