mama4five

Thank you. I will check it out. Tours By Locals also guarantees return to ship, which is a very important factor.

This is probably a long shot but I was wondering if anyone would like to share a private tour with DH and I on October 21, in Marseille. We are looking at a private tour to Aix-en-Provence. We used Tours By Locals during our last family cruise and we loved it, but that was with our family of 10. This time it is only the two of us, and the tour is priced $555 for 6 people. MSC has a similar excursion for $63 but then we would be with a busload of people and lose the personalized attention that a private tour guide provides. This is the link for the tour: https://www.toursbylocals.com/Aix-en-Provence-PrivateTour-4hours

It does help. Thank you very much.

Do you have any recommendations for excursions for this itinerary? Any not to be missed things to see or do?

Just changed our December Euribia sailing to this one. Very excited to be cruising somewhere other than the Caribbean for the first time. Only 111 days away!!!

Just returned from our second YC cruise this week and I have reached Diamond status. Our entire family is headed out again in May and have 4 YC rooms. Wondering if I could get any additional discounts before we make the final payments next week. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Well I just got notification from MSC that they have changed the same itinerary to the Fantasia instead of the Euribia. So it looks like I will be making some changes to this booking. Ugh. Thanks for the help.

Embarking and disembarking in Barcelona. MSC USA site shows that the entire ship is full.

At first when my friend told me it was fully booked, I assumed it was just that the YC was full. But the screen comes up as "This cruise is fully booked..." Which is what I find so strange.

We are booked for the 11/4/23 Mediterranean Sailing on the Euribia in Yacht Club. Now our friends are trying to book on the same sailing and the website says the entire ship is full. Can that be true? The entire ship? Do they really sell out over a year in advance? Could there be a glitch in the system right now? We picked a random TA and she said she was able to get them a room in YC but said that OBC was only $75. Do TA's have different access to the bookings? Why would the OBC for YC be only $75 when their entire website screams up to $500 OBC. If anyone has any insight to what might be going on, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, Nancy

Perfection! I will head to that thread and get updated on your recent adventures. Thanks!

Enjoying your idea of "Blue Mind" and have felt that state on all our previous cruises while staring at the endless blue horizon from our balcony. We are fairly new to cruising, having taken our first cruise in January of 2019. We have since taken 3 Princess cruises and one NCL cruise. We leave for our first MSC cruise this Saturday on the Seashore and in YC. Since you are the Poster Child for YC, I thought I would ask for your advise for us newbies. What tips do you have for us to truly enjoy the best that YC offers? Do we need to reserve the cabanas on the pool deck? Any tips for using the thermal suites? Honestly any info I can glean from you will be greatly appreciated. Nancy