paceyswife

We were on the same cruise as well. This was our third February winter break cruise with MSC (my boys are 14 and 17). We did Easter last year. This year was the most amount of kids I have seen on any of our MSC cruises. I think people are starting to discover MSC. We heard many around us complaining and comparing to Carnival. I’ve done one Carnival cruise and will never do again. But that’s just me. Our balcony faced Carnival’s ship in Nassau and the Meraviglia shone like the star she is. Your review was spot on. Our main complaint was Elegant night dining. We had the same seating and dining room as you. We were last to leave the dining room. Our waiter was bombarded with tables as he also had the Aurea diners as well as his assigned tables. Other waiters were standing around and one was even preening in the mirror. We spoke to the manager regarding this and tipped our waiter well at the end as service was no fault of his. He really busted his back trying to serve the back corner. I look forward to going back to Ocean Cay as we discovered the beach you spoke of after DH and I took a walk. Definitely quieter! Thanks for your review!

Thanks! I’m pushing for 7:30. This makes me feel better.

We are driving from Buffalo to Jacksonville next Saturday for Sunday cruise out of Port Canaveral. What will be morning traffic be like with the Daytona 500? We’d like to be at port by 11. DH and I have a difference of opinion on when to get on road! 🤣 Thanks.

Call. My husband and I have passports but I had to call to have them override fir my children . It took less than 5 minutes. I was able to then print out our tickets for our 2/19 sailing.

I miss MSC’s old drink program.. the vouchers .

Agree! And much more affordable than Miami port. This is first time we are cruising out of Port Canaveral where we have to park. Just for convenience the extra cost is worth it versus getting shuttle to and fro.

We just did a booking on their website the other day with ease for next month. Maybe it’s just a glitch.

When you are on MSC website and looking at cruises to book, there is a box that’s asks if you’d like someone in concierge to call you. You’ll fill out your name, email address and phon number. There is a Dropbox that lets you pick when you’d like a call.

I just booked for the first time with the concierge this morning for February 23 sailing. My other MSC cruises I either called directly or booked online. I filled out form last night for a call today between 9am and 10am. It was a great experience. I felt she was experienced and answered all my questions without hesitation. This is first time I booked with less than a 6-12 month window and had a few concerns. We had an awful experience with MSC service our last sailing and decided to give them one more go (though they did make up for the bungled reservation with add’l discount and OBC). What is the most appealing aspect of using the concierge service is that I have a direct contact number for her. Should any issues/questions arise, I can reach out directly to her. She is available Mon-Friday 9-5.

We used it for our 4/9 sailing. So easy and worry free.

I got a survey. It allowed for a brief comment at the end.

We were on the April 9th sailing. We’ve sailed Seaside and Divina. We had cruises booked on both Armonia and Meraviglia but both canceled during Covid. We enjoyed our cruise very much. I believe we had around 3100 passengers and didn’t feel as crowded on as our full sailing on Seaside in 2020. There were lots of empty seats at the shows (we rotated the early and late shows). My husband and I went to Le Cabernet nightly and enjoyed it much more than the main theater. We wore our masks whenever inside. My 14 year old was the most vigilant of us. Both my husband and 17 year old came down with sore throats on Friday and when we got home Sunday night, they tested positive for Covid. Several others (from a group Facebook page) tested positive as well upon return home. We went 2years and four months avoiding Covid. Fortunately both only had bad head colds and somehow my 14 year old and I remained negative. That’s even after driving from Miami to Buffalo! Our MDR server went missing after 3rd night without explanation so we think that could have been our exposure but who knows. We did take taxis in Cozumel and Grand Cayman (but we were masked). MDR was fine, nothing that knocked our socks off. Buffet was as expected. The omelet stations were at the back. My husband had one most mornings. We went to Sports bar a couple of times and service was iffy as well. Bartenders were arguing with each other our second time there. We had so many issues prior to booking with MSC we said we likely wouldn’t sail again unless they cruise experience on board made up for it. It did. MSC gave us additional OBC to what we already had (to make up for their many blunders… like canceling our reservation the day before we were to leave)! We ended up the last night struggling to spend it. Husband went to duty free and we are stocked up for the next year in tequila and gin🤣. I like the smaller ships as well as that’s how I was introduced to cruising. Kids like the bigger ships as there are more bells and whistles for them.