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I will also contact ABTA as I have a couple  of cruises booked, I guess the more people who complain then it's possible MSC would need to change the policy for cruisers who booked prior to change date, similar to the drinks package changes.

There are burgers, hot dogs and French fries so I guess that's American food. Also Several types of fresh pizza and pasta .

There is water and juices available from self service machines in buffet for breakfast and just water for lunch and dinner I think.Also tea and coffee self service.

I assume they have not got around to changing the websites in USA or Germany or other countries yet as their service cHrge wording is the same as U.K./Ireland was.

its not legal to put in a mandatory charge in UK no matter what T&Cs say but MSC are doing it and assume they will in all other countries as well.

interesting to see if Italian site changed yet.

costa cruises is mandatory and NCL just add theirs to cruise price although you can apply for a refund Post cruise by filling in forms and sending them to head office although not sure how that works.

I assume we will find out how this mandatory charge applies to already booked cruises when people try to cancel in coming months as I don't think it's legal under EU law to introduce a compulsory new charge after you have booked.

Sorry to hear of your experiences, sounds a nightmare. if you had the classic drinks package there should have been no extra costs as alcoholic drinks included wether or not you had signed for them.

did they remove any spurious charges?

Took us over an hour to get through airport as customs check every passport individually and stamp them . However I did notice a fast track line which a few were using and assume you can pre-purchase unless just for business/first class.

We saw them advertised but couldn't go in the dates shown as we had already booked flights elsewhere. Gutted we couldn't go and despite checking regularly not seen them since as was hoping other dates would appear!!

Maybe it's non US/Caribbean cruises, our recent one was out of Dubai and was very surprised to have one but very happy!

Are the Rattan sun beds free to use for Aurea guests or just the ordinary sun beds?

It's all about choice and we like to do some exercise and activities most days but not all day so plenty of time for lounging, spa etc.

my wife is very keen on ballroom dancing so if there are classes etc she ill be interested.

Any views on the angled Aurea cabins on deck 13 or 14 on MSC meraviglia, are they too shaded or noisy from pool deck in respect if deck 14?

We are looking at the Dubai to Yokohama repositioning cruise next year, with quite a few sea days we are wondering what sort of activities are there on these longer cruises? Do they have ballroom dance classes, talks, extra exercise classes etc.

any information from someone who has been on one would be appreciated.

Some of the packages say no video calls, streaming of videos etc. we had basic package on Splendida and were able to make calls using WhatsApp on the wifi.

The kettle was placed in cabin by MSC, apparently they put them in for UK cruisers but not sure if on all itineraries 

The figure is correct as we had Bella and one day my wife had breakfast delivered and cost was 3.5 euros.

we had a kettle in room so just made our own tea in morning if we wanted one.

I have an existing MSC booking for 2020 and noticed that a U.K. online TA is quoting a price lower that we got from MSC even with VC discount.

anybody know if you can transfer an existing booking a get the new lower price from TA or would I need to cancel and rebook losing deposit, we are in UK.

It's mainly the religious holiday/festival it's supposed to be in most European countries so doubt MSC would do any special dishes etc.

They put out extra eggs in the buffet on Easter Sunday so get there early 😂😂

So to upgrade from easy to premium on a European cruise is 10 euros pppd, is that correct?

It took us about 45 minutes to get through customs as they individually check all passports and stamp them. I should think when it's busy it would take a lot longer.

there are also several checks leaving the airport and when we got to final one the guy on desk said we didn't have the correct entry stamp for when the cruise came back and virtually accused us of entering illegally!!

we showed him the itinerary and said on docking we walked out of port, and took a taxi to hotel for 3 days.

anyway he wouldn't have it and sent us to immigration rooms who looked at passports, itinerary and just stamped us through, added 20mins extra onto exit.

Are there any links to the menus for the dining packages at specialty restaurants such as Kaito Sushi, Butchers Cut etc?

I normally book via the website but have used travel agents in past who have never mentioned An issue. We are in UK so not sure if they have more agents on lines here.

You can wear what you want as a lot of Americans were permanently dressed in shorts, sandals and baseball caps in all bars/restaurants and the caps never came off!! No one stopped them coming in or asked them to remove baseball caps as they quite often kick off if asked to comply with any dress code.

MSC retain passports until last night for inspection if required by customs. They then hand you an immigration card at the ports which you show if required and hand back in when you board again, this was how it worked in UAE.