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Maybe the gym will open at 7 already, otherwise the running track is your thing. Never closed. Like on many other cruises lines the spin bikes are put away when no spinning is going on to use the space for other classes. Zero chance to use them.

If there is a sea day it is likely to be the night before the sea day. Otherwise Gala is set on a night before a port with no or very limited guests (dis)embark. Valetta for example.

Probably there are different "generations" of kiosks around depending on how new/old the ship is.

It is not so easy. MSC (and other cruise lines) certainly don´t want out of the market bookings. And they are aware of this practice very well. So the tried to forbid this, but European Union law stopped them. EU citizens have the right to book in any EU market and no measurements are allowed to hinder them from this, the residence in a specific country cannot be a requirement. Your situation as US citizen is totally different, MSC can certainly forbid you to book in UK or EU. Certainly you can risk it. The main risk is maybe not that MSC cancels your booking, the main risk is that you give up all customers legal protection you have in your home country. That is the reason I would not book in a country I not even speak the language. And with a fake residental address the correspondence anyway in finished before it starts and you basically even gave up the consumer legal protection from your "guest" country.

The confusion is because BEFORE the kiosks came, the CC had to be registered at check in. Now it cannot be registered at check in, only at the kiosks. The possible cash deposit at the reception I personally would avoid thinking about the notoriously long lines there. Especially when it come to the settlement of the final bill.

I never experienced the gala night prior to Genova or on the last day of the cruise for most passengers.

That´s a joke for this short ride.

Perfect to set up a Golf training area. Just need to bring some carpet, nets and a putting green.

If my (younger and 3 year old) kid would wet the bed I definitely would tip the room steward. But luckily (or unluckliy for the steward) she did not do this🙂

This is a theoretical talk. I am talking about the gratuities for a 3 year old kid. Which I would certainly remove (if I can), because I think such young kids should not be charged gratuities, this sounds crazy to me. But we only are sailing Celebrity alone w/o kids, because if you are talking about a cruise with kids it would be a sensational waste of money to book them as so many others do "kids sail free". And to make things even more complicated we usually book our cruises in Europe. Where Celebrity only offers fare with all fees, taxes and gratuities included. Price is final. So there is anyway no option to cancel or adjust any gratuities, no matter if kids or adults. We only sail MSC with the kids, also here it is very simple, the gratuities cannot be removed or adjusted, adults pay $ 14.5 per night, kids from 2 to 12 pay $ 7.25 per night, kids under 2 are free. So I never had the chance to cancel the service charge for kids (which would have been possible in the old days), but if the cruise line would give me the option to do so I would happily do 🙂

They have sparkling wine also.

Actually Celebrity is doing this for some markets. But we prefer that is not built in so we can remove. Anyway, Celebrity is so much more expensive with kids compared to others, the grats are not making the big difference.

No reason for this, Fly & Cruise from MSC works perfectly, even at "difficult" destinations like Havana.

You are not an experienced cruiser if you don´t try as much cruise lines as possible.

If they seat people with and without drinks packages together that obviously means free drinks for the ones without 😄 The waiter just brings a bottle of water and does not care which guests card to swipe.

Difficult to say but the ships will be totally full the first two weeks of April when all of Europe having Easter holidays.

Your movement is not limited to 2/3 of the ship. You can sit down on a deck chair and look forward, something the modern ships do not allow 90% of their guests anymore. More and more I feel that the older ships have more character and give me a better cruise "feeling".

For Non-YC travellers the absence of the YC on the Musica- and Lirica-Class is a huge advantage. But I love all ship classes from MSC, in the end it is only Itinerary and price. But I also want to sail the World Europa, if the price is right, I don´t care about the (probably very boring Med) itinerary here.

The big question is if you will accept MSCs House wines. And if you get a good promo for the easy package. If not I predict you will not be happy. On the other hand there should be a lot of sea days...

Very difficult questions. The rules for guests from your country you better take from MSCs website for your country. If they have one. At least for Sweden they have and the swedish cannot delete (or adjust) the tips. If you have a Schengen passport leaving in Helsinki should not be a problem. If you want the easy package you better buy it at the time of booking. The only time you might get a promo offer. Again no idea if they have drinks promos for your specific market.

Also the wine packages seem to be gone.

So true. Actually I think the MSC complaints level was much higher 10 years before. For example when the Fantasia-class came. And we are talking about the timeless masterpieces Preziosa and Divina are. But for me MSC did not really change. MSC is MSC, ships change, people complain and complain. And happily book again.

The beautiful Meraviglia. And you are right to ask, probably the older ships will not provide.

Looks like it was a teambuilding trip from MSCs famous IT department in Napoli 😄

Certainly no mistake. There is a big difference between YC and Bella/Fantastica/Aurea. There is a very small difference between Bella, Fantastica and Aurea. You cannot use the spa without paying, you cannot use the sun deck, you cannot have my choice dining. That´s it. And some luxury cabins are only available with Aurea.