perakcruiser

Maybe not on all cruises, but on most. It is absolutely logic that MSC needs to limit the bookings to allocation. Otherwise loads of cabins are not bookable because they are occupied one or two days. Late releases for YC cabins were very common, now with the upgrade bidding less. The Virtuosa cruise you are talking counts as five different cruises that share one boat. You cannot grab a Rotterdam cabin from Southampton. Only if it is empty for the next cruise also, then there will be a late release.

When MSC has to change the number of seatings the old times get cancelled. Happens many times. One of the reasons for this. In your case it looks like they have to change from 2 to 3 seatings because the ship will be on full capacity I guess. In Northern Europe MSC is happy about every guest who wants late seating 😄

Usually families get there own table, even with odd numbers like 3. We never got seated together with others when travelling with our kids and also were never seated together with a family with kids when travelling without them.

Hope that you win as you are one of the few that could produce a YC review that is useful for me.

I highly recommend the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi. All transport can be done by Careem. Walking distance from the ship is the fish market (more interesting that one might expect) and also the eastern part of the Corniche.

Waste of time. First the call center agent has no idea and second whatever he answers has no relevance on board. The 1 hour free access will not be extended to the second guest and also can not be transferred to anyone else, not even to your spouse. The only option apart from a very expensive day pass is to book a cheap massage/treatment and enjoy the complimentary spa access with this to join the wife.