KarenGretz

Hopefully someone who has been on recently can answer me. Does the casino on the seaside have three card poker? And if so, what is the buy in? I'm new to table games and have picked this as my go-to. I sail in 2 weeks on a free casino offer. I can't wait!

Just to throw my two cents in, I was on a different cruise line and requested cream for my coffee every morning with room service. I got decadent little containers of sweetened condensed milk. It was heavenly!

We had actually planned two and a half weeks from Italy into the Mediterranean. But we just can't get away from our family for that long. It's definitely on the bucket list!

I'd love some opinions please! It's mine and hubby's 15 yr wedding anniversary Oct 2024 and we're able to get away from the 5 kiddos for a week. I've sailed MSC 3 times (Seaside, Seashore and Meraviglia) and we've been on dozens of other cruises as well. But we've never been able to do something as luxurious as Yacht Club! Here's the 2 cruises to decide between: Seashore SUNDAY 10/13/24 Cape Canaveral MONDAY 10/14/24 Ocean Cay, MSC Marine TUESDAY 10/15/24 Ocean Cay, MSC Marine WEDNESDAY 10/16/24 AT SEA THURSDAY 10/17/24 Costa Maya, Mexico FRIDAY 10/18/24 Cozumel, Mexico SATURDAY 10/19/24 AT SEA SUNDAY 10/20/24 Cape Canaveral ------ or ------ Meraviglia SUNDAY 10/13/24 New York MONDAY 10/14/24 AT SEA TUESDAY 10/15/24 Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda WEDNESDAY 10/16/24 Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda THURSDAY 10/17/24 Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda FRIDAY 10/18/24 Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda SATURDAY 10/19/24 AT SEA SUNDAY 10/20/24 New York Seashore Pros vs Cons We LOVE Ocean Cay and would love to overnight there! We'd have more time to experience the Yacht Club pampering there (private beach, beach club restaurant, etc) in addition to the 2 sea days. We've been to Cozumel a dozen times and Costa Maya twice. They're meh.... We'll have a great time anywhere but those aren't too exciting for us. Also, Orlando is also meh.... We're not theme park folks, so we'd just fly in (redeye) and out ASAP afterwards. Meraviglia Pros vs Cons We've never explored NYC and so we'd take debarkation day to do something fun in the city, most likely eat! (Yes, we know 1 day in NYC is nothing, BUT that can't be helped as we have limited coverage for all our kiddos.) We've never been to Bermuda. Is 4 days in Bermuda too much? We're not big on formal tours. We love cruising because we can go to multiple places in 1 vacation, and get bored when we land vacation in 1 spot after a few days. Will there be Yacht Club amenities on ship while we're docked for 4 days? Thanks for taking to time to help me out!

Yes you can, especially if you book through an agent and they prebook your drink package for you. (Still costs the same.) They can use their agent account on msc book to add or cancel the purchase. However, a phone call to customer service will also do. However their phone customer service isn't the best.....

No and yes

No, I was comparing the menu and pesos to the menu in USD

Correct. I just looked at one menu and the margarita is 12 USD, or 100 pesos. Even at the terrible exchange rate right now, the pesos convert to $5.95....

This is what I'm finding! The USD menus are twice the price of the pesos menu once converted. Do you know of any good beach side clubs down there that don't have this practice? Thanks!

Can you tell me why you love it so much? I've only been down there once, but doing my research, I'm so turned off by the locations that have a peso menu and a USD menu. Because when you do the conversion the USD menu is twice the price. Thanks!

I just moved my balcony to the starboard side! Thanks for the info!

I'm onboard now and starting to think MSC retires read CC because there's a notice on the front page of all the dailies reminding people to not do this! Kudos @JamieLogicalfor calling it out!

Try putting booking 2 cabins, one adult and one kid in each. You might get 2 rooms for a similar price!

Personally, I don't think it's intentional, I think it's their crummy website. If there's solo cabins available, it'll let a solo book any cabin. If solo cabins are all booked, it'll show no availability for any cabin if the booking is set for 1 pax. Just another MSC quirk......