KennyFla

I have been reading the negative comments and complaints on here, and have some random, incoherent thoughts. 1) MSC (and other cruise lines) went from having nearly empty ships sailing at great losses to being overbooked, seemingly overnight. If you look at this from a business standpoint, you can't overstaff the ships when they were empty; you were already bleeding money. There does seem to be a problem getting staffed back up, but outside forces played a role in this. And probably still are. Why are they overbooking? See the bleeding money comment. 2) MSC's price is considerably cheaper than other lines in the same category (RC, NCL, Carnival). I view them as Frontier and Allegiant vs American and Delta, as far as amenities. They are a great value for the money, but you have to follow the rules, as we have found flying the new group of low cost regional airlines. You have to abide by the wifi and drink package conditions. I believe the easy plus and wifi are available as an addon at the time of booking for about $300 per person for 7 days, and have seen it as low as $150 if memory serves.. This is a good deal, but has qualifiers. 3) When you combine low fares with unlimited access to alcohol, you will get customers that drink too much and are rude. You also get people that will go for lowest price and want to make sure they get as much as possible out of their vacation, partly because they don't have a lot of money. This point is a little controversial. You can't hold MSC responsible for this.

Any chance you could post menus? Thank You

Book now while the value is good.

Yacht Club: Steerage:

Another consideration is how much of a balcony person you are. I did a comparison of an Aurea balcony with a drink package vs a Yacht Club Interior. For 2 people the difference was $300 total. I like a balcony but am not one that sits on it for extended periods. For that difference I did YC.

I'm curious. What were some examples of the rude behavior you saw?

I think a revamp of the YC menus is in order.

Is it me, or do the MDR menus look as good, maybe a little better than the YC menus?

We are certainly a more casual society in general. Not saying its good or bad, just that things are different.

Sadly, there generally seems to be a noticeable lack of manners and increase of rudeness in a lot of the twenty somethings. Goes along with the degradation of culture. There is definitely an entitlement attitude now, "I want what you have, and I'm not going to pay for it."

If you wear jeans on gala night you will be tarred and feathered. And the tar is really hard to scrape off. 🙂

This is the most logical explanation I have heard about the bidding process. From a business standpoint trying to maximize profit, it makes sense. There is still a question about WHO gets an offer. Is it random?

My wife is gluten free. They took very good care of here, we had a meeting after dinner each night to go over the next day's meals so they could prepare. The made her several things that were not on the menu. The Chef even came to our table one night to make sure everything was OK. Yes, I think you will be fine.

And the carmelized onions.

Thank You!

If you dispute it, the credit card company should not require it to be paid. By the time the next billing cycle comes around, it will hopefully be resolved. There may be a small interest charge.

Does anyone have a list of excursions at Ocean Cay. Our cruise is too far out for them to be listed, and searching this forum didn't help much. Looking especially for a scuba dive.

We did, and It was great. 🙂

My wife is from Kentucky, what is your favorite bourbon?

Where are the olives and carmelized onions?

Are you going to post while on board?

When I browse the MSC website, they still have rock bottom prices. Especially for 2024.

I think every cruise line is dealing with the losses from the forced shutdown, as well as staffing issues from running nearly empty ships to overbooked ones. I am hopeful these problems will smooth out in the weeks ahead. As far as price, the constant launching of new and bigger ships creates a lot of competition and will help drive prices down.

Everybody in the same cabin has to check in together, don't they?