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Starting from 599. Maybe for a 4 night cruise. Thats 150 GBP not a real deal. In AT DE CH it's 599€ So they even give people in th UK a higher price => 599 GBP = 675€

As I mentioned above, you can really book through any of the Costa Websites. So if you know the cruise date. Just heck through the different Costa websites.

I think you booked the 6 night / 7 days mediterranean cruise starting from 359 € for the interior cabin right? If yes, this cruise is also on my watchlist. A 6 night cruise is quite uncommon. I would book through a TA here in Germany, offering a 100€ coupon on cruise booking. The coupon itself costs 6,50€. Would also apply for 40€ OBC from the shareholder benefit. This would result in 359-93,50-40=226€ for 6 nights. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Actually you also check the price and book on Costa (Austria .at) and Costa (Swiss .ch). _______________________________________________________________________________________ We had some crazy sales, error fares and as well as: Here are some Deals I posted: You can use Google Translate 😉 1. https://www.mydealz.de/deals/costa-de-at-15-tage-14-un-kreuzfahrt-mit-der-costa-fascinosa-von-pointe-a-pitre-savona-ab-439eur-inkl-flug-anreise-preisfehler-2120151 2. https://www.mydealz.de/deals/costa-pacifica-15-tage-14-un-karibik-kreuzfahrt-von-la-romana-fur-739eur-in-balkon-aussen-oder-innenkabine-direktflug-ab-277eur-ab-mxp-2119521 3. https://www.mydealz.de/deals/15-tage-14-un-costa-fascinosa-karibik-kreuzfahrt-mit-13-stops-inklusive-flug-und-transfer-fur-1329eur-in-der-aussenkabine-2111372 4. https://www.mydealz.de/deals/costa-ch-14-tage-13-un-kreuzfahrt-mit-der-costa-fascinosa-von-pointe-a-pitre-marseille-fur-250-eur-246-chf-balkonkabine-transatlantik-2110721 5. https://www.mydealz.de/deals/costa-at-15-tage-14-un-kreuzfahrt-mit-der-costa-pacifica-von-la-romana-marseille-fur-nur-169eur-in-der-aussenkabine-transatlantik-2110720

MSC is not only passenger cruise. They are a big player in the freight / cargo cruise industry with.

A good explanation but some passenger we met (like from france) received their transit visa for KSA 7 days before the cruise started.

Same here. Transit Visa came afternoon the night before to the first port. Just apply and be patient.

I organized and booked this trip for my mother and can underline Alicat's feedback on this cruise. - For Petra and Sohkna (Cairo) 20+ MSC Coaches. Please check the FB group for this itinary and book a private tour operator. - If you pay 2000-3000 USD for this cruise then it's not worth it. What do you get? 4 Ports. - Only book if you are a muslim, really like the middle east, short in time for 3 countries or especially wants to visit saudi arabia.

I cruised 3 times with MSC and 2 times with Costa last year. To make it short. Every cruise was nice. But the vibe on the middle sized Costa ships were a lot nicer than on the mass market ships from MSC with separated Yacht Clubs. On Costa it feeled more like the traditional cruising and due to the size more warm and friendly. The vibe was 👍

Everything successful. My parents flew to Hurghada today and are on the MSC Splendida now. 🥳

We have now the e-Visa for egypt and also a statement from the embassy that visa on arrival is possible. So let's see.

😄 check the Google review for the Egypt embassy in Frankfurt and Berlin and you will get the answer. takes from 10 days to 5 month for a tourist visa, People lost their passport or could not travel because the embassy kept their passport for months… the rule that an embassy passport is mandatory is a MSC rule and outdated since 2018.

MSC state that my parents need a visa from the consulate. The current law in Egypt is visa on arrival (possible) and e-visa (possible). Sorry but no hotline employee will help you. They probably will redirect you to some Manager etc. I contacted now some manager from MSC Egypt to get the confirmation if their rule may be outdated and never updated since 2018.

MSC and the Saudi foreign ministry have archived an agreement. From this week on you can get a transit visa for Saudi Arabia for 25 USD (just the insurance fee).

My brain just blacked out by the offer...

Actually the pricing is like this: 100€ Plane Ticket from Paris => Hurghada + Transfer 70€ Hotel Service Fee for 7 nights 199€ for 2 person - Bella interior 239€ for 2 person - Fantastica interior + 20% Single occupancy fee - 5% VC discount As Bella was sold out, I booked Fantastic for my mother for 239*1,2*0,95 + 170€ => around 440€ ---- To be honest, I am in several Facebook groups about this itinary. There are incredible hurdles regarding visas for Egypt and Saudi Arabia. If you book it for next Saturday, you have to get the visa in time. It's a real gamble.

Exactly 😉 The offer was to tempting. We paid around 500€ each. They fly with Air Italy.

Already wrote MSC Egypt Employer on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn to get more info and contact to the immigration purser ... The MSC hotline employee won't help.

The glass dome is sliding? Never saw it open. I think it's a fix flass dome / cover.

Hello, Now it happened to me. I booked a cruise for my paents too quickly without reading the visa requirements from MSC carefully. I'm talking about visa requirements for travel to the Red Sea. Especially MSC Splendida from Hurghada/Safaga (Egypt). My parents have a Chinese passport, we have a permanent residence in Germany / Schengen visa. Chinese citizens can get e-visa or even visa on arrival from Egyptian authority. However, MSC requires a visa to be obtained from an embassy or consulate. Therefore, I am concerned that they may be denied bording. How is the airline ticket handled in such a case? Does the return flight back to Paris remain? Thanks Aeroplex

They are slow, but it worked.

We disembarked in Marseill 2 weeks ago with the MSC Fantasia. It was no problem to disembark with your luggage individually. You must leave your cabin at a certain time like 8am, but you can deposit the lugguage near the reception. Then you can stay without any problem even until the lunch buffet.

It is not misleading, the interior cabin is sold out but the previous page is not up to date. In this case, check the MSC every day in the morning. Sometime interior cabins / free capacity will show up.

The cruise pier for MSC ships in Marseille is the MPCT marked below. It is around 5 km to the city. There is no big terminal. When you leave the ship, there are taxis waiting just in front of you. 50m walk in front of the ship. Catch a taxi and drive to the Train station St. Charles. Takes 20min maximum 25 min. With the free shuttle and by walk if you have only light lugguage 😉 you can catch the 12:00 train and even see a little bit of the sights in marseille. But 10:00 is not possible with the free shuttle.

If you don't find robe / slippers in your room, just ask your steward politely if he can bring you some. I would just ask for the robe, as the slippers are the standard single use frottee slippers, which you don't want use in the pool area anyway. Do you probably have the chance of status match to gold or diamond? Then you will have priority boarding + spumante + macarons and even The 1hour Thermal Spa. Congratulation very nice cabin, could be much worse like balcony with obstructed view 😉

May I ask you if you've been to Malaga with the Costa Favolosa. If yes, do you remember at what time you can go off board ? Our cruise are sheduled for 8:00 and I have a tour operator, who can only wait until 8:20. Very tight time shedule.