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Currently on MSC Seashore for 21 days. Paid $49 pppn for inside HC. Meals (breakfast & dinners) far better than recent experiences on Celebrity and Royal. We have always done a mix of cruise lines even on our trek to Pinnacle. Will continue doing Royal ships but think MSC offers a better experience regardless price - and most times price is significantly better.

For the Oct 29, they did a counter offer that we accepted. The counter was for a YC balcony came two days after our bid (minimum) for the YC Inside, which we immediately accepted and it was confirmed within 24 hours. YC Balconies 18015 & 18025 are still available, so you may get one. We also put a bid in for a YC inside on the Oct 26 cruise one week ago but have not received a counter offer as of today. Still hopeful since there are 11 YC Balconies available and all insides are booked,

why ask why??? We booked inside guarantees for Seaside Oct 26 and Oct 29. They assigned us a Bella experience balcony for each cruise. We are at Diamond level with over 20 cruises on MSC so it's not just 1st time cruisers. We then bid for the Inside Yacht Club and got a Yacht Club balcony for the 7 night Oct 29 cruise, There are certain web sites which show all available cabins which cannot be mentioned on Cruise Critic. These two dates still have many unsold cabins in all categories.

The bartenders rotate every two weeks and the Star Quest bar (ie Viking Crown) was rotating three weeks ago.

We did Regal Princess B2B over the holidays and were treated regally. If Princess would put a ship in Port Canaveral (practically in our back yard) we would do mostly Princess. And we are Top Cruiser on Brilliance this week.

On Brilliance now and StarLink up and running. Much better than last month - November/December.

At 5:45 am Suite Lounge coffee machine working. Wedge in door indicating Eduardo has already been there. Diamond Lounge needing grounds removed. Also wedge in doorway. Up so early Molly361?

Coffee machines in lounges run 24/7 Nope, I get up there at 6:00 am most mornings and they are turned off. The grounds container taken out and hidden, Have to wait for Eduardo to come to set up the breakfast and turn on the cleaning cycle. Don't know when they turn them off. Usually available by 6:30 - 7:00 am. This for both lounges.

On Mariner now, going to Bermuda, and yellow post-it notes with times on every unoccupied chair and day-bed in Solarium.

Last week Harmony of the Seas had 5800 guests (per Capt. Johnny). That's 105% (double occupancy is 5497).

Got this via e-mail yesterday, 3 days before cruise. We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Mariner of the Seas®, and while we have not selected your offer yet, the team onboard the ship may choose it for upgrade based on availability at departure time.You will be able to modify or cancel your bid(s) up to 2 hours before departure on embarkation date. If you do not receive any communication by departure time, your cabin has not been upgraded.

The threshold number on Mariner is 50 per the Concierge. Over that and Pinnacle cards will not open the door. In May they were expecting 65 (approx) pinnacles for the southern Caribbean run so our cards were not programmed to open the door. When only 54 actually were onboard, the HD decided to let us in and everyone had to get new cards made in order to open the door. Then the next week - the Bermuda run - there were over 60 pinnacles and we were not allow in the lounge. Every ship has there own threshold number.

What I find intriguing is this statement in the pricing page. In addition, due to rising fuel costs, a fuel surcharge will be added to your booking at the rate of $55 per person. Should this not be assessed by the cruise line at the time of sailing, each guest will be refunded the fuel surcharge amount paid to their onboard account once on the ship.

Correct.

Get a ticket when you enter - pay when you leave. Pay for all days parked unlike Terminal 1 where you pay upfront for days of one cruise even if you are staying longer doing B2Bs.