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Phissy ... Thanks for that, just checked out hotel and it is about 3 miles from 91 and a short walk to the space needle.

Is there much distance from 66 to 91 in terms of mileage? We are sailing again with Princess next year to Alaska.

But at least it would hold MSC to account for their terms and conditions.

Kim, The legal rout may be worth looking at due to MSC failing to follow their own written down conditions of carriage.

We have one of the forward cabins booked on Discovery for Alaska in May 2025, our cabin is one of the two centre ones L102 on the lido deck which are slightly wider than those either side of !01 and 102. We had the same forward Suite L106 on two sailings in 2008 and 2009 on Ruby and the views were great being just behind the top of the bridge. We booked L102 on Discovery for the views and the metal superstructure is not an issue to us, on the Ruby the access to the curved balcony is on the Port side and even on sea days if you sat mid centre of the balcony against the cabin wall there was little to no wind.

No longer a real loyalty club as it used to be.

Poesia, Opera, Divina x 3, Orchestra, Preziosa, Seaside x 2, Meraviglia, virtuosa and Seascape booked for this year. Nothing less than 7 nights and three x 20 nights.

I saw a post a day or so ago from someone claiming to be onboard Virtuosa in Dubai that said people were smoking in the Casino! Cannot confirm that though.

Seascape is no smoking and it seems some others are also

Listen to the English one and then switch off, it's not difficult.

Also started on Euribia.

When we did one many years ago in the Med it was very disjointed, every other night was a formal night and as you say didn't give a good vibe.

And sadly there was your mistake, sailing on a bus stop cruise and not sailing on an MSC cruise that has no stops where others get on and off. totally different kettle of fish.

We've sailed on Cunard, stayed at a Hilton and Intercontinental, sailed around 25 cruises, 11 of which have been with MSC in various parts of the globe, prefer MSC to the other lines we have sailed on.

Never had an issue with the cabins above, the cabins above have much smaller balconies than those on deck 9.

We had a Deck 9 forward Aurea balcony on Seaside on our second sailing on the ship having had an Aft wrap Suite previously, the balcony is longer than those higher up and have sun loungers and chairs while those higher up only had chairs The balcony on Seaside is above the Spa and was a quiet area of the ship, the Spa is still included with Aurea.

As MSC proved to all of those who held Black card status in the Loyalty Club and were Royally shafted when they brought in the Voyagers club. Business not valued.

I must be lucky having three signed by three different Captains... 😁

Hopefully it won't be a disaster like it was the last time MSC tried it in Fantastica ... 🤔

But still no response to your question... 😂

Mind you these days it is hard to understand whether anyone at MSC actually knows what is going on at any given time.

Bea ... Very true, unless some of his are missing?

Not currently.

Bea ... My understanding is that both get the same points for cabin grade and number of nights sailed, the person paying the final bill for any onboard spending including tours etc gets the extra points hence the reason why one can be Diamond and the other Gold.

I am sure that I read that your cruise has to be fully paid in order to get a decision.