MeeshaNZ

My husband and I will also be on this cruise with our 12 year old son.  But we intend to drag  him along to Pompei during our Naples stop.  Still need to revise what we want to do in the other ports.  (We had planned to go in 2020, but covid put a stop to that, so 4 years later we are giving it another try).

Hi Tami, we board in Barcelona on the 12th July, so a few days before you.  We have cruised MSC pre-Covid in Europe and loved it, hence the upcoming trip.  My husband and I will be travelling with our 12 year old son.  

Hopefully this is a silly question. We have paid a deposit, but now I notice that if I was to rebook this cruise, the price has gone up quite a bit.  The fine print does say something about MSC can increase the price.  Will I have to pay more than what was originally quoted when I paid my deposit?  Cruise isn't until July 2024.

22 hours ago, steamboats said:

I think you don´t have to reapply but you points are going down to 0 and you start with the lowest level again.

 

steamboats

If my points go back to 0, as a past cruiser, do you know if I can still get the voyagers club 5% discount?

Hi

Can you have dinner at anytime in the yacht club restaurant eg 6pm?  We are considering  the Grandiosa in 2020. From what I can work out, the regular restaurants have their earliest dinner seating at 7pm. 

We have previously sailed Seaview and Seaside in a fantastica balcony cabin.  A yacht club deluxe suite is available for our preferred dates and it's very tempting, but I'm not sure I can justify the price....

Thanks for all the suggestions.  Double the price to do the ship excursion vs trying to pre book it ourselves....Tricky decision.  And then there's the problem of actually getting hold of MSC to actually try and book.  If we are guaranteed to get to St Peter's with the ship tour, it may be worth it.  But if we go on our own, we may have time to climb the dome...

That sounds like a good plan. Any idea what time we would be able to get off the Seaview in Civitavecchia?

Thanks for the link.  Unless I'm looking in the wrong place, I still can't seem to be able to book the museum and St Peter's on a Wednesday.  https://biglietteriamusei.vatican.va/musei/tickets/do?aaaamm=20197&numeroPartecipanti=3&codiceLinguaVisita=ENG&step=3&action=booking

Hi

We will be on MSC Seaview, arriving at Civitavecchia at 7am and departing at 6pm. I really would love to see St Peter's and the Vatican Museum but am unsure how best to do this. (I was hoping to do it DIY). Which do we go to first? Do we try to get to St Peter's as early as we can and then book the Museum for 12pm? Or do we do the Museum first and hope we can get into St Peter's?

If we can't see them both and I had to choose, I'd pick St Peter's. I've read that St Peter's is often closed on Wednesday mornings due to General Audiences with the Pope, but these General Audiences appear to be cancelled for July. Will we still be able to get into St Peter's in the morning?

My husband and I are travelling with our 7 year old son.

Thanks for your help

Thanks, that's what I thought but was hoping otherwise. From New Zealand nothing seems to be included :-(.

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Hi, is tap water available for free in the buffet and dining rooms?

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JimJamz - that explains the different options available. We are on Seaside in July from Miami. Our 7 wine pack is $229, unlimited sodas $119 pp (no way!), or unlimited non alcoholic $287 pp.

MeeshaNZ - I'm not really a big drinker either and will have two kids with me and I'm not a big fan of them drinking fizz all day long either so no way we'd ever get our monies worth out of any of the packages where everyone in the cabin has to sign up to. I've bought the 4 bottles of wine + 14 water pack and the 14 cans of soda pack (you can buy them when you log on to your booking online on the NZ/OZ MSC site). Mainly for dinner at night. Last time we cruised there was a do-re-mi mocktail pack you could buy when you checked in which was 12 mocktails and a 14 drink cocktail pack as well which were perfect for the family to have a cocktail by the pool each day. Unfortunately my understanding is that they have now discontinued these two packs..

Maybe there are different packages for different sailings??? When I log into my booking, I can only buy 7 bottles of wine (which we would never use) OR 14 bottles of mineral water. There is no 4 bottle option or 14 soda pack option - only unlimited soda package.

The 12 mocktail pack would have been perfect....

Unless it has changed since February this was available on board

 

 

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Does anyone know if the Family soft drinks includes milkshakes and smoothies? On NZ/AU bookings, no drinks of any kind are included :-(. We do not really drink, but it would be nice to be able to have a few milkshakes and non alcoholic drinks, especially with 3 sea days.

If the family non alcoholic drinks were for the entire family, it would be a good deal, but it's a bit confusing to tell the difference.

I am also interested in this.

Previously we've done walk off and picked up a rental car because we had a late flight, and went to a beach for the day.

What car company did you use previously? When you did a walk off, did it take long to get your car? I have read lots of bad reviews about shuttles being full and no cars available! Perhaps is we walk off, rather than waiting until 10am when our cabin is called to disembar we won't have these problems....

We are also wanting to pick up a car after our cruise. Does anyone recommend any particular car hire company? I've read bad reviews about Avis shuttles and then expensive toll passes with Dollar and Thrifty. (We will be picking up in Miami and dropping the car at Orlando early the next day).

Also, we are undecided if we should do a self assisted disembarkation at 7am or wait until our allocated time (10am). Would we have more luck with getting a car quickly if we disembark earlier?

Thanks