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This is our 5th sailing on MSC. We’ve always been fortunate to cruise in Yacht Club. We blame our Yacht Club addiction to Arthur and Vishnu! 
 

We live in St Pete and we drove over last night after work. Easy peasey! We always come in the night before to avoid any stress!

Marriott Town Suites are a great addition to Port Canaveral and the room was fabulous! Staff was very nice! Bonvoy upgrade helped!
 

Parking- Opened a bit later than our last cruise but all in all smooth going. The new parking structure will make this, in our opinion, the easiest port in Florida to depart from! We waited in our car until it opened at 10:35. 
 

Embarkation- Yacht Club is best in class. No one else comes close! We’ve cruised Haven, Retreat and top suite on Carnival and they are nowhere close to MSC! Muster completed on way in with butler escort is the way to go!

Top Sail Lounge- Great spot to sit and relax while our room is prepared. The buzz is all service oriented and our fellow passengers are all being taken care of. 
 

Let me know what questions you have. I’ll do my best to get your answers! 
 

It’s Cruise day!!!
 

We are sailing on a food out cruise July 13. We got ours June 13, so 30 days out.  We were upgraded from guarantee porthole to infinite veranda. 

A month out and no cabin got us yet. I’m sure will be fine after they process move ups. 

I was able to call and book it. The customer service rep said the website is having maintenance done so it’s a bit glitchy. 

Trying to purchase a dining package with the new sale pricing but when I go to check out it says it’s no longer available. It’s still showing as available and I tried 2 different items that won’t allow me to purchase them. Anyone else having this issue? Any idea on how to fix it?

Thank you both. While I know it’s not the best Lobster in the world it’s part of our tradition. 🦞

We are in Retreat so I’m also curious to try the Luminae version to see if it’s cold water. 

Thanks for your advice but I still would like to know. To each his own. 

I can’t seem to find what night is lobster night on a 7 night Caribbean cruise. It doesn’t come up on the menus in the ap for my itinerary in December. I’m trying to reserve specialty restaurants and was hoping to plan around lobster night. 
I see it on my upcoming 8 night cruise. 
 

Has it been removed from 7 nighters? Thanks!
 

9 hours ago, PTC DAWG said:

Curious as to why that would matter?  

Drink packages are priced per day. 7 nights are cheaper than 14 night cruises. Same for unlimited specialty dining. Oops I just realized the prices was already quoted per day… my bad. 

On 4/28/2024 at 10:36 PM, workinmom3 said:

Saw the premium drink package for $64.99 pp on a flash sale. Is this a good price?

Depends on how many nights the cruise is…

3 hours ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

Yay!  This is awesome!  We have cabin 9204 on Edge and I thought having an aft view as well as the traditional side view would be awesome! DH wondered about the privacy because others can see in from the side.  I reckon if someone else wants to watch me watch the pretty Alaskan scenery while I sip my coffee or wine...so be it 💁‍♀️.

 

Awe, thank you!  Planning to!

 

When we were on Ascent, we were in a SS1 that was about 3 cabins down from the MC's.  The foot print of the MC rooms looked bigger to me....especially the size of the balcony...was that just an optical illusion or are they bigger? 

Great cabin location for Alaska! 

11 minutes ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

Love it when things work they way they should!  Question… what is the best MC suite?  We have one booked in 6 weeks. 

Hope you do a review. 🌹🌺

2 minutes ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

Love it when things work they way they should!  Question… what is the best MC suite?  We have one booked in 6 weeks. 

We have one of the end cabins that has a side window. We can look out and aft from our balcony. 10182 on Ascent. It’s also not directly below pool deck. 🌺
 

similar to this…

Just wanted to report how easy it was to receive a refund on my upcoming cruise. Booked a suite guarantee for December. We were assigned a cabin right away. Received one of the best Magic Carpet Suites. Guarantee price dropped $400. 
Final Payment is months away. 
 

We weren’t sure if we were still considered a guarantee price level since we had a cabin. 
 

Quick call to customer service and price guarantee was active and quickly processed reduction in price. 
 

Thank you celebrity! Great service!

AT&T has a $10 a day international plan that I have turned on. It works in most Caribbean ports we frequent. In case something glitches, that’s all we get charged. The rest of time it’s airplane mode and we are not charged. 
 

A few years ago we had Verizon. My husband turned his phone on while in a port and all the downloads were waiting. He was charge close to $200. But Verizon refunded us with a call when we were back home. 

From the website;

*A food credit in the amount of $30 for lunch (sea days only) and $50 for dinner will be provided at the following a la carte specialty restaurants: Sushi on Five and Raw on Five. Food credit amounts are subject to change at any time and without notice. 

6 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

There is no upsell list

Thanks for highlighting that. That was what I tried to convey. lol.

FYI, we did not ask to be put on an upgrade list. We were content with the Havana cabana. It is my husbands birthday during the cruise, so that did increase the odds we would accept this upgrade. Not sure if that played into the offer but it was mentioned by the person that I upgraded with.👀

I’m interested in seeing if the sailing is full. The woman that called me said the room popped open last minute. I’m going to see who has our old room and see when they upgraded. 🌺

$502 for 2 of us. I expected it to be much more and was ready to say no. 

So excited! We are leaving Saturday on the Horizon for 8 night Southern cruise. We were booked in a Havana Cabana and got called today for a great offer to upgrade to the Havana Suite. It’s my hubby’s birthday so it will make it that much better!

If anyone wants any info from our cruise, just blew me know! I’ll report out for you!

On 12/24/2023 at 5:06 PM, Joanne G. said:

It doesn't sound normal, and it's never happened to me.  I have definitely seen sold out excursions still listed for my cruises.   It could be a website glitch. Check again in a day or so.

 

I would think that Carnival would notify you if it's been canceled and would have issued a credit to your credit card.  Have you checked for a credit on your credit card account?  

 

Do you see it in your "Booking and Order Summary"?  If it's there, and you just want to re-read the description, you should be able to get the description in the general section on Carnival's home page - Explore/Shore Excursions and then choose the port.   It won't have the times for your specific cruise, but the general description should be available for you to review. 

 

I hope you find an answer soon.  

Well, it was officially canceled. Just got notice and will receive a refund. 

Yes! It feels like old school Florida there. Love the vibe!

We’re on the Horizon January 20 out of PC. It’s a great port!