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NCL sure likes to use that "F" word in all its advertising. 

Thanks everyone!

We are both Saphire. We haven't cruised on NCL for awhile ( 3 years). I know Saphire gets a free laundry benefit. My question is ... is that per person or per cabin. Since we are both Saphire, will we get two free laundries?

Can anyone tell me which dining room we will be using for Your Time dining on Liberty. Sailing in a few weeks. Thank you!

Never received a survey, despite several crew members begging us to give good reviews. 

We did it on Celebrity. It's a great way to really see everything. Enjoy!

Thanks for sharing. Only been on two MSC cruises. The first one was a 4-day and we liked it OK. Really enjoyed Ocean Cay. The second one was Seaside and was a 7 day. Not really a fan. Did not like the ridiculous elevator situation. We felt the included dining options were limited. Food was hit and miss, although the service was OK. Entertainment was pretty good. The theater isn't very big and was always exceptionally cold. I mean, REALLY cold! 

Not really any options to go couples dancing, unless you include dance classes. The price was definitely attractive, but we'l probably stick with RCCL, NCL, Celebrity.

We were on Symphony on a TA this year and the comedian on board made a joke that I still laugh at. It will be difficult to relay what he said because it was a bit off color. I will try though ...

He was talking about how amazing that ship was and he overheard a fellow passenger just stand in the promenade with his hands on his hips and exclaim, "This Ship is a MF !"

The comedian said, what a great name for a ship ... MF of the Seas.

Still cracks me up every time I think of it!

We used our one hour  Gold perk at the spa last week. We were not particularly impressed and certainly didn't think it was worth paying extra for. The hot tub was nice, but as stated before, the heated lounge hairs were always occupied. There were only 3 of them. The ladies dressing area was uninspiring. I've been on cruises where just  the regular locker room was nicer. We felt the the hot-and-cold spritzer thing was just silly and totally a gimmick.

4 hours ago, JamieLogical said:

 

 

The MSC app is definitely terrible pre-cruise, but it is one of the better cruise apps I've experienced once onboard.

I respectfully disagree. You cannot make theater reservations with the app. You can't look forward in the week to see what shows are coming up. You can't look at the dinner menu. 

Thanks for the review. We are in Seaside right now. My only comment would be the Peter Punk show seemed more like a kids show and it was like watching an entire season of America’s Got Talent. 😀

11 hours ago, justcrusn said:

There is an airplane (i think) in the harbor if you look for it!

Oh my! Not a real one, I hope!

9 hours ago, Taters said:

You may have better luck getting answers by posting this question on the Ports of Call/Australia boards.

Thank you. Good idea. 

Thank you. Especially for the photo!

Yes, we totally understand about using the ships excursion, not a private vender. The excursion I’m talking about is from Carnival. I’m really hoping to hear from anyone who may have taken this excursion, as opposed to calling Carnival. I know some of Carnivals descriptions of their excursions can be a little, shall we say, “ embellished .”

Good suggestion about contacting a local vender though for insight. Thank you

We will be on the Luminosa in March, 2024 and are very interested in the snorkel excursion from Airlie Beach. We understand we will be traveling during stinger season and the excursion states that 'stinger suits will be provided.'

I have tried to find some reviews of this excursion, but not having much luck. I would really like to hear from anyone who has taken this excursion from Carnival. My questions include:

What kind of boat is used to travel to the reef?

What sizes do the stinger suits come in? DH is an experienced snorkeler but is a big man weighing 290 pounds. Would there be a suit to fit him? Is it dangerous to snorkel without the suit?

The excursion states that we would travel to a pontoon where we would snorkel from. What is the pontoon like?

I have seen advise that since this is a tender port, it is best to take the ship's excursion because the tender process can be quite lengthly and we only have a limited amount to time in port.

Thanks so much to anyone who can help.

Greetings. We are on this cruise, as well as the two cruises before (March 17 to Caledonia and March 24 Arlie beach.) We are from the US and decided to do the 4-day back-to-back for a couple of reasons. One, in case of bad weather, we'll have two chances for the the Arlie Beach Great Barrier Reef snorkel excursion; and 2) we will be leaving on two Royal Caribbean cruises starting April 3.

As a local Brisbaner, any thoughts on getting to Lone Pine Koala while we are in town? The river boat ride to the park sounds really nice, but the time frame of getting to boarding location of the boat don't work out very well with getting on and off Luminosa.

We will be flying into Brisbane 2 days early, but we're pretty sure we'll need some time to rest immediately after arrival, after flying over from the states. Have you been to Lone Pine and what is your opinion?

28 minutes ago, Match Game 72 said:

I have seen many small, colorful fish on Lighthouse Beach next to the rock wall near the lighthouse.

I have also snorkled in the lagoon, but only saw a few gray fish.

Thank you!

We've been to MSC's island only once before and really enjoyed it. DH loves to snorkel and we would appreciate hearing about which areas may be better than others. 

1 minute ago, MsTabbyKats said:

 

 

Entertainment is subjective....not everyone likes the same thing.  That's why (on land) there are so many choices.

So true. 

What is the cost for the zipline?

55 minutes ago, CruisingWalter said:

 

 

 

Entertainment: Really not even close here, NCL has much better entertainment. The shows on MSC are entertaining, but not nearly to the same level as NCL. Doesn't appear MSC invests nearly as much into choreography or the talent. The leads can definitely sing, but overall the shows are not sharp and the sound quality, at least on the Seaside, was just too loud and overdriven at times. There's a line between having good loud audio and pushing it beyond what the system was designed to do. 

 

 

OMG, yes. We've only been on one MSC ship, one of the smaller ones, but we do have a cruise on Seaside coming up soon. The production shows, while entertaining, became laughable because the dancers used almost the same choreography in every show. It was almost like seeing the same show with different costumes and songs.

I feel your pain. We had this happen on our August cruise on Millie. The late seating always seems to be the one available because no one wants it. (I exaggerate). But, seriously, who wants to eat that late when you often need to be up and at 'em in the morning to get off the ship. We immediately requested to change our dining time and we were told we would be on a waiting list. Of course it never happened. But we found if we showed up at the Anytime line when there wasn't a line, they would get us in.

On 9/6/2023 at 8:39 PM, deliver42 said:

When you leave the YC on MSC your on Carnival.

I get the humor. But really, its not quite that bad. We've sailed MSC twice and, although quite different in many respects, it was actually quite nice. I would like to thank all the passengers in the YC for their subsidizing the rest of us who only sail MSC because they are the current price leader. When I'm sailing to the Bahamas, I don't need a butler.

I am interested in purchasing an internet package on my upcoming 7 day cruise. I am Gold in the Voyagers Club. When I am logged in to my account, it shows a price for the basic package. Does that price already include the 10% Voyagers Club discount? Or do I get 10% of the amount shown when I go to check out?

thanks so much!