Peachy59

Thanks for that review. I was looking at this but they don't really answer all my questions on their website. Do they provide loungers on the beach? Are there places to purchase water or any kind of beverages?

What hotel is that? I like the look of that pool!

First of all, saving a few dollars is not the "sole basis" of our journey. Walking to the bus depot will help us get in some steps for the day, and we rather enjoy getting to meet some of the locals. This is not our first rodeo. We've been to St Marteen a few times, but we've never used the buses there. The one time we went to Maho, we were with an excursion. We wouldn't even be going back, but the rest of the family has never been. The question was more about getting a taxi back. We have used public transportation on several of the islands, and it's always been fine and a bit of an adventure. It's also usually just my husband and me. This time there will be 7 of us. But, I'm wondering if we take the bus there, how difficult it would be to get a taxi back, since I've reading they give you a wristband when you take the taxi there. One person said they were charged for round trip, just for the one way taxi back. So, back to the original question. How difficult is it to get a taxi back to the pier if you didn't already pay for the round trip? I'm also wondering if they even have a taxi that fits 7 people? I know the buses do, if we can be the first to catch it. We plan to head back pretty early, around 2:00, to walk around Philipsburg a little. We have a Star Wars nerd in the bunch, who must go see The Yoda Guy. 👽

I'm wondering how difficult it would be to get a taxi back from Maho if we took the public bus there? Has anybody done this? It seems like they want to charge round-trip fares. There will be 7 of us, so we thought we might save a bit of money by doing this. Anyone?

We just got ours today. Took 12 weeks from when they cashed the check.

Does anyone know what the current rates are?

Probably safer than any school in the USA.

If you order breakfast do you have to specify you want it from the MDR? I ask because on our last cruise when we ordered breakfast we could tell it was just regular RS and didn't come from MDR. On previous cruises when we ordered breakfast we could tell it did come form MDR even though we didn't specify. It was very odd. Also, they sometimes wouldn't even answer the phone. This was last December in a Grand Suite on Harmony.

I have never had a steward vacuum, unless we requested it, except on turn around day.

Absolutely not!

It's incredibly rude. We like to get away from the noise and relax on our QUIET balcony. I would report it.

We were at Barefoot in December. Asolutely nothing special about the buffet there.

Thanks! Fixed mine too!

Tell them you are traveling with a carry-on and can't take any products home.

Round trip? Can you explain how this works? Do they give you tickets to use for the return or the same taxi comes back at a specified time, or what? Thanks for any info.

Me either, but I do like to have ice refilled.

You got onboard credit for Diamond status? Also wondering if anyone knows if onboard credit from a TA is refundable on MSC?

On harmony a couple of weeks ago, the time on the phone was wrong.

Can you give us a hint of who your TA is? 😁

By the way, recently off Harmony 8 day in a Grand Suite, and our room steward did NONE of this. He did replace dirty towels, empty the trash and refill the ice. He also had an attitude whenever we were still in the suite when he wanted to service it. First time in 20 years this wasn't done. We also keep our room very tidy. No extra tip for him. In fact, we definitely noticed a decline in service all over the ship. We were planning to book onboard for next year, but will be looking at another line instead.

Just to clarify, when in port at Ocean Cay, the YC sundeck, including bar and buffet are open? I ask because when we were on Divina three years ago, and Ocean Cay was brand new, everything was closed. No bar or lunch buffet on the YC deck. We had gone to the YC area on Ocean Cay, but it was complete chaos so we went back to the ship. Also, does YC have complimentary access to the thermal suite whenever they want? Or, is it limited?

Noooo! Ha! How did you hear that? Will be on that sailing.

There is absolutely no excuse for the telephone agents not to know this VERY IMPORTANT information before giving an answer.

Are you sure about this? They used to have that in writing about cancellations, but I can't find it anywhere now. It just says non-refundable. We are thinking of booking a suite on Harmony next year, but don't want to risk the full $500. I don't see anywhere on the website that states there is a $100 pp fee and the rest gets transferred to a new booking. Also, wondering if you book a suite onboard, how much is the deposit?

Wow! Thank you for that link. I was just about to book a suite for a year out when I checked the cancellation policy and was confused there was no mention of charging $100 pp and applying the rest to another reservation. We decided not to book. I hope everyone takes note of this change.