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We will be on the Marina, March 5th from Buenos Aires to Miami.  We will be flying into Buenos Aires March 1st.  This will be our first trip to Argentina. We will be staying at the Park Towers Hotel, which I believe is close to the cruise terminal .  Any advice or tips would be hugely appreciated.

My husband wants me to ask about the premium drink package, any info is appreciated.  TIA

Does anyone have a copy of the current SM glass list?

I saw the some cocktails were included on a recent review of Oceania. I didn’t notice who the reviewer was.

Reading the info about Simply more, I am simply more confused.  Some places it includes cocktails and others it does not.  If anyone is now cruising on the Simply more program, would you please explain the alcohol policy of the ship.  I understand you can upgrade to a premier package but that is not what I am interested in.  TIA

Confused

WE were just told by MSC we need to bring our own distilled H2O this time.  We will be in Yacht Club and they have always provided the water before.

It was the Radisson Diamond.

We will be on a family cruise over Thanksgiving on the Nieuw Amsterdam.  Does anyone have a schedule or sample schedule for the teen program?

TIA

1 hour ago, Florida_gal_50 said:

The way this is worded sounds a bit better than it is.  I know they used to have an expanded breakfast room service menu.  I don’t think that is true anymore but I could be wrong.  I rarely have room service unless I’m doing an early excursion.  There is no extra breakfast menu items.  You can get a mimosa for no charge.  There is one extra entree at night.  If I remember correctly there was at least one poster that kept repeating about the breakfast in the pinnacle.  I just don’t want people to be disappointed.  To be honest I have had breakfast in both places and I prefer club orange.  Also listed as an item on club orange is some special “event”.  I’ve had club orange on the koningsdam for a total of 4 weeks.  There has not been a special event.  Hal’s strong suit is not updating literature.

Thank you.

10 hours ago, Florida_gal_50 said:

There is no breakfast in the pinnacle grill unless you are in a Neptune or pinnacle suite.  For some reason this gets mentioned a bit unless this is a very recent addition. 

This is on some website that “since there is not CO dining room, breakfast is in the Pinnacle Grill.  I have not seen any post talking about this. 

 I just read this on HAL website,  “Premium in-room dining breakfast menu
• KoningsdamandNieuwStatendam:privatediningvenue for breakfast and dinner with an expanded menu
• All other ships: priority seating in the Dining Room for breakfast and dinner with an expanded menu

Sorry for any confusion and thanks for clarifying the policy.

How is the breakfast in the Pinnacle Grill? I thought I also read that the extra menu charges were waved. All thoughts are appreciated.

We just booked a veranda room with HA for Thanksgiving on the Nieuw Amsterdam.  We also purchased the Club Orange package.  I would love to hear the experiences of those who previously booked Club Orange. Any tips, thoughts or opinions  would be appreciated.

We have booked two cruises.  If vaccines are not required for crew and passengers, we will cancel. As much as we love cruising, our health is more important. Let’s hope the CDC will give their approval for the summer sailings from Florida.

Venchi chocolate was $30 a pound on our August Seaside cruise.  The gelato in YC tasted like Venchi but I don't know for sure.

We always like the Starboard side of the ship on deck 16. Direct corridor into Top Sail Lounge.

We have been on over 100 cruises from high end, Silver Seas to Carnival, we find that MSC has the most beautiful ships and the best entertainment at sea. I see a fair amount of complaints from our fellow USA citizens because they don’t like anything “foreign” and “foreigners” make them uncomfortable. If you enjoy traveling to Europe, you will adore MSC cruises.

No there is not a lot of operatic singers. The singers are very well trained.

Thank you for a fabulous review. We will be spending B2B in the Yacht Club the last week of August and first week of Sept. People who do not like to travel will not like MSC. If you love to travel to Europe, you will adore MSC.