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9 minutes ago, Linda the Book Lover said:

No you need to pay by the end of March. 

Thank you for the clarification.  I am assuming this would be refundable if we had to cancel for any reason?

2 minutes ago, Linda the Book Lover said:

Yes 

Just to clarify, I can still lock this rate in if I prepay in January, correct?

The wording in the e-mail was a bit strange.  We are booked for a cruise in March 2021.  I understand that the price will increase at the end of the month.  If I pre-pay before the cruise I will be locked into the original price.  Does that mean I need to pre-pay before the end of this month to lock into the price or can I pre-pay in January and still get the current price?  Thank you for the clarification. 

Thank you for your responses. I booked to Fantastica experience. I am not sure which one he booked but will find out.

We book the Seaside for March and requested a early seating time. My dad called me yesterday and he informed me that he just booked the same cruise as us and requested early seating time as well. I know that there are a few different seating times/dining rooms. What is the best way to ensure we end up at the same table together? We both booked using different travel agents?

Actually with the exception of Norwegian this isn't much different than other cruise lines, even those with my time (any time) dining. 7:15 is a very popular time and unless you make your reservations early, you're out of luck.

I'm still a bit confused though. According to reviews the Seaside has effectively 6 dining times, none of which is 7:45. It seems like the website isn't built to handle how dining is set up on the Seaside. Also the one we booked is a year out and with fantastica we are supposed to have a choice. Any clarity with how this works on MSC is appreciated.

 

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Speaking of food, we ended up eating each night in a premium dining room and never ate in the MDR. We messed up when we booked. MSC has three dining times. We thought they had two so we requested early which actually means 5:15 which is just too early for us. The ship was close to full so they couldn’t switch 6 people. No worries.

 

We just booked our first MSC last week and seem to have the same dilemma. Both the website and MSC rep says there are only 2 dining times to pick from (5:30-7:30 and 7:45-9:45). Which do you pick if you want a 7:15 or 7:30 slot?

 

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I just booked our first cruise on the MSC Seaside yesterday. Before I booked I had my NCL account status matched to MSC Black. My husband did the same with his the next day.

 

Today I called my travel agent to apply the 5 percent off the price. She then put me on hold and contacted MSC. They were able to apply my number for the discount and informed me once my husband's status match went through I could call back for another discount.

 

I originally thought we would only have a total of 5 percent off per cabin (because we are both in the same cabin)... but they made it sound like 5 percent off per person. Does anyone have any experience with this?

We were in Cabo about 8 years ago and did a whale watching ship. We didn't book ahead of time, just walked off the ship and went with someone at the dock. Has anyone done this recently? If so, who did you end up going with and what was your experience?

Thank you for all the advice. We took my daughter zip lining last year (4 years old then) in Costa Rica. She loved it! I figured the parasailing would be an exciting new adventure with her. I definitely want to go up tandem from the boat if she goes. I will look around in Cabo. Thanks for all the great tips.

Would like to take my 5 year old parasailing in either Mazatlan or Puerto Vallarta. Does anyone have any recommendations or a place that will take you up off the boat instead of starting on the land? I know that they offer it in the states starting at five years old, but was hoping to find something on one of our stops.

Any suggestions on excursions for a 4 and 5 year old? We did the ruins last year and the kids did love it. I know my oldest will not try cave tubing (we refuses to even get in a lazy river.) Thinking of a beach excursion, but don't want an really long tender ride. Any thoughts?

Can you take the bus to Kapari beach. I hear it is close to Agios Ioannis, can you take the bus to at least this point?

We have over $200 OBC that I believe will be considered non-refundable as we are receiving it from our travel agent. Can I use this OBC to purchase a future cruise reward? Has anyone successfully done this lately?

Confused... When does the sale start? Now or July 1st? How can you tell which cruises are eligible for kids sale free?

Has anyone used this company? Looking at the Tuscany Wine and Food tour from Livorno. Seems to be the only one out there that is not a private or through the ship tour.

Thank you for all of the suggestions. I will be in contact with my Roll Call board, just wanted to see if there were other options if we did not get enough people to join in a private tour.

We will be arriving Livorno and really want to do a trip to wine country. The problem is everything is private and super expensive and the ship tours don't get fantastic reviews. Has anyone found a non private tour for this kind of trip that was also not through the ship?

We will actually be on your sailing with our 3 and 4 year old. I ended up booking an excursion through Island Marketing called Wild On Roatan Wildlife Tour. It is going to take us to see the monkeys, plus some other animals and the beach. The price was reasonable as well.

We are staying across the street from the convention center at the Hampton Inn before our cruise. I was wondering where the best place to get a case of water near the hotel would be. Last year we ended up walking a couple of miles. Also, is it possible to walk to port from here? I know you can get in via Julia street, but is it possible to get in the other way around?

Last year we just used the bottom part of a booster seat and plan on using the same for our youngest (who will be 3) this year. We used the booster in the limo ride to the hotel, but didn't use it on your rides in port. We will probably use it in our taxi rides as well. I know at 3 they aren't "ready" for the booster, but both our kids are on the bigger side and it's safer then nothing and a lot easier then carrying the huge carseat. Plus we can pack it away in the suitcase when not using it.

We will be disembarking on the Spirit and staying one night in Barcelona after our cruise. I am assuming we will be off the ship by 8 am. Is it standard practice for most hotels to hold luggage until check-in time? I hate to drag our things around for the morning.

We are thinking of flying into Milan and taking the train from Milan to Venice. Does anyone know if they charge for luggage on the train? Is there a limit to what you can take?

We are going in January with our 3 and 4 year old. We have never been to the ruins so we will be going with this company:Experiencebelizetours. It seems to be priced fairly reasonable and has great reviews.

DH and I got married in Cabo on the Beach 5 years ago, as part of our port day. We did the legal ceremony a few days ahead of time and I was so much less stressed because of it. Even though we already signed the paper, the Cabo day felt like the real day and is the one I consider our anniversary.

We had a group of 20, and the couple days before let the front desk know we were getting married in Cabo that day. They made sure we were on the first tender off the ship (even though we did not use their wedding services). We also had t-shirts made up that our party wore one of the day's, which was kind of fun.

I also got everyone a little beach photo album as a thank you for coming gift. I figured they could put their cruise pics in it.

Our wedding cruise was the best vacation I have been on. I loved the fact that we got to celebrate with our family and friends all week long. Many of our guests said it was the best wedding experience they had been to, and everyone that went had a great vacation! Best of luck to you.