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Here is my opinion as I asked a somewhat similar question like this earlier. I think but I’m still not sure if you get the alcohol free drink package you are allowed to do get any virgin cocktail. For example, say you want a virgin mudslide that would be included. However, you would have to pay extra for a mudslide with the easy package. But would you have to pay extra for a virgin mudslide with the easy package? I think I am confusing myself. You limit yourself with the easy package on cocktails. But if they are a virgin cocktail can order any of them? Based on only paying $12 more I think I’d rather get the easy package so I could have wine or the included cocktails with orvwithourbthe alcohol. And I am still confused if soft serve is included. . Hopefully someone else will respond.

Right. Which is ok. The alcohol free pkg is also supposed to allow for soft serve which is kind of confusing. I thought I read that was only allowed on the minors pkg and also read it is free. i will find out!

Thanks. But I am hoping I can order any cocktail alcohol free with the package. Guess I will find out.

Yes cocktails without alcohol. So do they have a separate menu for those if you use the alcohol free pkg? Or if I say virgin mudslide or any other cocktail are there limitations? Example guess I couldn't say virgin martini haha.

I am thinking of getting the alcohol free drink package for $196. I’m not much of an alcohol drinker but I do like a lot of cocktails like mudslide, frozen daiquiris, pina colada's etc. for the taste. Anyhow, my question is with the alcohol free drink package do they limit you to certain cocktails? I like the idea of the specialty coffees and pop included but would really enjoy mudslides too. Also on the list it doesn’t show bottled water. Do you know if that is included? The list mentions flavored water and I’m not exactly sure what they provide. if you have gotten this package and have some good ideas on drinks to order without alcohol, please respond! Thanks!

Good question. I was kind of wondering if I had a better chance as a solo paying for 2. If the bid was awarded to 2 people in the cabin instead of 1 they would be drinking and eating more for the same price. I would be more profitable.

I booked a bella flash sale, so could not get the drink Wi-Fi package. Recently, I added on Wi-Fi only. I want to bid on a yacht club inside which of course if I won would include Wi-Fi and a drink package. I know if I won the bid based on having that drink Wi-Fi package already included I could not get a refund on those items obviously. But since I booked wifi separately, would I be able to get it refunded? It seems like I’ve read different answers here previously and would really appreciate a response if it happened to you. Probably the safest thing to do would be to just cancel the Wi-Fi package before I bid on the YC? I believe I could add it on 2 days before sailing if I don’t win the yacht club bid?

Found this one a couple days ago.

I drank coke zero so I know they had coke and diet coke at least.

Right!

Good point. I always did the trick on getting on elevators going down when I wanted to go up, but they were all too crowded. Not sure if you can do that on the seaside.

Well, I feel stupid. I just read on FB that you have to push the button for the deck you’re going to on the seaside elevator for as many people as are in your party. Example if you have four people in your party you push it four times. Apparently there’s a video and instructions and everything that I’ve never really seen or noticed. People were complaining about the elevators being full when they stopped. Never saw this discussed on cruise critic!

They provide one for you. Works good. Don’t allow you to bring your own.

By any chance do you know if this would work with an iphone hotspot for my ipad? Otherwise i will just use my ipad as the device.

I was assigned cabin 5038 on the Seaside. I am not sure if the elevator shown is assessable. If you have used it please respond. Thanks.

My goodness I couldn’t have worked with a better rep to help me solve my issue with the Bella guarantee balcony I was unhappy with. Personally to pay $728 for an ocean view solo works for me. However, I really enjoyed the YC once with my 30% myvegas discount. And of course winning my YC bid a couple times. Fantastic experiences!

My friend I always cruised with was the one who needed the handicap cabins. Now I am cruising solo. We did several YC and I did Aurea solo. Loved it. Will be interesting to be on deck 5!

For what it’s worth, I didn’t know you could downgrade and keep the same booking number. Today I downgraded my balcony to an ocean view, and even got to keep the original flash pricing for a solo. Totally unexpected. No penalties involved.

Yeah. Last cruise I was in an Aurea cabin, and that any time dining was fantastic.

Well, I learned something today. I booked a Bella balcony and was assigned Seaside cabin 10005 today. I was not happy first time booking Bella my fault. I knew I would be under penalty if I rebooked and it would cost me $199. Plus I had booked on a flash sale and the prices are now higher. Also, it is my understanding you cannot request a different cabin when booking Bella. What I decided to do after talking with the excellent rep was downgrade my booking. I had no idea you could even do this. I downgraded it to an oceanview (Bella) and received a credit of $140. I’ve never stayed in an ocean view. It will be interesting to see what cabin I am assigned but it couldn’t be as bad as that balcony one in my opinion of course. Anyhow I did not know you could downgrade without penalty. From everything I’ve read you had to re-book.

I decided to prepurchase the $72 one device Wi-Fi for my October cruise and just just discovered that price was up to $111. Yikes. I didn’t know they were going to raise the prices. Does anyone know when they did that? Trying to think of an alternative.

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I called MSC and I rebooked my Seaside October solo balcony cabin using the flash sale pricing. Saved $190! I did learn that flash sale pricing does not allow you to book a cabin that includes Wi-Fi and drink package. So if you have to add those on, you probably wouldn’t save anything. What happened was I came across the reduced pricing doing a mock booking but the rep was adamant I didn’t know what I was talking about. She kept telling me I had my figures mixed up. Fortunately, I figured it out and called again requesting the flash sale price and got a different rep. Worth $190 but it was kind of a hassle.

I am wondering that too. I actually had a $500 off reward that I let expire. Before they stopped offering the $250 and $500 rewards you did have to sail by December 31, 2023. Now all I see is the AK cruises and a AK VIP one they just added. Personally I wish MSC would return with their offers as I had 2 30% off rewards I able to use.

I have a passport. But there is a big discussion going on in one of the social groups for MSC. I have never heard of this What If My Name Has Changed From My Birth Certificate? If you’ve had a name change (for example, you changed your name once married) to where it doesn’t match your birth certificate, then you will need to also bring along some proof of the name change. This can be a marriage license (again, the original or a notarized copy is best) or if you’ve had a name change unrelated to marriage, your documents that prove the change. Carnival says plainly on their website “failure to bring documentation bridging the name differences could result in denial of boarding.” Does MSC require this? I know my friend used her drivers license and certified birth certificate with no issues.