Msc thnx for being proactive

[bobar]

we are going on the magnificaon the 8th of march on a med cruise..one of the ports was to have been Alexandria,egypt..Rather than dilly dally MSC informed us today that they have scrapped it and although we are dissapointed we are thrilled with their2 for 1 replacement which now has us going to Izmir,Turkey and Athens,Greece....Thanks MSC for not leaving us hanging and allowing us plenty of time to planthese other ports> cant wait for our cruise on the Magnifica:cool:

[Zambini]

we are going on the magnificaon the 8th of march on a med cruise..one of the ports was to have been Alexandria,egypt..Rather than dilly dally MSC informed us today that they have scrapped it and although we are dissapointed we are thrilled with their2 for 1 replacement which now has us going to Izmir,Turkey and Athens,Greece....Thanks MSC for not leaving us hanging and allowing us plenty of time to planthese other ports> cant wait for our cruise on the Magnifica:cool:

 

LOL, Did they have a choice?

[AmoMondo]

LOL, Did they have a choice?

 

probably not but MSC are notoriously bad at giving out information, especially about itinerary changes until the last minute, so looks like they are learning that people want to be informed as soon as possible when changes occur rather than being left hanging & trying to second guess what they will do instead.

 

Bobar have a great trip

[bobar]

plan on having a great trip and really wanted to go to athens and izmir so this is actually good news...

zambini...im sure they had a choice as in 55 cruises i have seen some lines ake poor choices on port changes and some do good jobs...i am just really glad because even if everything got better in egypt in the next 5 weeks we would have opted to stay onboard and been dissapointed so this is great news!:cool:

[Skritekgreen]

Few days we are back from Magnifica, we v´been the last cruise, that made it for Alexandria. As for current cruise on Magnifica - I watch webcam everyday ( missing Magnifica :-) - it seems they replaced Alexandria with one day more in Israel. Your possibility 2 for 1 seems much better. Have a nice cruise.

[mbeginner]

Few days we are back from Magnifica, we v´been the last cruise, that made it for Alexandria. As for current cruise on Magnifica - I watch webcam everyday ( missing Magnifica :-) - it seems they replaced Alexandria with one day more in Israel. Your possibility 2 for 1 seems much better. Have a nice cruise.

 

 

MSC customer service rep:

due to the civil disorders in Egypt and as PER international safety organization recommendations, putting the safety and comfort of its passengers first, MSC CRUISES has modified MSC Magnifica and MSC Splendida itineraries as follows:

MSC Magnifica :

Week

Port

Name

Arr

Dep

MA08

1st

VCE

Venice, Italy

16:00

06/02/11 Sun

2nd

BRI

Bari, Italy

13:00

18:00

07/02/11 Mon

3rd

XXX

At sea

08/02/11 Tue

4th

RHO

Rhodes/Lindos, Greece

08:00

16:00

09/02/11 Wed

5th

LMS

Limassol, Cyprus

08:00

17:00

10/02/11 Thu

6th

HFA

Haifa, Israel

07:00

11/02/11 Fri

7th

HFA

Haifa, Israel

17:00

12/02/11 Sat

8th

XXX

At sea

13/02/11 Sun

9th

KAK

Katakolon/Olympia, Greece

10:30

16:00

14/02/11 Mon

10th

DBV

Dubrovnik, Croatia

10:00

16:00

15/02/11 Tue

11th

RAN

Ravenna/Ferrara/San Marino, Italy

09:00

18:00

16/02/11 Wed

12th

VCE

Venice, Italy

09:00

17/02/11 Thu

 

 

Week

Port

Name

Arr

Dep

MA09

1st

VCE

Venice, Italy

16:00

17/02/11 Thu

2nd

BRI

Bari, Italy

13:00

18:00

18/02/11 Fri

3rd

XXX

At sea

19/02/11 Sat

4th

RHO

Rhodes/Lindos, Greece

08:00

16:00

20/02/11 Sun

5th

LMS

Limassol, Cyprus

08:00

17:00

21/02/11 Mon

6th

HFA

Haifa, Israel

07:00

22/02/11 Tue

7th

HFA

Haifa, Israel

17:00

23/02/11 Wed

8th

XXX

At sea

24/02/11 Thu

9th

KAK

Katakolon/Olympia, Greece

10:30

16:00

25/02/11 Fri

10th

DBV

Dubrovnik, Croatia

10:00

16:00

26/02/11 Sat

11th

RAN

Ravenna/Ferrara/San Marino, Italy

09:00

18:00

27/02/11 Sun

12th

VCE

Venice, Italy

09:00

28/02/11 Mon

 

 

 

 

Week

Port

Name

Arr

Dep

MA10

MA11

MA12

MA13

MA14

1st

VCE

Venice, Italy

16:00

28/02/11 Mon

08/03/11 Tue

16/03/11 Wed

24/03/11 Thu

01/04/11 Fri

2nd

BRI

Bari, Italy

13:00

18:00

01/03/11 Tue

09/03/11 Wed

17/03/11 Thu

25/03/11 Fri

02/04/11 Sat

3rd

XXX

At sea

02/03/11 Wed

10/03/11 Thu

18/03/11 Fri

26/03/11 Sat

03/04/11 Sun

4th

RHO

Rhodes/Lindos, Greece

08:00

16:00

03/03/11 Thu

11/03/11 Fri

19/03/11 Sat

27/03/11 Sun

04/04/11 Mon

5th

IZM

Izmir/Ephesus, Turkey

09:00

16:00

04/03/11 Fri

12/03/11 Sat

20/03/11 Sun

28/03/11 Mon

05/04/11 Tue

6th

PIR

Piraeus/Athens Acropolis, Greece

07:30

16:30

05/03/11 Sat

13/03/11 Sun

21/03/11 Mon

29/03/11 Tue

06/04/11 Wed

7th

KAK

Katakolon/Olympia, Greece

08:00

14:00

06/03/11 Sun

14/03/11 Mon

22/03/11 Tue

30/03/11 Wed

07/04/11 Thu

8th

DBV

Dubrovnik, Croatia

09:00

15:00

07/03/11 Mon

15/03/11 Tue

23/03/11 Wed

31/03/11 Thu

08/04/11 Fri

9th

VCE

Venice, Italy

09:00

08/03/11 Tue

16/03/11 Wed

24/03/11 Thu

01/04/11 Fri

09/04/11 Sat

 

 

MSC SPLENDIDA:

Week

Port

Name

Arr

Dep

SP07

SP11

1st

GOA

Genoa, Italy

17:00

17/02/11 Thu

30/03/11 Wed

2nd

XXX

At sea

18/02/11 Fri

31/03/11 Thu

3rd

KAK

Katakolon/Olympia, Greece

10:00

17:00

19/02/11 Sat

01/04/11 Fri

4th

HER

Heraklion, Greece

09:00

17:00

20/02/11 Sun

02/04/11 Sat

5th

MRM

Marmaris, Turkey

07:00

16:00

21/02/11 Mon

03/04/11 Sun

6th

IZM

Izmir/Ephesus, Turkey

08:00

18:00

22/02/11 Tue

04/04/11 Mon

7th

XXX

At sea

23/02/11 Wed

05/04/11 Tue

8th

PIR

Piraeus/Athens Acropolis, Greece

07:30

16:30

24/02/11 Thu

06/04/11 Wed

9th

XXX

At sea

25/02/11 Fri

07/04/11 Thu

10th

PMO

Palermo/Monreale, Italy

09:00

17:00

26/02/11 Sat

08/04/11 Fri

11th

CVV

Civitavecchia/Rome, Italy

09:00

19:00

27/02/11 Sun

09/04/11 Sat

12th

GOA

Genoa, Italy

09:00

28/02/11 Mon

10/04/11 Sun

 

 

Week

Port

Name

Arr

Dep

SP08

1st

GOA

Genoa, Italy

17:00

28/02/11 Mon

2nd

XXX

At sea

01/03/11 Tue

3rd

KAK

Katakolon/Olympia, Greece

10:00

17:00

02/03/11 Wed

4th

HER

Heraklion, Greece

07:00

16:00

03/03/11 Thu

5th

RHO

Rhodes/Lindos, Greece

08:00

16:00

04/03/11 Fri

6th

IZM

Izmir/Ephesus, Turkey

08:00

16:00

05/03/11 Sat

7th

PIR

Piraeus/Athens Acropolis, Greece

07:30

16:30

06/03/11 Sun

8th

XXX

At sea

07/03/11 Mon

9th

CVV

Civitavecchia/Rome, Italy

09:00

19:00

08/03/11 Tue

10th

GOA

Genoa, Italy

09:00

09/03/11 Wed

 

 

Week

Port

Name

Arr

Dep

SP09

1st

GOA

Genoa, Italy

17:00

09/03/11 Wed

2nd

XXX

At sea

10/03/11 Thu

3rd

KAK

Katakolon/Olympia, Greece

10:00

17:00

11/03/11 Fri

4th

HER

Heraklion, Greece

08:00

17:00

12/03/11 Sat

5th

MRM

Marmaris, Turkey

08:00

15:00

13/03/11 Sun

6th

IZM

Izmir/Ephesus, Turkey

09:00

18:00

14/03/11 Mon

7th

PIR

Piraeus/Athens Acropolis, Greece

07:30

16:30

15/03/11 Tue

8th

XXX

At sea

16/03/11 Wed

9th

MSN

Messina/Taormina/Etna Volcano, Italy

08:00

14:00

17/03/11 Thu

10th

CVV

Civitavecchia/Rome, Italy

09:00

19:00

18/03/11 Fri

11th

GOA

Genoa, Italy

09:00

19/03/11 Sat

 

 

These changes, due to circumstances of “force majeure” beyond our control, will be in force until public order will be reestablished in the country, in order to guarantee MSC CRUISES’ high standards of safety and comfort for its passengers.

We kindly invite you to inform promptly your clients

Thank you for your kind understanding.

[Zambini]

plan on having a great trip and really wanted to go to athens and izmir so this is actually good news...

zambini...im sure they had a choice as in 55 cruises i have seen some lines ake poor choices on port changes and some do good jobs...i am just really glad because even if everything got better in egypt in the next 5 weeks we would have opted to stay onboard and been dissapointed so this is great news!:cool:

 

I understand now.

 

I'm booked for egypt next fall, so don't know what will happen...

[bobar]

things shouldbe decided one way or another by then

[nigelbasset]

We were on Magnifica and one day out from Alexandria when trouble broke out. Cruise director announced at dinner we would be skipping Alexandria and spending a second day in Hafia. Sorry to miss the pryamids but the extra day in Isral was worth it since it rained hard thefirst day. This ship is fantastic but be prepared for charges for shuttles between 8-12E for some ports where the city is not located close to the docks.