bobar Posted February 1, 2011 #1 Share Posted February 1, 2011 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambini Posted February 2, 2011 #2 Share Posted February 2, 2011 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmoMondo Posted February 2, 2011 #3 Share Posted February 2, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobar Posted February 2, 2011 Author #4 Share Posted February 2, 2011 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skritekgreen Posted February 2, 2011 #5 Share Posted February 2, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbeginner Posted February 2, 2011 #6 Share Posted February 2, 2011 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 PortNameArrDepMA081stVCE 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 PortNameArrDepMA091stVCE 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 PortNameArrDepMA10MA11MA12MA13MA141stVCE 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 PortNameArrDepSP07SP111stGOA 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 PortNameArrDepSP081stGOA 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 PortNameArrDepSP091stGOA 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambini Posted February 2, 2011 #7 Share Posted February 2, 2011 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobar Posted February 2, 2011 Author #8 Share Posted February 2, 2011 things shouldbe decided one way or another by then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelbasset Posted February 11, 2011 #9 Share Posted February 11, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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