Excursion Times

[98Charlie]

Is there anywhere on the MSC website to find out the departure times for their various excursions?

 

Charlie

[tomvet]

Is there anywhere on the MSC website to find out the departure times for their various excursions?

 

Charlie

 

With the rare exception, you are expected to be in the nominated lounge at the time the ship docks. Immediately that the ships is cleared you will be escorted to the gangway ....

[98Charlie]

Thanks Tom

 

This will be my first MSC cruise. On my previous 38 (Carnival, Celebrity, NCL, Princess, RCCL) not all excursions started at the same time.

 

We'll be in San Juan from 8 to 4. There are 9 excursions on Divina that day. They will all meet at 8? It's our first stop so there should be no customs procedures for the ship.

 

Charlie

[tomvet]

Thanks Tom

 

This will be my first MSC cruise. On my previous 38 (Carnival, Celebrity, NCL, Princess, RCCL) not all excursions started at the same time.

 

We'll be in San Juan from 8 to 4. There are 9 excursions on Divina that day. They will all meet at 8? It's our first stop so there should be no customs procedures for the ship.

 

Charlie

 

THis is a gripe I have with the cruise lines particularly MSC is that they are in port say for 8 hours and they offer a range of excursions that are 3, 4 and 5 and 7 hours long. All excursions start at the same time or at least within 30 mins of each other. THis means everyone has to leave the ship together. Why cannot the 7 hour excursion leave at 8 and be back at 3. The 5 hour leave at 9 and be back at 2. The 3 hour excursion leave at 12 and be back at 3 and the 4 hour leave at 10 and be back at 2. Surely this should free up the gangway a little both at disembarkation and embarkation.

 

MSC does not offer a huge variety of excursions in ports like the American lines do and I have never seen a situation where you could do a morning 3 hour excursion with them followed by a 3 hour afternoon one. We have done that both with HAL and NCL.

 

I don't do excursions if I can avoid it and my experience is confined to 3 MSC cruises all in Europe!

[98Charlie]

It does seem odd to me also. However, MSC seems to be breaking in to the Caribbean market so they may find it profitable and more customer friendly in the future to offer excursions with varying start times.

 

In the end it's all good for me anyway.

 

Charlie

[tomvet]

It does seem odd to me also. However, MSC seems to be breaking in to the Caribbean market so they may find it profitable and more customer friendly in the future to offer excursions with varying start times.

 

In the end it's all good for me anyway.

 

Charlie

I think it will be a long time before we see MSC and 'customer friendly' in the same sentence in a positive way!