Anyone know if MSC has any sales coming up soon...

[Stockjock]

Hating the prices I'm seeing.  One cabin I booked for roughly $2,377 has increased to $4,177 on the same class of ship.

Won't necessarily book that cabin or class of ship, but I'd be more inclined to book if the pricing was better.

[RBrowny]

I always look at different cruise specialist websites and see what they have to offer, sometime it's best to hold out. Directly through MSC is something I've not done before, always through a Travel Agent or website.

[perakcruiser]

6 hours ago, Stockjock said:

Won't necessarily book that cabin or class of ship, but I'd be more inclined to book if the pricing was better.

It is said that the MSCs booking situation for the summer holiday (mid june to mid september) is excellent. So they will not do sales for this period, actually they probably will not sell much cabins if you not add the flight from MSC. From mid September onwards we are playing a different game hopefully. 

 

By the way, I totally hate this blocking such a high number of cabins for the bookings with flights. I know that loads of cabins are available on the Musica, actually on our trip in the whole segment of the deck ONLY our cabin is taken. But all is blocked. Yes, I know, they need to make money and sell their flights...

[Scottdalfonso]

On this same topic... do the sales repeat a lot? Right now they have the drink package\wifi sale that ends it one day.... I really want to do this but have to wait a week or so to clarify some dates, Are these sales repeated regularly,  Royal Caribbean is known for the sales that end and start right back up a day later, just wondering if this is the same. 

[perakcruiser]

4 minutes ago, Scottdalfonso said:

Are these sales repeated regularly,  Royal Caribbean is known for the sales that end and start right back up a day later, just wondering if this is the same. 

No, unfortunately not. This is a big difference to Celebrity and NCL (I don´t follow Royal Caribbean), where the "best sale of the century starts over and over again 😄

 

If you want the "Free drinks and wi-fi" you better lock it tomorrow. An agent maybe can make it as a option for a couple of days so you gain some times. I have not seen an offer like this with Easy Plus and Wifi recently. 

[Scottdalfonso]

17 minutes ago, perakcruiser said:

No, unfortunately not. This is a big difference to Celebrity and NCL (I don´t follow Royal Caribbean), where the "best sale of the century starts over and over again 😄

 

If you want the "Free drinks and wi-fi" you better lock it tomorrow. An agent maybe can make it as a option for a couple of days so you gain some times. I have not seen an offer like this with Easy Plus and Wifi recently. 

Ok..Thanks! One of the benefits of the Fantastica upgrade is a free date change, so I'll just grab it, knowing I at least have that to fall back on! 

Edited March 30, 2023 by Scottdalfonso

[publicpersona]

5 minutes ago, Scottdalfonso said:

One of the benefits of the Bella upgrade is a free date change

 

To be clear, you mean the upgrade from Bella to Fantastica gets that benefit.

[Scottdalfonso]

1 minute ago, publicpersona said:

 

To be clear, you mean the upgrade from Bella to Fantastica gets that benefit.

Yep...I realized after I posted and changed it! 

[Stockjock]

5 hours ago, perakcruiser said:

By the way, I totally hate this blocking such a high number of cabins for the bookings with flights. I know that loads of cabins are available on the Musica, actually on our trip in the whole segment of the deck ONLY our cabin is taken. But all is blocked. Yes, I know, they need to make money and sell their flights...

I could be wrong, but I don't think MSC does air here in the USA.  Maybe someone could let me know if I'm mistaken, but at least for us, I don't recall seeing an option with flights.

[perakcruiser]

2 hours ago, Stockjock said:

I could be wrong, but I don't think MSC does air here in the USA.  Maybe someone could let me know if I'm mistaken, but at least for us, I don't recall seeing an option with flights.

Yeah, but even if the offer ZERO flights in this market to the ship, these blocked cabins cannot be booked. 

[perakcruiser]

5 hours ago, Scottdalfonso said:

Ok..Thanks! One of the benefits of the Fantastica upgrade is a free date change, so I'll just grab it, knowing I at least have that to fall back on! 

Yes, this constellation is the perfect situation to book Fantastica. I book 70% Bella and 30% Fantastica (only because I needed the free change option).

[Gatordad1967]

6 hours ago, Scottdalfonso said:

On this same topic... do the sales repeat a lot? Right now they have the drink package\wifi sale that ends it one day.... I really want to do this but have to wait a week or so to clarify some dates, Are these sales repeated regularly,  Royal Caribbean is known for the sales that end and start right back up a day later, just wondering if this is the same. 

The free drink promo pretty much is a constant.  If you don't see it, wait a few days.

 

No big sales until they try booking for fall.

 

[cruiseguyinorl]

Just got this from my MSC rep:

 

Don't miss out on this last minute Flash Sale for the MSC Seaside from Port Canaveral, with rates slashed up to 25%! Here are the details:

Sale runs from 3/30 - 4/3/23

Up to 25% off select 7-night cruises from Port Canaveral

Available dates 8/6, 8/20, 9/3, 9/17, 10/1, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12/23

Visit Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Cozumel, and Costa Maya

Rates from $299pp

[mvh]

1 hour ago, Gatordad1967 said:

The free drink promo pretty much is a constant.  If you don't see it, wait a few days.

 

No big sales until they try booking for fall.

 

I can't remember ever not seeing free drinks in the Caribbean. (not actually free, but a lot less than purchasing separate)

[jean87510]

6 hours ago, Stockjock said:

I could be wrong, but I don't think MSC does air here in the USA.  Maybe someone could let me know if I'm mistaken, but at least for us, I don't recall seeing an option with flights.

Apparently not.  I asked last week on this forum if MSC US customers had a option like Air2Sea or Flights by Celebrity.  "No" was the answer.  

[LoungerOnBalcony55]

They had some CRAZY low rates for the Meraviglia out of NYC in April and May, but about a week ago there was a substantial price jump, at least for solo passengers. 

[perakcruiser]

12 hours ago, mvh said:

I can't remember ever not seeing free drinks in the Caribbean. (not actually free, but a lot less than purchasing separate)

Sure, there are many drinks promos, but I have never seen PLUS plus Wifi for such a small surcharge. 

[Elkins45]

For a while they were regularly offering truly free balcony upgrades in the US. I prefer that over the not-actually free drinks package. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen one of those in a while. I used the balcony upgrade on Meraviglia in late 2021 and it was nice.

[Stockjock]

6 hours ago, Elkins45 said:

For a while they were regularly offering truly free balcony upgrades in the US. I prefer that over the not-actually free drinks package. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen one of those in a while. I used the balcony upgrade on Meraviglia in late 2021 and it was nice.

Of course, on most of MSC's ships, the balcony price really isn't a lot more than the oceanview price.  However, there's usually a substantial increase from inside to oceanview.