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WoodyWindy

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    Photography, Karaoke, Organ, Science, Trivia
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    Carnival, MSC (so far...)

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  1. What JT said, but if you're doing a B2B, and someone is joining on the second leg (presumably in a different cabin?) absolutely check with the Matre'd immediately after both are boarded to make sure you get to sit together - you'll need the keycards for all rooms that are to be linked. Land-side customer service can link your reservations, but they apparently can't enforce joining the tables beforehand unless all cabins are on the same itinerary.
  2. All I'm saying is that the diminishing perks aren't necessarily the fault of the match program, and the glut of status folks is a transient issue that was exacerbated by the plague. Perks across the travel industry have been in a race to the bottom for years.
  3. Status matches are always a trade-off. The "good" thing about MSC's is that their whole program is still built on "What have you done for me lately?" If you don't cruise for 2 years, you're back to zero. This got extended during the plague, and there's some pent-up demand, so at the moment, there is a glut of status folks, but, that will even out as the ones who got the match to try it and didn't like it, or just on a whim "because they can", stop cruising (or don't end up taking one at all) on MSC.
  4. Hi All, I'll be on the Meraviglia in a couple weeks, and this is the first ship I've been on that supports the MSC for Me app, so I have a couple questions: 1. How critical is it to use the app while onboard? 2. Does the app require that you have the purchased WiFi package? I do have the one-device package, but I had planed to use it with my PC, rather than my phone.
  5. Thanks, @Georgia_Peaches, for a wonderful review! I won't be in YC, but I'm sharing a 4 night Meraviglia cruise with several family members (in separate cabins) in January. I've got probably one of the best non-YC seats on the ship - Wake balcony 14268, top dead center aft - (if you like that sort of thing) all to myself. As for food, last December DW and I did a Divina, and I love, Love, LOVED the Burrata Caprese on that trip!
  6. That was actually quite difficult. There isn't a "standard" substitution for it. I don't know which actually succeeded, because I asked practically everyone I could think of - from the Steward, to the Voyager desk, to customer service. It strikes me that they may have actually delivered the bubbly, and then substituted it out on our later request. I'll be doing the same thing on my January 29th Meraviglia, so I'll try to keep better records this time. 🙂
  7. It was in December 2021, as I received it on my Divina 3-night. I also got the champagne gift (which I exchanged for some non-alcoholic beverages)
  8. You also get the Diamond "Experience" meal at a premium eatery, if applicable.
  9. You've pretty much described the whole island, which is a pretty easy walk, but also has shuttle carts, should you prefer. You more have to hunt for the rocky zones than the beach areas. Just decide if you want open ocean or lagoon.
  10. For reference, my context is almost all concerning family groups, which is what I thought this thread was about. I'm a whole lot more skeptical of tour groups trying to do something like that. Business cooworkers are a bit of an in-between state. In that instance, I would expect for a single travel companion on the same ITN would not be an issue. An entire department on an outing to a retreat or conference, unless they bought out the premium seating, would be more along the lines of the tour group mentioned above.
  11. Correct, since other than status qualification, MSC points are like "Whose Line is it Anyway?" points - you can't "use" points for anything, so they don't matter. So, when you are matched, you get the exact number needed to qualify for the match level. Note, however, that the points DO expire if you don't cruise within 2 years, and you'll therefore lose your status. This is true whether they are granted or earned.
  12. Access to lounges has its own rules, which are very different from boarding groups. Generally the whole party can board with the boarding group of the earliest member. (Also applies to early boarding for people needing special assistance - when that is available at all. Usually the whole party is allowed to board...).
  13. That is not my experience. I have always seen the highest status prevail for travel companions. (I've been flying AA for years. Not quite Million Miler, but in the upper-mid hundreds of thousands, and multiple years of EXP.)
  14. Actually, most airlines will board all members of a single ITN with the highest status member of the group. I'm not sure about MSC boarding, though, the odds of success are higher their booking codes are linked.
  15. I was on Divina in December, and will be trying Meraviglia in January. My impression was that Divina is probably more laid back than some of the larger boats. For example, they don't have the acrobatics show. I have to agree about the voice/music balance, though. I would suggest trying the specialty/premium restaurants.
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