sofsolnanny

I'm going to bump this thread in hope that somebody has had experience of this.

Thanks.

HI,

      I have booked a number of family members onto the MSC Virtuosa sailing from Southampton in September. My sister has had two Pfizer jabs but has not had the booster--she has also had Covid-19 and this should be on her NHS app. My question is -is she considered fully vaccinated to sail. MSC website says that if more than 9 months have passed after two vaccines you must have booster to sail.  Further down the page it says -----Guests who have either received a booster shot or recovered from Covid-19 are considered fully vaccinated and their certificate is considered valid  without expiration date. Last on page says guests who received one shot of vaccine and recovered from Covid-19 are considered fully vaccinated. I'm slightly confused--would she be allowed to embark the ship. My sisters vaccinations were more than 9 months ago and she has since had covid. Any help gratefully received.

couple of questions. how long will it take to get all the crew back on board ships and will they be tested before or when on board---how long before everybody clear.

Also the new crew contract/agreement seems rather off -putting .Saw it on youtube,  guy called theshiplife.

Thanks for posting this Nikki--I have not seen it advertised. Mostly bad news on tv at the moment ,so really looking forward to this bit of light entertainment.

Booked and paid for my cruise via TA in January. Supposed to be sailing tomorrow from Southampton on Preziosa . After reading these boards decided to wait for MSC to cancel our cruise-which they did in April. Eventually got through to the TA and have been told that we can apply for our money back in July and then it will take a further 8 weeks for us to receive it !!!!. Also booked £400.00 excursions-so presuming I get that back with my fare. Why so flaming long ,it's ridiculous.

Yay !!!!! First time ever I have been able to post a photograph on CC

My favourite drink Rasberrytini in Crooners bar.

Wondeful photographs on this thread--I would love a calendar of some of these.

Thank you to all that have posted news and updates to this thread. So happy to learn that I will eventually get my money back from MSC.

Thanks again and stay safe all.

Yes Sidari-- you are right!!. Not sure where that leaves us now. I have/may have plans for the rest of this year-deposit on a Princess cruise in September and a stay in Italy with relatives-all up in the air at the moment. I am still working so not able to swap and change holidays. I thought we might be able to swap the cruise to the same one next year (same date) but as I said,MSC does not do this itinerary until September 21. Not best pleased with MSC and would prefer my money back. I would expect that's never going to happen---ggrrr .

Hi,

     my sister and I booked Preziosa cruise from Southampton 13th May, Itinerary - Rotterdam-La Havre -Hamburg. This cruise has now been cancelled by MSC.

I understand that we will be issued with a FCC instead of our money back,(booked with TA).

With the FCC has it got to be the same cruise itinerary, or can it be applied to another cruise(MSC) from another port.

Looking at MSC'S website for 2021 it will be Magnifica sailing out of Southampton next year and 7 day cruises going to Norway----don't want to go to Norway!

Cheers,

Solsof.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but WHO  has declared the outbreak as a pandemic.

Not sure what impact this will have on the cruise industry---maybe all cruises will be cancelled. Maybe that MSC will cancel my cruise and save me making another date.Also have Princess cruises booked and not sure what to do about them either. Stay safe everyone.x

Thanks sidari for making that clear to me.lol.  MSC are not doing themselves any favours are they.

Hi,

    just had a look at MSC U.K and nothing on there about cancelling cruise and using  a FCC.  Sidari  did you say in your post above that their would be an announcement made at 3pm today-----I'm getting confused.com

Yikes!  did not know that Germany had that many cases of CV already. I have booked and paid for the Preziosa cruise from Southampton in May--Netherlands and Germany.

Waiting to see if MSC will let me defer my cruise to another date. I believe -from other posts-that they may make an announcement tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Hi

  thanks for all the info and updates on these threads. I have a cruise booked on MSC Preziosa in May---the cruise has been paid in full. I know it's not going to any Italian port, but at the moment I don't feel like I want to go on a cruise ship to anywhere.! I am hoping that MSC will maybe allow me to move the cruise to a later date. I have also booked a Princess cruise to the med in august and payment due for that at the end of april,not sure what to do about that either---scarey times.

Italy to quarantine entire Lombardy region plus Venice and other areas. The Independent 16 minutes ago.

Last week on Epic we had Lets Groove band playing in the Cavern on the Tuesday at 9-9-45 pm.Lots of latin american and Sade (smooth operator),at 10pm they were back with a Bruno Mars and Michael Jackson tribute. Young blonde girl singer. There was also a boy/girl duo.....Summer Breeze?. All were quite good.

Hi,

        just got off Epic yesterday and had cabin 8006. My brother and his wife had 8010. These cabins are what Norwegian line call Privasea  balconies ---not that I knew that when booking. I only found out a week before sailing and that was because I came across a post on CC about cove balconies. I too struggled to find a photograph of one of these. I was not very happy with being allocated one of these as apparently they are assigned when booking a guaranteed cabin --I booked through a T/A and was not given this information.

Do you know what  --------I Loved it!!!. It was so private, you could still look out to sea ,no lifeboats underneath--and sheltered from the wind when sailing. I would have no hesitation of booking a balcony like that again. The only negative thing I could say is that you cant sit on the chairs and look down at the water because of the metal. If you like to use your balcony a lot maybe you would not like this aspect of it. Your cabin would be the opposite side of the ship to where we were. Also being so far  forward we did not feel a lot of motion -as I feared.Hope this helps.

Hi Evandbob,

                         searching for nearest beach to the port- google gives me Barceloneta. Not fussed on the look of this beach at all. It looks very crowded and no sections of loungers and parasols like they have in at other beaches in Spain and Italy. I will research a bit further down the coast I think.

Thanks for the reply.

Thank you .

Hi all,

          we disembark our ship at Barcelona on 7th July and do not have to check in at the airport until 8pm that night

We would like to spend a couple of hours at the beach--but not sure how to get there from port. Has anyone done this..

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I was looking to book Ristorante Italia for my birthday when we board Divina next week. All I see when I log into my booking is Galaxy Sushi and an offer for pizza and beer :(. No other options available.

What a frightening and tragic thing to have happened. Just watching BBC news--36 people confirmed dead so far. My heart goes out to the families .

MSC have updates on their website.

Hi,

we did the MSC excursion to Cinque Terre and Portofino from Genoa last year. It involved coach,small train and a boat ride into Portofino.....fabulous day.

Hi Mrearl,

I have never had a problem before with MSC website....have booked drink packages and excursions through it. This time however the packages are not showing up!..I am hoping its just a glitch on their website and will try again in a couple of days. I booked directly with MSC -so will ring them if no luck with the website. Thanks for your reply.