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I am also kind of disappointed.  Had 2 cruises cancelled by Windstar this year (both paid for)and to rebook them will cost us thousands more, even if I use the extra credit they are allowing. 

I believe they are with the alcohol.

14 hours ago, r&rd said:

We are on both the 6/1 and 6/9 sailing (after having the April cruises cancelled). When I noticed the “call for availability” line for the 6/1 cruise I called Windstar. Apparently, the first two sailings of the Breeze are “redeployed” and formal communication should come out soon.

Yikes, we're booked on those also, to replace part of our April cruises that were cancelled.  And I just made our plane reservations 2 days ago because the plane flight was almost full.

Turned in our non refundable airfare and hotel on January15.  Received our check last week.

So we are booked on an affected Star Breeze cruise, already paid in full.  The biggest problem is that it was a one-off and there is no other "like" cruise to rebook. ( Miami to Colon).  Annoyed that they are not offering to refund our flight to Miami and back from Panama and hotel in full, when there are no replacements available.  All are non-refundable.

Wondering if voucher can be used on a future sailing that has already been discounted?  Like a voyagers+ sailing or a sailing with a casino voucher.

32 minutes ago, Hanoverian said:

You may want to look at the "Jaguar Rescue Center".  P er its website, "The Jaguar Rescue Centre is an animal rescue centre located near Puerto Viejo de Talamanca in the Limón Province of Costa Rica. The centre is dedicated to the rehabilitation of mistreated, injured, orphaned, and/or confiscated animals."  We have not been there since February, 2017, but it was a very interesting morning tour.

I believe his stops will be on the Pacific side.  The Jaguar Rescue Center is on the Caribbean coast.  In December you can expect to see whales in the Golfo Dulce if he's stopping in Puerto Jiminez or Golfito.  Whale tours again if he stops at Drake Bay, Manuel Antonio Park if he stops in Quepos is great to see wildlife (15-20 minutes from Quepos).

Where are your stops in Costa Rica?

So here's how it ended up shaking out for anyone interested.  Windstar would only honor a price drop of $300 per person (original price paid down to the new price of the upgraded cabin.)  But they would take away our perk of $145pp because we booked with free gratuities.  So the final offer was $155 pp credit.

So I booked for next spring early this past year.  Early last week I received an e-mail saying that we had been upgraded 2 categories.  Then yesterday they did a

price drop on all categories.  My original booking of $2199 pp dropped to $1699 pp.  The category I was upgraded to dropped from $2499 to $1899.  I know I can ask for a reduction, but which do I ask for?  Based on the original I booked, or on the cabin I was upgraded to?  Anyone else ever experience this?  Looking for some guidance.

We caught an international flight out of FLL at 10:45 am with an early disembarkation from the Yacht Club that put us as the head of the line. Ended up grabbing first cab, cause no time to wait for Uber.  We had TSA pre-check which helped at airport. Barely made it under those circumstances.  Will not do that again.  Too stressful!

Have taken taxi from Airport to Colon, it was $90 for the two of us, plus tip.

47 minutes ago, ducklite said:

I booked a couple months ago and haven't been able to get in yet.

What ducklite said.  Never been able to log in with my cruise next spring.

Yes, there was a costume contest last year.

A little off topic, but I wonder if the new restaurants on the Star Yachts will also be limited to one per sailing.

We sailed July 13-20, and Paulo is the new maitre 'D.  He was wonderful and very attentive and everywhere, making sure things ran smoothly.  Also loved the new menus, only missed the prime rib on the second elegant night.  It's been replaced with a steak.

If you are referring to the Cirque du Soleil show, you are correct,  your drink package cannot be used.

With Fantastica you should have good chance of getting it changed on board.  Just go see the Maitre 'D after you board and ask nicely with a kind of pleading look in your eyes.  Has always worked for me.  And have a great cruise!

On 7/10/2019 at 9:51 AM, cellfree said:

When updating my information on MSC for my September sailing, I want to change "second seating" to "first seating."  Once I click on Modify I can make the change but when I click on Save it pops back to "second seating."  Any ideas?

Your dining time assigned is based on what experience you booked, not on your card status.  If you booked Bella, that is the lowest priority, followed by Fantastica and then Aurea gets anytime dining.

3 hours ago, dlrpkris said:

Does anyone know when your up-coming cruise programme starts to appear on the MSC For Me app? As in showtimes etc?

It's an internal ship connection, so you have to be in range of the actual ship.  It will often work in the terminal before you board, as well as working on the actual ship.

10 minutes ago, psmarkle said:

Hmmm, zip line used to be included for YC guests...has that changed recently?

Early on there was a cost, then they made it free, then changed it back to costing extra.  Gotta love the consistency on MSC.  LOL!

Go to voyager club section of website.  Those extra discount cruises are listed there.

Yes, OBC can be used for anything on board including gratuities/service charge.  Yes, you can charge cabin account in casino and no, no fee to do so.

Mine went up $300 pp

We are cruising mid July and would not let me print e-docs until yesterday (the 20 day mark), despite sending me the e-mail several months ago with the e-docs attached.  Up until yesterday the link just spun around and went nowhere.  Gotta love the consistency with MSC...LOL.