You heard right. I came off Ruby on May 7 and tested positive for Covid two days later. Mild flu like symptoms fortunately. Plenty of coughing around toward the end of the cruise. Please be careful.
Agree. Little risk as it is fully refundable. OBC is equivalent to a minimum 15% return or higher for longer cruise. I bought 2x $100 on board Ruby last week and will keep buying.
Missing Sitka notwithstanding, inside passage is a lot calmer as it is sheltered by Vancouver Island. Sea can get pretty rough if the ship takes the open ocean route on the outside.
No kidding. I tried to sign onto my MSC account today and all I got was an error message referencing to statues code 502 (whatever that means). MSC's ongoing IT issues are beyond frustrating.
I got off Ruby last week. On the 6th day of the cruise, there was a chemical odor coming from the air vent likely from crews doing maintenance around the ship. I called guest service and in 20 minutes, a housekeeping supervisor showed up to investigate. The smell was gone after an hour or so. I was happy with the response time.
Once on board, you can check your app daily to see if there is any dinner time slot available at one of the three MDRs. Empty tables do come up for grab if people cancel or make changes to their dinner plan.
When I was there last year, park ranger predicts Mendenhall Glacier will no longer be visible from visitor center in 10 years or less. Everyone should go and appreciate its natural beauty while you still can.
Beautiful ships, low price, average food, ships mostly going to Caribbean only in N America. You also see a lot more passengers from S America and Europe. I would not hesitate to book MSC if the price is right.
Use your Princess app. Princess posts the daily ship activities on its app around 30 days before sailing. This should give you ample time to do your daily planning and dinner reservation based on what you see prior to your cruise.