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We did, we did pay 105 real a person at the pharmacy I mentioned above. MSC took photos of all papers, passports, COVID vaccination and test. Last cruise in October they didn't even want to see anything...

I know it's not normally "a window", but normally it just tell you a chec-in time, now it's says when my check in stops, I can't remember seeing that before 🤔 E-ticket says: Your check-in opens (1) 11:00 Your check-in closes within 1 hour from 11:00 (Was 11 not 12 😁)

We are going in 5 days, I will try to update with location and price, if I remember 😇 Got these locations from TripAdvisor, pharmacies close to my hotel (Mirasol Copacabana) in Copacabana: COPACABANA - Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, 534 - Copacabana - Rio de Janeiro/R DP COPACABANA - Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, 766 -

Last week it said 16:00, got an email today with a new e-ticket saying check-in time 12:00. E-mail saying: Please note that your embarkation and disembarkation have been re-organized according to new health and safety regulations and will be performed in scheduled time slots. If you arrive before your check-in time you will be requested to wait outside the terminal area until your scheduled time. Please make sure to arrive at the cruise terminal on time since some operational issues might affect the ship’s schedule and the last boarding time might be changed without notice. How important is it to show up at 12? I normally do as I am being told.... But if I didn't double-check my new e-ticket I would not know they changed the time, I guess slot of people wouldn't even notice the change....

Are everything back to the way they were before covid? Did our first post-covid cruise a month ago, a bad experience with Costa, loooong lines, no self service in the buffet. Buffet dinner was only one hour, 20:00 - 21:00. Long periods of the day with NO food available at all..... Low quality and quantity on food, MDR better than buffet, buffet was terrible Considering a transatlantic in march on MSC Seawiev from Rio to Barcelona. What to expect regarding the food situation on MSC ships these days? Have done transatlantic with MSC before and been happy, but afraid things are not how it used to be...

I am actually a bit surprised that no one is telling me we were just really unlucky, that it's not really normally that bad..... So I guess this is just how Costa works now then 😐 We mainly choose cruise by looking for interesting itinerarys and price. They must have an amazing itinerary for us to ever consider booking Costa again!

This was on Favolosa late October from Barcelona.

My first cruise post-covid was a rather disappointing one. Long periods of the day with no food available. Not even a hamburger. Coffee & cake for one hour (1630-1730) doesn't help my "hangry" kids. If we went to the MDR for lunch it was 1200-1330. It's a long time to wait for dinner until 1845, especially for my kids. Buffet lunch. Was 12-15, but so stressfull standing in loooong lines when travelling with kids. Buffet dinner was only one hour, 20-21. I can't remember any ship I have been to only have an hour buffet?! Buffet is not self-service, and I have never seen lines like that before.... Had to wait at least 15 minutes every time. Food were pretty bad in the buffet, and no selection. If you don't like pasta it's a problem. Never any rice or french fries in the buffet. I thought they was back to self-service, but I asked and they told me no Costa ships have self-service anymore. Is this true? MDR had better food but not great, but our poor waiter seemed to have way to many tables, not one day on our 12 day cruise we got all we ordered. I had to ask at least 3 times for bacon every morning. Same thing with butter and omelettes. Once in on of the bars I ordered Bayleis and coffee. Got the Bayleis straight away, after the 4th time asking for my coffee I just left the bar with the Bayleis still on the table... Once in the buffet I asked for ketchup, I was asked to get in line to get it (would guess it was a 15 min wait ). I asked if she was joking, and she said I could ask in the bar (strange...) The woman in the bar told me they had it in another bar.... Had the same hunt for butter a few times. My daughter spilled some of her Halloween makeup on the bed, when it was not changed two days later I asked nicely it it was ok for them to change the beds. He couldn't hide how irritated he was. This was the only time the bed was changed on our 12 day cruise. The BIG dead moth stayed on the balcony most of the cruise, disappeared after balcony maintenance. I joked with my husband the first day that it would probably be there the entire cruise, and told him not to remove it... We went to the pizzarestaurant 3 times, pizza was good. But it's not really a restaurant, they just use a corner of the buffet restaurant... Saw alot of people filling water directly into their water bottles, asked the staff two times if that was ok, no problem was the answer! I am sure I have seen signs pre COVID telling people its not allowed. Disgusting! And one meter away people was not allowed to press the buttons at the coffee machine themselves, they actually had staff at the coffee machines. One day my husband forgot sugar in my coffee, I went over to ask for sugar but was told I could only get it if I brought my cup over.... We had a drink package, can't remember the name but we paid 690 euros for it. For two adults and my kids aged 3 and 6. For the entire cruise we were only allowed to get 10 X 0,5 liters bottles of water each adult. No bottels of water for my kids, and they don't drink any soda... My kids never had anything that wasn't included. Loved the Amarillo bar with amazing ice-cream and hot chocolate. My kids loved the outside playarea and the pool with Peppa pig. But it's outdoors so when it's getting colder it's probably going to be too cold to use the kids pool even if it is heated. We were very lucky getting sunny and warm days this late in the year! They went to the kids club twice, but didn't want to go again, said it was boring because all they did was to watch TV... First time we have cruised using the kids club. Is it normal they just put the kids in front of the TV in the kids clubs? Have cruised Costa before COVID, and had a good time. If this is what to expect this was my last Costa cruise!

I belive it was extended earlier due to COVID. Last MSC cruise was in 2018. I received an email in September telling me it was going to expire at the end of the year, webpage telling me the same date. Noticed today when I logged in that under my name and number it says 31-12-2023, exactly one year later than last time I checked. Anyone else got an extension?