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Also check the following: There are two ways to access your reservation when you click on MANAGE BOOKING at the top of the MSC website. One reads "With Booking Number" and the other reads "With Your MSC Account" which requires you register and create a password. When you use the latter and select your cruise, it should bring up a listing with each port and when you click on that port, present you with the Excursion options for that port.

Much better than everyone watching the video at the same time and then reporting to their muster station immediately afterwards.....at the same time! Feedback can make a difference.

Prices are based on the demand for the product. If there's little demand, prices will go down. But the cruise industry as a whole is reporting unprecedented demand so more likely than not, prices will go up.

I was looking at their website because I have an upcoming cruise at Port Canaveral. I don't like the way they count days. My cruise begins on a Monday and ends on a Friday. That's a 4 night cruise and parking at the port would charge 4 days at whatever rate. This offsite lot wants to charge for 5 days even though it's just 4 24-hour periods/4 nights. And then they add a $7.50 Port Canaveral entry fee and sales tax. Yes, it's still cheaper than parking at the Port but not as much as it should be if they counted days the same way. I think I'll just park at the port.

It's been my experience that the length of time it takes before a MSC credit/refund posts to your account kind of depends where you are in your credit card billing cycle. Let's say your bill just dropped and you're due a refund. Because you're at the beginning of a new cycle, that credit could very well post before the next bill drops. But if you're near the end of a billing cycle, the next bill will drop without the credit because it's so soon but the credit should show up before the second (from then) bill drops. The important thing is to make sure that someone is actually working on issuing you a refund.

Should you happen to have a NC Quick Pass, it is valid at all toll plazas in Florida marked E-PASS and SunPass. The two toll plazas on SR528 between Orlando International Airport and the Port are both E-PASS and both have cash lanes. Please note that once you cross into Brevard County (where Port Canaveral is located), there are no tolls anywhere.

What kind of items do you think might be out of stock?

Just looked at the Daily Program from my 1.5 day/overnight visit to Ocean Cay last September. The casino opened at 1PM and the hours simply indicated "Open Late". However, elsewhere in the program it indicated "Slots Open All Night Long". So perhaps the table games ended at some point during the night but the slots stayed open.

My recollection of that HIE is that there's not enough parking. This only impacts you if you have a car. Otherwise, the hotel is fine and is near so many things.

I'm sure you have your reasons to fly from PBI but that airport is "rarely" cheaper than flying from FLL which is adjacent Port Everglades.

Sounds like a mass-illegal emigration scheme. 70 people, all with fake visas?

Holland America has some cruises that begin and end in Montreal, QC. That's VERY far inland.

If you're going to Tampa one day prior, consider AMTRAK which has 1X daily train from either Orlando Station or Kissimmee Station. Price is around $11 per person one way. I wouldn't chance it the same day as the cruise because the train is coming from Washington DC and could be running late. The Tampa Union Station is within walking distance to the cruise terminals and there are hotels in the area reachable by the TECO streetcar line.

For those of you contemplating a cruise from Australia, usually overlooked is P&O Australia and their cruises to South Pacific nations. Please note when viewing their website that prices are in Australian Dollars and there is no tipping culture there. https://www.pocruises.com.au/

It's long enough to do a bar crawl.

I've done MSC in the Persian Gulf (from Dubai), MSC in the deep southern Caribbean (from Martinique), MSC in the Red Sea (from Jeddah) and MSC in the Baltic (from Kiel). Was not aware of the Canary Island itinerary described by the OP above so will need to read-up on that.

Just take a taxi or rideshare.

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I was booked on Armonia when covid scrubbed their Tampa plans. Post-covid, they put a ship into Port Canaveral instead. Right now they seem to be focused on Galveston and apparently Los Angeles. Have heard nothing about Tampa.

FLL expanded their Customs & Immigration area around 10 years ago because Spirit was operating so many international arrivals there. And of course there is COPA. If your cruise is from Port Everglades, fly into FLL and save the hassle of getting there from MIA.

There is a Hampton Inn by Hilton and Homewood Suites by Hilton in Ybor City; there may be a third hotel that is non-branded. Ybor is definitely a nightlife destination but during midweek it will be rather quiet. It's full of bars, clubs and restaurants. Columbia Restaurant is at the far eastern end of the multi-block area. I stay there several times per year for the nightlife. Yes, it is a safe and viable option.

Yes, the speed limit is 65mph for most of it. 35 minutes.

I don't go to Ultra but I do go to EDC-Orlando up here every year. I am flying down to Miami tomorrow morning for a few different music events this weekend.

If you've never used the Uber/Lyft app and/or you're in a hurry to get to the airport, I'd skip the rideshare and just take a taxi. You have to wait for your rideshare driver to show up after you order it while taxis will be right there at the terminal exit and ready to go. Rideshares might be a few bucks cheaper but not by that much. IMO, take a taxi and GO!

You can absolutely make an 11:30am flight, especially if you have TSA Pre. And the drive from Port Canaveral to MCO is only 35 minutes, not an hour.