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So you keep saying.

Why do you keep repeating the same bit of information? You asked a question, people replied. You clearly don’t like their replies but the fact remains, parents take kids out of school in term time.

You need to tell the parents then, not me.

Okay. You should be fine then …

Doesn’t mean a thing. We’ve just been on the MSc Virtuosa and it was absolutely rammed with school age kids.

I'm on the 22nd April sailing from Southampton, which has been moved to 23rd April due to the previous cruise from Dubai to Southampton being cancelled (Red Sea issues) but haven’t heard of any others being cancelled.

Gratuities of the Seas 🤣🤣🤣

I bought a top from an online shop (in the UK) and at checkout it asked if I wanted to leave a tip 🤣🤣🤣🤣

That’s great thank you 😊

Oh thank you - that’s interesting to know!!! 😎😎

Hi everyone, Next year I will be on my first MSC cruise on the Virtuosa, having done a few Royal Caribbean, P&O and one Costa cruise in the past. Can someone let me know if you are allowed to pick morning or evening cabin service (assuming it has gone down to once a day) or do you just get it when they get round to it each day and don’t get a choice? thanks 😎

If you can remember the ship and dates you can look on Shipmate - go to ‘Explore’, then ‘Ships’ and pick your cruise line, ship, then click ‘Itineraries’ and sailing date, it will tell you the itinerary. 😎 not sure how far it goes back though

The Pilgrim Inn in Marchwood, just across Southampton Water, is lovely, and only a short drive in the morning to the port ☺️

I agree! I did Anthem out of Southampton in 2015 which I loved, but when I looked at it again for this year it still has ALL the same entertainment! 8 years later! Not for me! 🤣

Apparently there were ‘limited’ toilet facilities in the Abbey, but they were closed from 10.30 until 1pm. ☺️

Amazing pictures!! 👏👏👏👏

Lol that’s Roly 😺😺 loving your review - you have such a brilliant style of writing 😁😁

Sorry, TOM not Tim! 🤣

A Fatal Crossing by Tim Hindle is a good one! It’s set on a cruise ship in the 1920s and has a lot of characters to keep track of, but if you like a mystery, it’s a cracker!

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yep and you do you 🤣 enjoy your hurricanes and pastel coloured buildings 🤣. Again.

What - on account of only one ship sailing from the place you want to sail from? That’s your decision. I like to visit interesting places, the Caribbean is not one.

Like I said, I’ve sailed on the Anthem and cruises round the Caribbean don’t interest me in the slightest. Plus I don’t like flying. So yes, I would look for another cruise line because I don’t want to keep sailing on the Anthem. Not sure why that would seem strange to you? MSC have some cruises from Southampton next year on two different ships, so yes I would probably try that. Believe it or not, there are other cruise lines! 🤣

Obviously I don’t.

No but that’s the impression I (and others) got. Clearly I was wrong. Still disappointing. Not much point bringing it here for trade sailings if it’s not going to actually sail here 🤷🏼‍♀️