CampNCruise74

I just don't see much overlap with carnival passengers and MSC passengers. I think people that love carnival should just keep cruising on carnival.

Disney spends a lot of money lots and lots of places and their prices reflect that. Their food quality is amazing. They also have smaller boats and less occupancy. You should see the candy they give out for Halloween cruises. Ridiculous.

I like one person's take on free market and competition. But I would add that a private company has no fiduciary duty to maximize shareholders wealth like most all the other big cruise players that are publicly traded companies. Sure they are breaking in too.

MSC has been consistent with three shows a night on all their boats which is great. You even get to reserve your seat through the app. Never ever overbooked from what I have seen.

Every time, not a problem. You can get a second for all courses. HOWEVER, sometimes they wait and bring it after you finish or start your first plate. It generally trails though

I think they are good discount if you can buy them before you sail which historically lets you avoid the additional service charge, although the deals haven't been as good in recent times on a per person basis (upwards of $50 pp) I am currently sailing the Seascape in February and they don't even have an option to book a dining plan before sailing as it stands right now. As a result we most likely won't be adding on any additional dining.

Speaking of SegaFredo.... That's some good coffee. Kuddos to MSC for having a yummy house coffee!!!!!!

They try to accommodate requests if at all possible. I couldn't believe it but one day, I actually saw a person receive some Matcha Ice Cream from a staff person so that he could give it to his child sitting in the buffet area. That ice cream came from one of the restaurants on board, but they found a way to get it for him.

That's pretty myopic. Uh Yeah. It's 2022 and guess what the official language of Miami Dade County is? Spanish. Maybe they do understand you and might not feel their English is good enough to respond?

TOTALLY agree about check in. We recently were on Carnival Mardi Gras and I COULD NOT BELEIVE how well they did getting people on in an expedited way. The online check in process with credit cards, kids registrations, pre-purchased internet plans we got, passport stuff, was all so easy. MSC needs to send all of their people over to the Carnival check in desk to witness a well oiled machine and make changes accordingly. Check out was bad however on the Mardi Gras and they didn't advocate people checking luggage and instead brining it off themselves which created a fiasco. On the Mardi Gras you had to go get your departing luggage stickers from the main desk and not from your room attendant like MSC does, assuming they still do that for people not wanting to wheel all of their luggage off themselves. I kind of felt they might be trying to free up labor by getting people to take their own bags off. On MSC, we usually stay on and eat a long breakfast at the buffet with a few cups of coffee and try to avoid the crowds and just leave later. For Muster on Carnival we just had to report to our station at our leisure the first day and they scanned our cards and we were done! Viola! Easy Peasy!

To beMostly on par, although arguably, No. 3 on Con's is only that way if you don't speak English as your primary language. To be fair, if one speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French or German it might be characterized as appreciated first and foremost or impressive in my case if its the Captain of the ship speaking all those languages at once.

I did not know they had a substantial TA fare? Have you received it? Do Travel companies purchase huge blocks of rooms with MSC in advance? I am not aware of this happening. I also am not sure MSC is courting anybody from the US specifically. Since half of Miami are people not from the US, it makes sense that this is where the hub is. After having problems with them myself for a few times now, I honestly believe they might not care. Its not a deal breaker though for me when I look at my bottom line.

Any TA's out there want to speak to all the free perks MSC gives you compared to Carnival and its affiliates? I would be really anxious to hear about it. Not arguing about the co-operation/call Italy thing.

Yes, the chicken was good. They also have cookies there which are hard to find on the ship and an arugala, sweet potato, goat cheese salad with balsamic glaze that is divine.

The Meraviglia has been our favorite ship with MSC. The Sky Lounge evening music was a great place to have a cocktail with a view of the pool below.

I am sorry for your bad experience. As a side note, I believe there is hardly any benefit to a TA booking a room for you on MSC maybe even no benefit. Quite a difference if a TA books you on another publicly traded cruise line however.

Keep in mind the closest beach to the ship is the furthest walk from the island buffet which is pretty good and serves some different food. The food trucks serving quick burgers and stuff are always accessible. Snorkeling was decent when I went. Both sides along the rocks are good and if you go out to the floating fence you will see some bigger ones. Bring some pelletized fish food to lure out the fish near the rocks!

I wouldn't be surprised if capacity is up. Our Florida pre-covid cruises on MSC all had 3 seatings and 3 shows to go along with it.

Yes, I have seen no tank tops by men on MSC in MDR. Recently on the Mardi Gras I saw them multiple times. Carnival has no table cloths. MSC is still using them, making the MDR a more fancy affair....

In my experience you'll be fine doing it while on board at 2PM, just don't dilly dally with what days and times you want and you'll be fine.

Unless your a teenager; my whole high school class just said they would ride it.

https://www.msccruisesusa.com/cruise-deals/military-discount-rates. It's in there the civil service if you expand it and read

Also throw in the handmade mozzarella they were doing on the Meravaglia, as well as Opera at sea, and I bet the styling on board their ships would make Enzo Ferrari extraordinarily happy! True Italian panache with the decor.

I love the logic here! Suns it up perfectly.

I wouldn't so much say European but I would say Italian instead. There are many elements there.