21 minutes ago, steamboats said:

First, you´re a bit early with your questions. The MSC World Europa is to be named on Sunday. So by today the first invited passengers are boarding for the naming ceremony.

 

The Easy+ package basically can be used at any bar. It´s more what you can order must be included in the package.

 

steamboats

Early? If the first invited passengers are boarding, I should say perfect on time for a Q&A topic. Thank you for the respons but 'basically in any bar' is a vague answer.

On the Europa are several special bars as i can see. Will they always serve the drinkpackages outside there speciality? 

And my second question, will the bumpercars on a additional charge?

 I can imagine there are some questions about the new MSC World Europa. This forum is of course the perfect place for that, and in this topic we can also bundle those questions together.

let me kick off, in the summer of 2023 we are booked on this ship, super exciting of course!

It's just completely unclear to me which bars and lounges I can go to with my easy(+) package, does anyone know the answer to that?

I also would like to know whether there is an extra charge for bumper cars?

Thank you!

On 9 July 2023 we will start our cruise from Bari on the MSC Lirica. On July 10 we moor in the port of Marghera near Venice.

Does anyone know the possibilities to get from the port of Marghera into the center of Venice if we go by ourselves?

And secondly, are there options that MSC has arranged to central Venice and what is the price of that shuttle and/or tender?

Thanks in advance for the information! 

I believe I have read somewhere that children under 12 who are not vaccinated are not allowed to disembark freely with their vaccinated parents. They seem to MUST use the MSC Exursions.

Is this true?

I find it embarrassing because in general children hardly get sick and are much less destined. In addition, a child must be able to make a competent decision for vaccination, a child under 12 is certainly not yet able to do so.

In this way, unvaccinated children are more or less obliged to be vaccinated if they want to disembark with their parents, that is not possible.

MSC cruises should ditch this rule as soon as possible and stop playing in their own right if this is true.

What do you think of this ethical issue?

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MSC Seashore crew area:

Cruise Lines Association ‘In Talks’ To Reopen Malaga And Barcelona Ports

- EuroWeeklyNews.com 

The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), is currently negotiating with the Government a possible opening of these ports in a bid to open up the Spanish tourism sector.

The situation in the Spanish tourism sector is becoming more and more critical. The coronavirus pandemic has greatly subdued the activity of tourism companies after the ban imposed by the Government on cruise ships docking in Spanish ports ruined their competitiveness in the international market.

Faced with the situation that Europe is getting ready to go back to normal, Puertos del Estado has intensified its conversations with the Government in order to speed up opening the ports in time for the summer campaign.

The decision of whether or not to get the drinks package for your cruise is always a tricky one. To further confuse matters, MSC Cruises has introduced five new drinks packages for 2021 and 2022 cruises. Plus, they’ve removed all of the drinks package prices from their website! They will adjust prices according to the season.

There are five different packages to choose from. So let’s take a look at what’s included in each, compare the prices and pick the best one.

The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), is currently negotiating with the Government a possible opening of these ports in a bid to open up the Spanish tourism sector.

The situation in the Spanish tourism sector is becoming more and more critical. The coronavirus pandemic has greatly subdued the activity of tourism companies after the ban imposed by the Government on cruise ships docking in Spanish ports ruined their competitiveness in the international market.

Faced with this situation, Puertos del Estado has intensified its conversations with the Government in order to speed up opening the ports in time for the summer campaign. Since MSC cruises has huge succes by the reopening of cruising in Europe, and a lot of itineraries in the ports of Barcelona and Malaga this summer, it will be a great step forward.

The msc virtuosa will soon be leaving her homeport to sail on to antwerp. What she is going to do there is completely unclear to me...

Couldn't she have sailed directly to her new homeport in keel? That is where the virtuosa is planned for this summer season. 

Or would this ship be used for the english market? Because the uk is nearby.

Or will the ship wait patiently in antwerp to see what norway will decide in a month's time regarding cruises in that country? Because norways restrictions on cruising ends in may.

To be honest, I don't really see what the virtuosa is doing now, she will clearly sail northward, but what will she do next?...

... Who knows more? 😁

On 3/12/2021 at 6:39 PM, sidari said:

From Monday, Mainland Italy will all be placed in the highest level Red Zone.

 

On Tuesday all Schools on Corfu will be closed for a minimum of two weeks, friends there have heard it is due to increasing case numbers an announcement will be made on Greek TV this evening.

And MSC is still sailing... for now the cruises in Europe has nothing to do with infections on the mainland, as long the safe bubble restrictions will be followed strictly. And they succed by that. It looks like cruising in Europe is on the most safe holidays if you want a zero low chance of infections. It will take some time but it looks good for cruising in Europe, in a new way but good.

On 3/12/2021 at 8:27 PM, hamrag said:

 

I honestly think that your crystal ball is malfunctioning! 😉

For the US its clear now that there is nothing by summer. For the EU there is a much better perspective.

11 minutes ago, sidari said:

How can the older ships use wristbands ? do they currently have the technology onboard to do so ?

Thats right! @CruisingFox27

"The whristbands will be rolled out along the line’s nine remaining ships in its 11-ship building program over the next 10 years. MSC will also retrofit its 12 existing ships with the technology soon."

I good chance that, due the pandemic, it had a steady roll out on the existing ships.

We all know that Europe is lagging behind in terms of vaccination. but that has nothing to do with cruising. After all, it is not for nothing that ships from different shipping companies already sail in Europe and America is not while this is simply possible. Because in Europe they look forward to see what can be done in the last steps of this pandemic. I foresee that more and more ships will make a start in Europe towards the summer, but that will initially only be for European guests as it is now. We are now seeing it happening this way in the UK to.

This summer I don't see guests from other parts of the world boarding in Europe, I would gamble on vacation in your own continent. Europe is really making big strides to make cruises possible this summer, as is the UK and some Asian countries, which are now looking at what can be done while we still get vaccinated while the risks will be a little less each day. In America, this seems to be slowly diminishing with the cruise industry still on a strict line from CDC. Goodluck there!

If the CDC holds that strict policy there will be no cruising from America happening yet soon, let alone that the population can and may come to Europe to get a boat here. Unfortunately, but I can understand that ships like the Seaside set sail through Europe. The CDC just doesn't provide perspective and the rules they set are way too strict. Let's hope the Americans can soon come to Europe for a cruise to show the CDC how it fares in other parts of the world. But for this summer is see a big NO on cruise holidays for the Americans.

The MSC for Me app is only available for guests traveling on MSC Meraviglia, MSC Seaside, MSC Seaview, MSC Bellissima, MSC Grandiosa and the MSC Magnifica.

Coming soon for MSC Virtuosa and MSC Seashore by this year and no further plans to expand the app to the other vessels as we speak. If needed, contact tracing will be done by the 'MSC whristbands' 

It looks clear that the Virtuosa will start now at Kiel at first this summer. Lets see Germany, Norway, Denmark and Russia allow cruiseships by that time. If we look to the newspage from Port of Kiel, they are pretty sure that they will operate and handling cruiseships by late spring this year. And honestley i think that by summer we are in a whole other and much better state in the pandemic for cruisepassengers by that time. What do you all think?

It seems that Europe will relax a little faster on cruise measures than in the US, where the policy seems to be a lot stricter.

At the end of February/the beginning of March, more information will emerge from the Union about how to act in the exit strategy we find ourselves in and how cruise lines should act on this.

It seems MSC cruises are taking the lead in this and the Grandiosa sailings seem to be the big test, The Union looking over their shoulders.

For the time being, I am looking forward positively to this summer, when many shipping companies will be operational again on a small scale and in phases with all the measures that go with it. 

In het US it seems that some shipping companies are adapting as the CDC prescribes, but it appears to be a long and above all slow process.

Let's hope some shipping companies can meet the CDC's requirements to resume their trips as soon as possible.

For now I foresee a better outlook in the EU cruising area than in the US.

Although things will not differ far from each other, it seems that the requirements are different on both sides of the world.

That does not matter, but it does make the European policy easier to handle seems to be to start cruising faster and easier than the policy in the United States

3 hours ago, sidari said:

Maikell ... The Magnifica start up appears to be at odds with this MSC Tweet on 4th February, added by Ate on a thread by Bermuda Bound.

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MSC announced today that they pushed Magnifica restart out to May 3, 2021.  All cruises from February 14 to then are being cancelled.

 

MSC CRUISES AIMS TO RESTART CRUISES TO GREECE BY EASTER     Tweet 04/02/2021

Company is working closely with Greek Ministry of Tourism and other relevant local authorities to ensure reopening of local tourist services in time for the Easter holiday season

 

Geneva, Switzerland, 4 February 2021 – MSC Cruises announced today that it is working closely with the Greek Ministry of Tourism and other relevant authorities for the reopening of local tourist services in time to serve cruise passengers visiting Greece starting with the upcoming Easter holiday period.

 

In related news, the Company also announced that it is cancelling all of MSC Magnifica’s scheduled cruises through to 29 April. The ship was originally scheduled to return to sea starting on 14 February with a Greece-bound itinerary. MSC Magnifica will thus be replaced for voyages to the Eastern Mediterranean, including Greece, during the Easter period and throughout the summer season.

 

Guests booked on MSC Magnifica through to 29 April will be offered the option to rebook their MSC Cruises holiday at sea on one of the line’s other ships due to call Greece or on its flagship MSC Grandiosa, which is currently at sea in the Western Mediterranean. Alternatively, guests will receive compensation for their cancelled cruise that will vary depending on the market.

 

http://www.mscpressarea.com/en_INT/press-releases/3799

 

This is just a copy/paste, it looks like they may have booked progress with the greek ministry maybe. We have to stay tuned if this dates will make it to retstart. At least it is a start...

Who knows how far they are to make agreements with the governments of countries where they want to sail. In the meantime, news follows up that MSC is also negotiating with Mexico by invitation. We will see what rolls out. For sure they don't run 100% capacity and the 'save bubble' will stay present if they restart this summer. If needed, they will build off this bubble, like they mentioned on there website.

MSC Cruises setup sailing Europe, ships start cruising in a phased manner by the summer season 2021.

A look at the first sailing of each MSC Cruiseship who starts and get back into service (only Europe sailings and only Schengen guests can apply).

The first ship, MSC Grandiosa, already did a kickoff of this restart.

Other ships by MSC cruises are planned for Asia, the UK or the USA later on, expected to reveal after the healthplan of MSC cruises will be accepted by port of call countrys.

MSC Fantasia
Capacity at 100%: 3,300
Date: April 29, 2021
Homeport: Genoa
Length: 3 nights
Itinerary: Barcelona and Marseille   

MSC Grandiosa
Capacity at 100%: 4,888
Date: Since January 24, 2021
Homeport: Genoa
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Civitavecchia, Naples, Palermo and Valletta

MSC Lirica  
Capacity at 100%: 1,560
Date: April 2, 2021
Homeport: Venice
Length: 6 nights
Itinerary: Bari, Dubrovnik, Kotor, Split and Rijeka

MSC Magnifica
Capacity at 100%: 2,550
Date: May 1, 2021
Homeport: Genoa
Length: 10 nights
Itinerary: Livorno, Civitavecchia, Messina, Valletta, Piraeus and Katakolon

MSC Musica
Capacity at 100%: 2,550
Date: April 30, 2021
Homeport: Genoa
Length: 3 nights
Itinerary: Marseille and Barcelona  

MSC Opera 
Capacity at 100%: 1,712
Date: March 27, 2021
Homeport: Trieste
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Zadar, Split, Kotor, Corfu and Bari

MSC Poesia
Capacity at 100%: 2,550
Date: May 2, 2021
Homeport: Venice
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Bari, Mykonos, Piraeus and Katakolon

MSC Seashore
Capacity at 100%: 4,560
Date: August 1, 2021
Homeport: Civitavecchia to Genoa
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Naples, Messina, Valletta, Barcelona and Marseille

MSC Seaside
Capacity at 100%: 4,140
Date: April 11, 2021
Homeport: Lisbon to Genoa
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Cádiz, Barcelona, Genoa and Marseille

MSC Seaview
Capacity at 100%: 4,140
Date: March 29, 2021
Homeport: Genoa
Length: 5 nights
Itinerary: Civitavecchia, Valencia and Marseille

MSC Sinfonia
Capacity at 100%: 1,554
Date: April 24, 2021
Homeport: Venice
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Kotor, Sarande, Mykonos, Santorini and Bari

MSC Splendida
Capacity at 100%: 3,300
Date: April 20, 2021
Homeport: Genoa to Kiel
Length: 12 nights
Itinerary: Marseille, Barcelona, Casablanca, Lisbon, La Coruña and Rotterdam

MSC Virtuosa
Capacity at 100%: 4,888
Date: April 16, 2021
Homeport: Genoa
Length: 4 nights
Itinerary: Ajaccio, Barcelona and Marseille

40 minutes ago, Maikell said:

My bad @sidari if that is true of course 😉

My bad @sidari if that is true of course 😉

Ignoring is not the setup of a board, it is precisely here that it is put on a scale whether the information is correct and and it will be discussed, that is the essence of a board. @sverigecruiser

It also depends on how you bring the information instead of screaming that you are right anyway. I apperciate the information @sidari brings, but keeping an eye out for information that is not official but third-hand is nothing wrong with... especially on a board.

For now a new picture is reveald with Seashore on it!

Last week the funnel was installed, this week glass for

the balconys will be placed, its good to see they make fast progress with the lot work they have to do when sea trials come closer.

This is a never ending story untill delivery of the Seashore. Of course there is a lot of work to do. On the other hand, several MSC spokesmen has said now that the Seashore will be ready by august 1st 2021. I like to hold on the official channels. There is nothing said in the conversation that @sidari shows us, but rumors. Maybe the rumors can be, but for now we know for sure that they are planning first sea trials in March if you listend to the recent podcast. When the sea trials has no problems, the last phase can be quick.

If MSC wants to delay again, they will annouce that soon or they had already done that. The number of signals by several annoucements, even at the delivery of Virtuosa, Mr. Vago himself concluded that the Seashore will be on time makes and that there is no reason to hasitate;

"2021 will see a second launch of the two new MSC Cruises next-generation ships this year – the second one being MSC Seashore - bringing the fleet total to 19, with a further four to be launched by 2025. MSC Virtuosa and MSC Seashore, which will come into service in August 1st 2021, will offer the very latest in environmental technology, cutting-edge guest technology and a whole range of new experiences and features."

What are you?! We refused it because its no official statement. It can be, but it is not confirmed in anyway. I thought you do not matter any sourch anyway, just for you this time; 

The photos where placed on 24th of december 2020 as the picture shows you below. Imagine Seashores progress inside at this moment.

Now for once stop your outstanding behavior you turn out to all the replys. Please come with info that we can check or that are comfirmed and do not bring rumors as facts! 

  @sidari your turn... 😉