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5 hours ago, Oceans 818 said:
You should screenshot the OBC on your phone incase you need it on the ship if it doesn't show up on your web browser booking.
Have your friend email MSCExistingReservations@msccruisesusa.com to get his information straightened out. You could try that as well and explain the discrepancy between App & Web. I keep any email pretaining to any issues incase I need to show it on board.
Ty for the info. 😀
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26 minutes ago, Oceans 818 said:
Hi Nancy, I'm wondering if the OBC turned up when you look at your booking? And the other I'm wondering, did you make your booking at least 9 months out in order to qualify for the OBC? Asking as have friends that just booked for 2026 and they have no status as yet and MSC said as long as they did a match before final payment the 5%+5%.
My obc credit is only listed if I check my booking on my phone. If i check on the website it doesn't show it anywhere.
Friends of ours did the status match after they booked but it was still more than 9 months out but their reservation doesn't show any obc. He has called them a couple times and the reps just make it worse. His gender was listed as female. He called to get it changed and the rep wiped out his whole booking.
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thank you everybody for taking the time to respond. Much appreciated
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4 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:
If a passport was required for any port stop, you would be denied boarding if you didn't have one.
as I thought. ty Elaine
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2 hours ago, stevo88 said:
carnivals current loyalty program already seems like a joke - let's think of ways they can make it worse
yeah, they need to come up with better bribes!
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6 minutes ago, Rudyard said:
Only for cruises stopping in Colombia or Greenland (according to the Carnival website). I cruised to Cozumel and Costa Maya a couple of years ago with three months left on my passport and had no problems.
tyvm Rudyard. On another unnamed forum one person gives an answer, then everybody who reads the post is an expert and repeats it. smh
On the cruises that go to Columbia or Greenland everybody on the ship needs a passport, correct?
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Just now, nwcruiselover said:
Not unless the any country that is visited on the cruise has the requirement that the passport be valid for 6 months past the date of the visit.
Thank you. If a country needed a passport how does that work if you just have a birth certificate and govt ID? I always hear how the passport trumps the bc and govt ID.
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2 hours ago, mz-s said:
That is true and they can use the hot tubs obviously, but they are not to act like baboons in the hot tubs.
Lots of reasons I no longer use the hot tubs on Carnival. Kids are just one of them.
The yellow water scares me!
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Can anyone to use it? verify this for me.
On a closed loop cruise where a govt ID and a birth certificate is legal documentation does a passport have to have at least 6 months left on the passport for it to be valid? I think not but I see so many people say that you do have to have 6 months left on it.
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4 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:
I don't see a difference in number of kids no matter what months I sail, same as going to Disney...August...October..February...May no noticeable lessening of kids
Yeah it is not like back in the day when you needed permission from the school.
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3 hours ago, lasvegascruising said:
NOW HEAR THIS...we are due to turn platinum December 2024 which happens to be our 40th anniversary cruise. If this gets screwed up, we are going to SCREAM. We were due to turn platinum December 2023 for our 39th anniversary cruise but the Panorama was cancelled. Please wait until 2025 to make any changes so we can at least have one cruise with priority boarding.
Let’s hope all goes well for you. We have been platinum since 2011 but rarely use the priority boarding as we usually cruise with others who are not platinum so we wait and board with them.
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On 3/19/2024 at 5:05 PM, bg2310 said:
I prefer to leave my baggage out in the hall (leaned up against the wall beside the cabin door, out of the way), that way I don't disturb the cabin stewards who are cleaning the rooms, nothing is mistaken for being left behind in the room, and I don't need to go all the way into the cabin to set stuff down and out of the way.
Just a quick in and out of the hall then back to where guests are allowed to be doing embarkation/debarkation.
can they stil get by with their cleaning carts with your bags in the hall?
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5 hours ago, StephPS79 said:
There was a refund of port fees and taxes. There was also a cancellation fee assessed, which is deducted from the refund of port fees and taxes. The agreement is cancellation fees will be assessed. We can use whatever semantics we want, a no-show is technically a cancellation.
so they took the amount you paid for the canceled pax and charged you a cancelation fee on top of that?
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On 3/15/2024 at 1:06 PM, Earthworm Jim said:
My wife was at the dessert counter on the Lido, and two women there ask the attendant if there were any more cookies coming out. My wife thought that was strange, because there was still half a bowl of cookies left. A new batch of cookies comes out, and these women pull out Tupperware and Ziploc bags and start loading them up with the cookies!
I guess they were taking a supply home? That seems well over the line to me.
Sounds like they took a page out of the MSC playbook
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6 hours ago, cacruisin said:
You guys have peeked my interest, what are the differences between a more "European" style to cruising and the "American" style. Not referring to the low class aspect...
Just out of curiosity....
TIA.....
I don't see much difference between MSC and the established cruises like Carnival, NCL, etc. I must say that if things go sideways on MSC they seem to be at a loss as to how to correct anything. The interaction I had at the excursion desk was flawless but the maitre'd interaction I had was a zero.
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3 hours ago, PaulieG13 said:
If your booking is eligible, fill out the form at the link below. Bookings done under casino offers or some of the other "sales" will generally not be granted a price reduction approval.
https://www.carnival.com/core/requestforms/priceprotection.aspx
If for some reason the mods remove the link to the Carnival form, just do a google search for "Carnival price protection".
Consider yourself fortunate if they give you credit/refund for the difference in price. Prices dropping is mostly a thing of the past. A lot of us on here miss the days where booking 1+ years out almost guaranteed a price drop before sailing date.
I got $100 off last week when I called my PVP and it has gone down another $60 since. I was a shocked as the next guy to see not 1 but 2 reductions. This is for the Mardi Gras.
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5 hours ago, CruizinSusan70 said:
No comedy and no piano bar combined with too much European skewed stuff is what turned us off to MSC.
We had a so called comedian on Meraviglia. It was so quiet in there you could have heard a pin drop. He was not funny at all.
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1 hour ago, LatinaInTexas said:
Honestly I thought MSC Seashore was one of my best cruises. I know a lot of reviews talk about how bad people are but I didn't have any problems.
I said it when I got back from that cruise and I will say it again. My fellow passengers were the most polite, well mannered, beautiful, well dressed, fit people I have ever cruised with.
Food was excellent and ship was new and gorgeous. Yes there were little things, it wasn't perfect but darn close. Hope you have a good experience.
I hope that's the case when we cruise because we are on there for 2 weeks. I must say that there is a certain group on people on the Brooklyn cruises who cause most of the commotion. At least that seems to be the common denominator on most of the negative reviews from Brooklyn. I read that people come on the ship with tupperware containers and bags and when they put the bowls out they empty them into their bags and tupperware. smh
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11 hours ago, CruizinSusan70 said:
If you had such a bad experience on the Meraviglia, then why are you cruising on the Seashore next month and the World America in April of 2025?
to be honest because it was cheap. Figured I would give them a second chance and see if it's any different out of Florida opposed to Brooklyn. Also going when school is still in so hopefully the kids won't be as plentiful. 14 day cruise for $1500. I also have had the World America booked for a long time. If this doesn't pan out I'll cancel that the day I get back and wait 2-3 months for my refund.
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16 minutes ago, KKB said:
For sure.
But MSC took it to a new level.
I observed SO SO many self-absorbed people with no regard for others (common courtesy)
Happens at all price points.
But I’ve never seen it this extensive—slamming trays in others’ backs in buffet (on purpose), walking down stairs 2 at a time when others wanted to walk up, walking into elevators without allowing others off, ignoring safety protocols on tenders even when reprimanded by crew, physically moving other peoples’ children aside.
These things happen.
But these were the NORM.
Observed these behaviors (and many others) OVER & OVER.As I said, I was astounded.
Not worth the cheap fare for me.
I’d rather pay a bit more & travel a bit less.
We went on MSC Meraviglia out of Brooklyn and it was the same as you described. People bumping into with no regard, no excuse me, basically laughed in our faces when we said something to them. We had a family group of 9 and we weren't even seated together for dinner. Maitre'd said ship is full nothing he can do. We all booked early and had all reservations linked together.
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18 hours ago, BlerkOne said:
The discount can be real, true. And, as you know, NCL does mark up some excursions.
The bar is not truly unlimited - you are limited in what alcohol is included.
None of it is really free. If you push NCL, especially closer to a cruise, you can get a lower price if you refuse all of their marketing gimmicks. You don't really have to push if you book a sailaway cabin which includes none of it,but you can do better.
NCL highest port fees/taxes at sea, also
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18 hours ago, BlerkOne said:
Ummm
Get More with Free At Sea
Enrich your cruise vacation with up to 6 Free Offers with Norwegian's Free At Sea promotion. Choose from Free Unlimited Open Bar, Free Specialty Dining, Free Airfare for 2nd Guest, Free Shore Excursions, Free WiFi and Free 3rd & 4th Guests.
they do the same thing on MSC and think their drinks are free.
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On 3/7/2024 at 10:53 AM, Daruma said:
Hiya, Folks.
First off, my last cruise, which was my second cruise only, was on Disney about 15 years ago, and 10 years prior to that my first cruise on an unrememered cruise line... but we went to St. Marteen and St. Thomas.
I'm definitely a cruising neophyte, lol.
I had originally booked a 7 day cruise in mid April 2025 with NCL on the Escape... but for what I was paying there, (solo balcony... a new category for them), I've been able to instead, (canceled NCL), book a 7 day cruise to the EXACT same itinerary on Carnival Legend in early March 2025, (about 6 weeks earlier and also a balcony), AND a 4 day in September 2024 on Carnival Paradise, albeit an interior room, and with soda package on both, (I don't drink alcohol), AND excursions included on both... and I'm still saving about $800 😲😲
So, yes, of course, apples to oranges with regard to the ships, (the Escape is a much larger ship with more to do, maybe more shows, definitely more options for free and paid dining, etc), and NCL has its "Free at Sea" package... but it's NOT actually free, it's obviously built into the cruise fare. Additionally part of what is FAS but actually built into the price is their alcohol package... I don't drink, so to get soda, juice, etc I had to upgrade that package for sbout $34/day... less than $10/day gets me soda and juice on Carnival which is all I need... so no "base" alcohol package with an additional upgrade cost to get soda & juice.
"Free" 150 minutes of WiFi? No thanks, I'll never use it... the whole point of a vacation for me is to disconnect.
Two "free" Specialty Dining options... I'd use them ONLY because I did essentially pay for them... but it's something, that were it separate, I would not get... I'm not a "Foodie" by any stretch of the imagination.
So, all of that adds into the cost difference, most/all of which I don't care about... and as I said, I get TWO cruises and still SAVE money, lol.
Assuming that I take to cruising like a duck to water, I'm not sure I'd ever go on NCL 🤷
sounds like you did really well. Tampa and Carnivals older ships have some really good deals. When my wife retires next week you might find us on one of those sailings. Enjoy!
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2 hours ago, TheLargeFamily said:
Actually this is the first time we've ever done this with birth certificates. This is the first time we've traveled post covid and everyone's passports expired during that time except for one of my kids. But yes, after birthing six children I should probably think about growing up LOL 🤔😂😘
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