Petersnow

On 6/7/2020 at 7:57 AM, marli23 said:

Seashore was not planned till June. So Fantasia is not replacing Seashore in april and May. I will wait to hear from MSC what the reason is for changing the itinerary and the 10-day sailing into a weekly sailing. This is a major change and a big disappointment.

Agree 100%. That was a very good itinerary and choose it also for the very 2 good experiences on the Divina, which is her sister ship. Now looking for the MSC Orchestra 3 days earlier on a 7 day trip from Bari or the MSC Magnifica on a 13 day trip from South Hampton sailing Northern Europe. Still deciding. Thank you all for the information!!!

Hi, I`m booked on the MSC Fantasia departing on June 16 from Bari, Italy on a 10 day/9 nights, but have read that the MSC Seashore debut will be now on August 2021 instead of June, and the Fantasia will take his place during this period.

Any news regarding this changes with the Fantasia? Will my booking be affected with another itinerary/ports of call?

Regards from Puerto Rico.

20 hours ago, WorldTraveler151208 said:

For example, the latest Costa Smeralda (2019) was delayed by about 6 weeks. It was delivered in December instead of November. I'm not sure what exactly happened there, but probably the shipyard in Finland just didn't plan the construction time for such a huge ship properly.

The delay of Costa Smeralda was due to the LNG testing system, same ocurred with the AidaNova when delivery was also delayed 2 or 3 times. This 2 ships and also the MardiGras share the same XL platform and all are LNG. It will be no surprise that this could happen to the MSC Europa, at 205,700 tons it will be the largest ship using LNG technology. The last Meraviglia Plus ship sister to the Grandiosa and Virtuosa will be LNG.

Regards from Puerto Rico.

13 minutes ago, BermudaBound2014 said:

Petersnow, I also think MSC is an exceptional value. Excited for our Seaside trip in April.

Absolutely BermudaBound20.  They can`t be beat for the value!!! We want to go on the MSC Magnifica for a 12 day schedule to Greece and Israel on December 17, 2020 but here in Puerto Rico we are dealing with the earthquakes situation and my wife works in a school, and for safety reasons, most schools are closed or being inspected by structural engineers. So we change plans to go on the Seaside to lower some costs hahahaha. But on June 2020 we will try Northern Europe maybe on MSC Virtuosa.

Regards

I`ve been on the MSC Divina twice and on the Meraviglia back on January 2019 from Barcelona and the service and overall experience for both cruises was great. MSC dollar by dollar can`t be beat. Both are very good ships, the Meraviglia of course is a more recent ship and is absolutely stunning, but food is far better on the Divina, perhaps the Divina is more americanized!!! Besides, food is a matter of individual taste. European people on Meraviglia, well, that`s could be discussed on another topic!!! Way different culture!!!!

MSC is my cruise line, i`ve been on 4 Princess ships and they are fine ships, but MSC does things their way, and love their classy style of the ships and atmosphere!!!

My overall experience with MSC has been quite good, there is space to improve some things of course, but when you go on vacation, please travel with open mind and you will enjoy at maximum that time!!!

3 minutes ago, tallyho8 said:

I disagree with you. I have sailed with MSC the last 3 years in fall and kept a close eye on the prices to see if they would change so I could get a lower rate and never saw the balcony as low as $199 except when Ocean Cay was cancelled near the same time that Cuba was cancelled.

Agree 100%, never had saw a balcony as $199. I also keep a close eye on prices but at $199, only for the Ocean Cay situation.

Besides that, all companies do that as a normal practice to attract customers and fill their ships. MSC can do it, they are not a corporation Like Carnival or Royal, they are family owned, it`s easier for them to do that.

I was on the Divina back on December, and my wife also agree that there has been some evident changes on MSC. The ships are happier, more noise, spot color lights, music on the pool, but also the guests have change. It looks more of an American atmosphere, not bad but the classy elegant atmosphere have change. For good or bad, but MSC has been making changes trying to hear the critics of the European style. The debate right now is if we prefer the classy elegant original MSC atmosphere or the renovated more vigorous and modern style we saw on the Divina?  We can deal with changes and if they are done to offer a better service and product they have our approval, but we love the elegant classy style the way MSC handle it in the past. Service and staff was great, for example, I bring a bottle of water in one of my bags, put it on the refrigerator and the boy who clean our room took the water away the same evening. Then I will go to the buffet near midnight and one lady from the staff ask me if I was ok because I was alone, I told her I was fine but told her about the water. She bring me 2 bigger bottles of water and give me apologies for what has happened. Still with the changes MSC is my favorite cruise line, for the price they can be beat!!!