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20 hours ago, hawkesbaynz said:

If you look on the roll call of the cruise going out this weekend it does state it from the pilots report. 1341 comes to mind but you have a look!  Who knows if it will increase? The suites and Aqua are booked out on many cruises. Must be loads of space in the MDR. 
 

Never been on MSC but am told the yacht club is great but the ship s are very busy (the quote was a zoo). Other than the initial buffet on boarding the ships never appear too busy except after the show. 

That's great, thanks. We had never cruised with MSC either, we only really did it because we couldn't get abroad easily at the time and there was a good offer on the ship. To be honest two of the main reasons we loved it was because it was a brand new ship and there were only 500 people on board (on day 5 that increased to 1000). There was loads of space onboard and we had the run of the pools, hot tubs, restaurants, bars etc. And there were twice as many staff on board compared to passengers so the service was great most of the time because staff had time to serve you and have a chat. I remember asking them if they were happy and most of them said they wanted things to be busier, I wonder if they still feel the same now? We knew as soon as the capacity went up that it would be a different story though, it seemed like it was getting about half full out on deck when the 1000 people were on board so wouldn't like to think what it would be like with the full 6000 people on board in the future.

We are thinking of booking a staycation cruise on Celebrity Silouette in September and were wondering if anyone knows what capacity the ship is running at? We can't seem to find a definitive answer anywhere on the internet at the moment. We were lucky enough to have sailed on the MSC Virtousa in June when the capacity was very low and it was fantastic. We looked at the Virtuosa again for September but recently we looked at reviews and people have been complaining that the capacity has been increased and it is massively overcrowded now. It would be good to know if anyone has been on the Silhouette over the last couple of weeks and how they felt about getting a sunbed or a space in a hot tub in the day or in a bar for a drink at night? Or if anyone knows of the capacity at the moment or any plans to increase the capacity in the near future? 

Thanks

Hi, we are really looking forward to sailing on MSC Virtuosa this Saturday and were hoping you might be able to answer a question for us. Unfortunately we have got a late check in time and we are really hoping to get a couple of hours to relax up on deck in the pool and hot tub before trying to unpack and get down to a late sitting for dinner in the restaurant. It might be a stretch but the only thing that might hinder us doing this is this new muster drill. Obviously we have never done this before and were just wondering how that worked? I have read that you have to watch it in your cabin on the tv and then ring a number on your phone. But can you do it in your own time on the first day or do they give you a time to do it on your paperwork or maybe call you over the tannoy to do it at a certain time? Thank you