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In a real emergency you may need to find your station without elevator access. That being said, if you have a medical reason to not be able to do the stairs, tell a staff member, and they should be able to accommodate you (just like they would need to in a real emergency).

Looks cute that color. Don't fuss over it anymore and stress yourself.

Complimentary gift, a drawstring type backpack bag was left for each of us in our cabin on final night of last weeks Meraviglia cruise. Call the spa first to make sure they can accommodate you. Best bet is on a port day. The thermal area is way to small for the amount of people allowed to access it. There is one rectangular hot tub, a variety of cool showers, saunas and "Mediterranean style baths and a SMALL thalassotherapy pool. That fits only six people and is the kind with only the metal rod style loungers. There are only four heated stone lounges (one was out of order). For some reason there are two rooms with a bunch or regular loungers with spa type music in the background.

Also tried Holas due to you raving about it, and totally agree. BTW, we took out our meal and enjoyed it in our cabin. Also took out fish and chips from the pub. Nice to know takeout is an option.

What Jamielogical said, but as an aside, the scent of the soap, shampoo and shower gel are all MSC's signature scent, Med for MSC. When you are browsing the shops take a moment to smell the tester bottle, and from then on, you will notice EVERYTHING smells like it. The public areas, the elevators, the "smoke" in any production shows, the air blowing from the fans drying the hallways near the pool....all MSC for Med, and currently my living room too, as DH insisted on buying the reed diffuser.

The couple seated next to us in the MDR actually had to show the waiter a picture of a seagrams 7 and 7 on the web. Wine was never a problem.

We smelled it every day from our standard balcony on Meraviglia last week. I was actually comforted by the stench, knowing that the violent coughing we heard was most likely due to that and not covid. 🙃

I think most travel insurance requires you to go through their claims process, meaning you have to lay out the money. If you use a cruise ships medical services that is the case. If you use medical services in a foreign country (off the ship) they may accept your insurance plan as payment but there is no guarantee of that. If your regular health insurance covers care out of the country, I would hope they would help figure out the payment issue. Obviously if you needed care out of the country you would need to call your insurance company, and trip insurance company. If the trip insurance requires you to submit to your med insurance before filing the trip insurance claim depends on your trip insurance policy. We always buy a trip insurance policy that is primary.

Any travel insurance I have purchased in my more than 30 cruises has covered medical evacuation. That is not at all trip disruption. The real important point to buying travel insurance is the medical benefits. The couple of thousand for the actual trip is nothing compared to the hundreds of thousands medical bills and evacuation can cost.

On Meraviglia now. The classics section is basically the same as it was minus the strip steak. However, strip steak was offered as a regular entree two nights in a row. The chicken classic is still the rotisserie kind. The shrimp cocktail is now "baby" shrimp.

On eight day Meraviglia now. We had elegant night on first sea day and suggested dress on the daily was elegant. Some dressed up, no gowns or tuxes and few suits/ties. The cruise website says do your definition of elegant even if its your best jeans. Just no shorts or tees. Tonight was the gala menu. But the daily said the theme was music night and had no suggested dress listed.

The glass is considered contaminated once it is used to refill your water bottle as there is a chance it came in direct contact with your water bottle during the pour or that there was some splash back from your bottle. Hence the requirement of using a new glass each time you pour into your bottle.

There is a "G & T Club" menu with five different gin and tonics here if you scroll a bit. https://profcruise.com/msc-bar-menus-and-drink-prices-2023/

Maybe if the cruise lines would put some sort of liner in the bathroom trash bin, people would be more comfortable throwing nasty used wipes in them than flushing them.

Have you tried searching eBay?

My question is still about the more than two entrees. I remember reading the live report which was not specific about what was charged or for how many entrees. I am still hoping for someone with actual experience to give a clear answer.

Have you actually experienced the $5 for each additional entree, or are you interpreting from what the menu says, "A surcharge of $5 for second entree or more applies." That is clearly unclear. It can easily be interpreted as one surcharge total for seconds or more, or each additional has a surcharge. I read the whole other thread on this, and no one had first hand experience with the charge which is why I am asking.

The way the new extra entree charge info on menus is written is confusing. It seems like it's a one time $5 charge for any additional entrees. Or, are they charging $5 for EACH entree ordered after the first? Also, anyone have experience with ordering an entree and also ordering an additional entree but as a starter portion? Does that incur the charge?

If using the thermal spa area and being able to pick what time you eat each night are worth the price difference than it may be worth it. You should check how much a spa pass would cost to see if there is any savings on that by booking Aurea.

While hand washing/sanitizing is an excellent idea in general, Covid is rarely if ever caught by touching something with the virus on it. Flu and the common cold transmit that way, and thank goodness covid has not morphed into that type of transmission or things woulda been sooooo much worse. Even noro can withstand alcohol based hand sanitizer.

You may be able to find a way to put your card info in by using the app. Can't remember for sure but think it was part of the profile. Don't know how many days out it was there because DH put the info in 20 days before sailing. He was also able to extend charging privileges to my account.

I have gotten three email offers. The second was higher than the first. The most recent was lower than the first.

The reason for the long line is that lots of people are doing self assist. Once that line starts moving it moves quickly. Staff is not checking to see if you are leaving at your assigned time. But luggage is set out in the customs hall according to those times. So if you have an assigned time and go early, odds are you will be waiting around the customs hall. That can look pretty sketch and prompt a longer more in-depth interaction with the custom agents and is probably not a good idea. If your cruise has visited a port outside the USA, you will be clearing customs. Many ports have facial recognition which makes things quicker for most people. Otherwise a customs agent will look at your ID and maybe ask a few questions.

How does one take advantage of the voyagers gold 10% off WiFi perk? I was hoping to purchase a plan before the cruise but don't see how to, or if I can apply the discount. Also how do we use the 1 hour spa pass? Do we need a reservation? When the hour is up does the spa police kick us out of the thalassotherapy pool?

Do you need to have a WiFi plan to use the app?