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He’s always been like this, at least in our experience.

We sail in a month. I bid slightly over the minimum and got the upgrade notification this morning. There have been a few cruises where we have bid at varying price points over the minimum where we did not get the upgrade. The notification that our bids had not been accepted has always come the same day of the cruise.

It is interesting to think about. I remember how nervous I was when we booked our first MSC cruise. All the bad stuff that I had read had me terrified. I was also quite perplexed by a comment we frequently heard about how it was “very European.” As a family that has visited various countries (numerous times) on the continent, I couldn’t quite figure out what that meant. Especially considering we had always had enjoyable experiences. A friend of ours is a MSC captain. When I was talking to him about our nervousness I was told to take a deep breath that we would be fine. He was right. We cruised MSC 4 times in a row last year. We learned that the passengers are much more international than American based cruise lines. So far we have only done MSC from the US (going out of the UK next month). We sailed from Italy on an American cruise line last fall, and the passengers were heavily American. MSC from Florida was not comparatively.

I know an individual that works on board. We were messaging about an hour ago. I don’t believe so. They just left Ocean Cay a few hours ago.

We were on your sailing and had early dining in Ipanema. But we were part of a group of 23 so I’m sure that’s why. We are sailing again next week and wishing for anytime!

We had a great time! We actually might do it again at the end of the month.

Ha! We were supposed to be on another ship, another date. Then we had some scheduling conflicts and it was get what you can with a lot more costs involved than the first one. We are getting off the Seaside Sunday morning and on Seascape Sunday afternoon.

Nah. We booked pretty last minute (not even 2 months ago) so we are hanging with the masses. Haha

I’ve thought the same (getting off/getting on). We are sailing with you!

It is definitely him!

We make a point of this also! It’s always so lovely to see the crew faces light up.

Ha! I’ll try to remember. We are all on that one to celebrate my child’s birthday. About half & half first time cruisers and previous cruisers. We typically try to avoid 3 nights on the weekends. It can’t be as bad as the lapse in judgement (it’s so cheap) that landed us on Carnival Liberty back in January, right?. Never again on Carnival… During the drive back, we decided to have the weekend birthday celebration though. 🤔

Great. 😂😂 sailing Thursday on Seaside and getting on Seascape when you get off. No hope of losing the weight, I suppose. 🤣

He will be on the “group recovery” cruise. We are sailing on Seaside and Seascape in the next couple of weeks. we were on Meraviglia in April. Actually thought the MDR food was better than some we’ve had while on Princess the last couple of trips.

Sometimes I wonder if we go into a brand closed minded…expecting things to be what we are used to. We booked a cruise on MSC during late summer last year for a spring cruise (not even in YC). I was nervous based off the things I had read. Captain Tuvo told me that we would be fine. He was right. We still prefer Princess to MSC, but we didn’t have a bad experience at all. We are sailing on MSC twice during the next few weeks. One as a group and one to recover from sailing as a group. Haha

That dress! @GenerationX I also have a 10 year old. She would be all over that dress!! we are on Seaside and Seascape over the next couple of weeks. I’m so excited.

My password that I’ve been using since they required a special character is now not working. Tried the super old one without the special character and it worked. Go figure.

For what it’s worth, we were looking at X for Spring Break next year from Athens. Loved the itinerary…the non refundable deposit was more than an entire MSC cruise. We chose MSC. (Not apples to apples itinerary wise, but both include Egypt which my child wants to visit.)

He’s the best! (And the reason we are sailing on Seascape next month.) Much like you mentioned above, we met him at breakfast on the first morning of our cruise many years ago.

Thank you for your review. We are sailing on Seaside in July as a group of 23 for my daughter’s birthday. Then we are getting on Seascape the day we get off Seaside. We tried MSC for the first time in April. We now have 3 booked between now and March. We also really enjoyed it.

ha! we've been 1 point from Diamond since 2017. Money isn't everything, but we've frequently sailed Princess (and MSC) for much, much less than Royal when pricing it out. In fact, apples to apples as far as days and room type, our July 20 cruise was $1,000 less than Royal wanted since we were inviting others onboard to celebrate our daughter's birthday it was a no brainer!

I just cancelled one I had for 8/31 (to book another for 7/23) and was told they could not transfer the money. They told me 2-3 billing cycles this afternoon when I called to see if I needed to request the refund (they said no).

We were on the same sailing. Messaging is available on the app. iMessage was also allowing us to text back and forth. We did not have an internet package.

The made sofa bed is what we had last week on Meraviglia for our 10 year old. I, too, was worried with all the reviews, @Floridagal2213 . we had a lovely time. We already had a birthday trip with friends for my daughter’s birthday booked on Seaside for July. Just this week, we booked it again in August as a surprise for her. Go into it with an open mind! There were things we liked better about other lines, but equally there were things we liked better about MSC.

Ours was the same way. I called, and middle names were added to our voyagers club and reservation. It was easy peasy.