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Much to consider.  Thank you all.

19 hours ago, Susanb10567 said:

Yes I believe that is correct…but this money does count as your first deposit..so if pre existing conditions are an issue it needs to be addressed now it seems 

I was told the same regarding pre existing conditions.

Thank you

I recently booked a Tauck River Cruise for 2023 and from what I understand, the deposit is refundable as is the insurance since the pricing and exact itinerary is not available yet.  Once we get that information, we will have 2 weeks to decide if we want to cancel or not for a full refund.  After reading these posts, I'm going to look into this again to confirm.

Is anyone familiar and have an opinion on the stateroom categories on the ms Grace?  I am contemplating my first river cruise and not sure of which stateroom category to book.

I was not in YC so paid $5 for the band but after a couple of days, I stopped wearing it. I found it very annoying that although it unlocked my cabin door, I had to have my card key handy anyway to turn the lights in the cabin on, so it didn't seem worthwhile to me.

My family used whatsapp on the Seaside but you need wifi for it so would only work if you have an internet package.

We were able to get Robert Mondavi wine with the mealtime package and our server offered us cappucino, although it did take some time for them to serve it.

My niece requested a pack and play in advance for her 2 year old. When she boarded she didn't have one and asked the room steward for it. He told her the pack and play would be too small for her son and brought her blankets to lay on the couch which didn't open. After the first night she insisted on the pack and play and it was plenty big and bigger than the ones at home as stated above. It didn't take up a lot of space but he slept well so it was worth it to them.

I don't recall a singles meet and mingle on the Seaside.

I don't believe it was offered at all on my sailing.

I know two couple that did this on a recent cruise on MSC, one enjoyed it very much and were happy they went and the other couple did not due to the travel time. Not sure that helps.

I departed the cruise terminal in Miami on May 12th and right outside there was a booth where I purchased a transfer to Fort Lauderdale airport for $15 per person. Although a lot less expensive than the taxi I took from Fort Lauderdale to Miami, we had to sit on the bus until it filled up which took an hour. Thankfully we had time since we had a later flight but had I realized how long we would wait, I would not have taken this option.

There were games of some sort every day. I know there was trivia numerous times and other games too.

I believe in the beginning May, the hours were the same as you stated.

I had no issue with smoke and thought it was confined well to the designated areas.

Food is subjective but I thought the food was some of the best I have had on a cruise and that includes the main dining room as well as the buffet where I had most breakfast and lunches.

Customer service was good, but I did feel some of the employees could be better trained about the ship as they seemed unsure in some instances in answering questions, but nothing I would worry about in terms of sailing with them again.

Go for the balcony, you will enjoy I'm sure.

At the MSC pier there are many shops, it is like a mall.

I just took the Bamboo Beach with snacks and drinks excursion with MSC and was very happy with it. We sailed into Ochos Rios and it was a quick drive on the bus to Bamboo. We were seated in an area that we were told was not rocky which we were happy about. Drinks and food were very good. Sorry you had a totally different experience.

We used WhatsApp through the ship wifi. It worded but the wifi had to be refreshed every once in a while so we would sometimes miss messages due to that.

It was sad to see that MSC allow people to wear baseball hats in the Dining room in the evening and shorts on Elegant night ... :mad:

On the May 5th sailing I saw people turned away on formal night wearing shorts but in general I thought MSC was pretty lax on the dress code.

We sail May 19th, my mom updated her passport details last night. Received e-docs this morning. Our check in time is listed as 1 pm, however our flight gets us into Ft. Lauderdale around 9:30 that morning so we will be a tad early.

 

Only part of check in we didn't do was the photo upload.

Don't worry about the photo upload. My group of 16 had all uploaded photos but they took new photos when we checked in for each of us, although I don't know why.

I called MSC yesterday since I have the late seating but now that there are 3 seatings, the 3rd seating is too late for my group. When I called the agent had no idea of the 3 seatings and only had the 2 seatings listed. I guess we will figure out when we board the ship.

we had a table of 14 in March

Did you request this in advance or when you boarded the ship?

We are a group cruising and wondered how large a table they have in the main dining room. I called MSC and the agent I spoke to said 8 is the largest table but wanted to see if any of you have had a larger table and what you had to do to get it. Thank you.

I was wondering about this too. Also, how can be sure you will go on the excursion with someone else on the ship that is not in your room?