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I can only give you my experience but it may answer at least 2 of your questions which I quoted above. I booked a 7 night Med cruise on MSC Opera for 5/12/24. I was able to make the "one time change" to a 5/12/24 MSC Seashore 7 night Caribbean cruise. The Seashore cruise was about $100 less than the Opera cruise (the going price at the time of the change). So my balance due is the lower amount. At the time of the change, I had only paid the deposit. Hope this helps. When you get some answers, I hope you'll get back to us and share your experience.
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I've rarely had a problem finding (inexpensive, reasonable, relatively cheap) solo fares on MSC, even close in. On 12/8/23, I booked a solo 9 night on Opera from Genoa to Athens in May '24 for $767/inside. Due to high cost of airfare, I decided (a week ago) to switch to a 7 night, still May '24, out of Port Canaveral for $670/inside. Both of those fares were about half of what I would pay for RCCL or Celebrity for a similar itinerary sailing Solo. Two of my 3 previous MSC cruises have been solo. Both of those were on Seaside with an Inside Guarantee and I was assigned a Balcony. Hoping I might get that upgrade again, but IMHO any cruise is a good cruise.
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Using two separate casino free room offers for same cruise?
wikoffclan replied to Mi75's topic in MSC Cruises
In my (very) limited experience and knowledge of Casino offers --- My understanding is that the person who received the offer must be one of the passengers included in the reservation. My experience was several years ago. It was a cruise offer which went to my son but sent to my email. In my attempt to book the cruise for myself solo using his offer, I was advised (after a call to Customer Service) that he needed to be part of the reservation. This was a different cruise line, but I would guess that most operate with the same rules. Therefore --- since you can only occupy one room, you can only use one offer per cruise. IF one of the offers is in your wife's name, that could give you the outcome you're hoping for - wife/child in one cabin, husband/child in second cabin. -
I can understand your wish/goal... especially if it's within easy reach. The 4 drinks and the lounge are nice perks. I sailed solo on a 16 night Transatlantic before they started double points for Solos (2012 maybe?). So lacking 7 points to reach Diamond before sailing a 5 day last December out of New Orleans, I booked a 4 night solo for the 8 points and reached Diamond. That gave both my husband and I Diamond status and we enjoyed the peace and quiet of the Lounge and the 4 drinks around the ship. As it was a benefit to both of us, it was a win win. (And I did enjoy those Relaxing 4 days at sea solo!)
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My understanding of MSC status match is that it changed several years after their initial foray into the US market (MSC Seaside in 2017). Originally they would match higher status levels to Diamond. After a year or 2, the highest status that could/can be attained through a status match is now Gold.... no matter how high the status in other programs. (Just my understanding. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong) Just found this chart. Apparently match to Diamond is possible: https://frequentfloaters.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/B2B_TA_Status-Match_Conversion-Table.pdf
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Need advice! Which would you go on?!
wikoffclan replied to Jkeirsten1's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
New Orleans and Grand Cayman. Easy decision. -
Carnival Credit Card (Barclays) OBC Redemption Question..
wikoffclan replied to surfjock27's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
Very good point and probably much simpler. -
Carnival Credit Card (Barclays) OBC Redemption Question..
wikoffclan replied to surfjock27's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
I redeemed 5,000 points for $50 of OBC on 9/26/23 for our 10/30 cruise. It showed on my "Cruise Manager" under "Booking and Order Details" under "View Order Details" within 3 days. I printed that page as soon as I saw it. I also printed the page from the barclaycardus website to show the redemption. And I printed the "Carnival FunPoints Mastercard" email which shows the redemption. (As you can tell, I'm not taking any chances 🙂 -
Suite for 3 adults or 2 rooms? for Valor
wikoffclan replied to helene109's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
Be aware that the Junior Suites on Valor are not significantly larger than a regular Balcony room (IMHO). There is a larger bathroom with bathtub/shower combo and a small hallway with closets leading to the bathroom. But the "bed" for the 3rd person is a convertible couch that's almost immediately at the end of the bed. A coffee table and small space separates the 2. For a "suite", I was not impressed. -
.... in the Main Dining Room (Seaside 9/10-9/14)(Gold level). I have no experience with Yacht Club, but did receive a Very nice birthday cake in the MDR (without asking). It was big enough to share with others. In fact I shared with other tables that had kids and we all enjoyed it! (I did sign a form the next evening to note that I had received it)
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Smart move. And a fun city to explore after a cruise.
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Spirit is going to Mobile. Is she stopping in NOLA?
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OBSERVATIONS FROM THE POOP DECK SEASCAPE SEPT 24, 2023
wikoffclan replied to morpheusofthesea's topic in MSC Cruises
Seaside 9/10-9/14/23 out of Canaveral --- early dining in the MDR was 5:15 -
I sailed a Solo Balcony on Odyssey OTS in April of 2022. Great cabin (7650), BIG balcony, Fabulous shows, wonderful trip. Only drawback... no double points for sailing Solo.