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2 hours ago, Esprit said:

I hope my DB room on the 15th deck is better than what these pictures depict!

There’s a video on FB of a DB on deck 15 posted by Monica Jones. Looks great! We’re in a DA on the same deck in May, I’m guessing it will be exactly the same except for the location. 

3 hours ago, Geoffa30 said:

Perhaps the Signature benefits have been added to make the rooms more attractive once the reviews start coming out that there’s no privacy on the balcony? Thankfully I knew all about these issues (and the Cabana deck ones) from watching YouTube videos on P&O’s similar ships.

 

Here’s hoping a new thread is started on Wednesday for those on the first sailing.

We’ve been on P&O Iona, one of their ships that has Conservatory cabins which are very similar to the Cabana cabins on Sun. Total lack of privacy, anyone on deck can see right through into the cabins. We almost booked one and were so glad we didn’t.

3 hours ago, CatMom72 said:

This doesn’t make any sense.  Only S0, S2, S4, and S9 are advertised as having Signature benefits.  

I agree. I posted on FB that dining reservations for 4th May cruise were open and lots were saying they were still unable to book. When I checked in the app, my reservations were still there and I noticed that it stated Signature restaurant. I’m sure it’s just a glitch in the system and no doubt my reservations will disappear.

1 hour ago, vividharp said:

Interesting, I’m in a D1 and I can book the signature restaurant too. 

I’m in a DA and it has let me book the Signature restaurant today for the May 4th sailing.

5 minutes ago, vividharp said:

I thought I was doing a good thing by booking in November to wait until the kinks were all worked out. Now I’m starting to question if November is far enough out. 😳

Please don’t say that! I’m booked for early May and wasn’t really worried until today 🫣

31 minutes ago, Fortunate 2 travel said:

If it is a major issue why would Princess take delivery??

Just what I was thinking. None of it makes much sense to me 🤔

10 hours ago, Pyrite_Gold said:

Oh my...I'm going to pretend I didn't see this post 😅 interesting times!

Me too! 🫣

7 hours ago, kdmd3 said:

Customer service just told me the 2/28th cruise is still on!🤞🤞🤞

Didn’t they say that about the 18th’s? ☹️

On 1/5/2024 at 3:29 AM, Bungus said:

We will be joining in Barcelona - We are also curious about independent shore excursions. Anyone? 

We’re boarding in Barcelona too. Haven’t booked any excursions though, we tend to get off and just wander about. We’ve been to all of the ports before so may even stay on board in Marseille and Genoa. Valletta is a lovely place, easily explorable on foot. Civitaveccia is also pleasant to stroll around. Considering going to a local beach in Palermo, weather permitting.

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6 hours ago, Hlitner said:

So here is my secret.  I like lobster...good lobster.....real Maine lobster.   The over salted warm water lobster tail served on most cruise ships is garbage.  So, what to do?  If you are cruising out of Port Everglades, fly down the day before your cruise and have dinner at Kelly's Landing (off 17th Street) where you can get a whole Maine lobster (we are not talking tails) right out of the tank. That will be the best seafood you have on your trip and it happens before you embark :).

 

Hank

We’re from the centre of the UK so don’t often get the chance to sample good lobster. However, in 2017 we did a Canada and New England cruise and visited Bar Harbor where I had a lobster meal in a restaurant there. That tasted pretty good! 😋

29 minutes ago, Hlitner said:

Trust me, you are not going to get "good lobster" or even "half decent lobster" on MSC :).

 

Hank

It wasn’t that great on Royal Caribbean either to be perfectly honest! 😂😂

8 hours ago, Gatordad1967 said:

if the attire of others causes you to choke on lobster, I think you have a problem.

 

I said “nearly”. I certainly wouldn’t waste good lobster on someone’s attire!! 🤣🤣🤣

15 hours ago, CruisingFox27 said:

Yes. Just recently, a few months maybe,  there was an intensive MSC TV advertising campaign in the UK. 

Crikey, missed that then. Or maybe it’s my memory that’s going!! 😳😂

1 hour ago, awhcruiser said:

We changed our table the next day.

We would have done too! 😉

1 hour ago, awhcruiser said:

Im so glad this happened.   Why is it so hard  to put on a pair of pants vs shorts?  Sadly its all about its my vacation and I will wear what I want,....blah blah  blah

I once saw a woman in a t-shirt and scruffy track suit bottoms on formal night in the MDR on a Royal Caribbean cruise! I nearly choked on my lobster I was that taken aback!! 😳

8 hours ago, CruisingFox27 said:

We have MSC commercials on UK tv too. 

Do we? Can’t say I’ve seen one, certainly not for a long time anyhow 🤔

We’ve had connecting doors several times as those cabins are often the last to be sold. Can honestly say we’ve never had a problem, in fact we’ve had louder neighbours when the cabins have not been connected. When they are, I think pax are probably more aware of the potential for sound to travel and therefore try to keep noise to a minimum.

On 9/15/2022 at 4:07 PM, CruiseScrooge said:

Years ago i did the wait until the crew yells get off the *&%^%$ ship.

Too funny! 🤣🤣

2 hours ago, Eglesbrech said:

I applied before we booked and that was only about 8 weeks ago but I am in the U.K.

MSC also status matched my Royal D+ membership prior to booking our first cruise with them last year. We’re in the UK too.

On 9/7/2022 at 8:32 AM, 77red96 said:

From what I can see the only difference between Bellissima and Virtuosa is a panoramic glass lift. 

Which we completely forgot about when we were on Virtuosa and therefore never used it! 🙈😆

On 9/8/2022 at 12:46 AM, SandyOutToSea said:

What email address did you contact?

mscdirect@msccruises.co.uk. Took them 8 days to reply, however, they did add the OBC onto the account almost immediately after responding and also sent me a new confirmation as I’d requested.

15 hours ago, kernow said:

I think the problem is that both Preziosa and Grandiosa were supposed to be sailing from Southampton for a short time in April, now its just Virtuosa. Our May cruise is still showing as Grandiosa, expecting that to change soon.

Hope you get sorted.

Our Canary Islands cruise on 30th April is still showing as Grandiosa too. I’ve received notification about the change of ship for our December cruise on Preziosa but nothing so far for the April one. I guess we’ll just have to be patient 😬

2 hours ago, kernow said:

We're booked on Grandiosa next year which is also supposed to be changing to Virtuosa. Not heard a thing either.

Us too. I’ve had an email about the change for our Preziosa cruise in December but heard nothing about our April sailing on Grandiosa.

8 hours ago, kernow said:

I was talking about obc from MSC (in my case the $50 from Voyagers Club).

Me too! Mine was applied but they forgot hubby’s. All sorted now though after emailing them.