S.S.Oceanlover Posted January 21, 2016 #1 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Can anybody tell me what the deposit is for an MSC cruise. It tells me the total price but not the deposit amount. I don't want to fill out all that information just to find out the deposit amount. I'm guessing MSC doesn't do anytime dining? If not do they have tables for 2? I'm looking at the Seaside for January or February of 2018 if that matters. TIA Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crzyfrk62 Posted January 21, 2016 #2 Share Posted January 21, 2016 US / American deposits are normally $100 per person, any category. I just put a $200 deposit down for a 10 night in the YC. My previous MSC cruises were the same. From my understanding in other countries it is usually more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capricruiser Posted January 21, 2016 #3 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Anytime dining is available only for Aurea and Yacht Club cabins in their exclusive area/restaurant, and have tables for two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skier52 Posted January 21, 2016 #4 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Anytime dining is available only for Aurea and Yacht Club cabins in their exclusive area/restaurant, and have tables for two. Allegedly it is available for Fantastica balcony guests see the last sentence of the information below Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseguyinorl Posted January 21, 2016 #5 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Deposit will increase to $200 per person beginning in April sometime. Bret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mairead224 Posted January 21, 2016 #6 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Deposit for European passengers is 100 euros per passenger even children. Yes in YC you can secure tables for 2 and anytime dining however \for the rest of the ship if you book b2 or higher you have only a preferential dining time. Which means you have your pick of early or late dinner seating. I'm nearly positive that tables for 2 are nonexistent in the MDR and you will be required to share a table every evening however your tablemates will always be the same passengers. hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchBunny Posted January 21, 2016 #7 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Deposit for European passengers is 100 euros per passenger even children. Sorry but not for all Europeans, for the Netherlands it is 20% of the total price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTRuby Posted January 21, 2016 #8 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Booked Seaside yesterday and it was $100 per person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammybonny Posted January 21, 2016 #9 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Here in the UK it is £100 per person so quite a lot more than $100 or 100 euros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmess Posted January 21, 2016 #10 Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) I booked the new YC Inside cabin on the Seaside for myself and my teenage son. I was only charged $100 total. So I'm thinking they don't charge a deposit for kids. The sailing I booked was March 2018. I did it online about 2 weeks ago. Don't expect much in the form of a deposit invoice. I received an email saying they charged my card. Then another email that gave me my reservation number. When I log onto my MSC site, I can see my reservations including the OBC. I will probably be transferring my ressie to my TA in the very near future. I have not tried to call an MSC rep, I've heard too much about wait times. I figure I will wait for the TA to take over the ressie if I have any questions Edited January 21, 2016 by djmess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donsyb Posted January 21, 2016 #11 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Yes in YC you can secure tables for 2 and anytime dining however \for the rest of the ship if you book b2 or higher you have only a preferential dining time. Which means you have your pick of early or late dinner seating. I'm nearly positive that tables for 2 are nonexistent in the MDR and you will be required to share a table every evening however your tablemates will always be the same passengers. hope this helps This isn't correct with the new experiences. Aurea experience has anytime dining in a separate dining room (or part of the MDR). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted January 21, 2016 #12 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Divina did have tables for two in the main dining rooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG_Steve Posted January 21, 2016 #13 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Just booked 30 min ago on Divina. $200.00 deposit total for the both of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmoMondo Posted January 21, 2016 #14 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Deposit for European passengers is 100 euros per passenger even children. Yes in YC you can secure tables for 2 and anytime dining however \for the rest of the ship if you book b2 or higher you have only a preferential dining time. Which means you have your pick of early or late dinner seating. I'm nearly positive that tables for 2 are nonexistent in the MDR and you will be required to share a table every evening however your tablemates will always be the same passengers. hope this helps Nor in the UK. It's £100 per person cruise on,y and£250 per person for fly/cruise package and unlike in the US, deposits are non refundable (unless they cancel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmoMondo Posted January 21, 2016 #15 Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) Allegedly it is available for Fantastica balcony guests see the last sentence of the information below Pete Hmm, wonder when they introduced that change? Nope it isn't true for our Caribbean repo. I'm a bit of a traditionalist and like set dining times with a set table. I like having the same table and companions for the duration of the cruise. I suspect My Time will not work well for a solo and end up with me eating alone or stuck with people who don't speak English as a first language. I don't mind at breakfast and lunch, but I like a long dinner with good conversation and my French and Spanish are fine for all the tourist stuff plus a bit bit not real dinner conversation. My Italian and German I'd worse. Then there is the advantage, especially on longer cruises of your waiter getting to know you and your habits. No idea how leaving an unfinished bottle of wine would work either. At the same table every night, it is sitting there waiting for you. Edited January 21, 2016 by AmoMondo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skier52 Posted January 22, 2016 #16 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Hmm, wonder when they introduced that change? Nope it isn't true for our Caribbean repo. I'm a bit of a traditionalist and like set dining times with a set table. I like having the same table and companions for the duration of the cruise. I suspect My Time will not work well for a solo and end up with me eating alone or stuck with people who don't speak English as a first language. I don't mind at breakfast and lunch, but I like a long dinner with good conversation and my French and Spanish are fine for all the tourist stuff plus a bit bit not real dinner conversation. My Italian and German I'd worse. Then there is the advantage, especially on longer cruises of your waiter getting to know you and your habits. No idea how leaving an unfinished bottle of wine would work either. At the same table every night, it is sitting there waiting for you. On our cruise with Aurea experience we chose to have our dinner at the same time every night and our Aurea host ensured we had a table for two with the same waiting team which allowed us to build up a rapport with them and they always had our wine ready for us. So it is entirely possible to have a table ,with the same companions and waiting team with the My Time dining arrangements. The choice is still there to have traditional dining arrangements :-Quote "Priority choice of dining". The My Time dining is an additional choice for Fantastica balcony guests. I suspect there will be a waiting list system in the MDR to cope with it. I'll be interested in how they arrange the two experiences dining facilities as when I was in Aurea the fantastica choice was not available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmoMondo Posted January 22, 2016 #17 Share Posted January 22, 2016 On our cruise with Aurea experience we chose to have our dinner at the same time every night and our Aurea host ensured we had a table for two with the same waiting team which allowed us to build up a rapport with them and they always had our wine ready for us. So it is entirely possible to have a table ,with the same companions and waiting team with the My Time dining arrangements. The choice is still there to have traditional dining arrangements :-Quote "Priority choice of dining". The My Time dining is an additional choice for Fantastica balcony guests. I suspect there will be a waiting list system in the MDR to cope with it. I'll be interested in how they arrange the two experiences dining facilities as when I was in Aurea the fantastica choice was not available Thanks Pete, we shall have to wait to see how it works in practice. Many may not have noticed this yet anyway! I think if there is still the option to have same time and table, then that is the best of both worlds. Passengers can then choose what they want. Seems though that the move is to flexible dining generally across the industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomvet Posted January 22, 2016 #18 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Divina did have tables for two in the main dining rooms. So too had Opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomvet Posted January 22, 2016 #19 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Allegedly it is available for Fantastica balcony guests see the last sentence of the information below Pete That was not available on Opera in November. We had 2 Balcony cabins and looked for Mytime dining on the basis of the above and were denied it. We were told that our table was such a good table by a window that we would be silly to change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saphir Posted September 24, 2016 #20 Share Posted September 24, 2016 That was not available on Opera in November. We had 2 Balcony cabins and looked for Mytime dining on the basis of the above and were denied it. We were told that our table was such a good table by a window that we would be silly to change! There is an answer today: They do NOT offer the my time dining. Sorry. From TA. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skier52 Posted September 24, 2016 #21 Share Posted September 24, 2016 (edited) There is an answer today: They do NOT offer the my time dining. Sorry. From TA. :mad: I've done some screen shots from the UK web site, about 20 minutes ago. The online brochure for UK 2016/2017 and the online UK brochure 2017/2018. In addition I've also got a screen shot from the "fares by experience" from the main web site I just wonder whether this applies to cruises after the new season starts in April 2017 and cruises before that doesn't get the privilege page 22 UK 2016/2017 page 116 UK 2017/2018 fares by experience So they are offered in the UK a I said in my original post Pete Edited September 24, 2016 by Skier52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Beamafar Posted September 25, 2016 #22 Share Posted September 25, 2016 (edited) I wonder if the confusion is being caused by some of the cabins being called 'Fantastica Suites' on the deck plans and others 'Fantastica Balcony' :confused: I have one of them (fantastica suite) booked and have 'MyCoice' advised on the invoice from my TA. She tends to use the old cabin references and refers to it as S2 suite/balcony. Even the way the prices show on the website is a liitle confusing. For Opera they have Balcony: Bella, Fantastica & Aurea. For Sinfonia & Armonia they price them differently Balcony: Fantastica (only), then under the heading "Aurea Suite Balcony": Fantastica & Aurea ???? Edited September 25, 2016 by Beamafar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Beamafar Posted September 25, 2016 #23 Share Posted September 25, 2016 (edited) After exhausting all possibilities (having booked 3 different type balcony cabins on Sinfonia) I reckon it comes down to whether there's a sofa in the cabin or not - I'm talking about Lirica class here! If there is, it possibly indicates that your level of cabin has MyChoice dining included. Edited September 25, 2016 by Beamafar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzyed Posted September 26, 2016 #24 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Deposit will increase to $200 per person beginning in April sometime. Bret That's what we paid for the two cruises we booked in July. We sail in November of this year and February in 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsanTom Posted September 26, 2016 #25 Share Posted September 26, 2016 $200 deposit p/p! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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