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Sailing on the Grandiosa for 7 nights out of Barcelona next month.  Booked under the Get More deal so have 2 speciality restaurants as well as a Cirque de Soleil dinner.  We are trying to plan out where we want to go when so we can book as soon as we board.  Does anyone know when the Gala Night (s) would be?  The only sea day is the last day before returning to Barcelona.

For example we really enjoy getting dressed up for Gala Night and also want to go to the Tapas Bar, but not in our finery, so would want to avoid it for that night.

Many thanks if you can help.

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On 2/11/2020 at 1:27 PM, lovetoholiday said:

Sailing on the Grandiosa for 7 nights out of Barcelona next month.  Booked under the Get More deal so have 2 speciality restaurants as well as a Cirque de Soleil dinner.  We are trying to plan out where we want to go when so we can book as soon as we board.  Does anyone know when the Gala Night (s) would be?  The only sea day is the last day before returning to Barcelona.

For example we really enjoy getting dressed up for Gala Night and also want to go to the Tapas Bar, but not in our finery, so would want to avoid it for that night.

Many thanks if you can help.

Hi.We are sailing next month from Barcelona from the UK.Looking forward to sailing on her.

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3 minutes ago, Shocked91 said:

Hi.We are sailing next month from Barcelona from the UK.Looking forward to sailing on her.

We are on the sailing on the 12th March.  Been with MSC a few times and looking forward to the experience of trying out a new ship and also a 'big' ship.

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On 2/11/2020 at 2:27 PM, lovetoholiday said:

Sailing on the Grandiosa for 7 nights out of Barcelona next month.  Booked under the Get More deal so have 2 speciality restaurants as well as a Cirque de Soleil dinner.  We are trying to plan out where we want to go when so we can book as soon as we board.  Does anyone know when the Gala Night (s) would be?  The only sea day is the last day before returning to Barcelona.

For example we really enjoy getting dressed up for Gala Night and also want to go to the Tapas Bar, but not in our finery, so would want to avoid it for that night.

Many thanks if you can help.

Hi we disembarked in Barcelona on 13th February. This is how the themed evenings worked. Please feel free to ask any questions. We had a great time on the cruise and we were in a balcony fantastica cabin on deck 12.

Themed evenings
Sunday, Civitavecchia: White party night
Monday, Palermo Elegant
Tuesday, Valletta Tropical
Wednesday, at sea gala (at 20.15 there is the dance with the captain and the officers) that after dinner becomes flower glory party 60/70s (great fun vibrant party!)
Thursday, Barcelona no theme  Entertainers wear Gatsby theme
Friday, Marseille there is a Mediterranean menu (very nice if you like mediterranean food, which we do!)  and the waiters wear all a green aprons. Good fun Space Party
Saturday, Genoa  no specific theme Romeo & Juliette night
None are compulsory 🙂

Hope this helps

Esperanza 🙂 

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The Grandiosa is a fab ship, we enjoyed it much more than Meraviglia or Bellisima.

With regards Barcelona night and the Gatsby theme there is a party in the Carousel lounge quite late . People wore sparkly stuff for that night . We embarked in Barcelona and had no idea why people were dressed up but found out at the party .

 

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11 hours ago, heatherb1958 said:

The Grandiosa is a fab ship, we enjoyed it much more than Meraviglia or Bellisima.

With regards Barcelona night and the Gatsby theme there is a party in the Carousel lounge quite late . People wore sparkly stuff for that night . We embarked in Barcelona and had no idea why people were dressed up but found out at the party .

 

We did the Meraviglia last year and really enjoyed that too. Just looking at the Daily Planner for Barcelona (we embarked there too) the Gatsby Party didn't start until 12.15am! We actually didn't go to it as the travelling etc. caught up with us by then!!

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2 minutes ago, Esperanza7 said:

We did the Meraviglia last year and really enjoyed that too. Just looking at the Daily Planner for Barcelona (we embarked there too) the Gatsby Party didn't start until 12.15am! We actually didn't go to it as the travelling etc. caught up with us by then!!

I think that will be us too. We have an early flight from the UK and no chance of a lie in the next morning as we head into Marseille . 

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3 hours ago, 8420PR said:

Any particular reason why?  Just curious as I'm considering booking a cruise on Grandiosa (in South America).


On Meraviglia and Bellisima  along   the Galleria there is only one lounge bar with a band where they hold the activities and pre party stuff, not enough seating. The chocolate shop/ cafe was used as overspill . 
Grandiosa is bigger , at the opposite end to the aforementioned lounge bar they have added another bar with a small dance floor where a trio played , ok the music wasn’t to our taste but the seating was oversized sofas and chairs with lots of tables and chairs as it was an extension of the l’atelier bistro . We sat in there many times taking advantage of happy hour half price drinks , 😆. 

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On 2/23/2020 at 3:33 PM, lovetoholiday said:

Oh Manchester would have been good for us but we are flying from Heathrow. We booked directly with MSC and weren't offered any other airport. Did you book directly too or use a travel agent?

We booked the cruise through our ta and the flight's through Jet2.Got a good deal on the flights.Our ta is good as  she noticed the time for the flight back was 13.30 so she arranged transfers from the ship to the airport and said we would be one of the first off the ship.

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59 minutes ago, Shocked91 said:

We booked the cruise through our ta and the flight's through Jet2.Got a good deal on the flights.Our ta is good as  she noticed the time for the flight back was 13.30 so she arranged transfers from the ship to the airport and said we would be one of the first off the ship.

Well done you 😊 our flight back with BA is not tilll 3pm and then we still have the journey back up from Heathrow.☹️

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