MSC Magnifica ex-Saudi Arabia cruises 2022

[Bollinge]

I am looking at a re-positioning voyage from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia to Civitavecchia in Italy via the Suez Canal, which is very competitively priced.

 

I am wondering about Saudi protocols whilst in their waters, and whether the bars and casinos will re-open once into the Red Sea. My travel agent doesn’t know, and I suspect his MSC contacts won’t know either.

The big bosses must know!

 

Cheers, John.

[Frode]

21 hours ago, Bollinge said:

My travel agent doesn’t know, and I suspect his MSC contacts won’t know either.

The big bosses must know!

I very well understand what you mean!

Was myself employed at MSC Cruises as an Account Manager (Sales Rep) for quite a number of years, and we as employees very often read info about product news etc (ie important for our sales work) on external cruise pages before it was distributed internally 🙄

That experience was always depressing, very often downright embarrassing - and this fact certainly did not contribute to any positive emotions from the customers 

Edited May 7, 2021 by Frode

[LP Dad]

Full disclosure: I haven't sailed out of Saudi Arabia.

 

But on the Lirica in 2018, we sailed through the Suez Canal and Red Sea for 6 days without any restrictions on bars or casinos. We docked at three ports in Oman and overnighted in Dubai, and, again, no restrictions. 

 

On-deck lighting was turned off and sharpshooters were aboard as we sailed through the Gulf of Aden.

 

LPD

[sidari]

19 minutes ago, LP Dad said:

Full disclosure: I haven't sailed out of Saudi Arabia.

 

But on the Lirica in 2018, we sailed through the Suez Canal and Red Sea for 6 days without any restrictions on bars or casinos. We docked at three ports in Oman and overnighted in Dubai, and, again, no restrictions. 

 

On-deck lighting was turned off and sharpshooters were aboard as we sailed through the Gulf of Aden.

 

LPD

Sounds like you did a similar sailing to ours on Orchestra, during the sea days after Jordan no one was allowed to use the boat deck until we reached Muscat in Oman.