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Bethwte

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  1. Does anyone know if once MSC has assigned you a cabin number, if they will change it or upgrade after that? I booked Bella inside guarantee and received an inside stateroom assignment within a few days that I'm actually really happy with location wise, but just curious if I should plan on keeping that room or if it might be changed/upgraded? My sailing date is about 2 months out.
  2. I chose the lowest base fare (Bella) which has none of the add-ons like drinks or internet. After booking, it gave me options to add each of those things individually. For my 7 day cruise (Northern Europe in December, I'm not sure if pricing is different based on itinerary and time of year), the internet package pricing is as follows (prices in USD): Browse: $70 for one device, $126 for 2, $168 for 3, $196 for 4 Browse and Stream: $98 for one device, $189 for 2, $259 for 3, $322 for 4
  3. I'm also a new MSC cruiser and also wanted to let you know that unlike some of the other lines, it seems MSC does not tell you the times of your excursions until on board (and apparently often the night before, per the answers I received on this board when I just asked about it). Now that may not matter to you if that's all you planned to do for the day, but I did find it a little frustrating. That said, the prices were pretty unbeatable so I can't be too mad about it. Example of pricing based on my upcoming cruise to Northern Europe. Please note sometimes NCL will offer $50 off per stateroom per excursion, so for you and your wife you could potentially subtract $25 per person from their numbers. MSC is pretty much always cheaper, even with that $25, sometimes significantly so. I'm not sure if Carnival offers deals as I haven't cruised with them in almost 20 years. Sorry that I can't help you with pricing for the Caribbean specifically. Le Havre, France: Rouen is $71 on MSC (5 hours) and $119 on NCL (5.25 hours), no option for just Rouen on Carnival Honfleur is $83 on MSC (4.5 hours), $109 on NCL (4.25 hours), and $90 on Carnival (4 hours) Le Havre by foot is $41 on MSC (3 hours) and $75 on NCL (3.25 hours) Paris Sightseeing tour is $126 on MSC (10 hours), $199 on NCL 10.25 hours, and is $200 on Carnival (10.5 hours) Mont St Michel is $126 on MSC (10 hours), NCL does not offer it, and $180 on Carnival (10.5 hours) Zeebrugge: Bruges Walking tour is $46 on MSC (4.5 hours) and $89 on NCL (4.25 hours), Carnival's tours are longer (8 hours) and are $110 for a walking tour and $79 for on your own. Brussels is $69 on MSC (8 hours) and $109 on NCL (8 hours), Carnival's includes more of a guided tour and a lunch and is $130 (8 hours) Ghent is $52 on MSC (5 hours) and is $109 on NCL (5.25 hours), Carnival's incudes the canal boat tour ($11 to do on your own) and is $120 (5 hours)
  4. Thanks for the help and insight into your experiences everyone. Shame I probably won't know until the day before so it would be hard to make any kind of a firm plan for other things, but at least it will be Christmas market time so if all else fails, those will be lovely to wander through with any time I have left in port.
  5. New MSC cruiser here. I don't normally do ship excursions but a couple were reasonably enough priced I decided to try them for my upcoming cruise. I see the duration of the tour listed, but can't seem to find when the tour actually starts anywhere, even after booking and paying for the tour. How can I find this information out or will it only be available once on board? Hopefully not, as I'd like to plan other activities on those days since we're docking for much longer than the tours' durations.
  6. I'm looking into my first river cruise after many on the more major ocean lines. I am used to seeing set times for when ships will be in each port, but can't seem to find that anywhere pre-booking. From what I understand, Viking sails mostly at night, but what I'd like to know specifically is if we'd have any time in any of the Christmas markets in the evening when they are all lit up. The itinerary we're looking at is the 12 day Christmas on the Rhine and Moselle in December. Any past experience with this would be great. And/or if anyone knows how far in advance one might be able to find docking times.
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