kasi1979

Good to know that there are still people cruising in regular staterooms, as all we get to read are YC reviews. Looking forward to all you have to say about this cruise.

Which cruise is it you are looking at? The cruise on august 2nd? or the longer one on the 11th?

I would suggest contacting a travel agency to help you. In the past I had the experience that you have to book the real number of people that are going to travel (if one baby, it´s 3 persons) due to ships capacity. I was allowed to just book generic Baby 1 and after birth change the data to the real name and dates. But I would ask a travel agency if this is still possible.

Thanks for your suggestions and the insight on acitivities at Celebrity. We are really looking forward to christmas at sea, even though it means I have to do some last minute shopping in Miami before we board as not everything can be packed and tranported from Germany. I will look into a card game. That´s a great idea, thanks.

Excuse the question, but is self assist debarcation Open to all paasengers or just If you are a US Citizen?

Hi, we decided to escape the wet cold of middle Europe and go on an cruise this christmas. Flights, hotels, cruise all booked. As right now there is very little available to pre-book via MSC I am looking for infos. We´ll board Seascape at Miami on dec 23rd, first stop is Nassau on christmas eve, than San Juan on 26th dec, followed by puerto plata and the private island. Is anything open in San Juan on the 26th? Any must-dos for the ports? as for the ship: Am I allowed to bring on some christmas sweets, for stockings etc? What about battery operated decoration for our stateroom? I searched quite a bit but did not find what MSC offered onboard for christmas. Do they have special dinners? A visit from santa, anything I should be aware of? Lot´s of questions, I know and possibly more to come, but I want this vacation to be memorable for the whole family, and it´s the first time dd(9) doesn´t spent christmas at home...

Thanks so much for taking us along on this beautiful week. You gave me food for thought and I look forward to anything you might want to share regarding your trip.

Thanks so much, the debarcation info makes planning a lot easier. Do you know how much MSC charges for the shuttle to MIA airport?

This looks amazing, thank you.

Hi, we´ve booked the christmas cruise 2023 aboard Seascape. As of now (weeks after booking) I cannot book excursions, the spa treatments are very few, no speciality dining... When do these points become available? I know, I´m 288 days out, but I´d love to get into planning, I´m really interested in what´s available in the holiday week.

I´m too far out, there are no excursions available yet. Also hoping for any and all info. What check-in time did you get?

Awesome, we will visit the ports in Dezember. Do you have an overview over the offered excursions?

We decided to spend next christmas aboard a cruise ship in the caribbean. We have done quite a few cruises before (it will be dd 11 th cruise). However we have never been on a ship during the holiday season. I want to have a few gifts for DD that she can use or experience during this trip. We´ll be aboard MSC Seascape. Do you have any ideas for me? I´ll have 4 days in her advent calender to fill that will be opened during our trip (flight + pre-cruise hotel + cruise), a christmas stocking and maybe 1 or 2 further gifts, small enough to be taken home with us on an international flight after the cruise... Also, what can we expect christmas wise onboard? A vist from Santa? Will they hold mass? A special dinner? Any tip is welcome so that I can set expectations accordingly and prepare if we want something else than what is provided.

Our daughter was 9 month on her first cruise. We just took her wherever we went, let her crawl in the disco which is not in use during the day or in a quite lounge. When I went swimming, dad took her around the ship. As she was taking quite a few naps a day at that time, she did those either in her stroller or one of us stayed with her in our stateroom. We took a few toys but all in all she was fascinated with all there was to see. Don´t fret, it´s not the vacation it used to be, but its still good. Hours and hours a day in a deck chair were not practical with my kid, we where more the action seeking group.

In Dublin we just used the ship shuttle into the city, and from there the HoHo bus, close to where the shuttle picked us up again was a big playground which my kid loved. In Belfast we rented a car and drove at our own schedule to the Giant´s causeway. The car made it possible to take our time where needed and not visit sights that held no interest to us and if the kid needed a break that was possible, too. This time we´ll head into Belfast for the Titanic museum.