Essiesmom

This is true, but the longer cruises can go further afield, whereas the very short cruises stay close to home. You will get tired of Nassau, Freeport, Princess Cays, Bimini… EM

The peacocks have always been there…. EM

Short cruises are notable for being party cruises. The shorter one will be more frantic, people trying to cram as much ‘fun’ into three days as possible. The 5 day is still short, a party cruise, but not as frantic. If the 3 day is over a weekend, it may be a booze cruise. People have to take more time off to do a five day…EM

Unless the menu is every bar is the same, that would be hard to do. EM

So final payment has not yet been made. How are you doing it? Can you do it online, or do you have to do it through the TA? Or is the TA going to do it automatically when it is due? If so, then the TA has the credit card number and could access it to charge the cancellation fee. Do you have more than one credit card? If so, and you can make the payment online, or even on the phone with Princess, I would do so with a card different from the one you used for the deposits. Then I would temporarily lock the card that you used for the deposit so the TA can’t charge you the fee. I think the TA should have noticed when you booked that you had double booked two cabins and straightened it out then. EM

Probably not noisy at all. Being above a venue is not usually a problem unless it is a musical venue. EM

There is a modest roll call for this cruise. First one on the Pride roll call page. EM

Absolutely. But someone reported a somewhat convoluted method to beat the system. They rescheduled the cruise forward for the time required, but in a non-YC cabin. They then cancelled that cruise for a refund. EM

I thought you left the eavesdropping to your DW…. EM

You need to go to cruisedeckplans.com and use the drag deck feature to get an idea of what is above that cabin. It appears to be under the serving area of the aft section of the buffet, no scraping of chairs. Are there more than two of you in that cabin? It’s a quad cabin with bunks on the side walls. EM

As the above poster asked…did you make final payment on all 7 cabins? When did you discover your mistake? If you paid for all of the cabins, and are past final payment, you are not going to get much if anything back if you cancel on a cruise that sails in June. Might as well just check in and spread out! EM

Yes, you can apply now. Both of you should apply as you have different accounts/numbers. EM

MExico itineraries don’t vary much, not many choices. EM

Back when cabins still had real keys…. EM

One other thing when assembling your wardrobe: every MSC cruise has a White Night, where everyone is encouraged to wear something white. It does not need to be fancy, you will see everything from white shorts with a tshirt, to fancy white dresses. Some people have a lot of ‘fun’ with it. Last year on Seaside I positioned myself for good people watching, and saw a woman wearing something like a white leotard, and over it she had a transparent white netting/tulle gathered floor length skirt. Another was a group of ladies all in white, though not identical outfits. But each one was wearing a pixie cut wig in different neon colors…pink, yellow, green, blue, etc. they appeared to be having a lot of fun. I splurge and buy the basic Wi-Fi for two devices, using my iPhone and iPad mini. I think you can use the MSC for Me app without being connected to WiFi. I prefer to take the iPad to the MDR as reading the menu is easier on the larger device. EM