We have booked our first MSC cruise on the Seaside for this August and I, too, am already regretting it. A little voice in my brain keeps saying "buyer beware"! And I guess I didn't listen. We normally cruise on Celebrity or Holland-America. A balcony room, because that is what we prefer. I knew nothing about MSC, but I was intrigued by their "Island" and recovering from knee surgery, the thought of 3 days sitting on the beach, plus a beach day at Costa Maya, seemed relaxing. I knew nothing of their "class system", mostly because in everything I read and everything we asked, this didn't come up. Then I started reading these posts! No, we are not going to be in the "YC". God forbid that I am called an "interloper" if I look at an elevator I shouldn't be near!" And on the other end of the stick, I wouldn't be caught on a Carnival cruise. I am not loud, I am not rude. I have good manners. Are these my choices?