mulan1123

Thank you for your review! I am sailing on Seaside in December in a Bella inside with my family and my parents' friends (three Bella inside cabins). Very informative and detailed. There is not many reviews for the Bella experience. We don't drink alcohol so upgrading to any other experience would be a waste of money for us, and we prefer eating dinner early!

My family and I booked 2 inside Bella cabins before the drinks on us promo. My travel agent repriced our cruise when the drinks on us promo came out and it would have been about $200 more pp.....so stuck with our original booking.

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I found the Bubbles program to be worth it. I like being able to order a soda in the MDR, showrooms, bars, etc and not having to pay over two bucks a pop. Sure they drinks are severed from a warm can but I can live with that. Sometimes the wait staff when they realize you have the Bubbles card are not always Johnny on the spot to serve you like they are for those paying full price for booze.

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Yes, I said that I know that currently not everyone has to get it, but did this CHANGE in the past year. I need to know if we were that dumb that we didn't realize we could just click the "remove" button!!!

No fountains. You will need to go the bar, etc for a drink.....

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It only applies to the Cheers package where everyone over 21 needs to purchase it. There was four of us in a cabin and only two of us got the Bottomless Bubbles package.

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Okay a NEGATIVE coming up!!!

 

Not the best day in ST Thomas!

We booked through MSC the Peaks Pirates and Plunder tour.

Biggest waste of money ever!

You got taken to the top of the Island for the Peak bit, then comes the Pirate bit

Assume the Plunder is this gift shop at the top of said peak?

We then got dropped off in the main shopping area about an hour later approx 10.30 and was told there was a boat back to ship at either 12 noon or 1pm!

Absolute waste of money and time on the island!

Also was a pain being harassed at every shop we walked by!

 

 

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We did an island tour with Royal Caribbean and it was awesome! We did stop here and I got a non-alcoholic banana daiquiri and I must it was the best thing I have ever had. I was with my mom and she took a sip and she complained that I didn't get a big enough size lol.

But it's too bad the excursion wasn't what you were expecting........

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Thanks Nikki for the pictures!

To me the buffet looks good and lots if variety. If you can't find something at a buffet (anywhere), then you're just a picky eater. Every cruiseline is different and will offer different foods, services, etc.

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No negative! We are having a good time! We go with the flow...

 

 

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Forgot to ask if you are experiencing any of the negative stuff that other people had on previous cruises?

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Asking for my mom, how are the desserts onboard? More specifically is there Tiramisu? Lol my mom is excited for the desserts lol

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Following! I will going on my first MSC cruise on Seaside in December!

I noticed arts and crafts classes, can you see if they are extra $$? Some cruiseline are and some aren't....thanks!

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Going on Magic next week. I hate country music, so heres hoping for a good show that isnt.

I'm not a big country music fan either but the show was really good! It actually had a story line compared to the other two shows.

The last show, Flick, was really good too.....

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There are three main shows: a country song based show, a a movie soundtrack based show, and a show based on songs that have piano (Elton John, Billy Joel, etc) music....

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SnowManBob - this will also be our first MSC and have some of the same reservations when reading the reviews. But I'm taking all of it with a grain of salt. Because I think people will have an expectation and will compare one cruiseline with another.

But for those who have cruised with MSC, Is there anything that might surprise us for first cruisers with MSC? Example I keep reading that they used to charge people of water in the MDR, Is that true?

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Love the pictures of Costa Maya! I never been so it looks like tons of things to do and see without booking an excursion! So excited! And then I got sad to think when the cruise ends...lol

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Fort Lauderdale airport has a free shuttle to downtown and for a small fee they have a shuttle going by the beach, a mall (can't remember the name of it), and a touristy part of downtown with plenty of shops and restaurants. And the airport has luggage storage for the day until about 5pm. We had a late flight on our last cruise and that's what we did......

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Also the variety of pop. Like I can have Coke one time and then Sprite another time. And mix pop and juice to make my own cocktail lol

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My first Carnival cruise was in the Glory. It was definitely smaller than what I'm used to since I have cruised on RCI's Freedom and Oasis. But loved it! Met some really nice people and got to know some of the entertainment staff because my brother and I went to a lot of the trivia. And we cruised two weeks before Christmas and the ship was decorated for the holidays.

We are booked for Magic in 3 weeks :)

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Loving your review as it's making me more excited for my cruise on Magic (and same itinerary) in 27 days!!! Your pictures are good too :)

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I will be the Bubbles package because of the convinence. So I can grab a drink at any bar and not have to go back to the cabin and get a can.

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Will be on Magic in December. We were thinking about the FTTF so we can bypass the people. However, it's about $80 USD per cabin (and there are two cabins in my party) and the fact that I need to the exchange back to CDN, that's about $100 (or more) in CDN!

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I'm going to add that they don't necessarily change the sheets and towels everyday unless you ask. If the towels are on the floor in the bathroom, they replace the towels. And I think I read in another thread that they change the bed sheets, etc every other day. Plus if you don't let them in, how else are you going to get your towel animals every evening?!?!

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I will be going on this exact itinerary and ship in December! I am leaning toward booking Daniel's. I have already contacted then to get info. So your review pretty much sealed it lol.

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My parents and their friends LOVED Oasis. And they are in the 70's. It was my brother and I's first cruise ever. We sailed on her about 4.5 years ago. There was so much to do and see. What they really like compared to Carnival was the different venues for live music with different styles. They have sailed with Carnival before this cruise and they it was much better. I do find the food on RCI better in quality and variety (as in ethnic foods like Chinese, port inspired food, etc IN windjammer). However, we have cruised on RCI's Freedom and Carnival's Glory since then, and have a cruise on Magic this December.

Unfortunately to the OP, only you can make the decision as you know what you like and don't like. But do give Oasis A chance as it's like try it definitely once. Especially if it's the same price as Sunshine.

I'm traveling with my 70 year old parents and their friends and my older brother on a cruise in December. We plan on doing this. There is no kids with us....lol...this post made me feel better about booking this breakfast since there are no kids in our group....lol