Good Evening!
We've just booked for 28 March on the Grandiosa out of Palermo in an Inside cabin (very aft end of deck 9). We've sailed twice on the Grandiosa and once on Virtuosa, always in a Balcony cabin. We are a family of 4 with 2 smaller children (7 and 4 years old).
My biggest question is can it be done reasonably? From the videos I've seen it appears a lot of the built in storage is missing from the Balcony cabins (desk drawers, most of the closet drawers, etc) and the overall space seems much less. Any tips on maximizing the space? We're considering magnets and a hanging organizer for the wall, and don't want to resort to living out of bags under the bed 😄
Otherwise, I have a couple other MSC questions that I meant to ask on our last cruise and forgot:
- Can you book a laundry package once on the ship? We did the 40 piece pre-booked last cruise but are wondering if you can book it with the Voyager's discount on the ship.
- Has anyone done the Teppenyaki restaurant? We're going to book the 3-pack of specialty restaurants and are wondering if this particular one is worth it. Definitely doing Butcher's Cut and Hola.
- Has anyone found a good site to buy the ship models off the boat? We were going to get the Virtuosa on our Christmas cruise a couple weeks ago, but it was 50 euro and they didn't do the MSC 50% sale like I've seen on our other cruises.
That's it for now. We'll be keeping an eye out for the upgrade email, depending on your answers 😅
Cheers,
Jordan