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16 hours ago, lcpagejr said:

Because there would be a written trail of conversation. MSC is still the King of inconsistent communication .... 

This was my first thought  LOL

Also, people are rude and don't care about other guests or the rules.  

MSC might want to address this, especially after 2 people were detained in Miami with cocaine in their possession just very recently.  Some ports of call are very strict with drugs.  

From the Rucomped website regarding Dollars through slots for points.  The cycled through is getting to my point earlier. 

To earn loyalty tier points on a slot machine at MSC Cruises, players must cycle through $5.00 dollars per tier point

15 minutes ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

This is not how it worked for us last month on Seaside.  It was based on time played not dollars spent... or perhaps a combination of that. We had to reach 5000 players points in order to receive a free cruise.  DM and I both reached/surpassed the requisite 5000 points on our 4 day sailing.  Neither of us came anywhere close to gambling 5k a piece...we always pool our gaming purse and enjoy the wins or losses together.  Our purse for the entire trip was far less than the 5K each we would have needed to spend in order to obtain the points.  My point is, I don't think there is a hard & fast rule on how the points are acquired.

On the slots there definitely is a very specific point per dollar.  The thing that is forgotten is the you might put in $20 but if you are winning a little than losing some from the same original $20 but it adds up to maybe $200 through the machine each spin gets points.  Also there are double point times that help points add up.  

I can't imagine a water park goes with the whole marine reserve theme.  Also, I would not think they would close the island to build something in the middle of the island that is pretty much closed off now.   The more I think about it, it most likely is to widen and deepen the channel and maybe extend the docking area.  This will also make docking in higher seas easier for the other ships and less missed spots.  

Other work on the island can then be done during this time, like making the Ocean House bigger.  They might even address a lasting fix for the YC rock issue  

On 6/18/2023 at 5:57 PM, Georgia_Peaches said:

We have used them and have an upcoming cruise booked on Celebrity Equinox using a casino offer from Carnival.  My understanding is that once you upload your offer to the platform, they take over and find you a comp on the requested cruise line.  I haven't requested this for MSC yet but I can tell you that we also have a cruise in August on MSC Seaside from a casino comp.  It's in the YC and we got a very good deal.  Additionally, we earned a "free" cruise on our last Seaside cruise based on casino play.  However, the voucher never showed up on our stateroom door and by debarkation day it was too late.  If you earn a voucher on MSC make sure it gets delivered to you before you disembark.

 

I know I got a little off topic...sorry.

This is why I always find the host the last night and get my certificate from them directly.  

They did in early April

We have sailed a few times on Cruise Certificates earned on a previous cruise.  Do not expect too much from the casino.  It really is dependent on the host.  When we had Lucky Lynn she was great.  A welcome gift and checked in a lot during the cruise.  The next cruise we had a horrible temp host.  The following cruise the host was decent but he was very busy since it seemed like a lot of casino certificate people were on board.  

58 minutes ago, tallyho8 said:

Just out today:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/large-cruise-ship-gets-shut-down-due-to-digusting-and-dirty-conditions/ar-AA1b0IAe?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=2984ed20534b4d4f858a90db2bc1c44e&ei=61

This article is just plain wrong.  The ship was NOT shut down.  IT is poor journalism and ridiculous that MSN would allow this completely false statement be published.  Also, the person they list as a source is a lawyer that specializes in suing cruise ships. He makes money off issues with cruise ships.  

We have been on the Seashore 2 times last year and both times the bridge was closed due to cracks. 

We had 2 experiences last year both in the YC.  On the Meraviglia, people with shorts and a nice t-shirts at the dinner in the YC restaurant they were told to change.  On the Divina, shorts and nice T-shirts were allowed in the YC restaurant.  Depends on the YC restaurant manager, I guess. 

1 hour ago, morpheusofthesea said:

The YC Directors'  hands are tied.  It is those above him that are doling out the largesse of the YC access to their friends and family.

This I understand but I still would let them know of my disagreement.  I mainly was talking about the friends and family of Other Guests not in the YC. 

I have never found this to be the case in any of my YC trips and will keep an eye out for it later this month.  I would be very vocal if I found this to be true.  I would keep pointing it out until people listened.  People pay for this exclusivity and I expect that the rules would be enforced.  To be honest, if the YC director wouldn't enforce it then I would go above him.  

I checked the Match chart I found online and looks like Silver only matches to the lowest MSC level and as someone else said, they do not match points only level.  If you had been Gold on NCL they would have matched you to Silver at 2,200 points. 

What level where you on NCL?  If you had 5 cruises I find it hard to believe that you would be matched to Classic.   I would look at what you sent in with your match request.  

We loved Bimini Beach, it is very far from the ship

I have stayed in the YC 3 times the last was just last week.  I feel that the lack of detail in service and lack of training is a valid point.  

We were just on a 10 day.  3 and 7 night on the Meraviglia.  First 3 night 5,200 and the 7 night 2,200

34 minutes ago, tbmrt said:

Do you happen to know the one day charge for spa?  We are only doing a 3 night and 1 day will be at Ocean Cay

I do not, I was in the YC and had use of the Thermal Area

We just returned from the Mera, I used the spa several times and found it to be ok.  I thought it felt a bit cramped.  It was fairly busy every time I used it and that was first with 5,200 passengers on board and then 2,200.  

2 hours ago, LadySpoilt said:

 

 

First of the week we had sworn off booking future MSC cruises but after the waiter change and the casino being not as tight as I have seen it we may reconsider.  Even though I now think that YC is way overpriced compared to what it used to be in both price and service, the 30% voucher combined with an occasional really good deal may change my mind.

Spoilt

 

This was another thing that I felt the ship lacked was a good casino host.  They had a Host/Dealer that was horrible.  He rarely even talked to guest and he never did anything in the casino other then call out the lotto numbers.  He had the double points times 1 am to 3 am on 2 days or a 10 day cruise.  The casino manager told us a new host would be joining the ship in the end of November because this one is not up to the job.  

54 minutes ago, QueenofEverything said:

We were on the 16th to 23rd as well.  This was our 4th MSC cruise, 3rd in the Yacht Club.  The staff was amazing, there just weren't enough of them.  Where it was very noticeable to us was in the Top Sail lounge.  In prior Yacht Club experiences (pre covid), there were always 2 bartenders and several butlers in the lounge all of the time.  This trip, there was one bartender and usually only one butler.  The only time there was plenty of staff was the Captain's visit.  Coincidence? Doubtful.  On prior cruises, they insisted on serving you and discouraged you from troubling yourself by going to the bar.  This trip, most of the time you had to order at the bar if you wanted your drink anytime soon. As I said, the staff was phenomenal, just overworked.  They were definitely trying their best.  I can't imagine a full ship with this level of staffing.

We too sat a few times and never had a server come to us.  It is not acceptable since that is what you are paying for in the YC.  Also, they pulled assistant waiters to work in the YC with no training at all and it was apparent when they served.  

1 hour ago, shipgeeks said:

See #84.

So, I talked directly to a Director and was told that the sailing was not properly staffed as the future sailings are at a lower capacity.   While the 100-200 staff that did not board that number was not even sufficient to cover the added capacity.   I stand by my statement that this was an issue caused by MSC corporate as they chose to sail the cruise sold out knowing that the staffing was not even close to sufficient 

4 hours ago, HipHipOnAShip said:

Sorry but this makes no sense whatsoever.  You cannot adjust staffing on a cruise ship on a whim.  Oh, look, the Divina is going to be full next week, let's fly over 200 servers from the Meraviglia to help out...  Cruise ship workers are on contracts ranging from 4 months (senior officers) to 12 months.  Any movement between ships is carefully thought out and generally at the beginning of a contract (unless the ship repositions).  It's not the same as a land based hotel or restaurant where you can call in reinforcements as needed.   

But this a MSC Corporate decision.  They chose to sell out a ship knowing full well they did not have the correct staffing.  Even with the crew that was held back they were very short staffed.  They came directly from a director.