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I like Grills, just east of Fishlips. The parade of departing ships typically begins at 3:30pm.

To book excursions on the website, make sure you're logged-in to your MSC account first and pull up your cruise. Then click on each individual port to view and book the excursions. On the App you're probably already connected to your cruise so it's allowing you to do excursions. You can certainly book them on the App.

If your sailing overnights at Ocean Cay, there will be a Lighthouse Party on the beach. Other ongoing parties on most sailings: Sunshine Party (70's Disco Night) Tropical Party (Latin Night) White Party (Everyone should wear all-white)

That's correct. Booked on the U.S. website.

Not. I sailed on MSC Euribia last December from Southampton to other European ports and €84 per passenger was added to our Onboard Account.

At the time I joined it was called MSC Club. All the points I earned under that name including my first MSC cruise are still in my account.

OK, great! Thank you.

How long do the Voyager points last before they expire? My last MSC cruise was December, 2023. How long until I must take another MSC cruise before they will lapse? Thanks.

Looks like the Black and Platinum categories are up to 10 days so they're interpreting the Gold category to the same limit. Pretty sweet discount!

While my wife and I still take some occasional cheap cruises to the Bahamas, we are now mostly about visiting new ports. Earlier this year a NCL cruise from Cape Town to Mauritius. Last year another NCL cruise around South America including the Falklands. Two years ago, a MSC cruise from Saudi Arabia to Egypt and Jordan. Three years ago, a MSC cruise from Dubai to Abu Dhabi and Qatar. Ships loaded with amenities are great but that is less important than visiting new ports and new countries.

The Coco Key Hotel & Water Park along International Drive has a really nice water park. I'd recommend renting a car at the airport that has a location in Cape Canaveral for your drop-off. You can phone the Cape Canaveral office to verify they have a shuttle to the port. I think they all do. https://www.cocokeyorlando.com/ Volcano Bay water park is adjacent to Universal Studios but is likely to be more expensive than the hotel above. Sea World also has a waterpark called Aquatica the is very popular.

^THIS. If you're tired of the same old ports, do this southern Caribbean sailing from Guadalupe, Martinique, or Barbados. (It's the same sailing but you can originate and end in any of those ports.) It goes to places like Grenada and St. Vincent that you can't get to on cruises that originate in Florida. When we did it a few years ago on MSC Preziosa from Fort-de-France, it also stopped in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The ship sails mostly with Europeans and all the ship announcements are in 6 languages. I highly recommend it but airfares from the U.S. are a bit scary.

Will their U.S. website www.msccruisesusa.com work in Spain?

Is it true they don't adjust the ship's time to the local time in the port? Seems very confusing to have to keep tabs on the ship's time when the cell phone has adjusted to the local port time.

Not sure what you're asking here. Are you asking how to get internet access without paying for it?

Correct.....at 2800 Clearlake Road in Cocoa.

Those of us in Orlando can use Brightline to Miami where the station is in downtown Miami rather than Amtrak which is nowhere near downtown. On your return train, are you on the 8:10am departure or 11:40am departure? The first one you'd really have to hustle to make it while the second departure gives you plenty of time to get to it; no hurry at all.

What does "Faster to the Fun" get you? Is your 10AM time slot because you purchased that? Personally, I'd just head to the port (unless you want to eat something at the airport first). By the time you get off the plane, walk to Baggage Claim and await your bags, you've killed about an hour. Then 30 minutes to the Port. So yeah, you might have to wait a bit for your 10AM time slot but that's got to be the first slot so you'll be among the first in line when they open the terminal.

Thanks for the report. I don't have the schedules memorized so from what port did you sail from and what itinerary?

This past December we got off Euribia in Southampton and easily made it to a Delta flight departing LHR at 3:50PM. Did self-disembarkation so among the first off. Taxi then to National Express bus station at Harbour Parade a few miles away. Then a National Express direct coach to Heathrow. It stops at T5, then T4 and then the joint station for T2/T3. Plenty of time.

Thanks for your trip report! We'll be checking it out in December.

What ports did your cruise visit and how were they?

I thought they announced the station would be located at 2800 Clearlake Road in Cocoa?

MSC does not stop at Grand Turk at this time. And where would an excursion to there come from?