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MisterBill99

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  1. Well, it's odd that the website said that the deposit was due by the 17th, and I had initially been holding a different date, and it lasted longer than 24 hours. Maybe TA courtesy holds are held longer than those made by sailors themselves. In any event. I paid the deposit, so I did not test out if the date was accurate.
  2. My TA made a VV reservation for me today (Wednesday). The email says, "Your Puerto Rican Daze & Caribbean Nights booking is on hold for 24 hours" but when I look at the booking in the app, it says that the deposit is due by 3/17 at 11:59pm, which is Sunday night. So, which is the actual deadline for the deposit to be made and not have the booking cancelled, 24 hours (Thursday), or Sunday? The cruise is not until 2025 (nor is it the reduced-price balcony that requires full payment up front), so it doesn't fall under the must be paid in full at booking rule.
  3. BTW, I read a comment today from someone who was on this cruise, and they DID get to Nassau early, at 6:30am. And they were allowed off the ship several hours before 11am (not sure of the exact time). So obviously the comments here about their not being allowed to dock early were incorrect. They also got $28 back per person, presumably for the port fees (although I find it odd that they have to pay it for their own island). Of course, when Royal missed their private island due to weather guests got $50, but it's more than I expected from MSC since in the past they did not refund missed port fees, and I did not get any money back when we missed Grand Cayman on Seaside.
  4. While I would agree for myself and for those who have been there many times, there are people who walk to the beach or do an all-inclusive or just want to get off the ship after an unexpected sea day and shop, and for them, arriving at a possible 9am instead of a 11am would have given them more time at the beach, since the 11am time is already much later than other ships. And they weren't very far away, so had they not sailed all the way north, they could have easily gotten there earlier. As for schedules and time between ships mentioned above as the reason why they couldn't arrive earlier than planned, according to the port schedule three ships arrived at 7am, one at 8am and nothing else until Meraviglia at 11am. It just seems like something nice they could have done for passengers who were upset over missing Ocean Cay the day before (and yes, I know what the contract says, and it wasn't their fault because of the weather, spare me).
  5. It does on other lines. Just not on MSC. Which means that MSC is not an idea cruise world, I guess. Actually, I should clarify that Virgin did not have a bar in their theater, but they had a cart right outside the entrance. Maybe other lines do similar. Celebrity and Royal have bartenders roaming the theater who you can order from.
  6. Buffet drinks are free for everyone, so they would not be listed as included in a drink package. The hot drinks include coffees (what else would it be?) Yes bottled water is included in th package. Your original post asked, ""non alcoholic cocktails"? Would that include virgin frozen drinks?" and it seems pretty obvious to me that it is. You can find bar menus online, where they list the non-alcoholic beverages available (look at the virgin drinks section). This site will probably answer many of your questions: MSC Bar Menus and Drink Prices 2024 Flavored water is presumably bottled flavored water like vitaminwater brand stuff. I do not see that listed on the menus.
  7. The problem is that you're still paying for the cr*ppy drink. They should offer it at a lower price if you have the beverage package.
  8. Thanks, that's the version I had seen, and the $5 footnote applies to the + on the Entrees header. The asterisks on individual items are the typical "Eating undercooked food may be unhealthy" warning.
  9. Was that before or after they built the dock? And the whole island is not an amusement park. There is a kids play area, but there's also a very nice pool (no charge) and lots of beach.
  10. But presumably they were not linked to your reservation, it was just random. So, like I said they appear to enforce it before you get on the ship and then don't care once you're onboard.
  11. Thanks for posting. I am curious to see the images of at least one of them since there seems to e some difference of opinion on social media on whether the $5 second entrée surcharge applies to all entrées or just some of them which are marked on the menu (on an earlier scan I saw, people were confusing the "item may be undercooked" asterisk with the second entrée surcharge flag). . But I can wait until Sunday.
  12. We'll be in the lounge and sundeck (when we go under the bridge) for sail away wearing Mardi Gras beads. Come say hello.
  13. I haven't seen any recently, but will be on the ship starting Sunday and will try to capture them, even though we'll be in YC
  14. OK, so their system enforces it.. until you get onto the ship.
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