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Well, you can set a clock alarm on your cell phone for a specific time that would correlate with the time you wrote on the hang tag. If you're against this, then pay the $15.00 to activate Ocean Now and have it delivered to your cabin. Either way, if you think your coffee will not be hot whenever they deliver it to you, you can always get dressed and walk to the buffet and get it nice and hot.
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If someone booked standard fare they are receiving the same no matter when they booked. If someone booked recently, they paid the 60 per day to get plus. If someone booked plus at 40 or 50, they would need to pay the extra 10 or 20 per day to get the same benefits. So no matter when you book, the costs would be the same.
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In order for less people to go to Alfredo's at lunchtime, the two options would be to open up the MDR on port days or improve what is offered in the buffet. Port days for lunch is when we would go to Alfredo's. Sea days and embarkation day we went to the MDR. Was not impressed at all with the majority of the lunch offerings on the Discovery and the Majestic at the buffet.
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You're 100% correct when you say that MSC is a family owned cruise line and they do it their way. But, it's human nature to compare the product that they offer on this side of the pond versus the product that is offered by their main stream competition, which is RCI, NCL and Carnival. Many that have cruised on MSC like the fact that they have a European flair and they are different and they consider this a plus. But you also have to take into account all of their minuses and even though they have deep pockets from the shipping division, they still have a long way to go to gain ground on the big three. They have their foothold in FLA, and now in NYC with the Meraviglia. Galveston is next on their radar and eventually they'll do the west coast and Alaska. MSC is an acquired taste. We sampled them twice, once in 2018 in the Yacht Club on the Seaside and two weeks ago in a Fantastica cabin on the Meraviglia. After our second sailing, we decided to spit out that acquired taste.
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Out of curiosity, the points that you accumulated to fly international first class from the west coast and stay at Hiltons for three weeks and have a comped car from Hertz....were these points all accumulated by your own personal vacationing or were they accumulated on your companies dime and you benefited by having the job you have. Most "normal" people are not able to accumulate enough points for the airline, hotel & car rental perks that you got because of the traveling associated with your job.
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So, what you're saying is that the people most up in arms come from those that sail in Suites losing Butlers on X, versus standard fare passengers on Princess upset over paying 14.95 for Ocean Now and having to pay for Alfredo's coupled with those that also have Plus being relegated to only two included visits. Either way, first world problems.
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Enjoy your land vacation. Pick a hotel, get your car rental, pay for your 2-3 meals a day. Pay for your entertainment. Pay for your adult beverages if you indulge. Go to an all inclusive. Everything is included except you're only going to be in one place. The entertainment is usually a joke and if you don't drink, you're paying for something that you will not utilize. If either of these scenarios is a much better way for you to spend your vacation dollars, go for it. Personally, after 55 past cruises and 16 future cruises booked, we know where we're spending our vacation dollars.
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The grats must be the "early booking bonus". We've never sailed on HAL since their largest ships are only 99.5K tons. Including future booked cruises, it would have been about 35-40 cruises since we've cruised on a ship that small. But it's nice to know about that promotion in case they happen to get on our radar.
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This year we have or will cruise on Princess, Celebrity, Carnival, Royal, NCL and MSC. We have cruised on Carnival the most and like their new Excel Class ships. (Celebration & Mardi Gras) With Princess we have only sailed twice, 14 days each on Discovery and Majestic. Currently have two 14 day sailings booked on both the Enchanted and the Sun, all within the next 25 months. After adding Cheers and gratuities to our Carnival sailings, it's not much more to cruise on Princess. The fact that there are substantially less cruisers as well as kids on Princess versus Carnival causes us to put Princess at the top of the food chain when it comes to future sailings. We have recent first hand experience comparing Princess to their competition, so we're happy with our decision.
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Both of the FAS or FAS plus packages do not include gratuities. Those range from 20-25 pppd depending upon your cabin. So that's 90-95 per day when compared to Princess and on Princess the wifi is unlimited for everyone. On NCL only for those with the Plus package. If you only have FAS, you only get 150 minutes. So, what Princess offers is a much better value as I have mentioned in other posts.
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You've cruised on NCL a half dozen times so just go back to them. But, be forewarned, all of the main stream cruise lines are going through post Covid growing pains so changes are being made across the board and loyal cruisers of Celebrity, RCI, Carnival and NCL are all complaining. Those that cruise on multiple cruise lines and keep up with the scuttlebutt on the various boards on Cruise Critic know that cruisers across various lines are upset about changes.