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    Meraviglia & MSC general questions

    in MSC Cruises

    Posted

    Hello,

       We will be sailing out of NY on the Meraviglia in October. I have been watching numerous videos and reading up on the ship.  A few answers I cannot seem to find anywhere:

    1-We love to get one meal to try and one backup meal in case we don't like the 1st meal (we eat both meals).  I have read/heard that MSC doesn't have a traditional Main Complimentary Restaurant, that they charge for any dinner after the 1st entree?  Is there any truth to this?

    2- Can you request just a table for two at dinner?

    3- If the lines are as terrible and disorganized and I have heard, is there a time you can go to the meals (buffet) and the lines will be short? 

    4- I have read conflicting reports on complimentary drinks at meals. They all state that you can get tea, coffee and water but some also say you can get lemonade and flavored waters?

    5-Are there any smaller venues to get complimentary foods?

    6- Port Canaveral is one of our Ports.  Does MSC have any shuttles (for a fee) to the Theme Parks.

     

    Thanks

    Carnival Venezia Buffet

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    11 minutes ago, Despegue said:

    Yes, I was thinking the same. Asian queuing habits vary vastly between countries though. From Survival of the Fittest in India to the extreme politeness in Japan and anything in between 🙃

    Even if this was true, Carnival knows the "American Buffet Model" (they have it on other ships).

    How hard would it have been when they were renovated the ship to make it more manageable 

    like their other ships?

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    Carnival Venezia Buffet

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    This is an excellent point that I haven't seen before.  Cruise lines complain about food waste and

    have gone as far as charging for additional entries and many complimentary Main Dining Rooms but

    they "encourage" people to overload plates because no one wants to wait in long lines (especially if

    they have to do it several times with multiple family members). I took 2 Carnival Cruises in October.  No issues in the Buffet, just visited the station of food I wanted.  Hopefully Carnival will get their act together by the time I sail on the Venezia this October.

    Carnival Venezia Buffet

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Despegue said:

    The lining up idiocy is partly to blame for the stacking-up of loads of food, never consumed. If you have to waste 10 minutes every time you want to take something, you will just take all at once.

     

    we go first for a starter or salad item, then we return to the buffet for a soup, then we take a small portion of a main course, then maybe a different item for seconds, but with clean plates so that we do not mix some items which are simply not good together, and then dessert. 
    that is the proper way of a buffet! Most people just simply don’t understand that it is not a high school cafetaria unfortunately.

    This is an excellent point that I haven't seen before.  Cruise lines complain about food waste and

    have gone as far as charging for additional entries and many complimentary Main Dining Rooms but

    they "encourage" people to overload plates because no one wants to wait in long lines (especially if

    they have to do it several times with multiple family members). I took 2 Carnival Cruises in October.  No issues in the Buffet, just visited the station of food I wanted.  Hopefully Carnival will get their act together by the time I sail on the Venezia this October.

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    Carnival Venezia Buffet

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    Hello,

      We sail on this ship in October.  I've heard numerous horror stories about the lines in the Buffet

    and seen lots of videos to support this. I guess the Buffet area/lines was designed very poorly?

    Has anyone who has sailed recently noticed an improvement in this situation?

     

    Thanks

    Carnival Venezia questions

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    We (Nancy and John) are doing a 12-day cruise on the Carnival Venezia in October. Now that several sailing have happened

    I have questions on these sailings:

    1) What Complimentary restaurants/food are currently onboard?

    2) Are the Buffet lines as bad as everyone says or have they improved?

    3) What shows, activities and attractions are on board?

    4) Are menus and/or the Fun Times printed anywhere online?

    5) Are there any meetups or Group activities planned ?

     

    Thanks

    Just got back from a B2B (14 days) on the Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, D4 said:

    Thanks for the information.  Yes, it’s crazy that they delete everything except how to charge you!

     

    We haven’t cruised since COVID, but we have a B2B coming up on Oasis.

     

    I’ll be worried the whole first cruise about catching COVID and not being allowed on the second cruise.  The second cruise s a group cruise and is the whole reason for our trip.

    We get all our negative test.  Then on the 3rd day of the first week of our B2B we stop in Florida.  You can come and go as you want, no test to get back on the ship.  I was worried all week that someone would bring the virus onboard from Florida. What Group Cruise are you going on?  We are hoping to do a Group Cruise next Fall.

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