MSC Fantasia 04 Nov. 2018 Transatlantic Italy to Brazil

I'm booked and hope other FRIENDS will be taking the crossing too! ;p

;pI'll be traveling with my sister, we usually take 1-2 cruises together a year. We'll be flying to Italy from NYC

230+ days before we leave Been to most of the Ports write if you need info.

Visa needed for Brazil, not a problem just get it from the Brazilian Embassy or Consulate or the WWW good for 2 years and less then $100 unless you use the WWW and go to a Visa Provider to get the visa, cheaper if you go directly (in person) to a Brazilian Embassy or Consulate but no everyone has one nearby! First go to the www to see EXACTLY what you need to have before you go to apply. Get it about 30 days before you leave takes 3-4 days but can take a week. If anyone is going to Argentina a visa will also be needed go to the www and read what you need

ITINERARY OF THE CRUISE SHIP, PORTS AND MAP. IF A MAP IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PORT, THE LINK DOESN'T WORK, WAS MISSING SO WAS NOT INCLUDED. I ALSO HAVE GOOGLE MAPS THAT CAN NOT BE DOWNLOADED CUT NOR PASTED, BUT TOOK A PHOTO AND WILL BE POSTING THEM IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

Almost all the ports have a Hop on Hop off bus, is a great option for those who want to do a more organized independent tour on their own then go on a chip tour which is not necessarly better but costly.

All the www sites for the port have lots of good information but do not allow you to copy or cut, so keep a pad on hand when viewing the site. Most of them have good links to further explore other options.

Date Port Arrive Depart

Sun, Nov 4 Genoa, Italy 6:00pm

https://www.whatsinport.com/Genoa.htm

https://www.city-discovery.com/docs/..._Route-Map.jpg

Mon, Nov 5 Marseille, France 8:00am 6:00pm

https://www.whatsinport.com/Marseilles.htm

http://ontheworldmap.com/france/city...ctions-map.jpg

Tue, Nov 6 Barcelona, Spain 9:00am 6:00pm

https://www.whatsinport.com/Barcelona.htm

http://ontheworldmap.com/spain/city/...seeing-map.jpg

Wed, Nov 7 Palma de Mallorca, Spain 8:00am 6:00pm

https://www.whatsinport.com/Palma-de-Majorca.htm

https://www.planetware.com/content/v...llorca-map.jpg

Thu, Nov 8 Cartagena, Spain 8:00am 6:00pm

https://www.whatsinport.com/Cartagena.htm

Fri, Nov 9 Malaga, Spain 7:00am 6:00pm

https://www.whatsinport.com/Malaga.htm

https://www.planetware.com/content/v...malaga-map.jpg

Sat, Nov 10 Casablanca, Morocco 8:00am 10:00pm

https://www.whatsinport.com/Monaco.html

http://www.justmaps.org/maps/images/...lanca-map3.gif

Sun, Nov 11 At Sea

Mon, Nov 12 Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands 8:00am 6:00pm

https://www.whatsinport.com/Arrecife-Lanzarote.htm

http://www.lanzaroteinformation.com/...e_Centre_2.png

Tue, Nov 13 Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands 7:00am 4:00pm https://www.whatsinport.com/Santa-Cruz-tenerife.Htmhttps://www.planetware.com/content/v...nerife-map.jpg

Wed, Nov 14 At Sea

Thu, Nov 15 At Sea

Fri, Nov 16 At Sea

Sat, Nov 17 At Sea

Sun, Nov 18 At Sea

Mon, Nov 19 Salvador, Brazil 1:00pm 9:00pm

https://www.whatsinport.com/Salvador-de-Bahia.htm

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/so...ador-da-bahia/

Tue, Nov 20 Ilheus, Brazil 8:00am 6:00pm

https://www.whatsinport.com/Ilheus.htm

Wed, Nov 21 At Sea

Thu, Nov 22 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8:00am

Fri, Nov 23 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6:00pm

https://www.whatsinport.com/Rio-de-Janeiro.htm

https://www.planetware.com/content/v...aneiro-map.jpg

Sat, Nov 24 Santos Disembark 06:00

https://www.whatsinport.com/Santos.htm

https://www.planetware.com/content/v...santos-map.jpg

Mike NYC started this CC webpage Apr 16, 2018 so far there are 3 post that I wrote and 248 viewed

I was looking at the statistics for the Cruise and very surprised not only on the number on our Blog but on all the MSC cruises in general.

So far we have now three post and 248 views, almost 10X more views than Post! I bet the 248 post have actually been the same 6-7 people checking once or twice a week since the page started BUT NO ONE ELSE HAS POSTED.

Most of the cruises we've taken have had 100+ pages months before we depart filled with people who want to know each other, give great reviews, advice, and offering to make ground tour arrangements at very discounted prices compared to the ship.

Looked up the different CC pages for MSC for the entire last year was so disappointing reading.

The biggest comment MADE was how little comments there are on all the different pages.

Every cruise I have taken has had a CC Gay Page, usually less then 30 post are written by 4-6 but read by 300+. At every CC FOD Meeting ABOUT 25 PEOPLE SHOW UP for the first meeting and sometimes another 10 show up for the second MEETING THAT DIDN'T GO TO THE FIRST.

463 Have viewed this Blog.... BUT NO ONE ELSE HAS POSTED.

Over 500 view and I'm the only one posting.

Paid for the cruise today, Air is booked and paid for, taken care from NYC to Milan and from Manous, Brazil to Puerto Rico via Miami. :halo:

Not sure when I will fly to NY from Puerto Rico, Annie needs to go see some doctors and will be there 3 weeks (I may go for a week to celebrate her birthday) in Sept and in Mid Oct 2 weeks before we go to Milan, I may arrive 3 days before we depart to Italy from PR.

Most of the hotels in Brazil booked, just need to do one for Rio and Santos. My sister refuses to go to Argentina so our dates are better defined, so we can book the hotels needed. :)

Still need to do our internal Brazil flights. Will do the paper work for an E-Visa this week, also need to get photo's done. :eek:

Will be staying an additional 3 weeks in Brazil, 3 days in Santos then 4 days in San Pablo, 4-5 days in Rio then a week in Manous. May do a 2 day Amazon River cruise before we fly back.

Been reading many of the other MSC boards and MSC is Gay friendly will host a gathering for LGT Community and a Cruise Critics IF we request and have enough people interested. Please get back to me on this.

566 views but I'm the only person writing!. Where are all the other LGBT Sailors on Board?

Would like to make final tour arrangements for some great tours would prefer to have similar minded people get together and have fun.

Been reading many of the other MSC boards and MSC is Gay friendly will host a gathering for LGBT Community and a Cruise Critics get together IF we request and have enough people interested. Please get back to me on this. My email is gwhm@aol.com

661 people have viewed this thread.

But I'm the only person writing!

Where are all the other LGBT Sailors on Board?

Left PR went to Miami for a week, now in NYC for 2 week with my sister Annie, going back to Puerto Rico in another week. Still need to get our Brazilian Visa but have most of my luggage packed in here in NYC.

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A LOT of people in the closet I guess.....LOL