1 Adult Solo MSC Virtuosa Cruise Full Board 7 nights - Northern Europe from Southampton 31st March 2023, Inside Cabin= £427.80 @ SeaScanner

How much is MSC wifi?

This is the difference what for a family of 4 at around an extra £200 the pictures say it all

Balcony

Inside stateroom when the Pullman beds are out see the difference in space?

Read some recent reviews of P&O it's not what it used to be even the serious cheerleaders are looking elsewhere.

Fjords are great cruises we prefer the longer ones in the summer that do North Cape.

It's actually cabins or also know as staterooms if you want to play the cruising game but yes everyone understands room. If going for a Bella grade cabin that is the grade where you select the type of cabin and MSC select the location so you have no control of that, sometime you can get upgraded, I did on my last cruise (and first) and got given a balcony cabin on deck 9 which was fantastic, but in truth I only went on the balcony 3 times and kept the curtains shut as I just sept in there.

IF you go for a Fantastica grade cabin you can select your cabin from the deck plan and you also get a few more perks for the extra small amount, I have done this for a cruise at Christmas and next Easter but taken a punt on a Bella for next weeks cruise as a cabin is a cabin to me, I just need a bed.

I would avoid under a nightclub, busy restaurants, the sundecks where you could hear things being slid about, also the corridors along the side fo the ship are never ending so I have gone for ones near the lifts, it saves a hundred yards or so walk up thin corridors at night searching for your cabin as they all look the same. Mid ships middle gets less sway than upper decks but my last cruise was the perfect weather so not experienced it on this ship.

Have a look at this plan and work out where you would feel comfortable, the lifts are computer controlled and work fantastically well. Good luck!

msccruises.com/en-…spx

Not if you plan properly, same with a lot of cruise lines, you can do a cruise with zero add on cost or a well planned cost with some research.

12nights £400 as we did not have a drinks package, rest of our choices prepaid.

8 night zero cost on board all pre-booked.

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Another thing with some cruise lines the Extras that might cost just don't exist on other lines, or they are quite a bit more expensive.

If you want a one stop shop have a look at Marella, but add the premium to get the better drinks cans and premium coffee/tea

Read the link below MSC have increased the prices on board as of the 27th February
definitely buy a drinks package
On board is more expensive if you would have added the premium drinks package when you booked it would have been around £180 to £220 .
msc want £392 if you add it on after booking your holiday
Always add the drinks package before not after

cruisehive.com/msc…277

Are all of those drinks shown included with the cheapest drink package? I thought I’d read somewhere it only covers drinks that cost up to £6 which only includes Heineken, alcohol free cocktails and soft drinks from those lists, is that right? (edited)

Does the premium drinks package include the Chocolate Jean Philippe cafe? TIA

Parking at the port is with ABP super convenient but expensive(£114) even with the discount(some have found 30%) £80+

Next best if available is Ibis/Novotel private parking (yourparkingspace) £29 week 7-10min walk, drop bags first then park.

Next is West quay multi story(next to premier in and Moxi)
Then council multi storey carparks.

31st(and 7th) is Easter holidays ship will be rammed with kids.

Probably capacity will be 5.5k-6k those weeks been running around 3.5k which is comfortable. (edited)

See here

I had a balcony on deck 9 foreword last time, 2 above the lifeboats but perfect to jump in one as I have no idea how 8,000 people get into 22 of those (6,300 passengers and 1,700 crew). I see 11 lifeboats each side!

I only went on my balcony 3 times to take some pics and even then all it was was sea apart from Rotterdam harbour, I personally wouldn't waste my money on it, the ship is SO huge and so many places to go and people to see you never are in your cabin, I was only ever in there to sleep, didn't even shower in there as I used the Spa twice a day. The same goes for the 'Yacht Club' experience level, I really don't understand that, saw a video of a duplex with an upstairs and hot tub on an enclosed balcony, what a very lonely existence that would be, no banter in the hot tub just sitting alone like Billy no mates, and as for eating in the cabin, what on earth its that about, why go on a cruise buy a caravan! Oh and the exclusive dining room eat when you want, well for £100 you can dine in 4 beautiful restaurants on the ship, far better than the Yacht Club dinner hall. In the Yacht club they also have a lounge there for the Billy no mates, no atmosphere just so called butlers roaming around with white gloves on, what on earth is all that pretentious fake rubbish about this is 2023? I don't even take my own Butler There are 21 bars/cocktail bars on board and lounges everywhere so in 7 days it's tough even getting around all of them, I only found the mega sky lounge the day before we docked back home, its lovely, you then have the Horizon bar at the stern, again I only found that the day before we got back, so to be stuck in a ship within a ship as they call it for £4,000 extra, well that's not for me, you have to be a fruitcake to do that, you know what even if it was free I don't even think I would take it, well Ok I might just to see I was in the Spa with people from the yacht club, they get an hour a day free, I had to keep reminding them to get out I had a Spa all day everyday pass for £82 bought BEFORE I sailed, on board its 70 Euro a day!


Here is the Yacht Club price for the 17th March Northern Europe trip if any fruitcakes want to go, oh! you get free drinks and mini bar, BUT if you touch the toblerone, or mini tubes of crisps you HAVE to pay for replacements

If you want to see what you are getting for the money see the video below the price image, I actually think you would get more company if you were placed in the Brig on the ship (Cells), Although I'm not sure she knows where she is, note: its very painful to watch so fast forward is your friend


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Why not do both! I’ve done Feb now doing March

Sorry I will be in Indonesia so will miss it

I’m doing Christmas this year is it good, do they do a Christmas lunch or same old same old?

No telephone number all documented in these threads on Virtuosa, only email and they took 4 days to reply to me so get emailing SOON, that is the cost of buying cheap I'm afraid as its all computerised, you will see I gave a warning to make sure everything is absolutely correct before pressing buy now if using Seascanner, I use cruise.co.uk now who own seascanner.

Depends on what you like there is something for everyone but I have experienced better food on other cruise company’s but you will pay a lot more money so yes in my opinion i don’t think you will be disappointed I would definitely go for at least one of the specialty dining experience but book before you board the ship

What date did you cruise on ?

They map onto the options available if you use MSC site to check.

Location & experience

The 15% is a bit of smoke and mirrors to suck people in others have the same offer,

Prices are dynamic behind all the discount offers.

MSC also fiddle with the drinks package prices.

Depends what passport you do have.

Thanks! I won’t be drinking anywhere near that much though as I’ll have the kids, I do wish I’d have booked it when booking the cruise though… Can you tell me when the shows are likely to be? I see it is £9 per person for the shows which includes a cocktail, but I’ve heard it’s more expensive to book once on board. But, it says ‘day of booking to confirmed on board’, so I’m reluctant to book in case the shows are smack bang of the middle of the day when we could be off exploring one of the places were docked at. Or, are the shows only on sea days/evenings when everyone is back on board? (edited)

Thanks for all your info. You have helped so much by making it a lot smoother as some of the info isn’t clear. I have booked the premium drinks package, spa package and a £9 show with your help before boarding.

Are the tropical pool drink prices included in the drinks package as well??

Really looking forward to this. As you say, able to sit back and enjoy without having to worry about the pennies.