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Posted 7 April 2023
2 Adults *Full Board* 7 Night MSC Virtuosa Cruise (£423pp) Southampton to France/Belgium/Germany 14th April = £846 @ SeaScanner
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Good price for a 7 Night MSC Cruise x2 Adults (Inside cabin)
Departing from Southampton on April 14th 2023, Total £846
Per person that works out to £60 per day and includes:
Full Board (All meals)
Activities
Daily Entertainment
Port fees and taxes
Gratuities
10 Dining Venues & 21 Bars to explore. Amazing onboard activities for all age groups including; Aqua Park, Full Sized Bowling Alley, 4D Cinema and much more. Around the clock entertainment for all age groups. Unwind and rejuvenate with state of the art spa and gym facilities. Regular meets with other solo travellers...And so much more
The brand new MSC Virtuosa, one of the two largest in MSC Cruises’ fleet, offers a breadth of on-board facilities seen with her sister-ships across the ever-expanding MSC Cruises' fleet. This amazing ship boasts two brand new Cirque du Soleil at Sea shows which were created exclusively for MSC Cruises' guests, the latest technology with the innovative MSC for Me and digital assistant, Zoe and an unprecedented choice of dining venues to suit all tastes.
Hang out by the pool, experience illusions displayed on the promenade’s gigantic digital dome roof, visit the amusement park or see a dazzling Broadway number. During a cruise onboard MSC Virtuosa you can choose from a broad range of activities for the whole family.
Experience live music, theme parties, nightclubs, casino and Las Vegas inspired shows every night in the theatre.
Polar Aqua park, including three water slides and sport complex, is open from morning to night.
Expect to enjoy a wide range of Mediterranean food experiences - a choice of 10 dining venues promises something special for every taste!
The pool deck is designed in two areas with pools among the largest at sea.
Departing from Southampton on April 14th 2023, Total £846
Per person that works out to £60 per day and includes:
Full Board (All meals)
Activities
Daily Entertainment
Port fees and taxes
Gratuities
10 Dining Venues & 21 Bars to explore. Amazing onboard activities for all age groups including; Aqua Park, Full Sized Bowling Alley, 4D Cinema and much more. Around the clock entertainment for all age groups. Unwind and rejuvenate with state of the art spa and gym facilities. Regular meets with other solo travellers...And so much more
The brand new MSC Virtuosa, one of the two largest in MSC Cruises’ fleet, offers a breadth of on-board facilities seen with her sister-ships across the ever-expanding MSC Cruises' fleet. This amazing ship boasts two brand new Cirque du Soleil at Sea shows which were created exclusively for MSC Cruises' guests, the latest technology with the innovative MSC for Me and digital assistant, Zoe and an unprecedented choice of dining venues to suit all tastes.
Hang out by the pool, experience illusions displayed on the promenade’s gigantic digital dome roof, visit the amusement park or see a dazzling Broadway number. During a cruise onboard MSC Virtuosa you can choose from a broad range of activities for the whole family.
Experience live music, theme parties, nightclubs, casino and Las Vegas inspired shows every night in the theatre.
Polar Aqua park, including three water slides and sport complex, is open from morning to night.
Expect to enjoy a wide range of Mediterranean food experiences - a choice of 10 dining venues promises something special for every taste!
The pool deck is designed in two areas with pools among the largest at sea.
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Edited by Sandy1012, 7 April 2023
78 Comments
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Get them to empty your mini bar and if you have the drinks package (we did) stock it with your own drinks
If it stops in Hamburg on a Sunday. Don’t leave the ship early. It was dead till 1
Book everyone you want early. Shows, specialality restaurants, cheaper
The Wi-Fi worked fine
The casino was my fave place. Limited kids and the bar was fun.
The staff are so friendly. Really can’t praise them enough.
We’ll be going again next year.
I would highly recommend the carousel shows, Alkymea was particularly good and was €9 with a cocktail if you book in advance.
One of our party got the alcoholic drink package, and one strange thing was that they weren't able to order canned drinks at any time on the ship, it was always poured into a glass. This isn't an issue on the alcohol free drinks package.
Unfortunately, we missed our port at La Havre due to strikes in France. The weather wasn't the best and I ended up catching norovirus too for the final 2 days which wasn't much fun.
My advice would be, if you can, travel off peak as there was a lot of sickness on board due to kids/Easter holidays and it was incredibly busy at points.
That being said, it didn't spoil my trip, and I have already booked another cruise on P&O later in the year. I read a lot of negative stuff about MSC online before I went away, and I would disagree with a lot that's been said about the food quality and on board entertainment. The variety of bread and fresh cheeses was particularly nice
Can anyone confirm this? Thanks again.
The 5 night one actually represents better value (£36 a night) if you can get a cheap flight to Hamburg
Eg Cruisenation From around £400-£450 depending on airport and hotel.
As the ship dock on a Sunday by doing the package you actually get to do Hamburg when places are open.
Issue then is where to park and join up with you car with a flight out and return to Southampton.
Available at £330 or £530 with package if you shop around.
Latest Masters menu..
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Doubt that is the current menu as the Virtuosa is still operating in Euros.
Where did it come from?
Looks like an old menu from 2021 before the prices dropped.
Oct 2022 the litre was £10, changed 4 Nov 2022 to €10+service.
That has been the prices reported by those cruising during March.
Go to cruise mummy website, all the latest menu's are shown. I was on this ship in August. The prices you see are correct. The prices were in pounds, not euro's.
Cruise mummy well known for out of date information.
Be surprised if they got the new £ menus before they hit the ship
The ship changed to euros in November.
Was on the ship Oct, Nov and March is still euros, will be changing back to £ soon for the summer season.
Here is the Oct menu just before they changed to euros(same numbers just euros+service) if you go to the other Virtuosa threads plenty of menu post by other more recent cruisers from Feb & March.
If say I went with my parents and got two cabins. If I took the drinks package could I get drinks and just give them to them? Lol. If my dad wants some booze etc. (edited)
Our total was cheaper than the package would have been
People are basing some of their comments on out of date information.
In a couple of weeks the new pricing in £ will be active so any real live current information will be out of date then as well until the new menus and prices get out..
Issue you can have is the free stuff is in cabin or Buffet, you can get water from the bars but they prefer to give you bottled at cost.
Also the buffet coffee is not great, we go tea when not on the package but hit the caps and expresso when on it
When we were PAYG we got looked after.
Sharing is not allowed, in practice it does happen but you have to accept the risk you an lose your package without refund.
its not a package no package all the time as the cost varies by cruise you have to assess each cruise at time of booking.
our no package cruise it was £30pppd and we got under that.
On these 7n it has been around £25pppd which is fine and close to our breakeven so convenient to just take it and we did more ship days so used it more.
As posted on the 12n 30th April(no solos rates when I checked) you can get it for £180pp that's £15pppd which most people can hit with fancy coffee soft water bottles and the odd alcohol drink, also you then don't have to hang around dad feeding him drinks
Each will have their own cut off point where they are better PAYG.
the 14n Iceland trip has had 2 prices at different times roughly £700+£500 or £900+£300 for some the 700 no package will be the best for others it won't matter as the total is the same.
That post has the euro prices if you want to check the soft drinks coffee etc €3-€4.
If still undecided or want something a little more substantial/warmer.
30th April 12n canaries run is available from around £899 £1,079 with drinks on MSC going direct
msccruises.co.uk/Boo…SOU
can also apply diamond discount (£854, £1025)
TA should get this down to around £900 with drinks.
no solo available on MSC
Kids just pay for the minors(£159) family of 4 2476 before TA discounts.
Did one of these holiday cruise packed with 1700 kids filling all those multi Beth cabins very different experience to the regular trips with more normal passenger loads.
How many kids on this one?
Have they said when they change back to £, when they changed to euros in November it was chaos as it delayed embarkation of the following cruise.
How full was the carpark as the Oct family full criuise was another chaos situation as many came by car and ABP could not cope.