MSC Virtuosa Embarkation Day - We Got An AMAZING Deal & We Have Caught The Cruise Bug!
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2022
- Well what can we say? We told ourselves our first cruise on the P&O Iona would most probably be our first and only one.
Cruising won't be for us we said. Then we caught something that is going to end up costing us lots of money from now on and it must be really contagious as that's right we caught the cruise bug !!!! 🤣
So this time we are on the MSC Virtuosa sailing away to France And Spain. We are so excited to be going on this beautiful looking ship and we have so much fun content to come from our time onboard. So here's the first one guys which is our embarkation day and first look at this huge ship. Also keep a look out for how much we paid as we got a competitive bargain!
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What a nice surprise to see you on another cruise. You made my day and so happy for you. Love the whole vlog and look forward to watching the rest of them. Such a nice couple and I guess those stairs are on a few ships, I’d be wowed by them too.
Awww thank you
What a lovely vlog ,this looks fab ,and what a good deal you got ,looking forward to rest of vlogs ,have a fab time 😎😍👏
While we suspected one was coming soon, Kev and Stacey we didn't think it would be quite this quick! Another balcony too! All for a wonderful price. We've noticed some really great prices from Ft. Lauderdale in Florida too. Looks like another lovely boat and we're like you. I like people but really prefer to eat by ourselves or with close fiends or family. Enjoyed day one of your new cruise and loved the music. You look great, Stacy, dancing to Kiss! Thanks so much for bringing us along.
Thanks so much Dave and Kathy and no we weren't expecting it to be so quick either lol 😆 we've seen some great prices for flying to florida spending a few days there then a cruise around the Caribbean, maybe one for next year now though lol. Car hire prices are still so high at the moment for the US or we would love to do a roadtrip at some point. Hope you are both well and enjoying life on the road still. Also hope you are all settled in the new home 😁😍
I just love your enthusiasm Kev and Stacey!! That sounds like a fantastic deal and I can see why you have caught the bug!! Really looking forward to following you on this amazing journey!!😀👍💯 Robbie
Thank you. We couldn't not book it for that price lol
That was fun vlog, virtuosa is cool ship very bling. Look forward to rest of the series.
Thanks so much we had an amazing week, we were really impressed
I really like your enthusiasm. I'm sailing on this ship in October 2024, and have been a little fazed by some of the negative posts, so many thanks you've restored my excitement!
loved the video lots of useful info, as we are booked for October this year. Just a note about the parking, I've booked with "Your parking space" which is a 10 min walk from the terminal, (will drop bags off at the terminal before parking) and 5 days cost £24.00 with cancellation insurace, ABParking quoted me £95.00.
Also watched your video on the rfood onboard the Virtuosa it was excellent.
Thanks so much Paul, great tip for the parking 👍
Love your smile kev and your enthusiasum
Omg you got my searching cruises now. Lol this shop looks so much fun, I can't wait to see the rest of this vlog series x
Haha they are amazing, we had such a good time. We honestly didn't think we would ever do a cruise but here we are a second time lol . Definitely need try one at least once 😁
@@OneCouplesAdventure yeah so far I'm really drawn to the MSC one if I'm honest. But still got lots to watch from your Iona P&O cruise, and I've watched another family do that msc cruise and it looks great such fun x
Brilliant review, we are so pleased you guys are reviewing the MSC Virtuosa. We are booked on the Virtuosa for our first ever cruise at the end of August. Cannot wait. Keep up the good work with your review videos.
Thanks. You are going to love it. Its an amazing ship with so much to do
We're going end of August too! It's our first cruise - really looking forward to it.
You're going to have an amazing time
Another cruise already? How fabulous :-) Really do enjoy your enthusiasm. Haven't even been in our first yet (The Iona, soon) and you've made me want to look at another, lol.
Lol we had to book it for that price
Looks amazing can’t wait for next year, 14 nights from Southampton 🎉
I've just stumbled on to this video you two seem lovely and genuine i have also just come off Iona in June ( and loved my first solo cruise) and have now just booked a week on this ship in November going to northern europe so i'm now going to subscribe and watch some more of your videos. Great work guys.👍
Hi Craig thanks so much and glad you enjoyed the Iona. The Virtuosa is amazing am sure you will love this one too.
Good to see this, thanks - on Virtuosa next week...damned good price like yours !
Haha can't go wrong with them prices 😁
Your channel really is brilliant, I just booked to go on this cruise yesterday for a week to France and Spain. Subscribed :)
Thanks so much
Didn't expect to see one so soon, Just got back from our Norwegian one. It's interesting to see the differences between cruise lines having just refreshed my mind about /what HAL is like.
1) We didn't need negative tests
2) As a covid thing we got our room key cards outside our room where they put daily programmes etc. Also all the stuff with HAL like cards etc is online and can be done weeks in advance.
3) What a party ship compared to HAL, may have to try big ship cruising at some point, it looks so different.
4) Also, when our cards say a dining time and room, ours have always had open dining next to it, so never actually had set dining before. It'll be interesting to see how it works.
5) Yes those barges are fueling boats normally, if you go somewhere like Amsterdam or Rotterdam barges do so much more, like they take rubbish off and load the ship with supplies given the cities reliance with canals
6) If cruise lines have spare rooms they often sell them cheap because well cruise lines make more money off what you spend on board normally, having a couple of extra rooms filled basically doesn't make their costs much more as the crew are onbard etc.
7) never sailed from Southampton because HAL doesn't sail from there, but seems to be working for you which is good.
8) Sails from Southampton are great due to the solent. Also, don't be surprised by the other ships, Southampton regularly gets 4 ships a day :)
Anyway, looking forward to the rest of the videos when I watch them :)
Thanks so much! So many fun facts about cruising we are still learning and finding out and you have just told us some more so thankyou. Was a great ship we had a great time . Would like to try NCL one though sometime
Hi both great to be able to watch you on another cruise. I am booked to go on Iona next June with my daughter, my first ever cruise, so watched all your Iona videos which were great. Btw don't live too far from Stoke in Market Drayton. Enjoy your trip!
Thank you so much. Ye not too far away lol
I follow you on IG so when you showed the Atrium my first thought was "They've already been on this ship" 😂then my brain caught up LOL
Really excited for this one! It's gonna be great!
Thanks Mel, hope you are well 😁
When i go on my cruise in dec im very excited of whats to come 😃
MSC is the bomb. I hope they bring a ship to Galveston TEXAS. Great Vid THANKS
Thanks. We went to Houston in 2019, i thought Galveston sounded familiar 😅
I was told the easy way to remember which side you are on is…Port is left, because they both have 4 letters. Works for me 😁
I love your genuine enthusiasm for everything, you deserve all the good things that come your way. Amazing price for this cruise…here’s to finding another one! 🥰
Thank you. I will try to remember lol
No red port left in the cellar :)
MSC Virtuosa is beautiful ... tried them in Jan booked the Yacht Club (you must try one day) it was amazing. We are Pinnacle on Royal Caribbean but really loving the MSC offering & booked 15 nights in September... Keep doing what you both do, great videos & love you both ... Mark
Hi Mark thanks so much for watching the videos and we would love to try yacht club one time. And definitely want to get on a Royal Caribbean ship at some point.
Haha I use my Attraction Tickets Direct wallet on every trip too! Very handy.
We have used it for years. Just the right size for paper work and passports
Loving the vlogs. Didn't know you lived near us. We are live just outside Derby. Taking our first cruise in January 23 on Arvia to the carribean. So enjoy picking up hints and tips from first time cruisers as well as experienced cruisers.
Thanks, ye you're not too far away lol
Try everything, but don't be worried if you don't like something, you don't have to go to the show every night for example. Also, try to really only pack what you need, depending on the toom type they aren't big so you don't want the space cluttered with unnecessary items
Soon?
Brill I have been on this lovely ship I'm NHS staff they really look after us with discount and free drinks 🍸
Wow thats amazing. You defo deserve it for all the hard work you do
Dodgy comments on here already, wow 😯
Your obviously hooked.
Didn't expect to see you cruising again so soon.
Never done MSC so will be interesting to see the rest of the series.
We've done about 10 cruises so it's good to get a newbie perspective.
Love Kev's attempts at some of the Italian pronunciation
🤔😃
Keep up the good work 👍
John & Carole
I try lol. We couldn't not book it for that price 😅
Just come back from MSC virtuoso amazing advice
Met your mum and dad lovely family stacey
Oh Hi 👋 thanks so much Ross. Hope you had a great time. And oh right haha 🤣 I'll let them know 👍
Wow what a fabulous price. 🎉
Stacey i love your smile 🌝💕
Thanks Jennifer 😁
Besides the boarding passes, embarkation form, luggage tags and passports, do we need anything else for embarkation? We are booked on the Virtuosa for our first ever cruise at the end of May! Super excited! Great vlogs ❤
Hi yes you've pretty much got them all, can't think of anything else 😁
Nice video. We booked our MSC Virtuosa too far next April on a 12 nights sailing to Portugal and Spain (Canary Islands) and we also got a DEEP discount. Too good to let it pass by. We paid £1052.90 for 2 people including all taxes in a balcony cabin. We could not believe it.
Who did you book through please guys?
@@glynmorris629 this is too late. Out agent offer to us as a group deal. This doesn't happen often
I’m determined to try this ship and line… thank you both for the great content and cruise vlogs 😊❤..
I just no need to find a good deal on flights from US to London
Thanks so much, hope you manage to make it on 😁
We are from stoke to, went on our first cruise iona jan this year, and now booked to go on msc virtuosa in february
Hi hope you're ok, nice to hear from another one of our subscribers from Stoke as well 😁. Hope you have a great time on the Virtuosa, any questions beforehand just let us know. What did you think of the Iona ?
Great video thanks, I'm going on this ship on the 10th September for my first cruise so this is really useful - I too have got an absolute bargain, £950 two weeks (solo), balcony, premium drinks. I've subscribed and I'll check out your other vids! You guys have got to be Stokies?
Yes we are stokies lol. Thats a good deal. You will have a great time
Hi, loving your Virtuosa vids, so useful. Can I please ask who you used to provide your negative test certificate? have booked one through Express test, but MSC seem to imply a lab based one is required? Thanks.
We used randox. We used there at home test then you send a pic of the test on there app and they send you your certificate
Going on the Virtuosa out of Dubai over christmas. We are paying about 3500 USD for a family of 4 (2 teens) in an aft facing balcony cabin, and including a drinks package.
Been on the Seaside out of Miami before and were very happy with MSC.
Have a great time on the Virtuosa, sounds amazing. Dubai at Christmas 🎄 😍
Just gotta off after 14 days had a great deal.Came home with covid 19.You pay the price you take the risk.
So many cases on board .
We had covid after ours. Its the risks we take for a good time lol. Hope your ok
I was on that cruise on the July 16
Going on this ship next month, seen some bad reviews but your video has made that better😂 which Covid test kit did you buy? Does it have to be one where you get an official certificate?
Yes you need a certificate. We use randox fit to fly at home antigen tests. You can pick them up from a lot of local shops and do ot the night before boarding
Hi! I love this video and I'm going on the MSC Virtuosa as well in august! Just a question, what size luggage can you bring and what's the maximum weight? My parents just don't know. Sorry. Amazing video!
You can take as much as you want. So long as each case doesn't weigh more than 23kg
@@OneCouplesAdventure Alright! Thank you so much!
Do you know what time the hot tubs close at all? We will be on the ship in September and love a hot tub!
Hi it might of been about 8 but can't remember exactly. Just check your daily activity sheet left in your cabin and all the times will be on there. Sometimes it can differ each day
Hey, loving the cruise videos. Can I ask where your luggage is from? We’re after a new set x
Thanks. We got them from B&M
Fab thanks, they look nice I’ll check out B&M. Looking forward to the rest of the cruise vlogs too
Stacy love nails u always make my day good alog
Keep up the good alog
Wow, good,price, did it include return flights as well, as the seven day cruises don’t take you back to Southampton (I think they don’t anyway)
This one did go back to southampton so we were lucky
Im deffo going on virtuosa on 16th dec this year i hope by then i can have self serve buffet
Hope you have a great time, its a lovely ship
I think cruising must be more expensive in Europe than here in Australia. You could pick up sale fares like yours fairly regularly here with lines like P&O and Carnival. I've just accepted an offer from Carnival for a 9 night South Pacific cruise for two in an interior cabin for $618 AUD (£315). Although, that sort of price is not typical, I actually think I got sent a casino offer by mistake.
That's an absolute bargain you've had. What a cruise that will be 👍
Hi love your reviews what site did you get that deal from ? I never seem to find a bargain
Hi thanks so much and we booked through cruise nation
Watched your Iona vlogs as have our first cruise booked on her next summer, but... Just booked a cruise for Feb 23, on the MSC granduosa, which is your ships sister ship!!
Brilliant 😄 hope you have a great time on both. Where u sailing on them ?
@@OneCouplesAdventure I'm so excited!! We are going from Barcelona, France, Malta, and Italy 😍
And the the fjords on Iona
Great video and you got a bargain. Did you find it was like a booze cruise?? Thanks.
Hi we didn't no, a crew member told us they are more popular on the shorter cruises for example the 3 day ones 👍
@@OneCouplesAdventure thanks for the reply. 👍
I’m on virtuosa in a few weeks from Southampton and the covid test requirement is confusing me, did you just have to get a lateral flow negative test certificate or did you need a PCR? love the videos thanks ☺️ x
Just the lateral flow the day before. We use randox its really simple on there app and you get the certificate quick
@@OneCouplesAdventure super thanks! hope you enjoy the holiday! x
Are the bars on board all table service or just walk up and get served like a normal bar guys?
They are both
Is it a habit of u saying no kev 😂
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Nice video. Thanks a lot. How do they check your vaccinations? They need to scan it? Or printed certificate is fine? We are from the Netherlands so a bit different maybe
We just showed them the print offs. They don't scan them
@@OneCouplesAdventure many thanks for this. We will do the same
Hi, I was wondering that those passengers that don't purchase the drink package, are they allowed to bring there own fizzy drinks onboard or is that considered forbidden items and you are to purchase them on the ship and pay about 6 or 7 times more?
We have always managed to take them on all our cruises. If one ever stopped us then that's fine a few cans of pop isn't much too lose 😁 hard to keep up with all the cruise lines policies as they are all different I think
Hi guys hope your both well, fellow stokies here! Quick and may be a daft question 😂 we are going in virtuosia in April joining her on a Thursday, we plan on travelling down on the day with a embarkation time of 12.00 at wot time do you guys normally leave good old Stoke, and have you hit much traffic on the way? Keep up the good work! Up the potters 😂
Ay up duck. I would leave about 7am for a 12 boarding. Get past Birmingham as quick as i could then have a steady drive and a stop. Plus if you get there early just try go on and get up to the buffet lol
@@OneCouplesAdventure cheers me ducks hope to see you both out and about or even on a cruise!
I like your cases. Where were they from?
We got them from B&M really good quality for the money
Interesting to see never been on MSC before not really fancied it
We were really impressed by MSC would go with them again
@@OneCouplesAdventure looking forward to your other clogs . May have to give MSC a try .
Glad I came across this video as I booked my parents onto a MSC Virtuosa Cruise for 2 weeks time last minute through cruisenation so i'm happy to see its legit as I too couldn't believe the price. Didn't get it anywhere near as cheap as you guys but still got a fantastic price on a balcony room. Watched a few of your other videos from the ship so i'll have to show them all of them. Although I regret watching the food videos as all it has done is made me hungry 😂
Thanks for watching and hope they both have an amazing time
Hi both! Going on my first Virtuoso cruise in a few weeks. Has Covid testing now stopped? Can see from your vids that you had to do this then realised it was posted 5 months ago. Just checking if you know this this is still the case?
HNY 🎉!
Hi Gareth, Happy New Year to you too. We have just been on the Virtuosa again and have more up to date information, think we explain in the most recent embarkation video the current process. Hope you have a brilliant time 😁
@@OneCouplesAdventure Fantastic! Thank you both!
Loved your video. I am going on my first MSC cruise in just over a week. What is the dress code for evenings? Do most people dress up each evening or is it quite relaxed ie jeans and a nice top etc
Any help you can give would be appreciated. Only going for 3 night cruise so don't think there is a formal night?
Thank you so much. MSC are very relaxed with there evening dress code. Jeans and a top are fine. Even if they did have a formal evening you can still wear what you want, apart from swimming shorts lol.
@One Couples Adventure thank you, appreciate your reply 😀
I will be on the virtuoso in about 5 days and am very excited. I am confused about a few things. I booked the finest 4 plus show. Do you know How I make my dinner reservations for each of the restaurants? Are they made for me or Do i book date and time onboard? Thanks for any info you can provide.
You book them once onboard. We have a msc speciality restaurant video that explains how it all works that might help you
@@OneCouplesAdventure oh great!! I will find and watch that video tonight. Thanks so much
Hi, we are on this cruise in Oct. I'm looking to use the same parking but can't see to find the code. Where can I find the code? Cheers
It was on msc's website but it looks like they have taken it down 😭
Does everyone in your group have to set up cruise card activation
Hi no you can all link to the 1 card
eh up... can i just ask about the luggage drop off. you mention you were even number? is that your deck number you're talking about? Thanks
Hi yes it was the deck number 😁
@@OneCouplesAdventure thanks… makes sense lol
How did you know where to drop off cases?
Right at the front of the cruise terminal before you enter there are people there to take your cases off you
hi can you tell me where i would park my car where i would book parking as traveling down from scotland never been to southampton
Hi, we have always parked at the West Quays Multi story and have never had a problem. There are also official cruise parking companies, but just bear in mind they will cost more 👍
What is the total cost i e TRAVEL & PARKING also what is the DRINKS PACKAGE??
We didn't have the drinks package. They have different offers on when you book for drinks package.
Parking was about £90, we spent less than £300 on the ship with 2 meals drinks and a few things from the shop
Please can I ask if PCR is required to board MSC cruise?
We had to do a lateral flow 24 hours before. Think it depends on your vaccination status
Did Virtuosa last June. Personally we were not impressed and have gone with PO next year. We got one week inc drinks for £699 which was a good deal but food let it down for us x
All the food? We enjoyed the food. Felt the buffet had a great choice. The pizza and pasta were really nice as it was made fresh
@@OneCouplesAdventure I am veggie and the options were poor. We felt that PO Britannia was far superior but it was more expensive. Have you seen the MSC review Ben and David. They’re big cruise bloggers and our experience was similar to theirs.
When did you go? Stacey had some great veggie food on gala night, the veggie selection in the buffet was alot better than on the p&o iona. Ben and David went straight after lock down when there was still alot of restrictions. Do you eat fish? On the last night we ate in the buffet i had 6 different fish dishes.
We went June 2020 so just after Ben and David. Maybe it’s better now ? You did get excellent deal! Dont eat a lot of fish tbf.
June 2021 actually 🤦🏼♀️. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your vlogs.
Going on the ship September what was your Covid procedure if u don’t mind me asking..
A lateral flow 24 hours before and show your vaccination certificate
@@OneCouplesAdventure thx for the reply oh so we just buy one 24hrs before and not the nhs one sorry for questions.lol
Its fine lol. Ye you need to get a negative certificate. We use randox there at home lateral flow is about £11 if you click and collect from a local shop
@@OneCouplesAdventure brilliant thx u ..
Hi Guys,
Very cool video. Thanks voor this. 🙂
I have question about vaccines check?
Are actually unvaccinated people allowed on board ?
Greetings🙂
Hi thanks and to be honest we aren't sure what the policy is now. If you google MSC Covid requirements they have a great and detailed section explaining everything 😁
Please tell us where you found that deal
We booked it with a company called cruise nation, we had never heard of them before but just found a last minute deal
Hi, could I ask you a quick question please? I'm travelling on Virtuosa shortly and my embarkation time has suddenly changed. Is this something you encountered? Thank you.
Hi Kate we only booked it a couple of weeks before we went and didn't have the time change from what we were originally given. Have they changed yours by much ?
@@OneCouplesAdventure 5 hours later........
Thats ridiculous. Have you tried giving them a ring? Tell them you are getting a coach down and don't want to wait around the port with your cases lol
@@OneCouplesAdventure Many thanks. We have a long and will give it some thought
Are you back on Virtuosa or were my eyes deceiving me.
Ye lol. Did you walk past us in the restaurant?
@@OneCouplesAdventure yes but I thought I saw some red hair earlier. Just wasn't sure
Hey guys how do i activate my cruise card when i go in dec and what is the £250 for?
Just go to the machine like we showed in the video. Place your room card on the machine. Select the people who you want to be able to spend on your card. Then just swipe your credit card. The £250 is a standard hold that is put on your card just like when you stay at a hotel they ask for your card and put a hold on for damages. But they put a hold on for spending
@@OneCouplesAdventure i have now understude the procedure thank u
Its CPS kev
Its CPS for P&O. MSC is ABP parking. They are at different ends of the port
What drinks are free and where do I get them?
Coffee, different teas, water and juices are availble in the buffet all day and night
@@OneCouplesAdventure is it bottled?
No from a machine. You have to pay for bottled water unless you have a drinks package
@@OneCouplesAdventure kind of dumb because I drink alot water what am I supposed to take to the gym a glass?
@@OneCouplesAdventure think I will just take empty 2 litre water bottle and carry that around with me
How do you prove negative test results?
You have to show them your negative certificate. You have to do a home test where you send off your results via a picture and they email you the certificate. We use randox at home fit to fly antigen tests
We have home covid tests that we can send off to the gov website is that right it do you need to have a certain branded one?
Hey what is a cruise bug
Becoming addicted to cruises 😁
I've booked virtuosa pretty cheap it's because all the cruisers are pretty posh and MSc doesn't have the best reviews
It a 10/10 from us it was amazing
NEVER booking with MSC in advance again if they are giving away these deals. Ripped Off!
Yeah we certainly dropped on, be surprised if we got one that cheap again though. This wasn't directly through MSC, if was a third party company
@@OneCouplesAdventure who did you book through please??
It's sad to see that the crew is still wearing masks.