Topic: ALL-INCLUSIVE for just £1?? Too good to be true, surely...

Nope it's actually quite above board!

MSC are offering you the chance of going 'all-inclusive' for just one pound when you book a 2012 cruise.

The only catch is -- you have to book before the end of October!

Here's the deal [official wording from MSC!]:



You pay your £1 up front and you won’t see a bill for anything you buy within the limits of the offer. So, there's no need to start running up a bill on soft drinks, designer water, glasses of wine or the majority of cocktails. Non premium brand spirits are included too, so a gin and tonic or a pre dinner Campari are covered - as is a postprandial Sambuca!

THE ALL INCLUSIVE £1 OFFER AVAILABLE ON 2012 MED' CRUISES
The £1 All Inclusive promotion is available when two passengers book a 2012 Mediterranean summer cruise aboard MSC Fantasia, MSC Splendida, MSC Magnifica, MSC Musica, MSC Armonia, MSC Orchestra, MSC Poesia and MSC Sinfonia. It will also apply to Summer 2012 cruises on the brand new MSC Divina too. Cruise only prices on Med' cruises start from just £549pp.

CRUISES FROM SOUTHAMPTON WITH £1 ALL INCLUSIVE DRINKS OFFER
Great news for UK cruisers who don't want to fly. The £1 All Inclusive upgrade is available on MSC Opera's itinerary (Continental Discovery) from Southampton. Cruises from Southampton start from just £799pp and the Continental Discovery operates throughout July & August.

ALL INCLUSIVE DRINKS FOR ADULTS PRICE PER PERSON PER STAY
All Inclusive Adults Drinks Package £1.00

ALL INCLUSIVE FOR KIDS PRICE PER CHILD PER DAY
All Inclusive Kids Package £19.00


SO HOW & WHERE DOES THE ALL INCLUSIVE PACKAGE APPLY?

All Inclusive In The Restaurants & At The Buffet
At mealtimes in the main restaurants and at the self service buffet you will have a choice of 2 red wines, 2 white wines and a rosé available that will be poured for you. Additionally mineral water, draft and bottled beer and soft drinks will be available as part of the All Inclusive package too.

All Inclusive In Your Cabin
All items from the mini bar are covered by the All Inclusive offer though please note that, on MSC Melody, mini bars are not available. Mineral water in the cabin is covered by the package and is available on all ships.

All Inclusive At The Bars
All drinks from the bars priced up to € 7,00 / $ 7,00 (including take-away ice-cream in cone or cup). For children this includes soft drinks, fruit juices, mineral water, hot drinks, virgin cocktails, smoothies, milkshakes and take away ice cream in cone or cup.

All Inclusive – Excluded Items
All drinks from bar list with the price over € 7,00 / $ 7,00, cigars, cigarettes, bottles of wine, sparkling wine and champagne, souvenir glasses, all food from restaurants not included as part of the standard fare i.e. Sushi bar, Chinese restaurant, Tex-Mex, L'Etoile, L'Olivo, Obelisco, Il Giardino, 4 Stagioni), pizza à la cart, food from Sports bar menu, food from Room Service menu, sundae (ice-cream cups) from Gelateria, chocolate fondue, pastry from Piazzeta on board Fantasia and Splendida.

Has anyone taken advantage of this offer already? Or do you plan to? Is it a good deal, or have you seen better? Please share...

Looks like they have extended the offer. It was due to finish on 15th October as this earlier copy of a part of their web page shows.

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All linclusive for a pound




Pete



AMAZING ALL INCLUSIVE DEAL: UPGRADE YOUR 2012 CRUISE EXPERIENCE FOR £1 (per adult).

CALL TODAY ON 0800 121 8220 AND CRUISE ALL INCLUSIVE IN 2012

This is a limited offer so please book now for great value on 2012 cruises. This offer must close by 15th October - at the latest.

ALL INCLUSIVE DRINKS PACKAGE FOR £1 - PERFECT FOR FAMILIES
All inclusive cruises are a real winner for families, especially when you can combine this package with our Kids Cruise FREE offer. You pay your £1 up front and you won’t see a bill for anything you buy within the limits of the offer. So, there's no need to start running up a bill on soft drinks, designer water, glasses of wine or the majority of cocktails. Non premium brand spirits are included too, so a gin and tonic or a pre dinner Campari are covered - as is a postprandial Sambuca!

THE ALL INCLUSIVE £1 OFFER AVAILABLE ON 2012 MED' CRUISESThe £1 All Inclusive promotion is available when two passengers book a 2012 Mediterranean summer cruise aboard MSC Fantasia, MSC Splendida, MSC Magnifica, MSC Musica, MSC Armonia, MSC Orchestra, MSC Poesia and MSC Sinfonia. It will also apply to Summer 2012 cruises on the brand new MSC Divina too.
Cruise only prices on Med' cruises start from just £549pp.


CRUISES FROM SOUTHAMPTON WITH £1 ALL INCLUSIVE DRINKS OFFER
Great news for UK cruisers who don't want to fly. The £1 All Inclusive upgrade is available on MSC Opera's itinerary (Continental Discovery) from Southampton. Cruises from Southampton start from just £799pp and the Continental Discovery operates throughout July & August.



ALL INCLUSIVE DRINKS FOR ADULTS PRICE PER PERSON PER STAY
All Inclusive Adults Drinks Package £1.00
ALL INCLUSIVE FOR KIDS PRICE PER CHILD PER DAY
All Inclusive Kids Package £19.00


Please Note: The offer applies to new bookings only made BEORE 15th Oct 2011, based on double occupancy, subject to availability on selected departures and can be withdrawn at any time without notice. The offer is not combinable with any other offer The package must be booked prior to embarkation by all guests occupying the same cabin, belonging to the same booking number and by all guests booked under different booking numbers but travelling together and wishing to eat at the same table. It is valid for each and every day of the cruise and cannot be purchased on a daily basis.
The All Inclusive package for children excludes all alcohol and is available to children aged 3 - 17 who are part of a group or party taking the adult package.

It certainly is a bargain. I wish Cunard were doing it in February, not that I drink that much...Hic...........

Maybe I'm missing something, but while £1 per adult all-drinks is a mega-bargain the listed price for children (for non-alcoholic drinks, icecream etc I assume) of £19 per child per day seems a bit steep!

The trouble is, that after our one and only experience on MSC we won't EVER use them again! The food was appalling. The service was snail like. The Italian executive crew members were more concerned with preening and posing for lady passengers than supervising so the regular crew were able to hang around instead of trying to flog us another drink. We paid over £350 for a drinks package over and above the cruise price and did not think it was good value though it was a relief since the onboard drinks were exorbitantly priced. They slowed the ship down to draw in the stabililsers and I was one of many who suffered mal de mer as a direct result. The seas were quite rough. We were on Opera from 30 September doing the Northern Europe run. We're experienced cruisers and believe me we're not going to repeat this experiment again. We're going back to HAL and Princess. Standards have dropped everywhere but there are things that will be consistent at least on those lines. The shore excursions weren't up to much and they ripped us off with bus transfer prices in port. My phone got stolen from our cabin. The so-called entertainment was excruciatingly bad apart from the violinist and pianist who played classical but it's not my husband's favourite music so we only heard it a little. They advertised an 'amazing deal' on jewellery and then when I said I liked a certain piece and wanted the discount they mentioned in the ship's daily bulletin, was told it didn't apply! The list of dreadfulness could go on interminably. They coralled all the Brits in the wimpy-like upper restaurant so we moved after the first night and sat with some charming Dutch people. On that first night at dinner in L'Approdo, we were sitting in booths in a narrow corridor, couldn't get served drinks, then the wrong ones were brought, then we started to appreciate that the food was going to be absolutely terrible. We'd requested a large table of at least 8 people and were placed in the smallest booths available. We do believe the food was very slightly better in the other main restaurant and the atmosphere was a lot better, it was bright open and airy. Before we went on the trip I found it hard to believe another person who had posted that they had 'boiled hamburgers' but actually, they did! You couldn't even get a steak at any meal on board. No prime ingredients were offered apart from on one occasion rubberised King Prawn, and everything was so badly cooked that I'd have been ashamed to serve it to my family let alone to dinner guests. Yuk and double yuk. It's a pretty little ship but everything is done on the cheap and it showed from the first minute we were on board to the last disembarkation. Archaic and very slow check in and out procedures meant we queued for ages every time we went ashore or came back aboard... oh dear. I had better stop before I burst a blood vessel..

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The trouble is, that after our one and only experience on MSC we won't EVER use them again! The food was appalling. The service was snail like. The Italian executive crew members were more concerned with preening and posing for lady passengers than supervising so the regular crew were able to hang around instead of trying to flog us another drink. We paid over £350 for a drinks package over and above the cruise price and did not think it was good value though it was a relief since the onboard drinks were exorbitantly priced. They slowed the ship down to draw in the stabililsers and I was one of many who suffered mal de mer as a direct result. The seas were quite rough. We were on Opera from 30 September doing the Northern Europe run. We're experienced cruisers and believe me we're not going to repeat this experiment again. We're going back to HAL and Princess. Standards have dropped everywhere but there are things that will be consistent at least on those lines. The shore excursions weren't up to much and they ripped us off with bus transfer prices in port. My phone got stolen from our cabin. The so-called entertainment was excruciatingly bad apart from the violinist and pianist who played classical but it's not my husband's favourite music so we only heard it a little. They advertised an 'amazing deal' on jewellery and then when I said I liked a certain piece and wanted the discount they mentioned in the ship's daily bulletin, was told it didn't apply! The list of dreadfulness could go on interminably. They coralled all the Brits in the wimpy-like upper restaurant so we moved after the first night and sat with some charming Dutch people. On that first night at dinner in L'Approdo, we were sitting in booths in a narrow corridor, couldn't get served drinks, then the wrong ones were brought, then we started to appreciate that the food was going to be absolutely terrible. We'd requested a large table of at least 8 people and were placed in the smallest booths available. We do believe the food was very slightly better in the other main restaurant and the atmosphere was a lot better, it was bright open and airy. Before we went on the trip I found it hard to believe another person who had posted that they had 'boiled hamburgers' but actually, they did! You couldn't even get a steak at any meal on board. No prime ingredients were offered apart from on one occasion rubberised King Prawn, and everything was so badly cooked that I'd have been ashamed to serve it to my family let alone to dinner guests. Yuk and double yuk. It's a pretty little ship but everything is done on the cheap and it showed from the first minute we were on board to the last disembarkation. Archaic and very slow check in and out procedures meant we queued for ages every time we went ashore or came back aboard... oh dear. I had better stop before I burst a blood vessel..

Evie, sorry to hear you had such a terrible cruise. Was considering this offer for next October but may give it a miss now.
Trish

Re evie,s report on MSC-I FULLY CONCUR!Recently returned from cruise on MSC ORCHESTRA-29/09/11-they dumped us at Malperensa airport some nine hours before our flight after a two and a half hour bus journey from the port of GENOA!aNY ONE CONTEMPLATING msc SHOULD THINK AGAIN.

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Evie, sorry to hear you had such a terrible cruise. Was considering this offer for next October but may give it a miss now.
Trish

We cruised on MSC Splendida in February and thought it was excellent, the food in the restaurant was really good and the staff couldn't do enough for you. There were all nationalities on board, we were on a table with an American couple and a Dutch chap who were excellent company. We had a balcony cabin which was excellent, we even had a full size bath with a shower above. We have already booked another MSC cruise on Fantasia for January.

Susie, I need to travel in school hols which makes these cruises busier normally, but glad you had a good time. Have seen several negative reviews now on different review sites and will probably give it a miss.
Trish

hi all. i am planning to book a cruise with msc next year. i think this is a good offer. i did a cruise on the thompson dream this year all inclusive it was worth every penny. yes there will be some exclusions you will pay extra for but i think you would find this on all cruise ships. has anyone done a cruise with msc if so could you share any positives or negatives with me?.