Woolley Family

We just returned from 8 days in Bali with our son (15) and our daughter (18).  It was a challenge for me to hold off planning anything, but we did not book anything besides our flights, accommodation, and a driver.  Normally I have every day planned out so that we can see everything.  We decided we wanted a more relaxing trip this time.  It turned out to be very busy and tiring, but in a good way. Getting there We flew Virgin Airlines.  We chose Virgin because we have Gold status, and have spent the last few years using family pooling to maintain status and accumulate points.  I also had a 10% discount voucher and we booking during a triple point promotion. Our flight to Bali was not too bad, although we were surprised that the plane was essentially a domestic plane.  The configuration was 3-3, and there were no in seat entertainment units.  There were USB charging points between the seats.  Our flight left at 5:15 pm and arrived at 9 pm...

In January 2019, we sailed on a one week cruise around the Mediterranean on the MSC Meraviglia.  The full account of our trip can be found by clicking here . Before we booked, we researched MSC as thoroughly as we could.  The cruise was cheap-ish and we wanted to make sure there wasn't a "gotcha".  We booked knowing that the atmosphere would obviously be more "European" than our previous cruises, whatever we thought that meant. As our departure date came closer, I reached out to others in a Facebook cruising community, asking for any specific tips for sailing with MSC.  Some of the answers that I received left me very nervous about our upcoming cruise.  Some said they would never sail with MSC again.  Many people cited the food as being sub-par. I am happy to report that post-cruise, we can say that we had a wonderful time, and we would consider MSC for a future cruise.  There were still some gotchas and we would be more aware of them next tim...