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Stuck in Barcelona: MSC Armonia - The Bolivian Incident (part 2) 

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We were unfortunate enough to board the MSC Armonia on the day the incident with the 69 Bolivian Passengers occured. These passengers had been able to board the ship in Brasil without the correct immigration paperwork. This resulted in the ship being impounded by Spanish Authorities in Barcelona.
Like many other passengers we boarded the ship oblivious to this problem. Our daily VLOGS capture what this meant for our holiday experience and our frustrations as the incident unfolded and MSC effectively wiped out our holiday plans for the ports were were to visit.
We booked this holiday for a cheap price and had low expectations of MSC - In our VLOGS you'll see if MSC met those expectations.
In this 2nd VLOG we find ourselves initially confined to the ship and unable to get off. There is a great deal of confusion about what is happening and communications are mixed. Just before lunchtime we are told we can leave the ship and spend the rest of the day in Barcelona. And we had a fantatsic day in this wonderful city soaking up its atmosphere, incredible sights and sangria. When back onboard we learn the incident is ongoing and that our planned stop and activities in Rome are also cancelled. This is starting to get unnerving now.
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Комментарии : 12   
@PostcardAndAPint
@PostcardAndAPint 2 месяца назад
We love Barcelona!! It was lovely to see your walk around. Always discover sangria! It's a fruit salad and a half! Sagrada Familia is stunning!!! We loved it when we did our Barcelona in a day. We booked everything before hand mind! The Sagrada familia app is worth downloading! Love the Boqueria!!! Amazing place. Loving it guys!!! Cheers 🍻
@CooksExplore
@CooksExplore 2 месяца назад
It’s mad that we’ve avoided Barcelona so far in our lives … It’s a lovely place - so easy for us to get to as well.. A return adventure is almost certain.. Thank you again Wills and Rach
@TravellingLightLisa
@TravellingLightLisa 2 месяца назад
There are worse places to be stuck than Barcelona. Good to see you were positive and making the most of the situation.
@angelahorton5745
@angelahorton5745 2 месяца назад
Sounds like you've really most of a frustrating experience always good to keep the step count up. Montserrat Monastery is stunning and so easy to get to on the train and the catamaran trip is gorgeous but it's difficult to plan anything when you're in limbo. You're such a lovely positive, calm couple. A joy to watch when people are often so angry.
@CooksExplore
@CooksExplore 2 месяца назад
Thank you again - You are very kind with your comments.. Appreciated.. Barcelona is somewhere we’ve previously avoided for some reason. Cant think why ?? But we realised this day that it’s a beautiful city. We would have loved to have seen more of the surrounding area too. It’s now on our growing list of places to revisit… And I think we definitely will ..
@alicedaly6011
@alicedaly6011 2 месяца назад
@@CooksExplore I was on the ship too and it was a disaster. We missed out on several ports. As for Barcelona, I have been there dozens of times and even though its nice, it is not what I paid for. Just as well that MSC are refunding. The ship in general is really miserable - dreadful food etc. I have been on several cruises and wont be traveling with MSC again.
@CooksExplore
@CooksExplore 2 месяца назад
⁠Thank you for watching and taking time to comment. It certainly was a difficult week and MSC certainly didn’t shine in many aspects … Hope you have been able to sort out your compensation OK including any drinks package you paid for .. Hopefully you’ll get another chance to visit these ports. We are certainly looking at options to do exactly that but not sure we’d risk MSC for this based on this experience. Thank you again and safe and happy travels !
@chrisdale3004
@chrisdale3004 2 месяца назад
Glad you were looking on the positives - weather in UK nowhere near as good, fab exploring you did with great shopping experiences, chance to see Barcelona at leisure. But remind me of your lottery numbers so I can check I don't have the same ones 😂
@CooksExplore
@CooksExplore 2 месяца назад
24 99 187 673 42 101 & 667 …. There you go and good luck with those ! Barcelona was really cool ! You’d have loved it
@michaelthompson6885
@michaelthompson6885 2 месяца назад
Typical EU postering whilst doing nothing about all the illegal immigrants landing in the canary islands without passports. good vid thanks for posting.
@CooksExplore
@CooksExplore 2 месяца назад
Thank you - To add to the irony Barcelona newspapers were suggesting the Bolivian passengers had disembarked without challenge in Tenerife ?? This story developed further in our next VLOG which I’ll post up later this week. Thanks again
@michaelthompson6885
@michaelthompson6885 2 месяца назад
@@CooksExplore looking forward to the update.