After the show it was back to the cabin to pack. A knock came at our cabin door. It was Rahman, the cabin steward. He had come to check then lock the mini bar'. The prices from the mini bar are exactly the same as any of the lounges on board, including the service charge!! So how does that work then? I have to pay MSC 15% for walking over to the fridge, opening it and taking a beer? I suppose the 20% discount of MSC Club members goes some way to compensating. Rahman proceeded to ‘ransack' the fridge by emptying the contents and put them in to a plastic sack. "What are you doing?' Roisin asked ‘The Russians are coming!' Rahman answered ‘A wise decision to hide all the booze', I said. ‘But didn't the
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