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Does anyone know if Audrey (butler) and Ronald (jr butler) are still on Meraviglia?

I rented a Ocean View YC Cabana and loved it. I had no desire to be on the YC beach for reasons others stated. It was a very quick, 5 mins or less, walk from my Cabana to Bimini beach which was great for swimming and empty of people when I was there. I did not attempt to go to the lagoon, wanted the open ocean. The Cabana had a flag to put up to call the server for any drink service (all included as they are anywhere in YC). The Cabana had electric outlets to charge phones, a ceiling fan, sofa and chairs, cooler which was stocked with water, bottle of champagne, glasses and various snacks (fruit plate, nuts). We went to the YC restaurant for lunch and did not order food to the cabana. It was very private, direct view to ocean without people in front, no chairs or any people close by.

I'm sure it depends on how full the cruise is and how many kids. I was able to make reservations on day 1 for later in the cruise by visiting the desk at the gaming area (near the bowling and the simulators). Reservations were allowed for 30 mins or 1 hour. I had purchased a fun pass before the cruise and used it for the bowling cost and other games.

My room on Meraviglia in Yacht Club had a Samsung TV but it was mounted flat against the wall and there was absolutely no way to access the HDMI ports, you could not move it away from the wall at all.

Does anyone know if they keep any records of being offered a free cruise? I had earned enough casino points onboard to get the free cruise but didn't pick up the paper onboard.

I can’t help with weight limits but can tell you that the flight simulator was never operational in the 8 day cruise I just got off of today on Meraviglia. The F1 simulator they had one of them operational. I am 6 ft tall and had a hard time fitting inside it and getting out but did use it. They had the bowling at $30 for 30 mins or $50 for an hour. We had the fun pass and used it on bowling, F1 simulator and the 4D cinema. The bowling you can wear your own sneakers, must be closed shoes no sandals and they have some shoes you can use but we wore our own sneakers.

I had an ocean view one last week and loved it. I didn’t like the Yacht Club beach but the ocean view cabana was very close to Bimini beach which I walked over to when we wanted to go swimming. The view was great from the cabana. We were provided a cooler with bottles of water, bottle of champagne, snacks (pringles, nuts and chocolate covered nuts), floating mats, lounge chairs and there were towels on the lounge chairs and on the couch in the cabana. There is a US outlet for charging phones and a ceiling fan. There is a flag that you raise when you want drink service and we always got served right away.

Which route is better for driving from the North to Brooklyn cruise port, coming in through Brooklyn or through Manhattan. See google map route options below. Thanks S

Oh thank you. I am going in April for my first Yacht Club. I do want to book Hola and didn’t know if the staff would do that quick enough for me on the first day before it books up or if I should go wait in line at Ocean Cay restaurant to book. Do you know if yacht club staff can book spa appointments, paid shows and bowling times? Just trying to plan. Thank you for all your photos!

Did the Yacht club staff make your specialty dining reservations for you on the first day?

Were you able to order food from the restaurant to eat in the cabana? Or just drinks?

Thank you! That sounds like that portion won't impact cruisers. So it will just be those trying to get to the port that day that will need to look at road closures.

Thank you for your response. It's good to know that North may not be impacted but it will be hard for others to get to the port that are leaving on the cruise that day. In terms of what I was referring to at the cruise port itself, I saw this online "The event also includes festivities at Bike Expo held at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal."

I have seen there is a bike tour that closes many roads in NYC happening on 5/7/23. I am specifically concerned with Brooklyn since there appears to be many roads closed in Brooklyn on that day. I will be arriving back at the Brooklyn port that day on MSC Meraviglia. I know that many will also be trying to get to the port that day but I will have my car parked at the port. Will I have trouble driving out of the port area with all the closed roads? I will be trying to head north to New England. Also, I noticed the advertisements say they will be holding part of the Bike Expo at the Brooklyn cruise terminal. Just wondering how this will impact cruisers and what to expect from anyone who is local and familiar with this.