mabird1980

We are Cruising on the Seaside this upcoming week and when I checked out boarding schedule on our cruise docs it said 3:00 pm, actually it said 15:00. We are staying in a hotel that provides free shuttle to the cruise terminal and i doubt that they would take us as late as the 3:00 pm boarding time. Does anyone know if it is ok to show up before your scheduled boarding time, or more to the point how early do you think we could show up?

TIA

Western should have been last week. It's eastern this week and then my family and i are sailing Western next week. If i remember i'll try to get some pics for you.

We're on the Seaside in Jan and i'm planning on taking my Mavic. I doubt it even gets taken since in its folded configuration in its case, most people wouldn't have a clue what it is.

I'm not sure i understand what your point is. Depending on Context "NO DRONE ZONE" can mean different things. It could and probably does mean, no flying of drones in the area which would be completely understandable. This wouldn't be in conflict with the information that i received directly from MSC.

Just got off the phone with MSC about my upcoming cruise and i asked about how they handle drones. I was told that they would stow the drone while the ship is underway but that i would be able to take it off the ship with me when in the various ports. This seems to be the way most cruiselines are now handling drones and i have no issue with it.

Thank you! I looked but wasn't able to find the info, guess i wasn't looking in the right spot.

See the deck plans, it's on Deck 18 towards the stern of the ship.

https://www.msccruisesusa.com/en-us/Discover-MSC/Cruise-Ships/MSC-Seaside/Deckplan.aspx

As for hidden charges, I would be interested in this as well. I'm also interested in knowing if the kids club will be a Lego kids club. (I've heard the Divina kids club isn't) My 10 and 8 YO's are lego fanatics.

Oh yea. They sell them in the photography shop tables set up in the photo areas... kinda funny.

 

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Were these toys or were they DJI type drones. Also I saw that you brought your Mavic, I wonder if you weren't stopped because most people wouldn't recognize it as a drone in it's folded state. I have an extended family trip scheduled on the seaside in Januarry and was really hoping to bring my Mavic with me.

Look I can only quote you from their revised website.

 

I presume there has been a tightening due to world affairs and security.

 

I will drop them a note to highlight the disparity you mention - I am sure they will sort that out.

I would venture to guess this is more of old policy and they haven't updated the website. As others have pointed out, most cruise lines are updating their policy to allow you to check your drone upon boarding the ship and allow you to check it out when you leave the ship in port. This seems to make the most sense and it should in no way affect other passengers on the boat.

That being said, I have a Mavic and have had at least two friends buy Mavics since seeing mine. They both were blown away by all the comments they got from people asking if they were going to be using their new drone to spy on people. I don't get why everyone thinks that they are so important that i would want to spy on them with my drone. I care about capturing a unique angle of my kids playing or an aerial view of my backyard. I couldn't care less what goes on with other people.