HermitageZ

Specialty dining worth to try if you have Yacht Club, or can you ask to try out the Specialty Dining dishes and ingredients when you're in the Yacht Club? And what is included or not included if that is easier to say, in YC when you go out to eat and drink outside of YC? I take it the buffet and MDR are free as well, but what nice food can you get there, what you can't get in YC? What about the drinks, are the drinks free or only if you're in YC? Apologies if these questions have been asked and answered before, but when I google these questions, I don't get definitive answers.

I can't seem to find information about this; what time can I board the ship? I just booked my first cruise today, 8 days with the Bellissima, starting and ending in Valencia. I will arrive by plane at 11.40 in the Morning and the ship will depart Valencia at 21.00. So can I go straight to the ship to board and explore it, or do I have to wait untill the formal embarkation time yet to be known? I asked this and other questions of MSC via mail, but they are very slow in replying. I booked Yacht Club, by the way, if that makes a difference. And as I said, this will be my first cruise. What are the first things I need to do after I board. I saw some youtube videos with tips, but many of them don't seem to be valid for MSC, because MSC has embarkations and debarkations at every port, so there is a constant influx of new people at every port.

This all looks so good. My problem will be that I can't choose and want to try it all. I will be cruising on the Bellissima in September. Is it acceptable to ask for smaller portions, so I can try out more different dishes? Or when I like it to ask for a certain dish again? And again? 😊