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I immediately thought of this. Not helpful to OP.

On the Meravigilia this past week, there were numerous kids of varying ages in the YC. I would say most if not all were well behaved. There were one or two toddlers, and maybe heard one or two cries and the parents either removed them from the dining room or immediately settled them down.

Hilton garden inn in staten island has a park and cruise. However, not much savings vs parking when you consider an uber for both ways.

Not in a position to spends lots of time with a deep dive on the trip. Perhaps when we get back to land. Many of the items previous folks have recommended have been useful (magnetic hooks, puck lights, etc). Bring a sweater or sweatshirt for the first couple of days. It was cold on deck. This is our first trip on MSC and I can only speak to our experience in YC, but it has been fantastic. Having experienced it, we feel it is worth every penny to do it and we have no intentions on traveling any other way with them. We have another trip with MSC that we previously booked for this October and cannot wait for that one as well.

Here are yesterday and today

Embark was fine. Had to wait a bit for zero count. Our scheduled time was 930, and we got there about 15 mins early. No parking issues, plenty of spots. We sailed YC so we waiting for maybe up to 30 minutes while in YC lounge.

This is correct.

Our 7 night ran $315 (this AM). Got here early figuring we could just have a few drinks while waiting for boarding.

@MisterBill99 if you are outside, you are hardier stock than I. I'm sticking to a window at the top sail.

See you there. I’ll be wearing my cold weather uniform of blue pants, long shirt and sweater jacket. T minus 1d.