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Found this on CC - Scroll down to: For Kids - Lots of info. Tweens on MSC Meraviglia Young Club: This is for the "tweens" -- the 12 to 14-year-olds -- and operates differently from the younger kids' clubs, with programming only in the afternoon when in port and all day when at sea. Facilities include foosball, table tennis, PS4, some pretty cool double seats in which you lounge back to play video games from a TV in the ceiling -- and even some traditional board games like Cluedo. The most innovative piece of technology is a multi-media table which allows kids to post pictures and messages which then get screened on walls round the club -- rather than sit using their cell phones. Programming includes lip sync battles, generation games and sports tournaments in the Sportplex. Teens on MSC Meraviglia The 15- to 17-year-olds get their own private room which is adjacent to, but not a part of, the kids' club. It's a circular lounge which is effectively one big dance floor, where teens can hang out. It has plenty of chairs, huge TV screens, beanbags and numerous video games including PS4, Nintendo Switch and VR. Their programming is pretty light touch, again afternoons only (except on sea days) and will include generation games, dancing and sports competitions including mini-golf and ping pong. In the evening, when the adults start turning up at the next door Attic Club, the doors are closed. Tip: Bring you and your children's own personal entertainment. TV on MSC is terrible. We brought our computer and streamed a lot of movie's. The tv is very, even less than basic. Have fun finding how to discover your billing account. Channels include all of MSC's info and shopping stuff. HGTV, Cartoon Network, TCM, CNN, Discovery, ESPN, etc. Bring your and your families favorite portable entertainment if possible. The TV is not movable from the wall so you won't be able to connect anything like HDMI to it. Like I said it's very basic.

Just got off the MSC Meraviglia today 8/21/23, I guess this will be a mini review. I agree with everything the above poster stated, even about the children's programs, I have no knowledge about them. Maybe someone else can comment on them. We are recently loyal to Royal also so this experience on the MSC Meraviglia was different but good in some ways. I'll try to explain. The ship is stunning, just beautiful. The entertainment is good but different. Very talented people in all the shows. Muster drill kind of threw us. A bit disorganized to me but we handled it. Food was great although I suggest they get real 100% beef burgers. This would please a lot of people even my husband. The variety in the buffet was very good and the kids seemed to like the food very much. I think that's important. The pizza was great. Lots of great healthy choices also. Always a line by the pool for ice cream. Poor guy worked his arms off. Our cabin and cabin attendant was amazing! Hey Budiana!!! Cabin was spotless, serviced twice a day and any requests were handled quickly. Such a great guy. Storage in the cabin was a little less than we've seen on other cruise lines (so don't over pack), but we managed. Loved the bathroom and shower (tubed shaped with clear lucite door) though it did have a bit of a smell in the shower. Once you turned on the water it went away. Clothes line in the shower. Two beach towels are provided in your cabin. Don't lose them or you will be charged for them. You can only exchange them up on the pool deck or your cabin attendant can exchange them for you. MSC does things differently and very business like with some European like touches. Things that would seem normal on Royal, NCL, Carnival, etc. not so much with MSC. You just have to go with the flow as we did. The two things that threw us was the muster drill: 1. when allowed usually 1:30 pm go to your cabin 2. watch muster drill video 3. call the number given at the end 4. go to your muster station and have your sea cards scanned. Every cruiser all at one time. I wanted to type that in all caps but didn't want to be rude. It was wild! People everywhere, up and down stairs, in elevators that shouldn't be used. Freaked me out. The second thing was using the machines (atm like) so that you could link your credit card to your sea pass card account. That was annoying. I gave MSC the info when purchased the cruise. Something I hope they workout in the future. 85% off the crew were amazing, greeted you, answered your questions, smiled as they went by and then there's the other 15%. I called them guard dogs. The keepers of keeping cruisers in line. I understand. Rules should be followed but no crew employee should speak to any cruiser as if they were a child. Maybe a little more customer service could be used in that area. The pool is large and beautiful. So much to see and do all over the ship. On NCL it's called the Great Outdoors on the back of the ship it's where we spent a lot of time other than our balcony. It's located at the back of the buffet on deck 15 and you can watch the ocean and the wake in a nice shaded spot. Right above on deck 16 is the Adults Only sun bathing area. Very nice. Had to clear that deck one day so a medivac helicopter could pick up an very ill passenger. Another great feature that I loved and then I'll let others share their thoughts was right below the cabin room's thermostat there are buttons for "DND = Do not disturb" and "Make up cabin." Loved it! No more hang tags. If you have a balcony cabin do no leave the balcony door open, the sensor will automatically turn of the air conditioning. Hand soap, shower gel and shampoo are provided. Hair dryer in vanity draw. There seems to be a shortage of wash cloths not just on MSC (read about it here on CC) so I brought some extra's with me. But day two they were provided with no problem. Hope this helps. Happy cruising!