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They had a name that animal trivia, I didn't write my answers down, I should have I would have gotten a 10 out of 10.

So today we are in Montego Bay, Jamaica. We've been told it's a $20pp cab fare to go anywhere from this port. Dunn's River Falls is a 2 hour drive from here so no plans but to walk around the tiny little shopping area here in port. Mostly hung out in a lounger all day and soaked up the rays. Got in the pool a couple of times and took a ride on the water slide, it was fun. We had breakfast in the Black Crab Restaurant again this morning, Nothing major to report except the attitude of the staff in this restaurant seems down, again just my humble opinion.

Breakfast this morning, Eggs Benedict, very good, Sausage Links, yummy and Hash Brown Patties, also yummy.

I️ guess u stopped writing. This is a very quiet board with msc.

 

 

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Well I did warn everyone it was going to take awhile. This little thing called life, so rudely keeps interrupting me writing this review, or more of an accounting of my vacation, :rolleyes::D.

I thank everyone for their patience and understanding. Hopefully it's worth the wait.

So that's it for today, after dinner we headed back to the cabin and slumber time. We're not much for late night partying, although we heard from others in our group the night life goes well into the wee hours of the morning if that's your thing. Our cabin stewardess left us this creation tonight. We had a great day at sea today and enjoyed exploring the ship, it's just a stunningly beautiful ship. With the exception of the Black Crab Restaurant all staff we've encountered have been very friendly, always a greeting of some sort.

So that's it for today, after dinner we headed back to the cabin and slumber time. We're not much for late night partying, although we heard from others in our group the night life goes well into the wee hours of the morning if that's your thing. Our cabin stewardess left us this creation tonight. We had a great day at sea today and enjoyed exploring the ship, it's just a stunningly beautiful ship. With the exception of the Black Crab Restaurant all staff we've encountered have been very friendly, always a greeting of some sort.

Escargots Bourguignonne, very yummy.

Ravioli di Gamberi, delicious.

Cherries Jubilee, good but there was only 1 cherry. Everyone else that got it also only had 1 cherry.

I also got some Peach Ice Cream, their ice creams and sorbets are delicious, loved them!

So we just chilled in the cabin until time to go to the show tonight, which is The Mask. It's based off the movie with Jim Carey, and I really enjoyed it. No there really is no story really, but the music is very upbeat and the dancers very energetic. Yes they lip sync through much of it, but I still found it entertaining, it gets a thumbs up from me.

After lunch we went exploring a little more. We headed up to the Galaxy Disco, great views from there.

We are at late seating, 8:30p.m., so a little between meals snack is in order. I got a cheeseburger and fries. They were ok again I've had better and I've had much worse.

We sat in the atrium and people watched for awhile before heading back to the Black Crab for lunch. This time the waiter seemed to have a bit of an attitude, not with my uncle or I but with some fellow guests whom we were sitting with. I understand that it sucks for them in the BC on days like this where they have to do 4 services in one day, but that's the job you took on.

For lunch I started with the Cannelloni, very good.

Then I had the Veal Piccata, it was ok a little tough but the Angel Hair Pasta was superb!

For dessert I got Banana Ice Cream, it was awesome!

The famous Swarovski Crystal stairs. The pix don't even begin to do them justice, they are stunning!

Some of the senior staff.

The cruise Director. I have to say I was impressed with the entertainment staff. They were at every event hyping up the crowds and being very interactive.

The Captain.

After the group photo I had to go to the Black & White Lounge for our Cruise Critic Meet & Mingle. Beautiful lounge, and MSC threw a great party for us. The Captain attended and posed for pix with any and everyone who wanted one with him. He seemed to be a genuinely nice person and was very friendly and personable.

The water slide hours of operation.

After Breakfast we just hung out in loungers until time to go for the group photo. Another cruise ship in the distance.

Some eye candy.

Beautiful day for a sea day.

I had read before the cruise in other's reviews that the Chocolate Croissants are a don't miss. I'm adding my voice to that group they are absolutely divine! By mid-week the pastry people were always running out of them becasue they were that popular.

So here we are with our first issue, as you can see no potatoes even though it states on the menu that the special comes with Country Potatoes. I ordered the Biscuit Benedict with Country Potatoes. So I flagged the waiter over and asked where are my potatoes? The waiter says what potatoes? The potatoes I ordered with this breakfast special. The waiter says you didn't order any potatoes sir. Yes I did I ordered Biscuit Benedict with Country Potatoes. We don't have any Country Potatoes we only have Hash Brown Patties. Well I didn't make this menu you all did, just bring whatever you have. The BB was good despite not looking the most appetizing.

The Hash Brown Patties have onion in them, but are good.

After some exploring it was time to head to the Black Crab Restaurant for breakfast. And thus started our week long issues with this restaurant. First of all just the overall atmosphere is heavy in this dinning room, just my opinion. Especially when I compare it to the Villa Rosa Dinning Room, which just felt lighter. It's a beautiful dinning room but I just preferred the Villa Rosa over the Black Crab.

The covered pool, I never swam in this pool but if felt very hot and humid in here to me so I never returned.

We never ate in the buffet until Sat. morning on debarkation, so I can't commit on variety or consistency. I just snapped these pix as I was getting another cup of coffee. We did eat breakfast in the buffet Friday morning as well, but I only had fresh fruit and a container of strawberry yogurt as I was still recovering from the night before.

This breakfast pizza looked really good, but I never did try it.

My uncle tried one of these donuts, took one bite and said they were awful and threw the rest of it away.