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4 minutes ago, AbbyCruiser45 said:

How was the food on NCL? I sailed the Sun a few years ago and the food was leaning towards terrible, and I’m not that big of a food snob. It makes me nervous to try NCL again because I don’t know if it’s the brand, or because I was on the smallest, oldest ship.

My husband and I actually thought the food was better on the Encore than on the Beyond. The buffet was better as well as the dining rooms. We didn't do any specialty dining on the Beyond this time around but loved Cagney's and Q.

Happy to answer. Both were great ships.

Got off the ship yesterday morning! Fantastic experience. Have all the dailies.

Curious about the Indy as I am looking to book for next week but haven't hit submit button yet.

1 hour ago, morpheusofthesea said:

It is truly a "wonderful" time for those that can.

Also excited that we will be in the YC for the first time!

Definitely cannot combine 5 + 15 with the Healthcare discount. Went through this all yesterday.

Have a wonderful time! Sailing this Saturday! Just booked the cruise yesterday and got my airfare to Miami this morning!

https://infobonaire.com/getting-to-bonaire/cruises/.

I know Aruba is a 4 now but had not heard about Curacao.

7 minutes ago, scubagirrl said:

Which website are you getting this age requirement?   I don't see it posted on the CSPI website, and I see that 3rd party sites like Bookings, etc say there are no age restrictions for check it.   It's confusing.

Last  summer my 19 year old grandson went with his friends,  none of which were 21.

 

Is this a new thing.   Just asking, it may have changed.

This came directly from the hotel's website when you are booking a room.

Minimum check in age is 21 at Comfort Inn and Suites.

That said, this is showing up now under the alerts for the hotel. Don't know if this is because of the pandemic or a permanent change.

On 3/23/2020 at 5:40 AM, Markanddonna said:

We were given four in Feb since we did a B2B. We gave one to the family at our dinner table, one as a gift to a neighbor boy and melted the other two and made chocolate peanut clusters.

That's a great idea. Never thought about using as peanut clusters. I did take our Seaside ships and melted them down and turned into a chocolate ganache with a little Pappy Van Winkle thrown in for my husband's special birthday cake.

We take out the items ourselves and put them to the side.

36 minutes ago, mafig said:

I almost always get a cough after a cruise.  Especially if it's a winter cruise.

 

 

Same here. It's happened twice most recently on the Mera and previously on Celebrity. I really think it has to do with the season and flying.

4 minutes ago, gramdog47 said:

I'd love to, if I could figure out how to create a new roll call subject.

Looks like you figured it out!

I've done mine on two MSC cruises in the recent months and when we got to check in, the pictures were not there and the agent had to take our pics. Very quick and easy.

Seaside's spa area is beautiful. Love that snow room!

Every bar will have its peak times as well as its quiet ones. On the last night of our Seaside cruise in October, we waited and waited and waited at the Sports Bar. They also ran out of wine glasses. We bought a $100 bottle of wine and the server said he would give me this glass, showing it to me - it was highball. Then he offered a cocktail glass. Nope!

On 2/18/2020 at 10:37 AM, sptrout said:

 

I was told by CS (email exchange) to bring my own distilled water (and extension cord for that matter) that neither would be provided (Seaside & Meg.). I did bring my own extension cord, which was too short but usable) and decided that I did would not need to use my humidifier. We were in YC cabins for both MSC sailings and the distilled water was provided on each, but only had the extension cord provided on the Seaside.  If staying in a YC cabin, plan on at least an 8' extension cord.

On Meraviglia last month, saw a man at Guest Services getting an extension cord.

Great review! We loved the entertainment on the Mera as well (except for the magician).

On 2/19/2020 at 9:18 AM, gramdog47 said:

We are a family party of six (Grandparents, Parents and two grown Grandkids) sailing on the MSC Seaside March 14 - 21, 2020 out of Miami.  We have scheduled the Stingray City Sandbar /Reef excursion offered by Stingray Sailing (stingraysailing@gmail.com) for March 17th in Georgetown Cayman Islands.  It is a half day excursion for $65 per person.  The excursion boat is smaller and limited to two dozen passengers.  Currently, the six of us are it!

 

If interested, please check with Stingray Sailing.

You might want to post this on your Seaside roll call instead.

Love the Seaside! Glad you enjoyed!

On 2/19/2020 at 3:30 PM, fishin' musician said:

Once you receive your assignment does MSC allow changing to a different room in the same category?

No changes if you booked a guarantee assignment originally.

What did you end up doing? Canceling? Did MSC get back to you?

On 2/20/2020 at 3:31 PM, Casanova02 said:

Hi

 

Anyone knows if we can split the package in 2 times ?

This isn't possible. It used to be but was changed a while back.

Thanks for your review! Love the Seaside!