firsttimeinyears

I was lucky enough to sail on the Italian line a few times, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michealangelo and Raffaello. I was a teenager at the time, and had great times hanging out with other teens and the crew. Would go to Ny as much as possible whenever the ships were in, they usually stayed overnight back then plus we could get on the ships before they sailed.

I do remember one cruise when a storm hit, they actually stopped serving meals as the dinnerware was sliding off the tables, furniture was also sliding all over...I loved it, the other passengers not so much.

We had the late dining, took 2 hours at least, was told the ship was 400 passengers overbooked. And that was the reason,

Food was not as good as 5 years ago, when I took the same cruise.

Also noticed at buffet they tended to close stations a bit earlier than stated time.