Rare Beamafar Posted August 3, 2017 #26 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Safe travels for you and your family, R. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco01 Posted August 3, 2017 Author #27 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Safe travels for you and your family, R. :) Thank you [emoji924] Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco01 Posted August 4, 2017 Author #28 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Off on the first leg of our journey to Marseille. Very painless check in and security checks compared to the airport. St Pancras is an absolutely stunning station Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hami1966 Posted August 4, 2017 #29 Share Posted August 4, 2017 I'd love to do the train journey - enjoy Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishcruisefamily Posted August 4, 2017 #30 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Could you tell me how you booked the spa treatments please and laundry :) hope you have a great trip- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco01 Posted August 4, 2017 Author #31 Share Posted August 4, 2017 We booked them via the msc website. You need you booking number and name to login and then can book the extras. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fifthavenue Posted August 4, 2017 #32 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Are you on a direct Eurostar to Marseille? We couldn't get a suitable ticket on it last year so got a TGV from Gare de Lyon - stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco01 Posted August 4, 2017 Author #33 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Yes we're direct. Just pulling in to Avignon now... 36 degrees. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco01 Posted August 4, 2017 Author #34 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Lots got off at Avignon. Train is mostly empty now Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikita4 Posted August 4, 2017 #35 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Enjoy your Cruise! We are this week with our two kids on the Meraviglia and we go tomorrow in Marseille off the Ship. We like the Ship really and it was a fantastic Cruise with a great Ship and really good Service and Food in the Yacht Club. We are going also to other Bars and Parts of the Ship. This Week is were really hot in all the Citys and so we enjoyd most of time the Ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco01 Posted August 4, 2017 Author #36 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Arrived safely in Marseille on time and chilling out in Novotel Suite Hotel. Daughter and I have taken a walk through Les Docks and Sea front shopping centres Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Beamafar Posted August 4, 2017 #37 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Could you tell me how you booked the spa treatments please and laundry :) hope you have a great trip- We can't prebook spa treatments or laundry on the Ireland website. Only excursions and drinks packages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamarieheath Posted August 4, 2017 #38 Share Posted August 4, 2017 We've just disembarked meraviglia today with 2 children age 4&5. Feel free to ask anything (we were on the basic Bella package) so can't speak for yacht club x Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamarieheath Posted August 4, 2017 #39 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Dining times are 6:45 & 9:30 pm Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamarieheath Posted August 4, 2017 #40 Share Posted August 4, 2017 HI just had an answer from MSC, Flexi dining not available anymore. Sorry to be a pain could you find out what time the set dining times are please, they could not confirm :evilsmile::evilsmile: Dining times are 6:45 or 9:30 pm. We just got off today. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlandyard1985 Posted August 4, 2017 #41 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Hi i downloaded the msc for me app and i see a lot of excursions are in discount, but in the app their is not a button to book. Are their discounted excursions on board? Are al the excursions fully prebooked?Tnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco01 Posted August 5, 2017 Author #42 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Boarded at just after 12pm (official time for checkin was 2:15pm). Aurea priority check in took max 20mins. Only a small queue for non Aurea. Buffet at 1pm was reasonably quiet and got a table no problem. Drinks order taken quickly. Food very good in buffet. Got a lot busier through to 2pm but still tables available. Bamboo pool was quiet. Atmosphere pool busy but with sun beds available. Haven't explored further yet and just got into room Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco01 Posted August 5, 2017 Author #43 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Got into our Duplex Suite room just before 2pm and it's really got the wow factor! Hot tub was filled, hot and ready to go. It's absolutely huge with big bathroom and walk in wardrobe upstairs and a small version of each downstairs. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Beamafar Posted August 5, 2017 #44 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Looks like your cruise is off to a great start, Ross. Hope it continues! Happy sailings! :) Looking forward to more pics of the duplex - it sounds terrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco01 Posted August 5, 2017 Author #45 Share Posted August 5, 2017 First minor accident... lost my cruise card! Expected long queues down by reception but the queue was relatively short (this is 6:30) and they had a couple of friendly members of staff queue busting... so I didn't even wait he just popped behind the desk and got me a new card. Got my wifi working (which as Kikki said isn't the simplest thing), booked our massage at the Spa and going to MDR around 7:15 tonight. Only thing I haven't been able to do is book the shows using either mscme or to so far!! Although I did book Cirque earlier using TV. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homosassa Posted August 5, 2017 #46 Share Posted August 5, 2017 My daughter and her husband will be boarding on Monday in Naples. They are on their honeymoon. They are on the way; their plane just left Washington, D.C., for Rome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikki21 Posted August 6, 2017 #47 Share Posted August 6, 2017 The ship looks very quiet in your pics R - that wasn't our experience on the week we were onboard. We did note that Barcelona seemed by far the busiest port for getting off & on the Meraviglia & that all the other ports, there weren't that many people getting on & off. There are differences in the Duplex suite & S3 Aurea suite. Your Duplex has a round hot tub & the S3 has a square hot tub. The Duplex has a marble bathroom with a bath whereas the S3 has a shower & plastic fixtures. Your room also has a coffee machine but the S3 doesn't have one. I'm quite jealous that your stateroom attendant filled the hot tub for you as ours never did! Hope you enjoy the cruise! I'm glad it wasn't just me who had issues getting the internet working! [emoji849][emoji54] Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggo11 Posted August 6, 2017 #48 Share Posted August 6, 2017 So, glad to know! Because we are also on Meraviglia but from Genoa from Sunday. YC inside. If you agree, we can also contribute in this thread. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk We will be in a YC interior on Oct 22 out of Genoa. Would love to hear about your experience! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bra_BE2014 Posted August 6, 2017 #49 Share Posted August 6, 2017 We will be in a YC interior on Oct 22 out of Genoa. Would love to hear about your experience! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Would love to hear it too to keep me going until I meet 'my' YC interior on Sept 30th :halo: And thanks R. for the review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco01 Posted August 6, 2017 Author #50 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Arrived in Genoa this morning and it was raining! Thankfully it's brightened up now and we're going to head out to the aquarium around. We ordered breakfast in our room this morning which arrived in time and was a good selection of pastries, toast cereals etc. We had our first meal in the MDR last night and it was good. Children had something off the kids menu (one had nuggets and the other combined nuggets and a very large minute steak). We had tapas to start, paella, mousaka and desert. Service was excellent with bread being offered regularly and drinks being topped up without prompting. Too regularly for me as I polished off a bottle of wine without noticing and have a sore head this morning. We got to the restaurant around 7:45 and didn't exit until gone 9:30. I would say that was just a tad too long for us and seemed to be caused by a delay on the deserts. When we came out there were people waiting to come in. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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