rkacruiser Posted August 3, 2021 #26 Share Posted August 3, 2021 OP, Bon Voyage! Enjoy a safe and pleasant cruise on a beautiful ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipgeeks Posted August 3, 2021 #27 Share Posted August 3, 2021 I'm watching the Miami webcam. Beautiful! Lots of sparkle on the aft upper decks. I think I'll force myself to stay up and watch the sailaway. Have a wonderful cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geobugs Posted August 3, 2021 #28 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Did you need to photocopy your vaccination card and bring it with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickpat Posted August 3, 2021 #29 Share Posted August 3, 2021 49 minutes ago, kjenaz said: Watching the Miami Cruise Port Webpage and it looks like the Meraviglia is still there. The Freedom pulled out just after 7 on schedule. Any update why? They didn't tell us why but announced it was delayed. I'm sure all the covid tests are slowing things down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickpat Posted August 3, 2021 #30 Share Posted August 3, 2021 32 minutes ago, Geobugs said: Did you need to photocopy your vaccination card and bring it with you? We photocopied ours but they didn't ask for it. They asked for originals and took pictures of them during check in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickpat Posted August 3, 2021 #31 Share Posted August 3, 2021 48 minutes ago, Até said: How are they identifying you are vaccinated for the vaccinated only events? Vaccinated guests get white wristbands 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipgeeks Posted August 3, 2021 #32 Share Posted August 3, 2021 There she goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare alyssamma Posted August 3, 2021 #33 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Any info on how Top Sail is in the Yacht Club? Are the canapes still out? Are people wearing masks there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepla Posted August 3, 2021 Author #34 Share Posted August 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Até said: How are they identifying you are vaccinated for the vaccinated only events? White msc bracelet. Just found out entering theatre. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepla Posted August 3, 2021 Author #35 Share Posted August 3, 2021 There are a couple negatives to me. I can't seem to figure what is free for a teenager. Other than pool everything else seems to be paid extra. Same for food. Mdr and buffet but I can't find anything else that is free. Just was cutting through Buffett and long line for pizza and nothing else in site. My guess half hour for pizza. Partly due to having to be served, which is actually great, but no other stations for serving available.. Going to theatre several places to eat we're open still but all paid.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepla Posted August 3, 2021 Author #36 Share Posted August 3, 2021 1 hour ago, thepla said: There are a couple negatives to me. I can't seem to figure what is free for a teenager. Other than pool everything else seems to be paid extra. Same for food. Mdr and buffet but I can't find anything else that is free. Just was cutting through Buffett and long line for pizza and nothing else in site. My guess half hour for pizza. Partly due to having to be served, which is actually great, but no other stations for serving available.. Going to theatre several places to eat we're open still but all paid.. Ok I was completely wrong about activities for a teenager. Did some more waking and reading daily planner. There is ping pong, table soccer ropes, much more. Can't wait for him to enjoy tomorrow. We saw rock and roll show. I really enjoyed it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillibl Posted August 3, 2021 #37 Share Posted August 3, 2021 7 hours ago, thepla said: Ok I was completely wrong about activities for a teenager. Did some more waking and reading daily planner. There is ping pong, table soccer ropes, much more. Can't wait for him to enjoy tomorrow. We saw rock and roll show. I really enjoyed it Thanks for all the info, if you happen by can you see if the smaller kids clubs are fully open? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepla Posted August 3, 2021 Author #38 Share Posted August 3, 2021 43 minutes ago, phillibl said: Thanks for all the info, if you happen by can you see if the smaller kids clubs are fully open? I'll go over there today and let you know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaretealexander Posted August 3, 2021 #39 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Just received my embarkation time of 1:40. Since it’s only 4 days that kind of negates the first day. What time do they actually start the process? Curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare alyssamma Posted August 3, 2021 #40 Share Posted August 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Margaretealexander said: Just received my embarkation time of 1:40. Since it’s only 4 days that kind of negates the first day. What time do they actually start the process? Curious. Doesn't negate the first day at all. The earliest times would be about 11am, so you are looking at "losing" 2.5hrs at most. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIREFIGHTERCRUISER Posted August 3, 2021 #41 Share Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Margaretealexander said: Just received my embarkation time of 1:40. Since it’s only 4 days that kind of negates the first day. What time do they actually start the process? Curious. We had an 1130 slot but showed up at about 1030. We weren't actually trying to get on early, just arrived sooner than anticipated. We asked where we should wait and the lady said if you're ready to go we will take you. Sounded like they were ahead of the process at that point. Then the process took about 2.5 hours though. Didn't get on the ship till a little after 1pm. Was told by another cruiser that they started taking people at 8. Don't know how they will be able to do that if they have people to offload as well. Since this was the first cruise they didn't have to worry about that. Edited August 3, 2021 by FIREFIGHTERCRUISER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare alyssamma Posted August 3, 2021 #42 Share Posted August 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, FIREFIGHTERCRUISER said: We had an 1130 slot but showed up at about 1030. We weren't actually trying to get on early, just arrived sooner than anticipated. We asked where we should wait and the lady said if you're ready to go we will take you. Sounded like they were ahead of the process at that point. Then the process took about 2.5 hours though. Didn't get on the ship till a little after 1pm. Was told by another cruiser that they started taking people at 8. Don't know how they will be able to do that if they have people to offload as well. Since this was the first cruise they didn't have to worry about that. This was for the first cruise, tho, right? I don't think they can start taking people before 11am going forward...*maybe* 10:30... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredric22 Posted August 3, 2021 #43 Share Posted August 3, 2021 They need to get check-in down to an hour or or 1.5 hours at most. 2.5 to 3 hours just isn't acceptable in my opinion. I wonder if the YC check-in experience is quicker? Anyone have any idea on that from yesterday's embarkation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare alyssamma Posted August 3, 2021 #44 Share Posted August 3, 2021 15 minutes ago, Fredric22 said: They need to get check-in down to an hour or or 1.5 hours at most. 2.5 to 3 hours just isn't acceptable in my opinion. I wonder if the YC check-in experience is quicker? Anyone have any idea on that from yesterday's embarkation? That's definitely a long time, but given what they have to do now with covid, I think it's not that bad. Of course, it depends on how many people 🙂 2.5hrs for 100 people on board sucks. For 4K people it's excellent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickpat Posted August 3, 2021 #45 Share Posted August 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Fredric22 said: They need to get check-in down to an hour or or 1.5 hours at most. 2.5 to 3 hours just isn't acceptable in my opinion. I wonder if the YC check-in experience is quicker? Anyone have any idea on that from yesterday's embarkation? Check in as yc was super quick. Butler meets you out front terminal to collect bags and ushers you pass all lines. Covid testing still took about an hour though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredric22 Posted August 3, 2021 #46 Share Posted August 3, 2021 1 hour ago, slickpat said: Check in as yc was super quick. Butler meets you out front terminal to collect bags and ushers you pass all lines. Covid testing still took about an hour though. Awesome, thanks for the information! Glad to see that they at least YC check-in is quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepla Posted August 3, 2021 Author #47 Share Posted August 3, 2021 15 hours ago, thepla said: There are a couple negatives to me. I can't seem to figure what is free for a teenager. Other than pool everything else seems to be paid extra. Same for food. Mdr and buffet but I can't find anything else that is free. Just was cutting through Buffett and long line for pizza and nothing else in site. My guess half hour for pizza. Partly due to having to be served, which is actually great, but no other stations for serving available.. Going to theatre several places to eat we're open still but all paid.. I thought when we went from pool to buffet and line was unexceptionable for me to do this again and msc got smart and opened up more than one line. Very smart move and got through in reasonable time. Once past first spot where you get silverware, etc. You can go to anywhere very fast. When we left there was almost no line to get in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crbonfiber Posted August 3, 2021 #48 Share Posted August 3, 2021 How full is the ship? 50% or more? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilkoyne Posted August 3, 2021 #49 Share Posted August 3, 2021 No one asked the most important question....do they have the soft serve ice machine on deck 15 pool area? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted August 3, 2021 #50 Share Posted August 3, 2021 16 hours ago, thepla said: We saw rock and roll show. I really enjoyed it That's a great show! Glad to know that they are still performing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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