Trip Report: MSC Seashore Feb 19, 2022 Bella Experience with Photos

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This is a detailed trip report of our escape from frozen Maine during school vacation week, February 2022. We are DW(49) - me; DH(50); and DS(15). We had a Bella experience booked as was assigned a Fantastica cabin (11056). 

 

We flew from Logan airport to Fort Lauderdale on Feb 18. Our JetBlue flight was delayed about an hour. So we arrived in Fort Lauderdale around midnight. Since we were late, the hotel shuttle had stopped running.  We ordered a Lyft, and it was the third Lyft ride that eventually drove us to the Ramada near the FLL airport.

 

Saturday, Feb 19, 2022

On Saturday, I woke too early  - before six a.m. I did a load of laundry with our travel clothes from the day before. The breakfast buffet at the Ramada was disappointing, but I managed to eat some oatmeal and got sausage for my husband.

 

We took Jiffy Jeff shared transportation to the Port of Miami. The driver was five minutes earlier than the time he told me that morning. We rushed from the room to meet a van with three other groups already onboard. Our next stop was the Port of Miami.

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The embarkation process for MSC Seashore took us a little over an hour. We dropped off three rolling bags with the porter.

Once inside the terminal our passports were checked. Then we each had a covid test -our second for the trip since we had tested using emed's proctored test on Thursday. Next, security reviewed our paperwork including our vaccine cards. We put our carry on bags through the scanner and then up the escalator to wait for test results.

We did see one family GRT pulled aside for additional covid testing, but happily, the three of us were all negative. Then we went to the check-in counter where there was a mishap with our cabin number. Our son was mysteriously put in a different cabin, and this took a few minutes to sort out. The next stop was to scan our cruise pass cards with ships security.

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Once onboard, we stopped at guest services to have my card reprinted with my loyalty status on it. Then we had lunch at the buffet. The buffet was abbreviated with about half of the serving counters closed. At each meal, however, we all found something to like. 

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As is our custom, we walked around the ship visiting different venues and taking pictures. Seashore is a huge ship and beautifully decorated. We were told by guest services that 1300 passengers were aboard but the cruise director stated 1000. This means that the ship was at 20 to 25% capacity. We noticed it was easy to get seating wherever we went. And there were essentially no lines.

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Pictures of the waterpark.

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Video Arcade

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More Video Arcade and VR area

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Area near Kids' Clubs. Various rooms are available for different age groups.

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Some pictures of the Teen Club before kids arrived.

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More pictures. The club had video games - all the elusive PlayStation 5. I am probably the only one to take pictures of handwashing stations, but folks may wonder what's actually in the Teen Club.

[redsox1584]

Thanks for doing this review!  I am considering the MSC Seashore in the fall. Looking forward to the rest of your thoughts and pictures!

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We stopped for drinks in the atrium. We had a blue Hawaiian, mai tai, and virgin pina colada.

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1 minute ago, redsox1584 said:

Thanks for doing this review!  I am considering the MSC Seashore in the fall. Looking forward to the rest of your thoughts and pictures!

Spoiler: we had a great time!

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Photos of the Jungle Pool

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We toured the Gym and Spa. I never made it back to the gym. All my exercise for the week was walking.

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We were shown the thermal area of the Spa. DH and I made it back to the Spa later in the week for a couples' massage.

I have the price list if anyone wants it.

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Heated loungers

 

Snow room - looks like Maine!

 

Salt room

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There were a few different types of showers.

 

 

And this was a relaxing room that had nightclub lighting.

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This area was a walkway just above the casino. Bars and specialty restaurants are located nearby.

 

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The Sports Bar has a really fun layout with curved sections with individual TVs.

 

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Was it time to see our cabin yet? Nope, time to keep walking...

The Atrium complete with sparkling staircases.

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We viewed some of the specialty restaurants. Later in the week we would eat at three of them: Teppanyaki, Sushi and Butcher's Cut.

 

Some images from the sushi restaurant which has a conveyor belt of sushi.

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We did not eat in the Ocean Cay restaurant. I am a seafood lover; I enjoyed fish nearly every day on the cruise. But nothing appealed to me on the menu of this restaurant.

 

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The Uptown Lounge is located on the same deck. We went here one evening to hear live music. It was not our style, and we didn't stay long. It's a handsome space, though.

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Butcher's Cut has both indoor and outdoor dining. Here is what the outdoor dining looks like.