Rare Illbcruzn4life Posted August 27, 2023 #151 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Happy Birthday and thanks for the ride along review! 🎂🍸 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted August 27, 2023 Author #152 Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Illbcruzn4life said: Happy Birthday and thanks for the ride along review! 🎂🍸 Thanks for following along! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted August 27, 2023 Author #153 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Mom and I headed to dinner about 7, and tonight was Italian night. I honestly think tonight’s meal may have been my favorite onboard, followed by last nights butter chicken. I got 2 apps, the fried seafood and the caprese. That caprese was perfect!! The seafood was ok, nothing spectacular. Then the eggplant parm was my main, and holy moly…the flavors were incredible! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted August 27, 2023 Author #154 Share Posted August 27, 2023 The dining room crew brought me a cake and sang happy birthday to me at the end of dinner. It was so sweet! They really, really are a spectacular group in the YC, the service this week was above and beyond. The whole YC crew really, from concierge, to butlers, to dining room…they were all amazing. We walked the ship some after dinner…went to the Haven lounge, then to the atrium, the sports bar, then back to the room to pack. I took one last shower in that amazing shower, that I will mimmick in my new home when it’s built. Now we just relax until tomorrow morning! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awatt Posted August 27, 2023 #155 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Happy Birthday! Looks like it was a great day. Love reading your TR, and especially how you are having so much fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted August 27, 2023 Author #156 Share Posted August 27, 2023 9 hours ago, awatt said: Happy Birthday! Looks like it was a great day. Love reading your TR, and especially how you are having so much fun! Thanks for following along! It’s been a great week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted August 27, 2023 Author #157 Share Posted August 27, 2023 I am not going to comment on disembarking this morning, as I realize this isn’t a normal one for MSC. I’m currently waiting in the TS lounge as we sail into port. I will sail MSC again (actually already have one booked for my husband to try next year), so overall, I think this was a good venture away from “home”….but I will say, I’m looking forward to getting back on a Funship in a few weeks! I have missed a few things about good old CCL. Both lines have things they do better than one another, and they have their weaknesses, but I don’t think you can go wrong with either one. I hope everyone has smooth sailings, and maybe I’ll see some of you on future sailings! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psmarkle Posted August 27, 2023 #158 Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) I have so enjoyed your trip report. It's helped keep me in Vacay mode as the school year starts back up (I'm a teacher now). I am so glad you got to experience the YC treatment! We used to sail NCL Haven before it got priced out of our pocketbook range, so we're enjoying the YC while we can still afford to! YC disembarkation is a treat as well, right past the lines! Then you're off on I-95, or as I call it "NASCAR for Tourists!" I despise that drive so much. Yuck. Edited August 27, 2023 by psmarkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteandpris Posted September 6, 2023 #159 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Great review, thanks for explaining about transferring platinum. I think we are going to try this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted September 6, 2023 Author #160 Share Posted September 6, 2023 On 8/27/2023 at 8:17 AM, psmarkle said: I have so enjoyed your trip report. It's helped keep me in Vacay mode as the school year starts back up (I'm a teacher now). I am so glad you got to experience the YC treatment! We used to sail NCL Haven before it got priced out of our pocketbook range, so we're enjoying the YC while we can still afford to! YC disembarkation is a treat as well, right past the lines! Then you're off on I-95, or as I call it "NASCAR for Tourists!" I despise that drive so much. Yuck. Glad I could help keep you in vaca mode a little longer! 1 hour ago, peteandpris said: Great review, thanks for explaining about transferring platinum. I think we are going to try this. Thanks for reading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare morpheusofthesea Posted September 6, 2023 #161 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Many of us would be interested to read what @Lillabee4me has to say about the overall impressions now that she has acclimated to terra firma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted September 6, 2023 Author #162 Share Posted September 6, 2023 14 minutes ago, morpheusofthesea said: Many of us would be interested to read what @Lillabee4me has to say about the overall impressions now that she has acclimated to terra firma. I told her to pop in here. I case she doesn't, I can tell you that she loved the YC experience and told me that anytime I wanted to go and my husband didn't, she would happily take his place! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillabee4me Posted September 7, 2023 #163 Share Posted September 7, 2023 4 hours ago, morpheusofthesea said: Many of us would be interested to read what @Lillabee4me has to say about the overall impressions now that she has acclimated to terra firma. I have to say I got very spoiled on this cruise. Our butler, Arnold, was a doll. He made me a special drink and got me snockered, along with a poor couple that we befriended and we all four drank until the raspberry liquor was gone. He came to the ocean edge to yell lunch was being served and did we want a table. He made sure we were at all events we wanted to be. The dining room staff were awesome and had stinky cheese plates brought to our room for Stephanie. The cooks made Stephanie a birthday pancake breakfast and sang to her. Honestly it was very hard to come home again. I didn’t want to. I would gladly sail in an interior in Yatch Club because you have that beautiful lounge with such a view. I would pick it again in a heartbeat. I loved not fighting the crowds and you got to know your other people some. Our group was very nice, but I am a bit of a hermit on cruises and just want to chill. I work with the public so quiet time was nice and you had lots of it with more classical music instead of constant drumming music. You can get the party vibe if you go to other areas on the ship and we did do that too. I honestly think I like the Yatch Club better personally even if I didn’t have a butler, just because of the ability to have my serene area without the constant party music. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knights on the Beach Posted September 12, 2023 #164 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Love this review! Thank you both for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted September 13, 2023 Author #165 Share Posted September 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Knights on the Beach said: Love this review! Thank you both for posting! Thank you for reading! And if anyone is curious…I now have 2 more MSC cruises booked for next year, so I’m hooked!! Both are on Seashore in YC, I can’t wait for more spoiling! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmamule Posted September 14, 2023 #166 Share Posted September 14, 2023 (edited) Just discovered this trip report and it was such a delightful read, thank you so much! A few years ago my partner Rich and I were going to sail on NCL but it got canceled and we stumbled on MSC and our first sailing with them was in the YC on Seaside just like you, and, also just like you, we had a great time and fell in love with it. We've since sailed on the Meraviglia YC for 14 days (right before COVID) and then a 7 day on the Seashore YC last year. Both of those were wonderful as well, and our next MSC adventure will be next year for 14 days on the Seascape. Reading your trip report reminded me how wonderful cruising is, especially when you're on a really good cruise and I admit I got a little misty-eyed seeing some of those pictures, remembering how good our times on MSC have been, and looking forward to (hopefully) many more! Our next cruise is right out of our hometown Boston on Celebrity Summit for a Canada / New England trip. We're very excited for that but reading this definitely has me smiling thinking about next February on MSC too. 🙂 I hope you and your hubby have a great time on your next YC cruise and lots more for you, him, and your Mom! Edited September 14, 2023 by karmamule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted September 14, 2023 Author #167 Share Posted September 14, 2023 2 hours ago, karmamule said: Just discovered this trip report and it was such a delightful read, thank you so much! A few years ago my partner Rich and I were going to sail on NCL but it got canceled and we stumbled on MSC and our first sailing with them was in the YC on Seaside just like you, and, also just like you, we had a great time and fell in love with it. We've since sailed on the Meraviglia YC for 14 days (right before COVID) and then a 7 day on the Seashore YC last year. Both of those were wonderful as well, and our next MSC adventure will be next year for 14 days on the Seascape. Reading your trip report reminded me how wonderful cruising is, especially when you're on a really good cruise and I admit I got a little misty-eyed seeing some of those pictures, remembering how good our times on MSC have been, and looking forward to (hopefully) many more! Our next cruise is right out of our hometown Boston on Celebrity Summit for a Canada / New England trip. We're very excited for that but reading this definitely has me smiling thinking about next February on MSC too. 🙂 I hope you and your hubby have a great time on your next YC cruise and lots more for you, him, and your Mom! Thanks for reading, and I am glad I could bring back good memories of your cruise on Seaside! I can't wait to get back onboard one of the MSC ships for round #2 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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