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For interior, at least three to five on the Sea-class ships, and for balcony a usually two to four on Seas-class). No interior disability rooms on Meraviglia or Davina class, none that I know of.

Our kids are grown and don't sail with us anymore, so now, like you, it's all about "she who must be obeyed!" ~ Horace Rumpole, and others

She actually trusts me with my primary eating tools: a proper fish knife and fork, and always continental style! On the occasion of a beef dish (rare occasion, bur more frequent than you!), she also trusts, but verifies during the course of my using a knife with a sharp blade.

Our 45th was yesterday, and I can vouch for the truism of your statement!

There are only three cabanas on Meraviglia, and two are reserved for RS.

Slight correction. MSC does sell generic wristbands, but they would not have the YC logo on them.

We did end up changing a Carousel show day the last time we were on Meraviglia.

Main theater will have at least six shows, and they will be different. It seems that cast has one night off. For the Carousel shows, they typically have two per night of the same production, and seem to rotate the productions. Again, as with all things MSC, they may not hold to alternating the shows. We pre-purchased dates, but had to schedule the show times after we boarded.

Did you really get champagne? It's always been prosecco when we sailed.

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I'm curious if that is like the party they do on cruises in the US: YC reception with captain's greeting, a few words from the CD, and then many words (!!!) from the Future Cruises representative!

True. I understand that the intrusive "R" used to be owned by midlands areas of the US. Even in Cincinnati, people will say, "My car needs warshed," instead of washed. I suppose that could be extended to Maryland.

In Ohio, they say wash rag or wash cloth. I thought further south, it would change to "warsh rag." 😃

In our time on board, that bar had a good espresso machine. They had breads, danishes, croissants, butter, jams and some fruit. Not a lot, but good for a start. Not sure if they had yogurt, and I don't think they had things like cereals.

When we sailed Seaside when she debuted in the US, if you just wanted a continental breakfast, they offered that in the morning in the Seaview Lounge on deck 8. Nice views, not crowded, and the bar is open for mimosas or something else. Breakfast is nothing fancy, but it was fresh.

In order to assure that you get the upgrade solicitations, you do have to click on your approval of being alerted to offers from MSC and others on your booking check-in process.

They have Friends of Dorothy informal gatherings as well. Last sailing, they also had a Friends of Jimmy K meeting posted, but I'm not sure if that is done regularly.

My assumption here is that this is an error in the package. The Sea Pavilion is the name of Asian theme restaurant on MSC Splendida and Virtuoso, and possibly others. Seaside has Asian Market Kitchen as its Asian specialty place (actually two places in one: Hibachi, and fusion place. When we sailed Seaside when it first came to the US, the specialty dining experience in the Asian market was the ubiquitous Kaito Experience Menu. Looks like that changed to the fusion experience. Much nicer choices!

Seashore and Seascape are sister ships, with the Seascape slightly larger (145 more passengers). Color schemes are slightly different, but you'll find it hard to tell the difference between Seascape and Seashore. Biggest difference is that Seascape has Robotron, the robotic ride on Deck 20.

You are most welcome. I would check all three rental agencies at that Mullet Rd. location: Alamo, National, and Enterprise. Even though they have the same overall owner, they do act a bit differently. I would go directly through their websites, and not use a travel site.

They will want you out of your cabin by 8:00 a.m. at the latest, and will want you off the ship by 10. Walk-offs usually start by 7:00 a.m. Keep in mind that people on the next cruise can't board until everyone on your cruise disembarks and the Coast Guard "zeroes" out the boat to allow embarkation. If I had a late flight like yours, I would rent a car to take the day to go to Disney Springs (or wherever), The shuttles to the rental location on Mullet Rd. run very frequently. We never had a surcharge for the one-way rental, so you should only be charged for a normal day (I use Enterprise personally, but assume it would be the same for Alamo).

Nice idea, but money won't help right away. The entire IT staff is very busy right now with all of their end of school activities. It may get worse next year, as they transition from half-day kindergarten to full-day first grade.

I believe the "Sunshine Party" is most likely more of a disco and Flower Power 70's as a theme (think KC and the Sunshine Band!). The parties have been a mixed bag for us on MSC over the years. White has been large and small (depending on level of crowd participation, as Georgia Peaches pointed out). There was a clip on YouTube about a Sunshine Party on Bellissima last December:

It can be a pretty good descent (and then climb!). On Seashore, we went from Top Sail on16 to the casino on 7.

It is! I was just teasing no1 talks! I never tire of Soprano (or Godfather,for that matter) clips!