KittyCruz

We sailed YC back in November and really enjoyed ourselves. I think there is something to what you said that more people will complain than say something nice, but I went back to the reviews and there are actually quite a few good or positive ones since I left ours. We found crew both in and outside of the YC to be really great! From the folks who were cleaning handrails to the bartenders that made your drinks I think a cruise is what you make of it, there are things we all have to deal with (lines, wait times, oddball cruise passengers) but at the end of the day its a vacation and time to enjoy and relax

Thanks! I'm thinking the local shuttle will be the way to go and let us check out the sites we want to see/grab lunch and do some shopping.

Just curious, what did you all decide? Our alaskan cruise is a little later on in the year, but I am trying to research and get our ports finalized. This was the one port I think we could do on the cheap (shuttle to Totem Blight then walk around creek street) but would love to hear what you all did

We had them remove offensive items from the fridge and keep it stocked with our non offensive preferences, pizza delivery and of course being escorted to gen pop for everything but the thermal spa, that we just went on our own. I provided our butler with a list of what we wanted (per @morpheusofthesea) suggestion and it seemed to do the trick.

Enjoy your cruise and thanks for letting us all follow along, we'll be on this later in the year and I am already starting my prep.

This makes me recall growing up with the Love Boat and conversations with my husband after our first cruise regarding cruise attire and how no one, and I mean no one was walking around the lido deck in their swimwear and high heels.

When researching our Seascape cruise we found it humorous that folks said the Toblerone was a one and done treat but everything else was replenished as needed, in fact our butler did a fine job of keeping our room in water and ginger beer. I will say I really wanted to take home a set of YC beach towels, but sadly they did not sell them in the gift shop.

Except for that second Toblerone, I can already see the YouTube video hacks now. I jest of course. Happy Sailings! looking forward to hearing about your trip. Our next sailing is NCL to Alaska and the conversations between myself and my husband have been while we prefer MSC, NCL has upped their website game.

The sommelier is Christopher, a youngish ginger lad from Texas. We found him incredibly entertaining and loved watching him work the room. As fellow Texans he made a couple of restaurant recommendations for dry land

We've never been nicked for an overweight bag from MSC, the airlines yes but not MSC.

Have a great trip! Will be following to soak up all the tips as the Divinia is our next cruise

Looking forward to following along, we're on the Divinia in YC about a year out - happy sailings to you

My review finally got approved, here is a link to the review https://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreviews/memberreview.cfm?EntryID=710584 also sadly i think the video might of killed my camera, because I had IT (husband) look at it and of course its dead.

I always pack a small Pair of fiskars that fold up - they get through airport security and msc

For those not super familiar with Galveston When planning your cruise look to see what is happening on the island, because it can effect ones ability to get a room the night before. example the first weekend in December is Dickens on the Strand and most decent hotels/VRBO type offerings start getting booked in July. For those flying the best airport to fly into is Houston Hobby Food - there are lots of awesome places to eat in Galveston: Star Drug (does a great breakfast, but is a local fave and gets busy so plan on getting there early) besides that our faves are Black Pearl, Katie's Seafood, Mosquito Cafe, Gaido's and Cajun Greek Drinks - Daquiri Time Out will get you ready for vacation and that drink package Besides the seawall there is lots to see/do in Galveston https://www.visitgalveston.com/plan-your-trip/maps-neighborhoods/seawall-district/ Moody Gardens https://www.moodygardens.com/ Bishop's Palace https://www.galvestonhistory.org/sites/1892-bishops-palace Railroad Museum https://galvestonrrmuseum.org/ Ocean Star Museum https://www.energyeducation.org/ Galveston Naval Museum https://www.galvestonnavalmuseum.com/ Bolivar Ferry https://www.galveston.com/trip-planning/transport/galvestonferry/

Well... Dang it. It sounds like my troglodyte ways struck again

Still waiting on CC to approve my review, so in the meantime I thought I would add some photos we took and hopefully (fingers crossed the video of our room) DSCF4775.AVI

We were on Seascape this past november/december and its a beauty! I'm hoping they also have some short 3-4 day cruises added since those make for a nice need to get away trip

I also realized that with this Port I could aspire to @morpheusofthesea dear wife and bring along 12-14 pieces of luggage...

I just received the email from MSC about this today. As a Texan this makes me happy because I can quite possibly talk my husband into more cruises, since we won't need to book additional flights or hotels to/in Miami. https://www.msccruisesusa.com/Search Result?embkPort=GLS

Our last MSC cruise we pre paid for gratuities upfront at time of booking, so having something show up later while we were at sea was odd. Either way it was money well spent as well as the last evening issuance of the green. We really did enjoy the YC.

we didn't get a bad butler by any means, both he and our jr butler were pretty awesome with the service and it was determined our first, but not last YC cruise. I employed many of the tips I've learned from reading your poop deck reports and they worked like a charm.

I concur to all of this! Our second night we noticed a charge added to our bill, it was not clear what it was so we asked the butler and he explained it was the gratuity, we thanked him for the explanation and shut the door. We had already planned and budgeted for additional tips, but seeing that amount really gave heed to the situation. Although after reading this, I now know that ones butler needs to be asking us the night before about our plans...

we loved our wine sommelier... he worked the dinner crowd like a vegas pro