sverigecruiser

6 hours ago, mom22frogs said:

Sailing out of the US or Europe? Sounds like a fire hazard honestly. On our Virtuosa cruise they did not block the stairs, but there are definitely things that raised your eyebrows about safety, making you wonder if they'd be allowed when sailing from the US. Blocking the stairs would probably fall in that category.

 

Yup, obstructing emergency exits is a no no. https://amazingarchitecture.com/articles/7-features-of-an-emergency-fire-exit-staircase

I guess it depends on how they block them. They used the kind of ropes they often have on airports.

2 hours ago, Beachin2 said:

Always have a YC only boarding line at every port.

Agree.

2 hours ago, MsTabbyKats said:

Since we get the thermal spa....maybe one of the services included (or a discount for a service).

 

How about umbrellas on the pool deck tables.

I absolutely agree about the umbrellas. Included spaservices doesn't interest me.

The Yacht Club is already excellent but does anyone has any idea how they can make it even better? I mean realistic things, not things like helicopter transfer from the ship to the airport!

I think that a special YC elevator not only within the YC-decks but to all decks should be nice.

A special taxiline when disembarking should be great too! I understand if MSC can't decide that but it should be nice. Maybe embarking YC passengers could use a special lane to get directly to the tent with the taxi and there they could let disembarking passengers take the taxi from the port. What a great perk!

Any suggestions? What should you appreciate?

16 hours ago, ray98 said:

Nah....I just go about my day.  Not that big of a deal.

Big deal when in a hurry to get to the Champagnebar and can't get there!

46 minutes ago, CruiseTee said:

My aunt & uncle are in their late 80s and traveling with us and are now on a different deck, all alone. 

I'm sure that their butler and other staff in the YC will do everything for them to make the cruise great.

6 hours ago, sverigecruiser said:

 

Not really "late", the "Yacht Club sundeck grill and bar" closed att 5 pm on our cruise.

My mistake, it should be 3 pm.

38 minutes ago, lcpagejr said:

they feed you pretty good at the One Pool until late afternoon

Not really "late", the "Yacht Club sundeck grill and bar" closed att 5 pm on our cruise.

They probably feel that the Yacht Club restaurant is crowded. 

We embarked the MSC World Europa yesterday.

Early during the cruise our butler told us that they should open a new restaurant for Yacht Club guests, I don't remember his exact words. He wasn't sure what day it should be when he told us about it and he never came back to us about it.

40 minutes ago, tony s said:

I just say excuse me and walk through. 

Not very easy when they have blocked the passage.

13 minutes ago, lcpagejr said:

How many times have you cruised before?? This has been a common occurence on most lines since I began cruising in 90's. I don't see it changing

We are not very experienced, it was only our 10th cruise. It was much worse than it has been before.

Disembarked MSC World Europa yesterday. Lovely ship but VERY annoying when the photographers blocked many of the stairs on deck 6-8. 

I understand that the cruiselines earn lots of many on photos but I should be prepared to pay more for the cruise to avoid that.   

We are having a great cruise on a very nice ship.

She is BIG! Is she too big? The first day my answer had probably been yes but now I say that for a short cruise, like a week, she is a little too big but not if the cruise had been longer.

Excellent food and service in the YC. There are lots of YC cabins, is the lounge and restaurant crowded? No. There are more people than on the smaller ships but I think that is a good thing. I rather wait a few more minutes than eat in an empty restaurant.

It's very hot in southern Europe right now so it's too hot to be outside most of the day. The weather isn't MSCs fault but they could have added some shade. No shade at all on the YC sundeck.

Very little outside areas on the lower, up to deck 10, decks. A nice outside area outside of the Champagnebar but too hot, very little shade.

Lots of nice food at the Champagnebar. Great oysters.

The temperature inside is very nice, maybe a little warm in the YC restaurant, lots of glass letting the sun in.

Overall we are having a great time.            

10 hours ago, SimplyMarvie said:

Can she? Yes. But if anything happens, she's going to be terribly stuck, because she'll need both her legal parents to sign for an emergency passport to return to the United States, and those signatures need to be in ink or done at a passport office. 

 

Are american authorities really that strict in an emergency? Will they abandon an american citizen in need? A child?

I don't say that you are wrong, only that it surprise me.

I have only been on Meraviglia and Divina. I prefer Meraviglia and the main reason for that is that on Meraviglia the Yacht Club restaurant in located within the Yacht Club and on Divina the restaurant is at the other end of the ship.

We will soon, next week, embark the MSC World Europa and are very excited!

9 hours ago, Ryan82 said:

There is a huge difference between business class on a plane and three rows of seating in the Grandiosa theatre set aside for YC. 

 

I repeat original question - do you think other passengers should miss the show - just so the empty "YC" seats remain empty?

I only responded to what to expect when flying business class.

3 hours ago, skipsaur said:

In my opinion, if I pay for business class, that gives me a seat, singular. It doesn't give me the right to the empty seat next to me. The airline is free to assign that seat to someone else, even as a free upgrade, regardless of the fact that I paid for my seat.

 

On flights within Europe many airlines give their business class passengers the right to the empty seat next to you! They won't assign that seat to anyone.

3 hours ago, Ryan82 said:

Are you meaning prepay (buy the package) or actually book shows / restaurants?

 

If its the latter then you can't do this before boarding. Once onboard you can book through a desk in the atrium or via YC reception.

I mean book shows and restaurants, not prepay.

21 minutes ago, MWarren3549 said:

To each their own.  

Exactly.

That's the reason I reacted. You said that the OP packed too much and I think, to each their own.

It's also very nice to have dinner during the sailaway, if you sit by the window.

6 hours ago, MWarren3549 said:

Hahahaha Really?   A 2 week transatlantic and NOT doing any laundry.  Yeah I am NOT packing too little.  I am packing exactly enough that I can control and carry with me and NOT have it lost by the airlines.  BUT that is just me ... who has seen MANY MANY people running around in same clothes because their luggage was lost for their entire vacation.  

We didn't do any laundry when we did a transatlantic cruise but it was only 11 nights.

The risk of losing the luggage is not big enough for me to do laundry on my vacation.

41 minutes ago, SoloAlaska said:

I end up at just under 50lb which is the max without oversize charges from pretty much any major airline. Yes you can go big but remember weight is the real limit you can't surpass.

We are allowed two bags each, maximum 70lb, for our flight next week. We will NOT bring that much!

8 hours ago, L1211 said:

Isn’t that the point?  The fact that it WAS NOT an emergency and MSC handled it so poorly.  Zero confidence in this line if there ever happens to be an actual emergency.  

It might have been completely different if it had been an emergency. They have other protocols to follow then. Now it was something they haven't trained for and because of that they didn't really know what to do.

We will soon embark MSC World Europa and I'm wondering if we can prebook restaurants and shows before boarding. I can not see the option in the MSC For Me app.

Any need to prebook if we are in the Yacht Club?