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We were on the Seashore from December 10th -17th. I'm in a wheelchair, and those elevators are carnivorous! As I rolled up to an elevator call, if it was the car behind me, I had no chance of making it into the elevator if it was on that floor. My wife and I were separated a few times because I couldn't get out in time, even with someone holding the door, they would let go because they were afraid it would take some fingers off. Add to that I asked housekeeping where the outlets were by the beds because I needed one for my CPAP. He said that there was an outlet by the sink. (Am I supposed to sleep in the bathroom?) Or there was one under the TV, I guess I could have cleaned off the desk and slept there. He finally said, call reception and see what they can do. So I called. Yes, they had an extension cord, but it was a 30 dollar charge to use it, but I would get it back if I returned it the last day of the cruise. (at least I could sleep). Something else about the HA rooms, the door was harder than all get out to push or pull open, then it would get to a certain point, and slam wide open. Then it was hard to pull closed, until it got to a point, and then it would slam shut. This is an HA room, how about a calm door? Or if you really feel like it needs a mechanism, then put a button there, that I can push and have it open on it's own? Also, getting out on deck, and then back in was a challenge. There were either a couple of heavy doors before an automatic door, OR an automatic door, that leads to an automatic door that only opens 1/2 way, and you struggle to open it all the way so you can get out. There were also the fun doors with the 3 inch lip  to try to clear. Someone from management should take a week cruise, in a non YC cabin, and experience it from an average cruiser, or an average HA cruisers perspective. That's what we did as Travel Agents. At this point, we don't know if it's MSC or just the MSC Seashore, we will try 1 more ship to be sure.

There were good points. I had some of the best massages I've ever had at the Aurea Spa. Some of the food was decent, but I felt like I kept getting baited and switched. You get 3 specialty dining... That's 1 at the Hola Tacos place (decent food) 1 at Ocean Cay (I don't like seafood) and 1 at Butcher's Cut. You can't go to any restaurant twice. You also can't order just anything on the menu. You have a Square on the front that you can choose from, everything else on the menu has a price, but hey, we like you so much that we will only charge you 1/2 of what the menu price is.... 16.00 for crab cakes???? Youch! MDR was hit or miss. I usually prefer my Prime Rib to be thicker than 1/4 inch. 

High Point, Le Cabaret Rouge. It needs signs from the elevator to get there. But great shows, and each night was different. I hung out with the band most evenings, and didn't realize it until the subject of music came up. I play Guitar and Keyboards (if there are musicians onboard, we usually tend to find each other) and they said I had to come down and see them play. So I did. The waiter there was kind enough to show me the back way to the lowest level, an sat behind the keyboard player, and by the guitar player. They play tight! And, they have only been playing together for about 4 weeks. It's always fun to watch a group of musicians working together in sync and having fun while up there, and they were. Also, the vocalists were out of this world. The shows I saw (I didn't find out until about 1/2 way through that it was there, and where it was) were very enjoyable.

Like I said, we need to try another MSC ship before we write them off. A lot of people we know really liked them, it left us going why? That being said, our next 2 cruises are on NCL, Rome in August on the Epic, and a TA on the Viva, from PR to Lisbon. 

Maybe not 2 full meals at 2 different restaurants, but I would definitely examine the menus carefully because you might prefer the desserts from a different restaurant. That way, you could have most of dinner in one restaurant and go to the second restaurant for dessert.

You would be hard pressed to do two meals in one night. Everywhere except Le Bistro we didn't even get dessert, let alone another meal!

But the UDP and the UBP are worth it. You pay in advance and not have to worry about a large OB charge at the end. (we only add'l tips, which we did small add'l tips per round) But had a couple of glasses of wine with our dinners, had several frozen drinks throughout the day, and had After Dinner Liquors, then we went out and did a few more drinks throughout the evening. In the future I plan on buying the UDP, and the UBP where it is available.

We received our E-mail Confirmation today!

Haven Spa Suite

Looking forward to a great time!

It may be the casino process throughout the NCL fleet, but it was new to me.

 

You can cash-out your winnings via a printed voucher directly at the machine you are playing. These can either be taken to the cashier to be turned into cash, or re-inserted into other machines to use whatever value of the voucher..

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Cashout Tickets (Vouchers) have been around the casinos for awhile. I know there were at the Harrah's in New Orleans when I was there 3 years ago. Although there you can take them up to a machine and get the cash, you don't have to go through the cashier line if you don't want to.

Of course the question still flies around my brain . . . who gets the boats . . . and who gets the honeycombs. :confused:

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Did you book a villa? No? Down the chute you go!

Although the real answer might be the crew and slower guests.

I know on the sun they had the boats for the guests, but the crew (except for those manning the life rafts) get the inflatables that are stored in large white capsules (look like big tylenol or depth charges).

Also, another vote for a great review, thanks!