Match Game 72

The ship is Seascape.

Three of us will be in an Aurea room. One will be in Fantastica. Can we speak with a maitre d to have us all at an assigned table/time in the main dining room? I am guessing that the one Fantastica guest will not be allowed in Aurea dining. TIA

I found a YouTube video of Meraviglia's pools. Unfortunately, I do not see any chair lifts.

We prepaid for 30 laundered pieces in February 2024 on Meraviglia. They all had to be sent at the same time, and they all returned either folded or hanging. No problems at all.

You will likely get several opinions on this. Personally, I do not bring items that are not insured or I would be upset if lost. Here's an article to read. https://www.jewelersmutual.com/the-jewelry-box/how-to-travel-jewelry-safely

Have a fantastic cruise!

Thank you very much for your work!

Good to know. Thank you.

Those are some nice looking donuts!

You can't get there from here.... ; -)

We always had 7:30 pm dining and went to the 9:30 show.

We reserved Butcher's Cut in person. We reserved Kaito Sushi over the phone.

This is incorrect. Croaziera gives the correct info.

Thanks for the correction! I had relied on the pier websites to get the name of the terminal. Looks like MSC may not always use the same terminal.

MSC uses Punta Langosta. Glad you enjoyed the review.

So that's the end of our trip report. We had a great time. If you have any questions, I will try my best to answer them. Thanks for reading along!

Monday, February 27, 2023 We had an early morning flight (7 am) out of MCO to BOS. One month earlier when I booked our Delta flights, flying home Monday morning was the best I could do. We had no problem returning the car rental at 4:50 am. Then we waited in Delta's line to drop off one checked bag and then waited in TSA precheck. By the time we got to the gate, it was only 5:30 am. So even though there were lines at the airport, it really didn't take us very long.

Sunday, February 26, 2023 Today was disembarkation day. My husband just earned Diamond status so we used that set of four tags for our bags. My dad and I had breakfast in Waves restaurant. It was very nice. Folks always seem rushed on the last day. We got our selves and carry on bags out of the room just before 8 am. Then we waited just a few minutes in Broadway theater until our number was called. Finding our bags and going through passport control was very easy. We had a car rental reservation planned. Budget rental car had two shuttles servicing the port. We got on the second one and then waited about 40 minutes at the counter. The full size car we had rented ended up being a Mercedes which really needed a good exterior washing. The interior was fine. We drove to Seaworld and arrived around 10:40. The park was very busy with lots of people in the walkways, but the rides had very little wait. Maybe 10 or 15 minutes per ride. It seemed like people were there for the food festival or the concert that evening. I drove my dad to the airport in the early afternoon, and then the three of us finished up the day at Seaworld by 6 pm. We fueled the car rental and stayed the night at Fairfield by Marriott near MCO. The hotel was very clean. I would stay here again.

Saturday, February 25, 2023 This was our final full day on the ship, and it was a day at sea. We had a lazy day that started by sleeping in. There was lunch and reading and napping. Before dinner we packed up most of our bags to get them ready to put in the hall. Dinner was Italian night. To be honest, we had tried to get a reservation at Hola, the speciality Mexican restaurant. All specialty restaurants were booked the last night. Three of us ordered the chicken parmigana, and it was probably the best version of that dish I had ever eaten. The spaghetti side was excellent. And the tiramisu for dessert was so good! After dinner and the theater show (which was really very good...Journey), we went back to the room, changed our clothes and put the bags in the hallway. Then we went to Sky lounge for a drink and then got our last bite of pizza. Sorbet. They offered a different flavor every night. Tiramisu

Let's play find the fish. Do you see it? Most of the fish I saw were small. There were a couple of schools, too. Colors ranged from gray to yellow to blue and purple.

I'm going to reverse direction for a moment and go back to our day at Ocean Cay. After much technology frustration, we just managed to download photos from the GoPro I used that day. Looking at Meraviglia from Lighthouse Beach. The ship was turned around from how it came into port on our previous two visits. They were testing lifeboats this day. The Lighthouse

Thank you. I write the majority of the review while we are on the ship. Since we cruised MSC during covid restrictions, we have seen a nice return to more selection and good quality food. During covid, the main dining room had few beef selections. Now there was plenty of diversity to choose from. The vegetables were consistently fresh.

No one came to get us. I wore a watch and kept an eye on the time. I really don't know what would have happened if we overstayed the hour.

The show was a hypnotist instead of singing and dancing. We all really enjoyed the show. I recommend getting a reservation for it if you happen to have the opportunity.

That evening went the same as several before it with dinner in the main dining room. The piano player in the atrium was quite good Coq au Vin (very tasty) Swordfish A cream dessert which was so good I was nearly willing to lick the bowl.