Live!! Birthday Bermuda Cruise! 70 and 40! 9/4 MSC Meraviglia YC

[Mycykfamilytime]

Nice jazz trio in the Top Sail lounge and the goodbye heart.  

[Mycykfamilytime]

Left my Mom sipping cappuccino in the Top Sail lounge and I’m in an Uber to Newark.  She’ll catch the bus back to Maine! Sad to say good bye but ready to see my fam.   😍

[Mycykfamilytime]

Woke up to this sail in!  Then a little later the city woke up! 

[Mycykfamilytime]

#notyachtclub

[Mycykfamilytime]

EWR was mayhem and silliness.  TSA precheck weaved in and out of the regular line.  I think it just made things worse for everyone.   No lounge, but I should probably start the food and alcohol cleanse!    Uhoh.  Lots of flights just delayed.  I think maybe a storm? 

[Mycykfamilytime]

Just for anyone thinking of flight times…  I took my own luggage and exited at 7:40 with the help of my Butler.  Those who had sent luggage could not exit by then and it was causing some people some stress.    
 

It took me a bit to get an Uber, but it really wasn’t that long in the end.  I sniffed out taxis but they wanted 145, were cash only, and rude.  I crossed back over to the Uber side of the street and honestly, I probably will never cross over again.  I wanted to be open minded, but nope.  My Uber driver was a lovely Ukrainian with a preschooler.   My Uber cost 94 dollars which was the same price as my Spirit flight with a checked bag. 😂    Despite long lines at the Spirit check in counter and security, I was in the lobby by 9:45.  (Ok, I did have precheck and that cut some lines but it was still annoying.). It took me 2 hours from lounge to (not) lounge but waiting area.   I do want to caution by saying that it was Sunday and there was no traffic.  

[Mycykfamilytime]

Mayhem increasing.  This is the line for water!

[cruisebeachgirl703]

Thanks for the lovely review. Glad you enjoyed yourselves!

[Cruzinforpeace***]

4 hours ago, Mycykfamilytime said:

#notyachtclub

But you have the wonderful memories!  Looks like you had a great time.  Enjoyed your LIVE report; thank you for sharing your vacation with us.  Although we’re not going YC (we’re booked in a balcony Aurea room) it gave me a good idea of what to kind of expect for our first MSC cruise coming up in February.  I will definitely try to go for the upgrade if we have a chance to Bid up.  I’m guessing by your posts you felt it was worth the extra money for YC?

[Mycykfamilytime]

3 hours ago, Cruzinforpeace*** said:

But you have the wonderful memories!  Looks like you had a great time.  Enjoyed your LIVE report; thank you for sharing your vacation with us.  Although we’re not going YC (we’re booked in a balcony Aurea room) it gave me a good idea of what to kind of expect for our first MSC cruise coming up in February.  I will definitely try to go for the upgrade if we have a chance to Bid up.  I’m guessing by your posts you felt it was worth the extra money for YC?

Ahh thank you!  Yes I did.   It’s almost a completely separate experience and I think most people in the YC felt the same.  Price it out with the drink package and internet! 

[Hydrotx]

@Mycykfamilytime thanks for posting your trip.  We enjoyed following along.  We are doing the same ship to Bermuda, but a bit more than a year from now.  We opted for a YC deluxe for our first MSC experience and now cannot wait to take the trip. 

[Mycykfamilytime]

Home sweet home!   That’s a wrap folks.   Thank you so much for tagging along!  Monday is fast approaching so I need to restart my normal life again as Children’s mini van uber driver!!!  Let me know if you have any questions!  

[LizikinsLivesToCruise]

I have enjoyed this live report - especially thirsting after the featured cocktails. Thank you @Mycykfamilytime for sharing your vacation with us.

[IntrepidFromDC]

On 9/10/2023 at 8:23 AM, Mycykfamilytime said:

Woke up to this sail in!  Then a little later the city woke up! 

 

 

 

Not possible, it's the city that never sleeps!  😉

 

Glad you had fun, thanks for sharing.