Last Day - MSC Seascape – Spring 2025 Day 10 – Friday, March 23

Sorry we took so long to do the blog.  On the last night, we finally went to bed after a very busy day at 2:45am!

As we were up late the night before, Ed finally made it to the pool deck at 9:30am and it was a beautiful day – in the 80’s with some wind.

Barb joined him soon and we were out in the sun until it was time to eat at 1:00pm with our friends.

We left them early as there was qualifying for a slot tournament at 2:30pm, which Ed entered and didn’t not qualify.

At 3:00pm, David joined Ed for the 8^th session of blackjack we played on the cruise.

After that we sadly packed and then it was time for our last dinner for this cruise with our friends.  We all did pick an early January cruise for 2026 for us to all schedules and meet again.

The production number on the theater was the best of the cruise with some great music and dancing by the ships entertainment cast.

Then dinner as always.  The first dinner and the last dinner on a cruise is always the most elaborate and this dinner was no exception as you will see in the pictures.

After that we all went to the casino where we all had a good night and we had a good casino cruise – not the biggest winnings but a nice win.

The casino has a points system based on your average bet and hours played and we did qualify for a “free” cruise of up to 10 days.  Unlike other cruises, they publish the points need for each type and length of cruse and you know your points each day.

Overall, this cruise, was one of and maybe the best we have every had out of almost 60 cruises and having our friends all together, except for the Freemans (darn) from Virginia made it a very special, fun cruise.

We disembarked at 8:00am with our Butler leading us past literally almost thousands of the 5,800  passengers ready to leave as you only had from 7:30am to 10:00am to vacate the ship.  Their line was very, very long, snaking throughout floor 4, leading to the gangway.

We found our luggage quickly and boarded a van to pick up our rental car.

Since we were flying Allegiant, the closest flight on that day in the afternoon was at the Fort Lauderdale Airport. 

We drove the three hours down the expressway and checked into our flight with about ½ hour to spare, enough time to get a sandwich.

The flight was a 2hr 35 minute non-stop flight and after a gate change and a short delay we flew to Peoria, picked up a rental car and drove to the Bloomington airport.  There we dropped off our rental and took our car home, getting home at 7:30am after stopping at the grocery store and also picking up a pizza.

It was cold and windy so we only took in our two big suitcases and left the rest in the car for Monday morning. 

Thanks for reading our blog and we are now home

                                                       Going out in the afternoon

                                                Packed and going our for the final evening

                                               For a starter, we all ordered 3 beef Capaccio

                                                          Lamb Chops for Barb

          

                                                      Wonderful tasting Chicken for Ed

                                                       Finally a sunday for Ed   

                                                          

MSC Seascape – Spring 2025 Day 9 – Friday, March 21

We woke up to temperatures in the 80’s again and were at Cozumel.

On our last cruise, Barb purchased a manganic bracelet that seemed to really work.

So, we got off the ship to see if we could find one as we tried through Amazon and didn’t get one that seemed to work.  We didn’t find one and we were happy to get back on the ship instead of the madhouse at the pier when 6,000 people are there.

The rest of the day, we sat on the pool deck and have some great sun.

Before dinner we all went to the Sky Louge for drinks for 1/2 hour.

At 7:15, as usual, our Butler took us to the show and it was a production show by the cast of the ship and it was very good.

Next was dinner, of course which was very good

Then it was onto the casino to close out the night.

Tonight we also set our clocks forward as we did last night when we got back to our room at 1:30am.

Tomorrow is a day at sea and then we head for home.

To our family – see you soon!!

                                                            Barb in the slot tournament

                     

                                   

                                                               Going out for the evening

                                           The lunch buffet on the poll deck

MSC Seascape – Spring 2025 Day 8 – Friday, March 20

 We woke up to temperatures in the – and were at Ise de Roatan, Honduras

Since we have been here before and now there is a travel ban to not leave the made-for-ships port area, we stayed on the ship and relaxed with our friends at the pool.

There were no clouds and the temperature was 88, no wind and the feels link temperature were 94!

Just before lunch, we had to go back to our cabin to cool off and that’s a first for any cruise we have ever taken.

Lunch was fun with everyone and we typical take 1 – ½ hours as we are just chatting.\

At 7:20am as is the usual, our butler took us to the theater and tonight it was a magician who was good.

Then of course we had a good dinner and went to the casino before crashing for the evening sometime after 1:00pm.

Tomorrow is our last stop which is Cozumel and we do plan to get off briefly to look for a manganic bracelet which is a replacement for one that was lost.

Night for this blog posting.

                                                             The made for the cruise industry port

                                                          It's white night tonight

MSC Seascape – Spring 2025 Day 7 – Wednesday, March 19

We woke up to temperatures in the low 80’s– and were at sea for the entire day.

Of course we spent the day by the pool just relaxing with our friends and had a wonderful tim, including a long lunch.

The entertainment tonight was a musical production number call The Divas and it was very good.

Then it was up to dinner and the casino.

Nothing more to report and we did nothing!!

Tomorrow, we dock at Roatan, Honduras and we do not plan on getting off the ship.

Night from another wonderful at sea.

Barb and Vera's lamp chops

Barb with hers

                                                         Going out for the evening

MSC Seascape – Spring 2025 Day 6 – Tuesday, March 18

We woke up to temperatures in the high seventies – and were at the cruise lines private island Ocean Cay.

The only problem was that the wind was so strong that we couldn’t dock.  The Captain kept the ship around the island until Noon when he finally gave up and we headed slowly towards that next stop after spending tomorrow at sea.

We had lunch with our friends and then continued sitting out side in the sun.  It was so hot that we could only stay out until 2:45pm when we had to get out of the sun.  This is the first time ever where both of us felt like we were getting overheated it was so hot.

The entertainment tonight was a production number and it was very, very good.

Since we are now out as sea, before dinner we walked around the main areas looking at all of the shops.

We should tell you that our cabin is amazing and maybe1/3 bigger than a cabin on the other cruise lines than we have been on.

The bathroom is also the biggest of all ships we have been on outside of MSC.  The towels are very thick and about 5’ long!

Then of course we had a wonderful dinner and closed out the night, as always in the casino.

Night for now

                                                                Going to walk around the deck

                                                        Relaxing before the evening activities

                                                                 Out for the night

                                                                  Barb's Lobster

                                                                     Ed's Filet

MSC Seascape – Spring 2025 Day 5 – Monday – March 17

We woke up to temperatures in the – and were in the port of Nassau.

Since, we have been here many times, we did not get off the ship and relaxed all day at the Yacht Club pool with only a few people who stayed on the ship.

We were eating lunch at 1:000pm with our friends when the sky opened up and rained really hard.  We sheltered on the deck and when it stopped little after about ½ hour we ran to the elevator and back to our room.

Later in the afternoon, since we had extra time, we went down into the main areas of the ship and walked around seeing things. 

The shops were not open since we were in port, but it was a good way to spend an hour on a raining afternoon.

The entertainment tonight was a comedian and he was very funny

Then we went to dinner and had a delightful time.

That’s all from today and tomorrow we dock at their private island, Ocean Cay and we will get off the ship.

Night - night

                                                      Time for sun before lunch

                           3 of the 4 ships next to us.  That's about 20,000 people in port!

                                                    Time to go out for the evening

                                                      

MSC Seascape – Spring 2025 Day 4 – March 16

 MSC Seascape – Spring 2025

Day 4 – March 16

We woke up to temperatures in the – another wonderful day as we prepare and board out ship.

The nice thing is that we were only 30minuites to Port Canaveral; however, we first stopped t a Catholic Church on the way just in time for their 8:30am service which was very nice.

We then drove the rest of the way and turned in the rental car.

Then it was a quick trip via their shuttle to the ship.

Apparently, the ship had gotten in late so it was not yet ready for boarding.

After about ½ hour we were able to board.

As we are in the Yacht Club, we went in through their special entrance.

This boarding experience is amazing as while several thousands board in a mass entrance, we are boarding with a group of 131 cabins out of 2,270 cabins on the entire ship!

We gave our bags to the check-in staff and were led onto the ship and check-in.

It has been a couple of years since we saw them last so we are really looking forward to enjoying the cruise and casino with them.

We were in our cabin in about ½ hour and we first unpacked our carry-on bags.

This trip is special because our friends from New York, Vera and Jeff Wurst and Barbara and David Schlachter will be joining us.  We last saw Vera and Jefff2 years ago and more than that for Barbara and David.  

We left our room at 6:30pm and went to the casino to see who we might know from previous cruises.

Then we met everyone in the YC lounge and our Butler took us to the show and our reserved seating.

The entertainment tonight was a production number by the cruise show performers and it was very good

After that we went to dinner where Barb and I both had tuna and it was very good.

Night for today and tomorrow will be docking in Nassau and we do not plan on getting off the ship.

That will give the pool area almost all to ourselves.

Night – night from somewhere on the sea.

                                                           Heading to the ship

                                                      Sitting by the Yacht Club pool

                                                          The pool and buffet

                                          Left to right, Barb, Ed, David, Barbara, Jeff & Vera

                                                          Going out for the evening