We awoke at sea on our way to our last stop Marseille, France
The weather was cloudy so we could not sit in the sun so we just
relaxed in our cabin and then went to the photo lab to look at our pictures.
The ship docked at 1:00pm and so we got off right away.
We took the ships shuttle bus to the city center, about a 30-minute
drive and then spent the next few hours walking around.
As we had to be back on the ship by 6:30pm we did not take time
to have lunch so we could see some of the sights that we had not seen the time
we were here before.
We got back to the ship at about 4pm, went to the pool deck
for food and then back to our room to pack as tomorrow we get off the ship.
As it our custom, we went to the 7:30pm show and it was music
from the Mediterranean and it was very good.
We fell that the performances on this ship were better than on Celebrity
ships. On Celebrity, there always seem
to be a couple of shows that are not very good.
Here the cast of performers have a different musical event ever night –
so much better than Celebrity.
Then it was back to the ship to get ready for our last
dinner on board the ship and it was delightful.
After dinner we went to the casino where Ed had his biggest night of the trip and Barb lost a little.
After we finished, we met with the Host and they gave us a certificate for a free cruise in the Mediterranean!!
I will post the pictures tomorrow because we have to be out of the room by 7am in the moring.
We will have breakfast and at 10:30am exit the ship to take the train to Rome.
Night from our last night on the cruise.
Some final words about the cruise from both of us
The ship was amazing -the cleanliness, the space, the luxury
and most importantly the friendless and attentiveness of the staff.
The entertainment was fabulous, not throw away shows to fill
gaps like other cruise lines. Every show
was fun and very well done. All the show
were made up of the dancers and singers from the ship’s cast as well as specialty
performers who were excellent. Not the
same old stuff. The performers were
better than any other ship we have been on.
The sound system was perfect, not loud like on Celebrity.
Because the theater was small, it was much more intimate
which we liked. The butlers would rope
off an area for us to sit every night which assured us of good seats.
The room was more spacious, the bathroom was huge and the
shower was unbelievable compared to our previous suites.
But, all of this is in the Yacht Club and we would not
cruise this line again if we were not in the Yacht Club because with 5,000
passengers no matter what you do, it will be always crowded!!
The lines getting off the ship were massive; however, with
the butler you went off easily ahead of everyone else.
In the Yacht Club none of the public rooms were ever crowded.
When we walked around if the general
areas, it was very hard to fine a quite space.
On the decks around the pools, almost impossible to find an open chair
unless you got up very early. On our
pool deck, there were always lots of lounges available in all sections of the
deck.
The pool deck with all the food and a bar was wonderful with
great lounge chairs.
It was very easy to get to know the casino staff, from the
manager down to the dealers. The staff
in the casino was the same as we have experienced in the Celebrity Casinos.
One big difference is that on Celebrity we have to wait
weeks to find out if they would comp us on a future cruise or not. With MSC, we received a free 7 night European
cruise certificate on our last night because of our play!!
If you were in a regular cabin on this ship compared to
Celebrity, Celebrity would win.
If you compare our experience on the MSC Seashore Yacht Club
compared to the suites on Celebrity, hands down, MSC is better by a large
amount.
If we had to choose any cruise line, it would be MSC and the
Yacht Club.
