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I’m sorry I don’t know the answer to this. We don’t drink soda, so we did not try, I didn’t see if anyone brought soda. Hopefully someone will have an answer for you.

Enjoy every moment! Don’t let “little things” steal your joy or dampen your fun!

My View: Road Trips Although we LOVED our road trips and seeing America, there is nothing that comes close to the value and relaxation of a cruise. We are thankful that we can cruise again and we are counting down the days to our Pompano Beach pre-cruise vacation before we board Celebrity Reflection... come cruise along! One final view of Meraviglia...until next time:

Finally, our kayaking adventures - Mangroves and Manatees: We ended up buying an inflatable kayak, which we love!

Florida Adventures: We discovered a couple of new FAVORITE vacation spots - Manasota Key (FL) and Fort Pierce Ocean Village(FL). Fort Pierce: Daytona Beach Shores: That "Sopchoppy" place - it is just so much fun to say! Spots in the Panhandle: Inland again:

South Africa: Riviersonderend (My sister's farm): NOT a Mazda! Vermont, South Africa: Hermanus: Cliff Paths, Onrus: Driving to Gordon's Bay/Strand: Drivint around Cape Point: With my Mom in the Cape - Gordon's Bay in the background:

Namibia: Swakopmund: Look at this amazing playground! Climbing the dunes, then rolling down because it is easier: Windhoek: My View while in COVID Quarantine at my SIL's house in Windhoek:

As promised in my opening of "My View" before, here are our Mazda adventures from the past 3 years. My View: Road Trip out West Cococino National Forest: That time when Google got us lost in New Mexico 🤪 San Ysidro: Bluff, UT: Jemez Springs: Aztec Ruins: Forest Gump Hill: Sedona, AZ Verde Canyon: Grand Canyon: Winslow, AZ Cadillac Ranch: BIG TEXAS: Paris, TX: That place with the BIG Rubiks Cube: Gulfport: Mobile, AL

That is always a good excuse to cruise again! 😁 I did not see donuts in the Family & Kids area either. However, we had over 1,000 teens and kids on our sailing so it may have been a strategic decision to only serve donuts in the MDR for breakfast. 🤣

Love it! Have fun exploring!

Some of the shows were with the live band. My two favorites had the live band for the most part (Born to Rock and Journey). "Cool" also had the live band. "One Day More" had pre-recorded music. It was my least favorite show of the week. I have to say the live band was excellent! You can also tell they have fun doing their job 🙂

@mnpurpleFound it! November 2022: Here is the view of Casa Blanca in July 2012, complete with helicopter taking off and landing, as well as a boat. This is edited and enhanced a bit since I did not have a GREAT camera back then. The original pic from my old camera:

Well, that is about all... I know I have some pictures that are buried on the phone - If I find anything helpful, I will come post it here during the week. If I think of additional tips, I will post those too. It was such fun to have all of you follow along! I do these mostly to help others with tips from our experience, but also for our own memories. It is always fun to see familiar faces stop by and some new faces to travel virtually with us. Hopefully, we will run into each other on some ship, somewhere! When I get a chance, I will add some fun pictures for anyone interested in our adventures in the Mazda, as well as a few pics of trips to Namibia and South Africa. ❤️APDMOM❤️

Our number was called about 20 minutes late (about 10 AM), but we got off the ship quickly. The trouble was in the terminal, where there was quite a bottleneck due to limited availability of customs agents. Traffic is also not very well planned out at terminal 10. We paid for our parking at 10:50 and got our final glimpse of Meraviglia: Goodbye to our home from this past week - the adjoining balconies 12344 and 12348: Until next time, Meraviglia!

TIP: Walk ALL the decks on one of your first 2 days when you arrive - if you see stairs, take them up or down to find out 'what is here?" There are so many 'secret quiet spots' that can be found this way. You also get to see some art you would otherwise miss. Deck themes: Hagia Sophia Acropolis: Grand Canyon: Kilimanjaro:

There was a shoreside delay with the ship being cleared to disembark. So many people assumed it is an MSC issue. From our experience, this has nothing to do with the cruiseline, and everything to do with the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We had these kinds of delays after holiday cruises on Carnival and Royal Caribbean also. You just have to go with the flow and enjoy the ship... These are times I am thankful we don't have to fly to/from cruising. A few more views from my walk:

Disembarkation: We were assigned to the champagne lounge for disembarkation, but it was packed - even had some people taking a nap on the floor. So, we just sat around the pool in the cool Port Canaveral breeze, watching a bit of World Cup action and taking occasional walks to get steps in before the drive home. Look at this line of self-assist at 8:35 AM - it snaked 3 times over about half of the Galleria. A few farewell messages on the dome:

Surprisingly, the Marketplace Buffet was not that busy this morning. We found plenty of empty seating in the back around 7:10 A.M. We found out later that many passengers opted for self-assist to leave the ship, which is probably why we had so much seating. Something I forgot to share earlier this week - they have these delicious smoothies for breakfast right when you enter the buffet - turn right and look at the smaller counter with cereals on the right.

Views of other ships in port: Carnival Magic and Royal Caribbean Jewel of the Seas:

TIP: Remember there is NO room service breakfast on disembarkation. We still saw several cabins with the 'room service' card hanging outside the door - I hope they did not wait for room service as a 'wake up' call! 😮

My View: Day 8 - Port Canaveral Disembarkation:

My View: End of Day 7 - At Sea That moon is smiling about our amazing week on Meraviglia.

Daily Planner: Day 7 - At Sea: \\

That is great!! You will probably be invited to a Diamond even too. I was diamond on my first MSC cruise but got “ demoted” because they say they had made a mistake 😁 No worries here though - I appreciated the thought. Be sure to use your 1 hour free Thermal Area pass.

Pausing here - They just called our tag number 21 to disembark. 🙂 I will finish when I get home…