Seaside - best day and time for a cabin crawl?

[windlicht]

Hey you all!

 

Has anyone of you organized or participated in a cabin crawl before?

 

What would be the best day and time to do this?

[Até]

There's a lot of great information in the CC ask a general question section:

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/search.php?searchid=128543756

 

One MSC specific is the difficulty with the semi-standard of arranging the crawl to take place right after the Meet & Mingle because MSC can vary that date, time and location of the M&M based on how many people are signed up. Since you cannot be totally sure of the M&M timing I would schedule the crawl independently. The M&M will usually be a sea day in the early afternoon with possibly not enough time for a crawl afterwards due to some people having early dinner, so I would pick a sea day an hour or two before lunch.

 

 

Another problem is setting a meet-up point as on sea days many lounges, bars and other venues are being used for ship activities or will be very busy and there can be difficulty finding/identifying each other for the crawl. I suggest picking a meet point that will be empty at your time. An example for 10am meet would be La Boheme on the Port side - Starboard side is often used for crafts. It's usually empty. Another place would be the Champagne Bar as it's dead most of the time, especially before lunch. If you have a large enough group you can contact the cruise or hotel director and ask for a venue to be reserved before or after the crawl depending on your group's needs - gift exchange, poker run, bar meet-up, general group socializing, etc.... MSC and the current Seaside management staff are very supportive of CC member events.

 

ETA: You may need a complete cabin list of all who plan to attend as you would need to leave notes to tell fellow crawlers of any plans you made once on the ship.

Edited May 14, 2018 by Até

[windlicht]

Great, super informative response! Thank you!