emmas gran Posted May 29, 2019 #201 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Nikki we have done HK many times our travelling friends (from Leeds) son lives there so if you are staying there we can give lots of info. Japan we did a tour organised by agent to Mt Fuji on the Bullet train but we saw leaflets in the hotel that Grayline did the same tour - maybe your agent is in Mcr and has 1st in the name if so are they offering the stay and tour we would highly recommend . This is off topic from your review -sorry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nikkiw60 Posted May 29, 2019 Author #202 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Funny! Captains cocktail party and no Captain!! he is busy piloting the ship into Palma! and yes it is Ziggy the hotel director ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nikkiw60 Posted May 29, 2019 Author #203 Share Posted May 29, 2019 47 minutes ago, emmas gran said: Nikki we have done HK many times our travelling friends (from Leeds) son lives there so if you are staying there we can give lots of info. Japan we did a tour organised by agent to Mt Fuji on the Bullet train but we saw leaflets in the hotel that Grayline did the same tour - maybe your agent is in Mcr and has 1st in the name if so are they offering the stay and tour we would highly recommend . This is off topic from your review -sorry Ours has Nation in its name. And I do want to question you when we meet re the Japan Tours etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted May 29, 2019 #204 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Hi Nikki ... Hope you do not mind me adding your photo .... 😀 have you tried a freball yet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nikkiw60 Posted May 29, 2019 Author #205 Share Posted May 29, 2019 25 minutes ago, sidari said: Hi Nikki ... Hope you do not mind me adding your photo .... 😀 have you tried a freball yet? Thank you! We hadn’t seen this, and no not yet re the fireball. We are just pulling into Palma and the sun has come out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nikkiw60 Posted May 29, 2019 Author #206 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Just arriving in Palma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fogfog Posted May 29, 2019 #207 Share Posted May 29, 2019 3 hours ago, emmas gran said: Morning Nikki -was dinner good? I mean food as we aren't sushi fans We were in 15033 on Preziosa other side to you by the exit door and a couple of nights we were woken by a "door banging noise" and the night butler said it was the pool being emptied on 14. Is it tonight there is the Buffet in One Pool, funny how MSC get things all on the same night. @emmas gran Not to get off topic--as Nikki's thread has been great (and we just booked B2B because of this and other MSCers inform) Emmas gran how is 15033 in general. We had been looking at the stateroom and wondered about noise from the other side. Super light sleeper here. Wish the MSC boards had threads dedicated to class of ship/room re noise/traffic/soot etc. TYIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmas gran Posted May 29, 2019 #208 Share Posted May 29, 2019 15 minutes ago, Fogfog said: @emmas gran Not to get off topic--as Nikki's thread has been great (and we just booked B2B because of this and other MSCers inform) Emmas gran how is 15033 in general. We had been looking at the stateroom and wondered about noise from the other side. Super light sleeper here. Wish the MSC boards had threads dedicated to class of ship/room re noise/traffic/soot etc. TYIA Hi as I am a lightish sleeper and wear ear plugs apart from the statement about the pool being emptied we had no noise issues. Regarding footfall traffic no this wasn’t a problem and as YC is at the front of the 🛳 soot was not a problem either . Skier52 does have information on cabins and his posts are halfway down page 2 Hope that’s helpful— Sorry Nikki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fogfog Posted May 29, 2019 #209 Share Posted May 29, 2019 2 hours ago, nikkiw60 said: Hi Liz, the sushi was good but I disgraced myself in that I was unable to use my chopsticks and had to have a knife and fork! I had bought a pair of training ones for before we do the Asian cruise... Matt is fine with them though! The future cruise chap is trying to sort out the cabin on Bellissima so thank you for that! The buffet is tonight but the weather is not looking good... We are BIG sushi eaters. How was the sushi? Is it all crab stick and salmon or were there fresh fish items like tuna, eel etc? Really nice of MSC do to a dinner for you all. Was this because of CC, YC or Black card? Hope Palma weather cooperated 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nikkiw60 Posted May 29, 2019 Author #210 Share Posted May 29, 2019 15 hours ago, Fogfog said: Well with the help of Nikki's thread, the many MSC devotees...we just booked 2 MSC YC sailings Pretty excited about it too joined a Big Box because the TA handles MSC and ours doesn't. Will status match after our B2B in Sept. TY everyone. We are excited Still do the status match! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nikkiw60 Posted May 29, 2019 Author #211 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Just now, Fogfog said: We are BIG sushi eaters. How was the sushi? Is it all crab stick and salmon or were there fresh fish items like tuna, eel etc? Really nice of MSC do to a dinner for you all. Was this because of CC, YC or Black card? Hope Palma weather cooperated 🙂 Dinner was re CC but is also a black card option, the sushi was good there was also ahi tuna, octopus, salmon and prawn. Zoom in on the pictures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRANNYOFSIX Posted May 29, 2019 #212 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Have a wonderful day Nikki and Matt!!! Enjoying your live thread so very much!!! Thank you! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nikkiw60 Posted May 29, 2019 Author #213 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Random observation, we have got a Revolut card which you top up and you get the bank rate. The Euro pound exchange rate now works out at the equivalent of getting a 10% discount on a purchase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nikkiw60 Posted May 29, 2019 Author #214 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Just putting this out there and off topic but...for those of us on the 28th October Matt thinks we will get diverted to Bermuda... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fogfog Posted May 29, 2019 #215 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Just now, nikkiw60 said: Just putting this out there and off topic but...for those of us on the 28th October Matt thinks we will get diverted to Bermuda... diverted from what? Ocean Cay? TYIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nikkiw60 Posted May 29, 2019 Author #216 Share Posted May 29, 2019 No on the way down from New York, it’s still hurricane season! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmas gran Posted May 29, 2019 #217 Share Posted May 29, 2019 (edited) OK I give in what makes him think that? We have done T/A 3 times on X via New York in Oct/Nov no hurricanes Edited May 29, 2019 by emmas gran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRANNYOFSIX Posted May 29, 2019 #218 Share Posted May 29, 2019 20 minutes ago, nikkiw60 said: Just putting this out there and off topic but...for those of us on the 28th October Matt thinks we will get diverted to Bermuda... Time will tell for sure.......... Sushi platter looked really delish.........nice you were invited to the CC dinner. I wonder why you were invited to dinner?? Has it ever happened to you before? Never happened to us.......interesting !! Have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nikkiw60 Posted May 29, 2019 Author #219 Share Posted May 29, 2019 25 minutes ago, emmas gran said: OK I give in what makes him think that? We have done T/A 3 times on X via New York in Oct/Nov no hurricanes Time will tell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcoigna Posted May 29, 2019 #220 Share Posted May 29, 2019 59 minutes ago, nikkiw60 said: No on the way down from New York, it’s still hurricane season! the end of October is coming to the end of Hurricane Season especially with anything of great intensity - the major hurricanes are usually mid august and month of September - Tropical season does go until the end of November. But on a side note - Bermuda is still very much in a Hurricane belt and have been battered many times (again Mid August and month of September) - so strange to think and predict something, that is really not likely to happen - I suppose that if a tropical depression was on its way up the eastern seaboard - then i suppose they would get out into the Atlantic, but dont really see why they would stop in Bermuda and not just a different course to the southern Caribbean For me - it was a very strange comment to make - not unless he has a magic crystal ball that can determine the whether on 28th of October, when most meteorologists have a hard time predicting the whether for tomorrow and have a hard time to pin point an exact landfall location of a true hurricane.... so - why upset the apple seed!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruisergal1208 Posted May 29, 2019 #221 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Nikkiw60, please give Ziggy a big hello from Mary Ann and Tom Beckham. We have sailed many times with him on Divina and he’s such a great person to know. Glad you are enjoying the Divina YC. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted May 29, 2019 #222 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Does it have the cabins where you have to put a card in the slot to make the power work @nikkiw60 ? Thanks x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nikkiw60 Posted May 29, 2019 Author #223 Share Posted May 29, 2019 44 minutes ago, little britain said: Does it have the cabins where you have to put a card in the slot to make the power work @nikkiw60 ? Thanks x Yes it does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nikkiw60 Posted May 29, 2019 Author #224 Share Posted May 29, 2019 We couldn’t just walk past! Note the name of the bar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmas gran Posted May 29, 2019 #225 Share Posted May 29, 2019 That looks great! Wish I was there to share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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