slk1000 Posted August 29, 2021 #51 Share Posted August 29, 2021 13 hours ago, SkierRobUMN said: I would guess sometime around 11am Yes they have different dining rooms for Vaccinated vs. Non Vaccinated. Buffet however is all blended. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drugdog Posted August 29, 2021 #52 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Going on her Oct2,with unvaccinated 11 year old granddaughter,need help on venues open to her, excursions open, are there any excursions where she can shop,and do they have the shopping desk open so she could get coupons for free items if she/we visit the store ex. bracelet,charms sunglasses etc,etc. She’s 11 years old and likes to shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Shippy Posted August 29, 2021 #53 Share Posted August 29, 2021 16 hours ago, 9876 said: I am not the OP on the ship but I thought I would chime in. October will be all vaccinated since the Bahamas is prohibiting nonvaccinated tourists until October 31st. A few days ago, we were reissued our boarding passes/tickets for our 9/25 cruise. Under included things....childrens activities was totally eliminated. I have read on blogs for other cruise lines that all the spaces for kids activites were closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Gopher Posted August 29, 2021 Author #54 Share Posted August 29, 2021 1 hour ago, drugdog said: Going on her Oct2,with unvaccinated 11 year old granddaughter,need help on venues open to her, excursions open, are there any excursions where she can shop,and do they have the shopping desk open so she could get coupons for free items if she/we visit the store ex. bracelet,charms sunglasses etc,etc. She’s 11 years old and likes to shop. Most venues are open to all, in the daily program it will show specific times where certain venues are open to vaccinated only. As far as shops go, I did get a flyer in the daily to get a free Effy pendant necklace so there should be something like that for you to do. They have lots of shops on this ship and they are always totally empty so I’m sure they will be happy to have you visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelwide Posted August 29, 2021 #55 Share Posted August 29, 2021 13 hours ago, travelwide said: Can you find out who the hotel director will be on the September 13th sailing? Glad you are having a great time and looking forward to boarding the ship on September 13th. Has anyone been able to get this info? 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare styles27 Posted August 29, 2021 #56 Share Posted August 29, 2021 3 hours ago, SkierRobUMN said: You’ll likely just be seated by yourselves. There are so few passengers sailing that they can spread people out and not combine people. Thanks so much for the response! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Gopher Posted August 29, 2021 Author #57 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Italian night dinner in the MDR made up for the low quality food the rest of the cruise. (I’m looking at you frozen chicken nuggets from the buffet). The veal osso buco was probably one of the best entrees I’ve ever had on a cruise. One observation and I don’t know if this is a MSC thing or what, but the dining room staff work in absolute chaos. People running around like crazy but seemingly zero method to their madness. The other night the wine steward took my wine order, tonight my assistant waiter did my wine order and my entire meal order and served all of it. For how empty the dining room is it just seems like a lot of people scrambling. Maybe they are short staffed, I don’t know, just doesn’t seem like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Native Floridian 26 Posted August 29, 2021 #58 Share Posted August 29, 2021 8 minutes ago, SkierRobUMN said: Italian night dinner in the MDR made up for the low quality food the rest of the cruise. (I’m looking at you frozen chicken nuggets from the buffet). Did you take a picture of the menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Gopher Posted August 29, 2021 Author #59 Share Posted August 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, Native Floridian 26 said: Menu for Italian night… QR_A_MD_DINNER_DAY4_EN_1630169582.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Gopher Posted August 29, 2021 Author #60 Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) And for those doing the 4 night cruise, here is the other dinner menu. QR_A_MD_DINNER_DAY2_EN_1630169582.pdf Edited August 29, 2021 by SkierRobUMN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Gopher Posted August 29, 2021 Author #61 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Here is the sea day MDR lunch menu. QR_A_MD_LUNCH_DAY2_EN_1630276422.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9876 Posted August 30, 2021 #62 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Could you please post what terminal you go into? I am in my way over got the next sailing in the morning. WOOHOO! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geobugs Posted August 30, 2021 #63 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Terminal C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portr8s Posted August 30, 2021 #64 Share Posted August 30, 2021 On 8/28/2021 at 12:17 PM, SkierRobUMN said: Gorgeous day on Ocean Cay. Plenty of seating at the beach. I love the moon pod/bean bag chair things. They are super comfy. I grabbed one under a palm tree at the far end of the beach closest to the lighthouse. Love this! I wondered where to park myself when we go in a couple weeks from now. ♥️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted August 30, 2021 #65 Share Posted August 30, 2021 On 8/27/2021 at 7:40 PM, Shippy said: not catch of the day "Catch of the Day" is appearing on the dinner menus of the Nieuw Amsterdam as she cruises in Alaska. I agree; this is a disappointing development. It could be due to cost cutting. It could be due to unreliable supply chain issues for seafood. The former reason is more disappointing to me than the latter for not being able to specify what fish is being offered, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Gopher Posted August 31, 2021 Author #66 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Final thoughts after leaving the ship yesterday. I did the express walk off. Lined up at about 6:30am and we were cleared for debarkation at 7am on the dot. The bus situation to go to the parking garage G was a bit of a cluster as the drivers weren’t really organized as to who was taking people to the G garage. But I was at my car by about 7:15am and on my way. Overall, this was a wonderful short weekend getaway. For the price paid I am content and satisfied with what I received. With only 600-700 people on board, the ship just didn’t have any life or energy to it. The bars and venues were just all empty in the evenings. Hopefully things will pick up soon. My room steward was so nice and we had many long conversations because he was so bored. He only had two staterooms to look after. He said it was much busier early on in August when they first re-started but things have dropped off. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacknj Posted August 31, 2021 #67 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Do you have a copy of the excursions that are offered? The MSC website seems to make me believe more is offered than what is reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted August 31, 2021 #68 Share Posted August 31, 2021 7 hours ago, SkierRobUMN said: The bus situation to go to the parking garage G was a bit of a cluster as the drivers weren’t really organized as to who was taking people to the G garage. So, there are shuttles to/from the G Garage. Is this because the ship docked at a different Terminal than Terminal F? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Gopher Posted August 31, 2021 Author #69 Share Posted August 31, 2021 3 hours ago, rkacruiser said: So, there are shuttles to/from the G Garage. Is this because the ship docked at a different Terminal than Terminal F? The ship docks at terminal C and there is an empty garage there right at terminal C but they aren’t allowing passengers to use it. So they are making all MSC passengers park at the very end at garage G and then they bus you back to terminal C. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Gopher Posted August 31, 2021 Author #70 Share Posted August 31, 2021 8 hours ago, blacknj said: Do you have a copy of the excursions that are offered? The MSC website seems to make me believe more is offered than what is reality. My 3 night sailing only stopped at Ocean Cay. Are you asking about excursions available there? Do you have questions about a certain one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anded Posted August 31, 2021 #71 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Thank you so much for the great report and the menus. Is it possible to see the Daily Activity sheet or send it to me? I go out on Monday and I'm an overplanner. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kruizin'Kath Posted September 1, 2021 #72 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Thanks for ta!king the time to post a great review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted September 1, 2021 #73 Share Posted September 1, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 7:24 PM, SkierRobUMN said: there is an empty garage there right at terminal C but they aren’t allowing passengers to use it. I wonder what the reason for this may be. I have gotten so many different answers to the question of shuttles to/from the garages in the Port of Miami and I am no longer going to deal with the issue. I won't ever again drive into the Port of Miami. I'll let a taxi driver deal with the chaos and confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacknj Posted September 1, 2021 #74 Share Posted September 1, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 7:25 PM, SkierRobUMN said: My 3 night sailing only stopped at Ocean Cay. Are you asking about excursions available there? Do you have questions about a certain one? I was interested in the Miami ones that are listed as tours/transfers to the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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