For a wonderful week, Mary Sanz seemed almost like a best friend. She would accompany me to dinner, escort me to the theater, made sure I got a great seat. She would share little tips about upcoming events and shortcuts around the ship. One time, she even carried my camera for me. I was walking down the hall with my camera in hand to capture a sunset. Hearing Mary’s familiar voice behind me, I turned to see …
Snow is gently falling. Since I am so happy to escape winter weather in my Hoosier hometown, why am I so excited to see this snow? Because it is in the Caribbean. Aboard a cruise ship, for goodness sake. The new MSC Seascape’s Aurea Spa offers a sensory steam room, heated tile, soaking tubs, rain shower rooms, gorgeous Himalayan salt room, water cave and Vertical Kneipp (a type of sensory shower with an alternation of hot and …
The beautiful new MSC Seascape has 11 dining venues, including four main dining rooms and one buffet. My cruise is a week. So I’ll be very busy if I try to experience all these eateries. Plus I am staying in the MSC Yacht Club and I already know that I like dining there. I’ll be writing a separate article about the wonderful benefits of the Yacht Club. So what about the ship’s five specialty restaurants? I’ve been …
While my Hoosier hometown was being battered by sleet and snow and near-zero temperatures, I was strolling on a sunny sandy beach and enjoying the perfumed scent of blooming flowers. All it took was a cruise aboard MSC Seascape with a stop at the cruise company’s private island, Ocean Cay. Hard to believe that this beautiful spot was once an industrial wasteland in the Bahamas, an artificial island built by dredging in the late 1960s. The “island” …
When I took my first cruise on the magnificent Mississippi Queen in 1976, the entertainment was mostly a jazz, ragtime piano player and powerfully-voiced female singer. We were thrilled with the music on our riverboat cruise. Years passed, of course, and now I am cruising on one of the newest cruise ships ever made – the mighty MSC Seascape. Therefore, the entertainment must be so much larger, grander, varied and breathtaking. It certainly is. On each and …
Once upon a time, a Japanese lord was riding by a dilapidated temple. With an intro like that, you know a fascinating story must follow. So begins one of my favorite tales about the beloved creatures known as Maneki Neko or Lucky Cats. But what does that story have to do with my cruise aboard the beautiful new MSC Seascape? The story is relevant because of the tasty dinner I enjoyed in the ship’s Kaito Sushi Bar …
Are you a daredevil on amusement rides? Or would you prefer something a bit more sedate? On what is being called the “ultimate amusement ride” onboard MSC Seascape, passengers can choose their own high-tech fun. The first robotic arm ride at sea has a fitting name – Robotron. Watching others climb on the ride and then enthusiastically climb off, I could see why this new ride is popular. “We heard about it so we wanted to try …
In my mind, I could hear Frank Sinatra crooning “New York, New York.” Start spreading the news, as the song says, that the beautiful new MSC Seascape is my kind of ship. “I want to be a part of it,” Frank would sing. And for one wonderful week I will be a part of the glorious Seascape as we cruise from Miami into the sunny Caribbean. On MSC Seascape, the Statue of Liberty raises her arm in …
Sleet pinged off my car window. Snow edged the highway where plows had shoveled it aside. My heater was going full blast but I could still feel the wintry wind buffeting my small car. Hoosier winters can be tough. But I’m on my way to the Indy airport for a flight to Miami to board the beautiful new MSC Seascape for a weeklong Caribbean cruise. Wonderful time to escape an Indiana winter and learn more about the …
Such a simple thing. But, to me, it shows that Celebrity Cruises aims to please its passengers and pays attention to what breakfast eaters want. In the Celebrity Apex’s buffet restaurant, Oceanview Café, is a popular breakfast item with a sign overtop it – Crispy Bacon. Great idea! I’ve seen it happen so many times on cruise ships where a passenger in the breakfast buffet asks a crew member for crispy bacon. Then the crew member uses …
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