Wife and I always cruise in the Yacht Club! Dollar for dollar, it's the best luxury cruising experience at sea. The Celebrity Retreat is on another level, but you're gonna pay for that. The Yacht Club is perfectly priced.
What a glorious start to your trip ☀️ You two clearly deserve this level of experience. I can’t wait to watch every video from this trip that you chose to share.
Thank you so much!!! Ha! We been trying to tell cruise companies we deserve this too! They never agree…🤪 We’ve got a whole lot more on the way… we are so thankful!!!
Looks like the Yacht Club is the way to go!!! I'm all about getting on the ship as quick as possible. Super Nice !! Dare I say "boujie" I expected Chris to be speaking like the old english actor Terry-Thomas! Can't wait for more of your adventure
(in my best Terry Thomas) Jolly boujie, I must say. You know I'm not entirely uncertain we haven't found the most sensible way to cruise… on this machine those good engineers in Italy call Meraviglia. Surely the most sensible thing for the two of us to do is to press on with this preposterous show and I earnestly propose we carry on with all possible dispatch. 😊🤪😊 Thanks… and “good show”!
we have 35+ cruises and decided to finally try MSC (with our fingers crossed!) couple months ago... same upgrade opportunity as you had... best cruise ever... now booked in April and yesterday received offer to upgrade! already submitted an offer for Yacht Club... thank you for taking the time to do an MSC review...
Good luck on the upgrade! It’s the best value, by far, at sea! MSC has their own unique flavor (some of us love it!) Hope you have a wonderful time onboard! 😊
Just want to say I found your MSC podcast on Apple and I love it. My wife and I are booked on Seascape 2/1/25 for our second MSC cruise. Previously we cruised on Divina and we had the best time. Looking forward to watching and listening to you both. Cheers 🍻
From the time I dropped off my wife and our luggage at the Yacht Club tent and parked to being in the Top Sail lounge with a drink in hand was under 30 minutes. Amazing!
Really appreciate the information about the ferry. We are SO doing this. That line of traffic looks dreadful and would be a terrible way to kick off a YC vacation. Question: how far of a walk is it from the ferry to the YC tent/luggage drop off?
Hi there it was a great way to start the day, just be ok with pulling your own luggage to and from the ferry. We usually just have one large we can pull and a backpack or small bag we can put on top. Once you get off the ferry it is about 100 yards maybe a little more to YC tent which is off to the left. Blue and gold tent is where you will drop off luggage. We hope you have a wonderful time!!
As always, great video! Looking forward to the next one. We just returned last week from a Yacht Club trip on the Seaview in the Western Med. We had the same embarkation experience as you did - we were shocked at how fast we got onto the ship. Absolutely loved the Yacht Club, already planning our next trip with them.
Thank you so much! We literally said to each other “How have we not sailed Yacht Club before… and how will we ever sail anything else?!” 😀 For our channel, we like a variety of cruises so we can film different experiences, but… it’s gonna be hard to choose something else now! 🤪😊🤪
Your anniversary should be special… and it will be in the Yacht Club! They do such a wonderful job of making your holiday special… LOVE that crew!!! Have an awesome time!!! 😊🥰😊
Thank you for the video. We will be sailing in June and are looking to ask how you went about the train and ferry more importantly where did you board the train and ferry
Thanks! We took the subway from Greeley Square down to the financial district… then walked to Pier 11/Wall St, which sits just across the harbor from Red Hook (where the ship docks). It was about a 15 min ferry ride over and it drops you off right next to the ship (about 250 feet away!) So easy! Hope that helps!!! 😊
I love the comparison from the first to the second cruise. LoL. Can't wait to see the rest of the vids on this cruise. Oh and I am sooo curious what the plan is.
Ha! Thanks! Even with that ridiculous wait to get onboard, that 1st MSC cruise actually made us want to do this cruise...wonderful... we've got some fun stuff coming! 😊🤪😊
It's so nice to get pampered once in a while. We're so happy for you both. The Flamenco music gave such a nice touch( all of the music was great).Our first MSC was cruise reopening with the Meraviglia ( only 17% full).I loved that all the bars served expresso coffee. We really enjoyed this ship.
We agree! Beautiful ship and a wonderful crew that just want to make your experience the best it can be! You probably had an extra-special experience with so few passengers. And we love Latin music too… rhythmic, emotive, and dramatic… thank you so much!!!
Going next Monday and upgraded to the Meraviglia YC! Question: was it easy to find the dedicated spot to leave the luggage in? Last time we did, we weren't in YC and just handed it over to the people loading up the check in bags.
@@tjdiver3637 Awesome! Our original embarkation time was 1130, but I think we're just going to head there closer to 10 to maximize the YC experience! hahaha see you then!
Love your backpack and phone carrying thing!! Do you mind sharing where you got them from? Ty for the video! I'm doing my first solo trip and first cruise ever on this ship next month, altho not YC 😢 I guess I have long lines ahead of me 😅🎉
Hi there!! My backpack was a gift so not sure where it came from but the lanyard is from Amazon… project-cb cell phone lanyard. I loved it because I usually don’t have pockets on my casual cruise clothes and so I never had to worry about leaving my phone somewhere. My sunglasses and cruise card attached to it also… absolutely loved it and you will see me wear it on all of our cruises now 😊 We love MSC even without YC. Bring patience the first day and I’m sure you will love them too. Let us know how it went 😁
Not a lot to see 🤪… about 1/10 the size of most ports. It does have a better layout than most (we’re lookin at you, Miami). The delays seem to have been due to the size… rather than utter mass confusion (we’re lookin at you again, Miami). 🙂😜🙂
Love your video! We will be on this ship August 13. Can’t wait to experience the YC. Loved the idea of taking the ferry. How far of a walk is it from the ferry to the ship?
Thank you!!! You will love the Yacht Club… MSC has really set it up wonderfully and the crew are exceptional. From the ferry to the ship is an incredibly short distance… probably 100-150 yards. Just a short little walk and you’re there! Have a fantastic trip… and you’ll have to let us know your thoughts when you return. 😊😎😊
@@roniaffissio661 If you are Yacht Club, you can board anytime you would like… this “priority boarding” stuff makes you feel like a rockstar… and is positively one of our favorite things about YC. 🤩🤪🤩
Hi, I am going on an MSC cruise in the next few weeks and your videos have really helped me; I actually upgraded to Yacht club after your video about embarkation; I am a bit nervous about the whole ‘butler thing’ generally though, but do you need to tip the butler, and if so, how much?? I am British and the cruise is Copenhagen, Norway, Germany
Can you fit a couple of TH-cam vlogging stowaways somewhere in your luggage?!? 🤪 You are going to love the Yacht Club experience… it such a uniquely wonderful way to cruise. Since you’ll probably prepay gratuities for the cruise, there is no need to add extra tips for your butlers. We did add extra tips for a couple crew members as some of them just made our holiday extra special… but it’s not expected at all. So feel free to do as you like. We can’t really tell you what others did, but we tipped an extra $40 at the end of the cruise (about $5 a day) for those extra special crew members. Hope that helps a little… and have an amazing time! 😊
Well, we really haven’t explained our upgrade in any of the videos yet. It’s in an upcoming video. 😊 Basically, we booked a Fantastica Inside, bid for a Yacht Club inside for just a little more than what they suggested, received an email about 1 week prior to sailing letting us know we received a Yacht Club Balcony Suite instead of an inside… and we couldn’t have been happier… or more surprised! 😊🤯😊
@@reneederisio8503 hi 😊 the new documents showed the cabin they assigned us but not much else. When I looked on the deck plans, that’s when I noticed it was an balcony cabin and of course located inside of the YC. I used the luggage tags that printed out with my boarding pass and then when we checked luggage at the YC tent, they added another luggage tag(blue and gold) indicating YC
Hi, we just returned on July 8th after sailing on the Meraviglia and have the same idea as you THE YACHT CLUB which is scheduled for September 4th. Our mattress was extremely hard and was wondering if you can tell us how the mattresses are in the Yacht Club as we are thinking about bringing a foam topper. I appreciate your help and looking forward to hearing from you.
Loved loved loved the Yacht Club. The mattresses are on the firmer side… but we found them to be pretty comfy. If you like a soft mattress, that pillow topper might be the way to go. Overall though, we felt the bedding was quite a few notches above “normal” on a cruise.
Room service was GREAT!! Everything is included and they offered a menu in the room. It had a good selection of breakfast lunch and dinner items. Our butler brought our breakfast in (we ordered coffee to the room each morning) and also went to get our pizza each night. Usually around 10pm your butlers are off but there is someone else that will bring it to you if you order late. We didn’t try to order anything off menu or ask for special requests but I would think all included.
No outdoor seating in the YC restaurant on Meraviglia (and we don’t know of any other YC ship that has it). There is outdoor seating only by the YC buffet. However, the new Explora ships (which are entire Yacht Club experience ships) will have outdoor seating.
@@Taste-Try-Travel Thanks for replying. I noticed in your other video that you mentioned that the YC buffet is closed for dinner. So does that mean if I wanted to eat outside for dinner I can't 😔. I guess there's always room service. I haven't eaten inside a cruise ship restaurant since 2019 due to the pandemic. With a couple of exceptions when nobody is around. I'll probably eat in my cabin or at the regular buffet on deck 15 in the back like I did for 14 days last year on Meraviglia 😀 I'm actually booked on Explora 1 next April! Can't wait.
@@GlobalAdventurer They closed the YC buffet around 4 each day. But, if you have a balcony, you can have anything you want delivered to your room. We would think they would be happy to deliver it to the Yacht Club buffet area too. The Yacht Club staff is soooo accommodating!!!! You’ll have to let us know about Explora… we are so excited to get onboard!!!!
Once the last passenger from the previous cruise is off, Yacht Club guests will be escorted on at anytime they arrive… how great is that?!? We loved it! 🤩🙂🤩
Ps I just found your channel today and just want to add, I’m survivor also! 4 & 1/2 years out and still kicking butt! I’m always amazed how pink sisters find a way to come together!
Yep. We definitely heard this before we got there. We talked to a few folks onboard later on that reported 30-55 minute waits that day. We were so thankful for our experience!😊
Watching your older videos again, eager to see you cruising again. Praying for your community now.
We are getting there. Still a lot of videos to come out on Seascape
Wife and I always cruise in the Yacht Club! Dollar for dollar, it's the best luxury cruising experience at sea. The Celebrity Retreat is on another level, but you're gonna pay for that. The Yacht Club is perfectly priced.
We’ll said!! 💯 The “ship within a ship” concept is absolutely loaded with distinctive value… love it! 🤩🙂🤩
Thanks!
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What a glorious start to your trip ☀️ You two clearly deserve this level of experience.
I can’t wait to watch every video from this trip that you chose to share.
Thank you so much!!!
Ha! We been trying to tell cruise companies we deserve this too! They never agree…🤪
We’ve got a whole lot more on the way… we are so thankful!!!
Looks like the Yacht Club is the way to go!!! I'm all about getting on the ship as quick as possible. Super Nice !! Dare I say "boujie" I expected Chris to be speaking like the old english actor Terry-Thomas! Can't wait for more of your adventure
(in my best Terry Thomas) Jolly boujie, I must say. You know I'm not entirely uncertain we haven't found the most sensible way to cruise… on this machine those good engineers in Italy call Meraviglia. Surely the most sensible thing for the two of us to do is to press on with this preposterous show and I earnestly propose we carry on with all possible dispatch. 😊🤪😊
Thanks… and “good show”!
@@Taste-Try-Travel Absolutely fantastic!!! I could really hear him saying that. This made my day!!!
You two are such a beautiful couple. I am so happy the two of you got to enjoy the yacht club.
What a wonderful thing to say!!! Thank you! 😊 Yacht Club is simply brilliant!
Im glad you guys had a good experience with the complementary upgrade.
we have 35+ cruises and decided to finally try MSC (with our fingers crossed!) couple months ago... same upgrade opportunity as you had... best cruise ever... now booked in April and yesterday received offer to upgrade! already submitted an offer for Yacht Club... thank you for taking the time to do an MSC review...
Good luck on the upgrade! It’s the best value, by far, at sea!
MSC has their own unique flavor (some of us love it!) Hope you have a wonderful time onboard! 😊
Just want to say I found your MSC podcast on Apple and I love it. My wife and I are booked on Seascape 2/1/25 for our second MSC cruise. Previously we cruised on Divina and we had the best time. Looking forward to watching and listening to you both. Cheers 🍻
Thank you so so much… and welcome!😊
We felt the same way after our first MSC cruise… they’re just uniquely fun!🤩🤪🤩
From the time I dropped off my wife and our luggage at the Yacht Club tent and parked to being in the Top Sail lounge with a drink in hand was under 30 minutes. Amazing!
Wow! Amazing. Nothing beats YC 👍🏻👍🏻
I’m just happy to be here! Looks like a blast y’all! Have fun!
Yacht Club is a definite blast… and we feel so lucky! 😊
I am bringing all my glasses on our Sept 4 cruise. Thanks for the heads up about eyeglass cleaning.
Ha! They’ll do all of them… heck, bring your friend’s glasses too! 🙂🤪🙂
It is the onlyy wat to go. :) Enjoy
Thanks! MSC has got something good going with this Yacht Club thing! 😀🤪😀
You guys are so fun to watch.
Thank you! ☺️😊☺️
Really appreciate the information about the ferry. We are SO doing this. That line of traffic looks dreadful and would be a terrible way to kick off a YC vacation. Question: how far of a walk is it from the ferry to the YC tent/luggage drop off?
Hi there it was a great way to start the day, just be ok with pulling your own luggage to and from the ferry. We usually just have one large we can pull and a backpack or small bag we can put on top. Once you get off the ferry it is about 100 yards maybe a little more to YC tent which is off to the left. Blue and gold tent is where you will drop off luggage.
We hope you have a wonderful time!!
As always, great video! Looking forward to the next one. We just returned last week from a Yacht Club trip on the Seaview in the Western Med. We had the same embarkation experience as you did - we were shocked at how fast we got onto the ship. Absolutely loved the Yacht Club, already planning our next trip with them.
Thank you so much! We literally said to each other “How have we not sailed Yacht Club before… and how will we ever sail anything else?!” 😀
For our channel, we like a variety of cruises so we can film different experiences, but… it’s gonna be hard to choose something else now! 🤪😊🤪
I’m so excited I’m about to book mine for our wedding anniversary ❤
Your anniversary should be special… and it will be in the Yacht Club! They do such a wonderful job of making your holiday special… LOVE that crew!!!
Have an awesome time!!! 😊🥰😊
Thank you for the video. We will be sailing in June and are looking to ask how you went about the train and ferry more importantly where did you board the train and ferry
Thanks! We took the subway from Greeley Square down to the financial district… then walked to Pier 11/Wall St, which sits just across the harbor from Red Hook (where the ship docks). It was about a 15 min ferry ride over and it drops you off right next to the ship (about 250 feet away!) So easy!
Hope that helps!!! 😊
I love the comparison from the first to the second cruise. LoL. Can't wait to see the rest of the vids on this cruise. Oh and I am sooo curious what the plan is.
Ha! Thanks! Even with that ridiculous wait to get onboard, that 1st MSC cruise actually made us want to do this cruise...wonderful... we've got some fun stuff coming! 😊🤪😊
It's so nice to get pampered once in a while. We're so happy for you both. The Flamenco music gave such a nice touch( all of the music was great).Our first MSC was cruise reopening with the Meraviglia ( only 17% full).I loved that all the bars served expresso coffee. We really enjoyed this ship.
We agree! Beautiful ship and a wonderful crew that just want to make your experience the best it can be! You probably had an extra-special experience with so few passengers.
And we love Latin music too… rhythmic, emotive, and dramatic… thank you so much!!!
@Taste-Try-Travel Yes, at 17 % full I think everyone had a butler 🤣
@@floridacruisers7705 😆
Loved your video. We are going on the MSC Seaside Yacht Club Mid July. Yacht Club changes your perspective on how you cruise. Great video😁👍
Absolutely… Don’t know how we can cruise any other way now! 🤪😳🤪
We were on Seashore last year and had a blast!
Thanks!!!!
I can hear the CD was still Kerrie😊
Yep!… didn’t see her a whole lot, but did enjoy her as CD.
Going next Monday and upgraded to the Meraviglia YC! Question: was it easy to find the dedicated spot to leave the luggage in? Last time we did, we weren't in YC and just handed it over to the people loading up the check in bags.
Super super easy! A tent that has Yacht Club written on it, sitting right next to the regular luggage drop… took about 2-3 minutes total!
So nice!😊🤩😊
@@Taste-Try-Travel Thank you!
Dito on YC!! see you on the 13th!
@@tjdiver3637 Awesome! Our original embarkation time was 1130, but I think we're just going to head there closer to 10 to maximize the YC experience! hahaha see you then!
Love your backpack and phone carrying thing!! Do you mind sharing where you got them from?
Ty for the video! I'm doing my first solo trip and first cruise ever on this ship next month, altho not YC 😢 I guess I have long lines ahead of me 😅🎉
Hi there!! My backpack was a gift so not sure where it came from but the lanyard is from Amazon… project-cb cell phone lanyard. I loved it because I usually don’t have pockets on my casual cruise clothes and so I never had to worry about leaving my phone somewhere. My sunglasses and cruise card attached to it also… absolutely loved it and you will see me wear it on all of our cruises now 😊
We love MSC even without YC. Bring patience the first day and I’m sure you will love them too. Let us know how it went 😁
TY for the reply!! @@Taste-Try-Travel
Never seen the Brooklyn cruise port before
Not a lot to see 🤪… about 1/10 the size of most ports. It does have a better layout than most (we’re lookin at you, Miami). The delays seem to have been due to the size… rather than utter mass confusion (we’re lookin at you again, Miami). 🙂😜🙂
Love your video! We will be on this ship August 13. Can’t wait to experience the YC. Loved the idea of taking the ferry. How far of a walk is it from the ferry to the ship?
Thank you!!! You will love the Yacht Club… MSC has really set it up wonderfully and the crew are exceptional.
From the ferry to the ship is an incredibly short distance… probably 100-150 yards. Just a short little walk and you’re there!
Have a fantastic trip… and you’ll have to let us know your thoughts when you return. 😊😎😊
@@Taste-Try-Travel so looking forward! Will definitely let you know 🛳
One other question. We have a noon time embarkation. Will they allow us on if we are there an hour or so earlier?
@@roniaffissio661 If you are Yacht Club, you can board anytime you would like… this “priority boarding” stuff makes you feel like a rockstar… and is positively one of our favorite things about YC. 🤩🤪🤩
@Taste-Try-Travel any idea when boarding starts? Might as well then get there as soon as we can. Taking a nap on deck is sounding very lovely 😍
Could you please share the name of the Spanish song? Great video!
That Spanish Flamenco-style song is called 'Sin El Amor' by Los Principes Del Flamenco... they have some great sounds! 🙂
Hi, I am going on an MSC cruise in the next few weeks and your videos have really helped me; I actually upgraded to Yacht club after your video about embarkation; I am a bit nervous about the whole ‘butler thing’ generally though, but do you need to tip the butler, and if so, how much??
I am British and the cruise is Copenhagen, Norway, Germany
Can you fit a couple of TH-cam vlogging stowaways somewhere in your luggage?!? 🤪
You are going to love the Yacht Club experience… it such a uniquely wonderful way to cruise.
Since you’ll probably prepay gratuities for the cruise, there is no need to add extra tips for your butlers. We did add extra tips for a couple crew members as some of them just made our holiday extra special… but it’s not expected at all. So feel free to do as you like. We can’t really tell you what others did, but we tipped an extra $40 at the end of the cruise (about $5 a day) for those extra special crew members.
Hope that helps a little… and have an amazing time! 😊
Hi there ! I can't find where you guys explain how you got the upgrade bid on Yacht Club as you mentioned ? Can you reply me its link ? Thanks
Well, we really haven’t explained our upgrade in any of the videos yet. It’s in an upcoming video. 😊
Basically, we booked a Fantastica Inside, bid for a Yacht Club inside for just a little more than what they suggested, received an email about 1 week prior to sailing letting us know we received a Yacht Club Balcony Suite instead of an inside… and we couldn’t have been happier… or more surprised! 😊🤯😊
@@Taste-Try-Travel ahh. I thought maybe you hadn't posted yet, yeah.
@Taste-Try-Travel when you got upgraded, did the new boarding documents show Yacht club on the luggage tags or just Voyagers Club and the new room #?
@@reneederisio8503 hi 😊 the new documents showed the cabin they assigned us but not much else. When I looked on the deck plans, that’s when I noticed it was an balcony cabin and of course located inside of the YC.
I used the luggage tags that printed out with my boarding pass and then when we checked luggage at the YC tent, they added another luggage tag(blue and gold) indicating YC
Hi, we just returned on July 8th after sailing on the Meraviglia and have the same idea as you THE YACHT CLUB which is scheduled for September 4th. Our mattress was extremely hard and was wondering if you can tell us how the mattresses are in the Yacht Club as we are thinking about bringing a foam topper. I appreciate your help and looking forward to hearing from you.
Loved loved loved the Yacht Club. The mattresses are on the firmer side… but we found them to be pretty comfy. If you like a soft mattress, that pillow topper might be the way to go. Overall though, we felt the bedding was quite a few notches above “normal” on a cruise.
@@Taste-Try-Travel Ok, good to know..
Thank you for the quick reply.
What is the room service like in the Yacht Club? Is it 24 hours? Is there a charge?
Room service was GREAT!! Everything is included and they offered a menu in the room. It had a good selection of breakfast lunch and dinner items.
Our butler brought our breakfast in (we ordered coffee to the room each morning) and also went to get our pizza each night. Usually around 10pm your butlers are off but there is someone else that will bring it to you if you order late.
We didn’t try to order anything off menu or ask for special requests but I would think all included.
I am so jealous.
Best cruise experience, hands down winner!
Does the yacht club restaurant have any outdoor seating?
No outdoor seating in the YC restaurant on Meraviglia (and we don’t know of any other YC ship that has it). There is outdoor seating only by the YC buffet. However, the new Explora ships (which are entire Yacht Club experience ships) will have outdoor seating.
@@Taste-Try-Travel Thanks for replying. I noticed in your other video that you mentioned that the YC buffet is closed for dinner. So does that mean if I wanted to eat outside for dinner I can't 😔. I guess there's always room service. I haven't eaten inside a cruise ship restaurant since 2019 due to the pandemic. With a couple of exceptions when nobody is around. I'll probably eat in my cabin or at the regular buffet on deck 15 in the back like I did for 14 days last year on Meraviglia 😀 I'm actually booked on Explora 1 next April! Can't wait.
@@GlobalAdventurer They closed the YC buffet around 4 each day. But, if you have a balcony, you can have anything you want delivered to your room. We would think they would be happy to deliver it to the Yacht Club buffet area too. The Yacht Club staff is soooo accommodating!!!!
You’ll have to let us know about Explora… we are so excited to get onboard!!!!
@@Taste-Try-Travel can you say more about this… Where will this depart from? Time frame?
Does MSC charge gratuities daily on your account?
Yes and it’s the same price as not being in Yacht Club. We chose to pay ours in advance and it was $211.20 for both of us for the week.
@@Taste-Try-Travel you paid $211.20 each or total? And thank you so much for responding.
That was the total gratuities for both of us.
Is yacht club board at anytime?
Once the last passenger from the previous cruise is off, Yacht Club guests will be escorted on at anytime they arrive… how great is that?!? We loved it! 🤩🙂🤩
@@Taste-Try-Travel I'm so looking forward to it! First cruise ever and well I said go big or go home. We are on the seascape.
You’ve gone big… yes!!!!!🤩
We are goin out on August 6th, and we are booked in an inside YC. And I cannot wait to go!!!! And I really want to know how you got you room!!!😂
Ps I just found your channel today and just want to add, I’m survivor also! 4 & 1/2 years out and still kicking butt! I’m always amazed how pink sisters find a way to come together!
Awesome and congrats!!!! We stand together stronger ❤️❤️
Worst place to depart from ,building is too small 95 mins just to get to the paperwork
Yep. We definitely heard this before we got there. We talked to a few folks onboard later on that reported 30-55 minute waits that day.
We were so thankful for our experience!😊
I tried to hit like twice lol
Ha… we’ll take it!!! Thanks! 🤪😊🤪