Our last night onboard was without a doubt the best out of the 3 for us, after meeting up at the usual rendezvous point 9 of us set off at 7:15 to go and dine in the Yacht Club Restaurant. It was also White Evening onboard and it was great to see everyone making the effort. What improved the dining experience even more was we were all sat round one table. It had all the ingredients for a perfect meal with excellent company, plenty of drinks and super food. My suggested blogging topic for this cruise was Speciality Dining and we dinned in Tex Mex on the first evening which was OK but I have to say I was rather disappointed with the experience. Even the main dining room on night two seemed lacking
Last night however was a completely different ball game and it proved to me that MSC can deliver a great dining experience, unfortunately you have to be in the Yacht Club to savour it. We were lucky enough to be granted a meal in their restaurant courtesy of our hosts and MSC which was a super experience.
For a start the menu is not only more refined but a little more extensive than the one in the main dining room. I was able to choose from the special dishes of the day along with some of the always available fare. Below is our menu for the evening.
I started with the shrimp cocktail followed by the Classic French Onion Soup. Having had the Risotto the previous night in the main dinning room I decided to have the Penne pasta.
For my main I opted for the Bandera De Carne Mixta which was a meat dish consisting of a selection of items from the Tex Mex Restaurant. Totally delicious and perhaps the route I should have gone on the first night.
And then I rounded the meal off with what else but a good old Tiramisu which was also really delicious.
Following the meal the group all met up in the Aft Lounge for a last spot of imbibing and general socialising before finally ending the night in the Sports Bar where we listened to a couple of our hosts belt out a few karaoke numbers. All in all it was a really great evening and I yes, have suffered today!!!
This morning we all met up at 8:00 for disembarking in the La Prua Piano Bar to await priority disembarking which really didn’t go at all as planned. After waiting for around 20 plus minutes in the lounge we then joined a queue which practically went the length of the ship. Eventually getting our card swiped to check if we settled our account and then showing our passport to the immigration officer. It was just a case then of having the cruise card swiped for the last time as we left the ship. The whole process taking 1 hour and 10 minutes and it did for one brief moment look as we were going round for a second run.
Once off we headed for the taxi rank to take us back to the airport and our car sharing the ride with two of our new found friends. This has been a fantastic experience and thank you cruise.co.uk and MSC for allowing us the privilege of these 3 nights on MSC Splendida.
