A self confessed Cruiseaholic…… with barely enough funds to support his passion!
We have arrived ahead of schedule and as is typical with the Italian cruise lines there are a lot of passengers embarking and disembarking at the various ports, Bari being one those.
No cruise terminal as such, just a tent.
Our party is split 50-50 today with 2 getting off for a stroll and 2 staying on. I am going for a walk and will post more if I see anything of interest.
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Well the wind eventually subsided and we have awoke to a calmer sea this morning. We won’t know until tonight whether its the norm or not but there was a lot of vibration in our aft cabin. Not that it was unbearable but it would certainly make us think twice about choosing another cabin in that location.
We all woke up late this morning and had to rush to make breakfast in the buffet which finished at 10.00. I have never seen so many people in the buffet looking for seats and just hope this is not a normal feature for this cruise. We eventually found seats and made use of our drinks package by enjoying a fresh orange juice and a decent cup of coffee. We are due in to Bari at 1.00 and still haven’t made our minds up whether to get off or not. Watch this space.
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The Captain has just announced over the ships tanoy that there are high winds forecast and that all open decks will be closed to passengers. In 10 cruises this is the first time I have been aware of a warning like this.
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On our way……
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Muster with life jackets on. No name check or roll call. But a very good demonstration on how to put your jacket on correctly.
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Having acquainted ourselves with the ship a bit we went back to the cabin to unpack. The bags arrived within 2 hours of us boarding, I have however come to the conclusion that it was all down to timing with our quick check in as we could see some pretty big queues inside the terminal as we walked around the upper decks.
Our aft facing cabin seems a good size and I think it will be ample for our needs over the next week. The bathroom is very compact but then it doesn’t need to be huge.
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We have arrived in Venice after a 2 hour flight from Gatwick. After being greeted by the MSC rep we were escorted to our coach which within 25 minutes had us at the dockside. We were checked in very quickly and on the ship in record time. Not a queue in sight! 10 out of 10 for the embarkation process. Our cabin was available immediately as so we dropped off bags and made for the buffet. We have also purchased the Allegrissimo package for everyone which at €23 per adult and €12 per child will provide unlimited soft drinks, wine, beer, coffee, smoothies, milkshakes juices, certain cocktails and ice cream. I think the boys might just break the bank on this one!
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Its 2.20 in the morning and we are about to set off for the airport. We have a 7.40 flight to Marco Polo Airport in Venice from there we will pick up our transfer to the cruise terminal to join the ship.
With just 2 weeks to go before we sail, our MSC cruise documents have arrived, they are not at all what I had anticipated because they are in the form of a little voucher book. Even the suitcase tags are included in the pages.
Regardless of the format its always nice when your documents arrive in the post because you know that the cruise is getting close.
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I have just gone through my little routine of checking which ships will be in port with us and found that we will be joined by some familiar names at a couple of the ports. All being well we should be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the Celebrity Equinox, Costa Atlantica & Celebrity Silhouette who funnily enough are probably our 3 favourite ships .
Costa Favolosa 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Norwegian Spirit Depart: 9:00 AM (Dock)
MSC Musica Depart: 5:30:PM
Costa Favolosa 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
MSC Musica 1:00:00 PM – 6:00: PM
Costa Favolosa 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
MSC Musica 12:30:00 PM – 5:30: PM
Costa Atlantica 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Celebrity Equinox 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM (Tender)
Zenith 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM (Tender)
MSC Musica 8:00:00 AM – 2:30: PM
Norwegian Jade 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Tender)
Celebrity Silhouette 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Tender)
Nieuw Amsterdam 1:00 PM – 11:00 PM
MSC Musica 7:30:00 PM – 11:59: PM
MSC Musica 12:01:00 AM – 1:00: AM
Ruby Princess 6:00 AM – 5:45 PM
Navigator Of The Seas 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Dock)
MSC Musica 7:30:00 AM – 4:30: PM
Zenith 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Dock)
MSC Musica 1:00:00 PM – 7:00: PM
Seabourn Spirit 8:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Costa Favolosa 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Zenith 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Dock)
MSC Musica 8:00:00 AM – 2:00: PM
Costa Favolosa 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Ruby Princess 05:00 AM –
Zenith 10:00 AM – 11:59 PM (Dock)
Carnival Breeze 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
MSC Musica Arrive: 9:00: AM