For Vacation Fun...a travel blog

When we booked the Yacht Club level on the MSC Meraviglia, my mind wandered back to the movie ChittyChitty Bang Bang. Remember the scene where the bumbling spies capture the wrong Mr. Potts? Yeah, I sang that song in my head a lot. The Yacht Club is considered a cruise within a cruise.  Before we even exited the parking area, we were invited to leave our luggage at a Yacht Club luggage drop off.  It was very convenient and simple.  Having attached our luggage tags before leaving the house made it even faster! We were escorted through security and to a private wait area with champagne, juice and snacks. Before we could even finish our champagne,  our butler arrived to ecort us onto the ship and to the Top Sail lounge.    Fresh drinks and a great view of lower Manhattan welcomed us. Our butler, Faisol, had already taken our personal item to our room. We followed after finishing our drinks.    Throughout our stay we had top notch, friendly service.  W

My spouse and I recently went on a week long cruise out of Brooklyn NY on the MSC Meraviglia. We had a great time on the cruise and can't wait to do another.  The basics: • December 2 to 9 • Yacht Club balcony cabin ▪︎ Ports: Port Canaveral, Ocean Cay, Nassau Bahamas I am going to share aspects in a few different posts to help keep the posts shorter. Definitely they will be picture heavy! Sailing out of Brooklyn was surprisingly easy. Just as easy as sailing out of Manhattan. We drove from Pennsylvania and parked right at the Port. It cost $340 for the week which is comparable to what we would pay in Manhattan,  and less than what we would have paid for car service or for flights to Florida. The view of lower Manhattan was great and we enjoyed picking out landmarks and favorite haunts from my college days at Pace University.   The view of the Statue of Liberty and sailing under the Verrazano Bridge were wonderful from our balcony!