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Confession1mo ago
MSC Cruises · MSC Seashore · Deck 10, Cabin 10410
#romantic#balcony#sunset

We ate dinner on our balcony every night and skipped the dining room

Seven-night Mediterranean cruise. Beautiful dining room, multiple specialty restaurants, all included in our package. We went to the dining room once on night one, found it too crowded and formal, and never went back. Every subsequent night we ordered room service, set up the balcony table with candles (our own, smuggled aboard in the suitcase, which I believe is technically against the rules), opened a bottle of wine (also smuggled aboard), and had dinner watching the Mediterranean sunset. The room service menu is limited but we supplemented with food from the buffet brought back in to-go containers. Our steward knew exactly what we were doing and quietly provided extra plates and glasses without comment. The dining room is beautiful. Our balcony was better.

— Balcony Diner
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Story1mo ago
MSC Cruises · MSC Seashore · Deck 9, Cabin 9330
#romantic#love story#balcony

The couple who renewed their vows on the balcony next door

We were having a quiet evening on our balcony when we heard soft music from next door. Then voices — a man and a woman reading vows to each other. They were renewing their wedding vows on their balcony at sunset. We could hear everything through the divider. My partner grabbed my hand. We sat in complete silence listening to two strangers promise to love each other for another twenty years. When they finished, there was a long silence, and then laughter and the sound of champagne opening. We never saw their faces. We never spoke to them. When we got back to our cabin that night, my partner turned to me and said 'Can we do that on our anniversary?' We are doing it next year. On a cruise. On a balcony. Because of two strangers who did not know they had an audience.

— Accidental Witness
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Story1mo ago
MSC Cruises · MSC Seashore · Deck 11, Cabin 11044
#wildlife#unforgettable#balcony

The whale breach that nobody else saw

Early morning, Deck 11 balcony, somewhere off the coast of Portugal. I could not sleep and went out to the balcony at 5am with coffee. The ocean was completely still — mirror-flat, which is rare in the Atlantic. I was watching the horizon when something enormous broke the surface about two hundred meters from the ship. A whale. Full breach. It launched itself out of the water, twisted, and crashed back down sending spray in every direction. I screamed. Nobody heard me. There was not a single person on any visible balcony. No other witnesses. I did not have my phone. No photo. Just me and this whale in the pre-dawn Atlantic. I sat there for another hour hoping for a second breach. It did not come. I am the only person who knows it happened.

— Lone Whale Witness
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Story1mo ago
MSC Cruises · MSC Seashore · Deck 10, Cabin 10066
#solo travel#unforgettable#balcony

The Italian grandfather who taught me to watch the sea

Solo trip on MSC Seashore, Mediterranean itinerary. My neighbor on the balcony next door was an Italian man in his eighties named Giorgio who was on his forty-seventh cruise. Forty-seventh. We could hear each other through the divider and on the first morning he said 'You are looking at your phone. Look at the water instead.' I put my phone down and looked at the water. He started narrating what he saw: the color changes as we passed over different depths, the pattern of the ship's wake, the way clouds form differently over warm and cold currents. He had been watching the sea for twenty years and he knew it like a language. We had coffee on our adjacent balconies every morning for seven days. I have not looked at my phone on a balcony since.

— Giorgio's Student
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Review1mo ago
MSC Cruises · MSC Seashore · Deck 8, Cabin 8290
#balcony#quiet#comfortable bed

Standard balcony that just works — no drama

Sometimes you want a cabin review that says: it was fine. Cabin 8290 on MSC Seashore is a standard balcony that does everything it should. The bed is comfortable. The bathroom works. The balcony opens properly and has two chairs and a small table. The view is open ocean. The corridor is quiet. The steward was professional and friendly. The AC maintained temperature. The lights all functioned. The safe worked. The TV worked. The wifi from this position was actually quite good. Nothing went wrong. Nothing was exceptional. It was a perfectly competent cabin in which I slept well for seven nights. In a world of dramatic cruise reviews, I offer you this: Cabin 8290 is fine. And fine is wonderful.

— Content Passenger
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Review1mo ago
MSC Cruises · MSC Seashore · Deck 15, Cabin 15180
#noise#balcony#great view

High deck cabin with a pool deck view problem

Deck 15, cabin 15180. Beautiful cabin, modern finishes, the infinity balcony is wonderful. However, this cabin's balcony has a direct sightline to the pool deck on Deck 16, which means on sea days you are watching hundreds of people in swimwear from above like some kind of cruise ship surveillance operation. The noise from the pool reaches this deck easily. The DJ's music is clearly audible. On port days when the pool is less busy it is peaceful and lovely. My recommendation: if you want a high deck balcony on Seashore, go aft where the view is the wake, not forward where the view is the pool party. The cabin interior is excellent though — no complaints about the room itself.

— Pool Overlord
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Review1mo ago
MSC Cruises · MSC Seashore · Deck 12, Cabin 12150
#great view#balcony#modern

The cabin with a view of the cruise terminal — worth it in port

Cabin 12150 on MSC Seashore faces starboard and at several ports, this meant we had a direct view of the cruise terminal and the city beyond. In Barcelona, we watched the entire port come alive from our balcony. In Marseille, we could see the Basilica on the hill. The ocean days the view is standard open water. The cabin is a typical MSC balcony, modern and functional. One thing I appreciate about MSC is the minibar comes pre-stocked with a couple of complimentary water bottles, which other lines charge for. The balcony furniture is slightly more elegant than the plastic chairs on American lines — actual cushioned seating. Small touches matter. The cabin was spotless throughout. No maintenance issues.

— Terminal Watcher
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Review1mo ago
MSC Cruises · MSC Seashore · Deck 11, Cabin 11310
#sunset#great view#infinity balcony

Port-side Deck 11 — the Mediterranean sunset position

If your MSC Seashore itinerary is in the Mediterranean heading south along the Italian coast, port-side cabins on Deck 11 get the sunset every single evening. Cabin 11310 had a perfect unobstructed view of the Amalfi coast at sunset on our second night and I have never taken more photos in my life. The cabin is a standard balcony with the MSC infinity concept — glass extension over the water. The room is well-maintained and modern. One issue specific to this cabin: the balcony divider between us and the next cabin has a small gap at the bottom that allows sound to travel. We could hear our neighbors' conversations clearly. Not a dealbreaker for us but worth noting for privacy-conscious travelers.

— Amalfi Gazer
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Confession1mo ago
Carnival Cruise Line · Carnival Celebration · Deck 14, Cabin 14188
#suite#romantic#funny

The hot tub incident on our private balcony

Our suite had a private hot tub on the balcony. My partner and I decided to enjoy it at midnight under the stars. Romantic. Sophisticated. Adult. What we did not anticipate was that the hot tub jets were significantly more powerful than expected. When I turned them on, water erupted over the side of the tub and cascaded off our balcony onto the balcony below us. We heard a very startled yell from downstairs. We turned the jets off immediately and sat in the tub in guilty silence for approximately three minutes before hearing laughter from below. A voice called up: 'If you are going to flood us, at least warn us next time.' We never met them face to face. We did leave an anonymous apology bottle of wine with their steward the next morning.

— Hot Tub Offender
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Confession1mo ago
Carnival Cruise Line · Carnival Celebration · Deck 12, Cabin 12340
#funny#thin walls#balcony

We had a loud fight and the whole deck heard it

My husband and I had a spectacular argument on night three. About what? I genuinely cannot remember. Something about dinner reservations or shore excursions. The point is we were loud. We were on the balcony. Sound carries on water. I know this because the next morning at the buffet, the couple from two cabins down approached us and said, very gently, 'We just wanted to check you two are okay.' They had heard the entire thing. We were mortified. Then they said 'For what it is worth, we think you were right about the lobster.' I did not even remember discussing lobster. We apologized profusely. They became our dinner companions for the rest of the cruise. They are wonderful people. The argument is forgotten. The embarrassment is forever.

— Loud Lobster Lady
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Story1mo ago
Carnival Cruise Line · Carnival Celebration · Deck 10, Cabin 10290
#dolphins#wildlife#family with kids

The dolphins that raced the ship for twenty minutes

Sea day, somewhere between Florida and the Bahamas. I was on the balcony working on my laptop (yes, I was working on vacation, I know) when I noticed something in the water. Dolphins. Not two or three — at least fifty, stretched across the water in a formation, matching the ship's speed. I called my wife. She called our kids. All four of us stood on that balcony watching in silence as this massive pod kept perfect pace with Carnival Celebration. They were jumping, spinning, playing in the bow wave. My eight-year-old whispered 'they're racing us' and nobody corrected him because it genuinely looked like they were. They stayed with us for twenty minutes before veeling off toward the horizon. My son talks about it every single day.

— Dolphin Witness
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Story1mo ago
Carnival Cruise Line · Carnival Celebration · Deck 9, Cabin 9330
#wildlife#funny#balcony

The stingray that watched us eat breakfast

Docked in Grand Cayman. Eating breakfast on our balcony, port side facing the tender dock. A massive stingray — easily five feet across — was circling in the water directly below our balcony. It stayed for over an hour, just gliding in slow circles. My partner started dropping small pieces of croissant into the water, which I told him was almost certainly not allowed. The stingray did not eat the croissant. A seagull did. The stingray continued its serene circles, unbothered by the seagull, unbothered by us, unbothered by existence. We named it Raymond. Ray for short. We watched Raymond until the tender boats started running and he glided away. Sometimes I think about Raymond's perfect, peaceful life and I am envious.

— Raymond's Friend
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