We sailed in Yacht Club in MSC Seaview just two days after doing a week cruise in MSC Fantasia YC. Yacht club is probably the most affordable way to get an executive experience in the cruise but unfortunately bigger ship made it almost less luxurious experience.

The embarkation in Barcelona went smoothly. Once again we did not even have time to finish a glass of sparkling wine when a butler was ready to accompany us to the ship. The YC cabin in Seaview is bigger than in Fantasia and the space divider between the sofa and the bed gives a nice touch to the cabin. There seemed to be though less room for the clothes and other stuff while there is no more a separate walk-in closet. The bathroom is better than in older ships while we prefer the shower to the bathtub.

The YC restaurant in Seaview is upstairs of the Top sail lounge. It is nice if you do not wish to leave the YC premises but to us it really made no difference. You can enter the restaurant either from lounge or the cabin corridor. The crew still needs to improve the way receiving guests and giving them a table. Some evenings there seemed to be lack of tables. The restaurant has not really bad tables but some are still better than others. We needed to ask for one every night as we did not want to sit in the last corner of the restaurant. The food is no special and it resamples to the one of the main restaurant. The menu was total the same as in Fantasia a week before although the presentation was a bit better. There are always a couple of wines available and sadly the most common question was only “red or white”. The sommelier performed a pretty ridiculous show to those buying a bottle from the list. One evening I requested a wine from the YC normal wine list that caused the sommelier to explain to me that they know better that I should drink. He made the same speech to the neighbor table who wanted to buy a “wrong” bottle. I found this rather rude considering that the menu and the (open) wines had really nothing to do with wine pairing. Otherwise the waiters managed to tackle through the dinner but that´s it. Read more