MSC's Yacht Club VS Royal Caribbean's The Key! - embarkation comparison 

We were the husband and wife that sat next to your table at dinner every night… You’re such a lovely family! I had also just come off of Royal Caribbean, mariner of the seas and had purchased the key… I found Royal Caribbean / Mariner of the Seas, to be very disorderly and no one was able to tell us where to go have our lunch, and when we finally did figure out where to go for lunch, it was it least 15 minutes before we even received a glass of water… Yacht club is an amazing experience, we even find it to be superior to Seabourn. Cannot wait to return Yacht Club next December for NY’s Eve on SeaShore:-)

Thank you Bro!👏🏾🤙🏾👌🏾 This is just the video Me and my Family needed to make our final choice between the two. Lastly I like that I saw kids in the YC I couldn’t find anyone with videos of that until yours popped up! Thanks again😃

We have sailed on 7 MSC cruises in YC and over a dozen Royal Caribbean cruises as well. We have had over 2 hour waits to board with Royal in the past as that does happen to them as well. What I don’t see is you mentioning that their new terminal in Miami that is slated to open end of this year and will be able to handle 30,000 passengers on a given day - 3 cruise ships at a time. Most of our YC embarkations have been 20-30 min tops from arrival with luggage to sitting in the top sail lounge.

Kind of unfair comparison since you didn't print out yourMSC boarding pass which caused the confusion. Also the empty YC tent is certainly not the norm.I think it normally opens at 10:30 and you were too early. I did enjoy the video, but it just doesn't seem like the typical YC boarding process to me.

BTW, MSC is building one of the biggest cruise terminal for $450 Millionen Dollar at the Miami port, it will handle up,to 36000 passengers, the terminal is the very first spot in front of royal, the new terminal included a parking garage with 3500 spots and a separated yacht club terminal with waiting room etc, but for now it’s the regular port terminal which is not fit for this amount of people……

Thanks for the video. I will be in MSC Yacht Club for the first time next week. Can’t wait to experience it

To be fair the instructions on MSC is to print out the boarding passes

I did the NCL Haven and the embarkation process was so smooth and fast . Plus there where snacks, juice and coffee on the port waiting room

MSC should make sure to have a separate entrance for Yacht Club in their new terminal. Kinda 💩 to make people move to bring others through.

Thank you for sharing

Wow, it looked a little uncomfortable with the butler walking you past the long lines. It is a pity they can't just make a designated path for the escorted people to use that doesn't make other passengers thinking you're line jumping. I look forward to seeing your videos about the ship and the MSC experience.

We just got off of the Seascape out of Miami. The Yacht Club experience was great. You arrived too early. 10 AM is crazy.

Excellent video. I really appreciate you taking video footage as you walk the entire journey & navigate the whole process. Very useful. It also gives me information to gauge the size of the ship. I was wondering if you ate in the main dining room & buffet for non Yacht Club members? If so, was it really crowded & how was the food quality compared to the Yacht Club?

What about price-wise? Which one is pricier?

Not printing you boarding pass is a rookie move

I love Yacht club. Only took me 25-30 minutes from arrival at the tent until we boarded. I love the butlers, they walk like a boss to get you around, you pay for the service. so why not use it. Plus the food, drinks and personalized service...

Compare the Yacht Club to the Grand Suite on Royal is probably more comparable.

The key program for embarkation is not available anymore. I sailed on Memorial weekend on the freedom and I didn’t see the signs anywhere so I asked and they confirmed it not available for embarkation.

Thanks for posting great vlogs. With the MSC Yacht Club do the concierge run your card for sail and sign instead of doing the kiosk thing with the rest of the passengers? Also are there meat choices served in the Y/C dining area or is it mostly seafood? Thanks in advance.

Both embarkation experiences looked normal prior to boarding the ship itself. There was nothing premium about those experiences. The MSC butler escorting your family through other passengers waiting in line is absolutely the worst. They should have had another entrance that takes you directly to the ship. "Forcing" you to endure the nasty looks from other passengers or having you feel guilty cutting the line is not the initial experience you want to put your premium passengers through. That was almost like the walk of shame. The logistics of that MSC boarding was absolutely atrocious...

Which cruiseport ?

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So you're comparing getting at RC at 11:30 to getting at Yacht Club checkin at 9:30. Before the port actuality opens😅😅😅 Then whine about boarding!

Stop skipping it's irritating you skipped whole video