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Topic: MSC Monterey's Library

PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-06-2006 04:16 PM

Is anyone able to tell me what has happened to the library please? It was there in 1963, it was in the same place in 1998.. but no longer shows on current plans - that area is now.. a casino.

Surely they can not possibly have done away with a library completely? Even if just a couple of cupboards. There must be something.. anyone know?

Pam

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 03-06-2006 04:34 PM

Pam, you'd better bring your own reading material! I wouldn't be surprised if there are no books left anywhere--very unfortunate, but slot machines make more revenue than book shelves!

Rich

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Johan C
First Class Passenger
Member # 1201

posted 03-07-2006 01:50 PM

Hi Pam,

I made 2 cruises (2000 and 2002) on Monterey. In one of these cruises (can't remeber wich one) they were converting the library into a small casino. Monterey have some pax spaces wich are very difficult to find; The disco (always closed); the gym and the casino are not easy to find: only die hard ship explorers like me find them so it made sense that they moved the casino

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Amerikanis
First Class Passenger
Member # 1835

posted 03-07-2006 03:10 PM

It's a long Way downstairs, at the lowest Deck, where no Passenger Cabins are.

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johns
First Class Passenger
Member # 5821

posted 03-08-2006 12:58 AM

as a child i traveled all over the world with my grdparents we always went by ship because my grandma wouldnt fly.frequently i was only child aboard and that was where i developed my love of reading,i think it is sad that ships librarys are falling by the wayside afterall where do you find a better atmosphere for reading than on a deckchair in the shade or in a quite corner of the lounge.i guess i am getting old because i seem to value peace,quiet,and a good book more and more as tim e goes by.i remeber my grandpa reading me dr suess books in the queen marys long gallery.

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Jepp
First Class Passenger
Member # 5576

posted 03-08-2006 04:24 AM

Hepp!
Monterey´s library is a small bookcase in the casino...
/Jepp

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 03-08-2006 07:37 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Jepp:
Hepp!
Monterey´s library is a small bookcase in the casino...
/Jepp

So maybe the original bookcase is still in place? In reality there are now casino machines in the library!

Rich

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-09-2006 02:52 PM

Thanks for all the replies. It does say in the amenities list that there is a library.... but I wondered if that had just never been removed from when she did.

So it seems the original 'bookcase' remains as it was, and the casino built around incorporating it. Very peaceful for a quiet read though I suspect the cupboard will only be open for a couple of hours a day when the casino is closed.. we'll find out anyway.

Yes, Johan C, aft there are 3 decks below the main pax accommodation, with the Gym, Cinema and Disco/Arcade... if open, perhaps the fish dance along down there alongside

Pam

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Ocean Liners
First Class Passenger
Member # 4013

posted 03-10-2006 02:37 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Johan C:
I made 2 cruises (2000 and 2002) on Monterey. In one of these cruises (can't remeber wich one) they were converting the library into a small casino.

She had a Card Room(Portside) and a Library(Starboard) off the foyer.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-10-2006 04:42 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Ocean Liners:
She had a Card Room(Portside) and a Library(Starboard) off the foyer.

Both of which are now the casino, see plans in the other thread.

Pam

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Ocean Liners
First Class Passenger
Member # 4013

posted 03-10-2006 04:54 AM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
Both of which are now the casino, see plans in the other thread.
Pam

I knew it. I had checked out PEEL, APC and MSC's deck plans before posting. I was talking about Monterey before being converted in 2000 or 2002 for regardng to John C post.

[ 03-10-2006: Message edited by: Ocean Liners ]

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-10-2006 05:10 AM

I know you did, I didn't say you didn't. Just a bit of extra information for others who don't and seeing it in picture format, rather than a bunch of words, brings it more to life.

Pam

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 04-01-2006 03:21 PM

For anyone slightly interested, I now have some larger plans and the library is marked. Just a cupboard...

Pam

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 04-23-2006 05:17 PM

Despite what the deck plans say, even the ones given out aboard, the 'old' Library is no longer the Casino, but a Library once again, come Card Room come Internet Room

It's a lovely area. The Casino is now plonked in the middle of the Palm Terrace [where the sets of 4 chairs around tables are shown above].

Starboard side Palm Terrace with casino to left and Library ahead:-

Card Room, where you can just see the beginning of the 2 Internet Stations to left:-

The Library 'Cupboard' in the corner. I assume this is original and has never been moved? The square sticker on the wall by the door, denotes a WI-FI hotspot, these are dotted around Monterey in various places; so she has moved into the C21:-

To Port, the previous Card Room, then Casino, is now a Boutique.

Pam

[ 04-23-2006: Message edited by: PamM ]

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