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MSC Cruises Tips: My Observations, Review and Top Cruising Advice

…smaller ships. This is my detailed review, observations and tips about the ship, cruise line to help anyone considering going on a cruise and with MSC Cruises based on this trip. I also recommend you read “Who MSC Cruises if for – and Why” and the pages I have with videos, audio podcasts, photographs and articles on the MSC Preziosa, MSC Divina and MSC Lirica. Impressions and Details The first time I saw the MSC Lirica docked in Marseilles it look…

I Tried the World's “Most Popular Small Ship Cruise” Line

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I Tried the World’s “Most Popular Small Ship Cruise” Line: Windstar Cruises

…paying for a balcony but not getting one. The World’s “Most Popular Small Ship Cruise” Line – Dining Next, I checked the daily program in the cabin and was encouraged to see that there a choice of six dining options on the ship. I decided to head to the Verandah, the buffet restaurant open for breakfast and lunch. The staff there told me each day lunch was themed around a different cuisine or country, and if the buffet did not appeal there was a…

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Not Telling Your Cruise Line These 6 Things Could Sink Your Cruise

…Cruise I was driven to make this after I saw a series of issues blow up on cruise ships after people did not come clean with their cruise line. Sometimes intentionally, but more often because they hadn’t realised they needed to. The consequences of some were so severe that I’ve seen cruisers banned for life, refused embarkation, or being kicked off their ship during the cruise. I want to start with where not telling the cruise line can have the mo…

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The Smartest Way To Deal With These 6 Cruise Nightmares

…r within an hour or so, and so you may still be able to board. Missing The Ship Cruise Nightmares Next, something I fear is getting back from exploring a port and finding the ship has left without me. Like with the other nightmares, some preparation is the best way to avoid it. First, I check my phone and watch are on “ship time” so I know what time they are on that I must work to. Usually that will be the same time as in the port. Next, I do not…

Getting Disembarkation Day Right

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The Best Way To End Your Cruise: Getting Disembarkation Day Right

…ble for leaving the ship. I have seen several passengers scurrying off the ship in a cruise line dressing gown, as they forgot to leave some or all of their disembarkation clothes out. Also, the smart thing to do is triple check every single space when packing. Cabins have many storage places. And if you’re anything like me, you’ve popped things in different drawers over the duration of cruise. I must admit, in the past I’ve left Camera SD cards,…

7 Things Every First-Time Cruise Passenger Should Know

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7 Things Every First-Time Cruise Passenger Should Know

…ots of things that you may not realise the significance of when you book a cruise. The cruise contract that you agree to simply, by booking a cruise has many conditions. For example, you accept and agree that the line can change the itinerary or ports of call at will. You must accept it and without the right to compensation, or often ability to cancel. They usually have strict cancellation terms, which won’t allow you to change the name of the per…

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8 Cruise Line Secrets Staring Us In The Face. But We Don’t See

…And how they let her know. It got me thinking about other hidden things on cruise ships staring us right in the face. Things that we have no idea are there or are missing the significance of. Let’s explore these cruise line secrets that are hiding in plain sight. Face Up To It The Viking Cruise Director had fled to the rear infinity pool, as the bridge had seen a man who was having a late-night swim collapse when getting out of the pool. This was…

offbeat cruise questions

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8 Offbeat Cruise Ship Questions Passengers Ask Answered

…tch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/W1cNRN7D2ug #1 Is there a jail on board a cruise ship? Actually there is. There’s what’s known as a brig. If there’s some issue, normally passengers will be restricted to their cabin, but there is, on most cruise ships, a brig. This is normally a pretty secure room, nonlinear security, where they can hold up rowdy passages, or in fact, I guess, crew until they get to the next port can hand them over to authorities…

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Cruise Line Secrets They Don’t Like Talking About

…bean Shopping Promotion Other than MSC Cruises, it seems the shops on most cruise ships are not operated by the lines themselves. Instead, third-party companies run them. This is another little-known of the cruise line secrets. The two main ones are LVMH’s Starboard Cruise Services that runs shops for 15 lines including Celebrity, Carnival, Holland America, Royal Caribbean, and Virgin Voyages. The other is the UK-based Harding+ which runs shops fo…

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These 17 Ports Are About To Ruin Your Cruise Plans

…and large numbers of locals are trying to slash tourism and the number of cruise ships calling. Just before I wrote this, there was a large protest by Neighbourhood Assembly for Tourism Degrowth focused on the Las Ramblas, close to the cruise port and a major tourist spot. This included them spraying cruise passengers and tourists eating in open air restaurants, with water pistols, and chanting for tourists to go home. The city’s mayor, Jaume Col…

Cruise Ship / Cruise Ship / Cunard / transportation

Cunard Queen Elizabeth Ship. Newest Cruise Ship In The Fleet Review

…ruise Ship docked in Zeebrugge Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth Ship is the newest cruise ship in her fleet. It entered service in September 2010. This review, photos and video tours of the interiors and exteriors of the ship is based on a number of cruises taken on the ship. The first time I went on Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth Ship was about 7 months after she entered service. It was a short 5-night cruise out of Southampton round Europ . The trip went to A…