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Cruise Ship Casino: What You Need To Know Before You Play

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Cruise Ship Casino: What You Need To Know Before You Play

…rded. The biggest change I saw was travelling in Asia, we’d sailed up from Australia to Hong Kong with $5 minimums. Once we got to Hong Kong and there were more Chinese guests onboard, the table minimums ramped up dramatically to $10. More sociable Because of this, it is much more recreational and sociable than land casinos. I find it much less intimidating to play the tables on ships. The other gamblers are more friendly and much more forgiving o…

10 Latest Cruise Rip Off's And How I Avoid Them

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10 Latest Cruise Rip Off’s And How I Avoid Them

…nd the world it has worked for. In fact, as I was preparing this, Jason in Australia emailed to say following this, he’d got $1,800 slashed off a transpacific cruise he has planned for April. While this is a big one, I found more rip-offs happen once I am on board. #2 All-Inclusive Bundles Many lines have introduced all-inclusive add-on bundles with supposedly large discounts of up to 50% versus buying the items separately. Most bundle three on-bo…

Christmas Cruising Wasn’t What I Expected. Here’s Why

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Christmas Cruising Wasn’t What I Expected. Here’s Why

…To Travel, at the same time. They went as a couple on an Azamara Cruise to Australia over Christmas and found it really hard being away from their family. They weren’t sure they would do it again. Emotions were probably magnified by being surrounded by families together on these trips. When it came to solo travellers, there were some on the trip and a few in Club Orange. What I realised, as a regular solo traveller myself, is they appeared much mo…

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What Are The Biggest YouTube Cruise Vlogger Channels Right now?

…Ships UK 28800 2360000 41 Cruise With Josh USA 27500 28700 42 Chris Frame Australia 25800 8450000 43 Sean & Stef USA 24300 4070000 44 Same Ship Different Day UK 22300 1710000 45 Jackson Clavier Productions USA 18800 16900000 46 Travel Spree USA 18700 2340000 47 Affluent Journeys USA 18500 5930000 48 Hoffman Happy Travels USA 18500 4580000 49 Life With Favor USA 18200 4340000 50 Water World USA 17800 4120000   To see the full list of 175 cruise vl…

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Cruise Scams People Are Falling for even BEFORE Leaving Home!

…he has been contacted by thousands of women from Europe, Japan, China, and Australia, who have been scammed. He even put a warning on his Facebook page pointing out that he’s gay and married to a man. But Captains do seem to be a blind spot for cruise lovers, as in the UK a man called Jody Oliver pretended to be a Captain on Carnival Corporation’s P&O Cruises. He managed scam over £320,000 (about $400,000) from friends and family of someone he was…

The Highs And Lows Of Cruising French Polynesia

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The Highs And Lows Of Cruising French Polynesia

…nesia is in the Pacific. Located roughly halfway between South America and Australia. In all there are 118 islands, stretching over a staggering 1,200 miles (2,000km). Cruising French Polynesia Best #1: Islands & Scenery Without a shadow of a doubt, one enormous highlight of the cruise was the phenomenal and unique scenery across these islands. I was absolutely blown away by what I saw. Volcanic, soaring mountains, lushly covered with vegetation,…

Stop Taking These On A Cruise, Take These Instead!

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Stop Taking These On A Cruise, Take These Instead!

…ertificates and COVID tests. Although, there are a couple of regions, like Australia, which I believe still requires them, based on what people are telling me. Pack These Instead I want to talk now about things that I pack differently to before, and let me come back to the whole thing around cameras. Now, when I first started cruising, you would take a mobile phone perhaps with you but it’d be switched off. You didn’t have apps, you didn’t have Wi…

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My Friends & I Scored Free Or Nearly Free Cruises. Here’s How

…ike Cunard and P&O Cruises. The lines fly him to the ship from his home in Australia and he gives a few talks, usually one per sea day, and most lines let him bring a plus one. If you know anything about anything and can talk about it, this could be a route for you. I’ve met people talking about destinations, history, cases they investigated as a police officer, pilots, architects, and theatre producers talking on ships. There are several agencies…

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“Naughty” Tips ONLY Cruisers Over 18 Should Know About

…son in Portugal, some Instagram-style party girls tried and were caught in Australia and so many more. I also want to talk prescription drugs tips. Of course, you can bring your prescription drugs on board. In some places like Mexico, you can buy prescription drugs in a local pharmacy without a prescription, including Viagra, Diazepam, Tramadol, and so on. I have met several cruisers like to stock up on prescription drugs on cruises in ports like…

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5 Things You Won’t Be Able To Do On A Cruise This Year!

…ounced the Resilient Lady was going to sail back to the Mediterranean from Australia via Africa, not through Asia and the Suez Canal. Last year lines were sailing Arabian cruises through the Red Sea with the bucket list transit of the Suez Canal, but now this year it’s not being offered. All those cruises have disappeared because of the attacks by the Houthi rebels on ships passing through the area. This means we cruisers also have fewer Asian cru…

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I Cruise Silversea To See If Its New Owners Have Ruined It

…gion although interesting about the Lindy Chamberlain “Dingo Baby” case in Australia. Dining I have left dining and food for last in the “what’s the same” category because it overlaps with the improved and worse areas that I will cover next. In the past I’ve found the food on Silversea to be good and, unlike some reviews and some people on my trip, I feel that they still do good food. Some told me they felt the grades of meats and produce was wors…