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Solo Cruise Tips: I’ve Done 87 Solo Cruises, And Here’s What No-One Else Is Warning You About

…price. So, I effectively have wiped out the solo surcharge. Repositioning cruises are when ships are moved between the different regions at the beginning and end of each season. So, for example, they’re moved to and from the Caribbean to Europe and Alaska at the beginning and end of the Caribbean season, between Japan and Alaska, or to and from Australia via French Polynesia and Hawaii to Alaska. They happen twice a year, usually April/ May and O…

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I’ve Done 15 Caribbean Cruises. Here’s What No-One’s Telling You!

…perhaps the most famous example. It was built from scratch for up to four cruise ships to call per day. It is an enclosed area with bars, restaurants, shops, pool, and activities. But the third—and most significant—change is the explosion of private islands and private beach clubs. Cruise lines have realised that not only do they need places for all their ships to go with existing ports full but if they own and control the port stop, they can man…

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Titan Travel Italian Lakes and Azamara Greek Islands Cruise Review

…has been dramatically upgraded and revamped to make a beautiful and classy ship. Being a smaller ship, the cabins are not large and the bathrooms cosy, but it is plush and the beds and bedding incredibly comfortable. To find out more about Azamara Club Cruises and why this line appealed so much when I saw it in the Titan program watch my video about the line I made based on this trip. https://youtu.be/c8ZT38hslxg Watch the video on YouTube: https:…

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What Do Celebrity Cruises Do Better And Worse Than Other Premium Cruise Lines?

…used on Galapagos. In this article I’m focusing on the traditional classic cruise ships. At the time of writing this, they had 10 ships, and within that classic fleet they already have plans that that will grow to 13 ships by 2022. They have three different classes of ship: they have the Millennium Class, the Solstice class and the Edge class. The four Millennium class ships, which2002, Millennium, Infinity, Summit and Constellation hold around 2,…

Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Regent Claims It’s the BEST Cruise Line – Here’s What I Found!

…ff menu. But the dining experience in the Compass Rose is like any regular cruise ship main dining room experience. As I mentioned, you don’t necessarily have your own table, and so it is hit and miss, often with a line at the entrance to get allocated a table, the waiting staff cannot get to know you as you keep shifting tables and look after many tables and are busy and it’s all a bit frantic. Excursions The second area that is a bit weak are ex…

Cunard Queen Elizabeth: 7 Nights Cruising the Fjords (Day 1 Departure)

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Cunard Queen Elizabeth: 7 Nights Cruising the Fjords (Day 1 Departure)

…n the Cunard Fleet have a more understated style of decor than many of the cruise ships in service today. Most cruise ships are more inspired by the brightness and brashness of Las Vegas. Cunard is more inspired by the 1930s Art Deco. It is much less glitzy and bright, using more browns, beige and gold touches. This fits its positioning more. I love the feeling of this heritage and feeling of being linked back to the romantic days of sailing when…

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Cunard Queen Victoria Ship. Review, Photos and Video.

…ice. One of the biggest challenges Cunard may face with the Queen Victoria Cruise Ship, is if it can attract enough premium passengers to keep her full. The Cunard ship, the Queen Victoria is a cruise ship. This is unlike her predecessors (including the QM2) which have tended to be more “ocean liners”. They tended to look different, especially the bow which was designed to slice through the aggressive Atlantic sea on regular trans-Atlantic crossin…

Embarkation Day Tips and tricks

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Embarkation Day Tips and Tricks

…eck your dining The third thing is to check your dining. It depends on the cruise ship, but if you have a table allocated in the main dining room and you’re on one of those cruises which has fixed dining, go and check the table and make sure you’re happy with it. That’s going to be your table for the whole cruise. It’s increasingly the case that cruise ships are moving to a more open seated dining, so this is becoming less of an issue. However, if…

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What Cruise Crew Want Cruise Passengers To Know – Their Top Tips

…nd and considerate in return will go a long way to enhance and smooth your cruise. Cruise Mafia This is where the “mafia” I mentioned comes in. It was pointed out that crew are incredibly inter-connected and it’s often these informal connections that can unlock and make things happen for you. Things work not just through the official channels, using the informal system can be a real plus. The crew member’s roommate, friends and people they hang ou…

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Cruise Buffet Dining: What SMART Cruisers Do (And DON’T Do)

…es to the buffet is seeing it as limiting my dining options. I think smart cruisers agree with me that the cruise buffet is not the limited dining option. In fact, it’s usually a way to get more choice than eating in the main dining room. The main dining room menu is relatively limited, while most buffets have an enormous and diverse range of options. It is also often a chance to try more exotic foods than in the main dining room. Most evenings I…

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River Cruising versus Ocean Cruising – Key Differences

…Size The most obvious difference is size of the ships – and cabins! Ocean cruise ships range from yacht-style ships, like the Windstar Star Breeze with 212 guests, through to the enormous Royal Caribbean ships carrying up to 6,000 guests. The trend in ocean cruising is towards ever bigger ships, as the economies of scale make it an appealing business model for the cruise lines. Even lines like Silversea and Seabourn that focus on smaller ships hi…