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Princess Cruises Tips

Princess Cruises

Princess Cruises Tips : The 10 Things You Need To Know Before Cruising With Them

…across all lines in this category. The production shows are very atypical cruise review-style shows (like 60s & 70s, Rock, Piano singers (Elton John, Barry Manilow, and Billy Joel) along with guest entertainers (singers, comedians, and musicians) and some local folk performances. These tend to focus on older songs and are not very contemporary. Personally I found the shows to be somewhat dated and the same format and quality as the competing line…

Cruise Tips

You Should NEVER Buy These from Your Cruise Line

…est routing. I always try and avoid connections if I can when flying to my cruise ship, as it adds more risks of things going wrong from delays and cancellations. Which makes me cautious of line flights. Transfers With one exception I will come to, I tend not to book cruise line transfers, as I get more flexibility using Uber, pre-booking on car service sites or using a taxi. For example, I recently flew to a Norwegian Viva cruise out of Barcelona…

Cruise Tips

Avoid Cruise Hell – Cruises You Should Stay Far Away From!

…ryone else, on Sun Princess. I pointed out to them that of the last 10 new cruise ships launching, only 3 sailed their original planned maiden voyage. The seven others were cancelled, as the ships were not ready. Throwing the plans of cruisers into chaos. In fact, on Sun Princess they not only cancelled the original maiden but the replacement one too, as the ship still was not ready. There are three more reasons for not booking maiden voyages, eve…

Cruise Hacks, Tips and Tricks

Cruising

My Top Cruise Hacks, Tricks and Tips

…ts and language. Also, in that kit make sure you bring a tooth repair kit. Cruise ships do not have dentists and so bring a tooth repair kit so if you have a filling fall out or crown come off, you can deal with that – either hold you over to the next port or even for the whole cruise. The last thing on packing is make sure you bring the right adapters and all the charges for all your gear. Luckily, most cruise ships now have USB charges, but not…

Should You Only Book Cruises Via A Cruise Agent

Cruise Tips

Should You Be Using A Cruise Agent To Book Your Cruise?

…is a no brainer. If you have had cruises cancelled, and you’ve got future cruise credit, a cruise agent will be very happy to pick those future cruise credits up as you plan. Because the agents are so important to them, the cruise lines will give commission when they rebook new cruises with future cruise credits. So, future cruise credits are located to you as an individual, either with your club number, your captain’s number, or your frequent cr…

Cruise Tips And Advice

9 Best Ways To Cruise For Free

…of these are the guest speakers onboard, gentleman dance hosts which some cruise ships have, or perhaps running some sort of craft workshops, run bridge classes or even some of the digital workshops. A lot of those roles, whilst they’re not paid, you do get free cruising and you’re normally allowed in some of those roles to bring up a partner along as well. The other thing to do, if you’re a professional singer, dancer, comedian, juggler or have…

Seabourn

Seabourn Cruises Tips, Tricks And Advice: Getting The Most From Your Cruise

…at to expect, latest innovations and advice on what to bring and pre-book. Review cruise community and review sites Use the CruiseCritic Seabourn Cruises community board. It is very active with experienced travellers and recent cruisers who can answer any outstanding questions, and advise of any developments you should be aware of to make your forthcoming cruise better. The site also has reviews and you should keep up-to-date on latest ones to und…

Costly Cruise Mistakes

Cruise Tips

11 Most Costly Cruise Mistakes… And How To Avoid Them

…d in a lot of the markets and stallholders in places where there’s lots of cruise ships coming. Some of the locals might bamboozle you and confuse you with exchange rates, so really make sure that you understand the exchange rate in each country you visit. Of course, one of the things to do nowadays with mobile phones is that there are apps that work without using data that will convert currencies for you, very simply and easily. I have seen lots…

Celebrity / Cruise Ship / transportation

Do Low Crew Wages For Cruise Ship Jobs Fund Luxury Cruise Fares?

…ike minimum wages or working hours that apply in their home market. Cruise ships ships usually fly what is known as “Flags of Convenience”. This means that they are registered in countries like Liberia and the Bahamas. At the end of 2011, for example, Cunard registered all their ships in the Bahamas instead of Southampton UK. They therefore are bound by those laws, which are less onerous. Everyone that travels on a cruise, and talks to crew, knows…

Cruise Lines Don’t Like Talking About These Topics

Cruise Tips

Cruise Lines Don’t Like Talking About These Topics

…ere they are. People said they wouldn’t use it because it’s outrageous the cruise ships are tracking them. However, cruise ships are tracking us all the time. And this only goes to prove how little we passengers know what’s actually happening on board a ship. CCTV All over the ship is CCTV. The only place there’s no CCTV is in your cabin and in private areas like public restrooms. It has sophisticated face recognition built in using the photo when…

Cruise Tips

The Bizarre History of 6 Cruise Ships: You Won’t Believe What I Found!

…incident so wild it sounds like the plot of a thriller. Let’s look at some cruise ships with a very bizarre history… Crazy Previous Life Let’s start with Regent Seven Seas Navigator’s previous life. Unbelievably, the ship was originally intended to be a Russian spy vessel. Construction began on the ship in 1988 at the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg and the structured was named the Akademik Nikolay Pilyugin. It was the planned prototype for…