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How Smart Cruisers Are Landing Cruise Cabin Upgrades in 2024

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How Smart Cruisers Are Landing Cruise Cabin Upgrades in 2024

…ow to do this on this post on my blog at https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/cruise-ship-fare-tracking/ If I you saw fares go down, I would contact the cruise line and basically negotiate to get a refund, extra onboard credit, or in most cases, get upgraded to the cabin that the fare I was paying had now moved to. This had been my most effective way of getting upgrades. But cruise lines are not really playing ball anymore, first, because the ships a…

Passengers boarding cruise ships

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5 Things I Wish Cruise Passengers Would Stop Doing

…rised into doing this next thing. Wrong People I asked one lady on my last cruise how her cruise was going, and she said “It’s a nightmare, we’re cruising with my mother-in-law. and she’s driving me crazy”. A few days later I started talking to a guy on deck, and when I asked how his cruise was going, he said they were travelling with a couple for the first time who were their next-door neighbours. It was driving him nuts because the other couple…

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Good Cruise News You Should Know About

…Lady, Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Apex, Enchanted Princess from Princess Cruises, P&O Cruises’ Iona, Silversea Cruises’ Silver Moon, Saga Cruises’ Spirit of Adventure and Costa Cruises’ Costa Firenze In the first half of 2021, depending on timing of cruise resumption of course, we should see the following sailing: Viking Venus, Carnival Mardi Gras, Royal Caribbean Odyssey of the Seas, MSC Virtuosa; Ritz Carlton Evrima; Crystal Endeavor expeditio…

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What Does A Cruise Ship Butler Do?

…little bit about the myths and realities of exactly what is a butler on a cruise ship. Not all cruise ships offer Butlers, but many of the cruise lines will offer a butler for those passengers travelling in a suite. It’s quite interesting because Butlers aren’t necessarily all on one particular grade or type of cruise line, for example there are a number of mass-market cruise lines that will offer their passengers a butler. For example, Norwegian…

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More Cruisers Are Being BUMPED From Their Cruises Than Ever. Here’s Why!

…uises due to the Israel / Middle East conflict making it too dangerous for cruise ships to use the Suez Canal. Ships used it to go to-and-from their Asia and Australia seasons and for World Voyages. Lines had to cancel, reroute and redeploy ships to get around this. I saw that firsthand on my Silversea Silver Spirit in South Africa, where the ship was due to sail after my trip to the Seychelles through the Suez Canal onto Dubai. They had to redepl…

Mediterranean Cruise Traps To Avoid

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Mediterranean Cruise Traps To Avoid

…er budget, Winnie agreed to draw up a list what she really wanted from the ship and line. Ship size is, of course, a valid consideration. But, Winnie said to me she thought a mid-sized ship would be best because she’d heard they go to more interesting ports. In the Mediterranean, the size of the ship is less critical in terms of what ports they call on than some other regions. While usually smaller ships can go to more out of the way ports, that o…

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8 Cruise Services That Could Change How You Cruise Forever

…t hotels in Orlando, they will then transfer that bag right through to the ship. #3 Independent Cruise Excursions The third service that could transform your cruising experience, a lot of people might already know about, and that’s Independent Shore Excursions. But they’re a couple of services which are really great because they integrate really seamlessly with the cruise experience. On these sites you basically go, you input your cruise and then…

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River Cruise Tips and Tricks: My European River Cruising Advice

…ings as you get ready for dinner. The lowest level of cabins on many river cruise ships are mostly under the water line with a window high up on the wall just above water level which can feel more enclosed and excludes the drama of the scenery. Uniworld River Beatrice Enchanting Danube Afternoon Tea Chocolate Fountain and Spread What is included and not included in the fare? Unlike ocean cruising, river cruising provides more all-inclusive fares c…

These 7 Things Throw Norwegian Fjords Cruisers Every Time!

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These 7 Things Throw Norwegian Fjords Cruisers Every Time!

…e a myriad of places. Even some of the tiniest places you can imagine take cruise ships. So, you’ll find that itineraries are often a mixture of towns like Stavanger, Bergen, Olden, and Flam. But you will go into tiny little places like Geiranger, which only has about 250 residents. I went to Eidjord, which has just a couple of hundred. On a Norwegian fjords cruise, the scenery is constant because you are sailing within fjords, some many hundreds…

This Cunard Regular Puts Their Brand-New Ship To The Test

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This Cunard Regular Puts Their Brand-New Ship To The Test

…n board Queen Anne. This gave me ample time to fully test out their latest cruise ship. I was keen to discover if, as some believe, Cunard is trying to chase people like me away from Cunard with their new ship and replace me with new and younger cruisers, or whether they’re just trying to offer another ship for me as a regular Cunard cruiser to experience. A Reinvention? I wanted to see if Queen Anne was a total reinvention for Cunard. The short a…

Cunard Queen Victoria: 4 nights cruise May 2008: My Journal

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Cunard Queen Victoria: 4 nights cruise May 2008: My Journal

…ndence of the Seas (which is the new Royal Caribbean ship, and the largest cruise ship in the world) and our ship (Queen Victoria). It took ages and we were stationary for ages. Once we arrived at the Cunard Queen Elizabeth terminal, the rest was very fast. Our bags were whisked away and then we strode into the Queens Grill check in, got our cruise cards and then through security and straight onto the ship. We had originally only got a cabin in Br…