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The 8 Unwritten Cruise Rules Every Cruiser Needs To Know About

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The 8 Unwritten Cruise Rules Every Cruiser Needs To Know About

…Talking about dining, there’s also unwritten rules around the main dining room. One is that you can order as much as you want. Now, some lines are starting to push back a little on that, although we mostly see it in the speciality restaurants. For example, in Pinnacle Grill on Holland America recently if you wanted multiple starters or whatever, they would charge you for them. But, in the main dining room you can order multiple starters. You can…

Cruise Tips / luxury

I See If an Ultra-Luxury Line Beats Cruising on “Regular” Lines

…une Suite. That was a huge suite at 502 square feet, with seating area, bedroom, massive bathroom, and big balcony. For the same price on Regent, it was over a third smaller and more like a large veranda cabin or mini suite. Experience Not only was the cabin smaller, but the experience was smaller too. It’s a small ship experience and I cannot underestimate the importance of this. Regent Seven Sea Navigator carried just 482 passengers. A smaller s…

Waste of $10,000? I Put Cruising In A "First Class" Suite on Royal Caribbean To The Test

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I Put Cruising “First Class” In A Suite on Royal Caribbean To The Test

…a dining area, a large lounge area with sofa bed for kids or friends, a bedroom area with curtains and a bathroom. No second or separate toilet. That I felt was a miss as this cabin probably is what families with budget would go for and so just one bathroom with toilet in felt a miss, and there was so much space to have one. It had the most enormous balcony with a table and lounges, great for a family group or friends sharing to hang out on. I did…

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Why Are Norwegian Cruise Line Cruisers Are So Unhappy?

…cal Bar and Grill, the Surfside Grill and Cafe, Hudson’s and the Commodore Room main dining rooms, Indulge Food Hall, and in the Observation Lounge, snacks, and a pretty good afternoon tea. The additional paid for specialty dining, included Hasuki which is Teppanyaki, Cagney’s Steakhouse, Food Republic (a contemporary Asian place that I really liked), Le Bistro French, Los Lobos Mexican, Noma Sushi, Onda by Scarpetta Italian, and Palomar seafood….

Most Asked Questions About River Cruises

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Most Asked Questions About River Cruises

…d dinners. Limited Dining Most cruise lines will just have the main dining room. I know on Viking they have Aquavit Terrace, which you can also book, but often you only have one dining option. There might be some little snacks or whatever in the lounge as an alternative, but it’s not 24-hour dining because most of them don’t have room service. If you’re hungry, there’s limited places to go. Also, the other thing is that the evenings on river cruis…

 I Put Cunard's New First Class "Ship-Within-Ship" To The Test

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 I Put Cunard’s New First Class “Ship-Within-Ship” To The Test

…just a few dollars a month, you get ad-free early access every week to new videos, exclusive bonus on-cruise and channel behind-the-scenes videos, group cruise priority booking, eBooks to download, and bonus cruising tips. Click “join” on YouTube below any of my videos or visit patreon.com/tipsfortravellers to find out more. Now back to the cabin differences. Cunard Grills Cabin Differences There is just one class and style of cabin in Princess Gr…

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Holland America Tips: Here’s What No-One Else Warns About

…e of included dining options including the Lido Market Buffet, Main Dining Room, and casual dining like Dive-in, with some of the best burgers at sea, and then on Pinnacle ships are even more casual options like pizza too. They then have some specialty dining. More on that shortly. The included food I find generally good and varied, particularly for the category, which they achieve by working with a range of celebrity and renowned mostly US-based…

Cape Town South Africa: 5 more great and amazing things to do there

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Cape Town South Africa: 5 more great and amazing things to do there

…ship and around the balconies that run round the hall. There are then some rooms behind, and a rather tatty tea room. The museum was not as informative as I had hoped, but it is designed to be a memorial, lobbying centre and celebration. It is worth a visit, though brushing up on South African Apartheid history and the story is advisable to really appreciate it. Websites and links: http://www.districtsix.co.za/ and the museum can be found at 25a B…

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Volunteering For Test Cruises: 8 Need-to-Knows & Watch-Outs

…This will involve things like testing the new eMuster drill which uses in-room video and use of the cruise line App and then, of course, a drill simulating having to evacuate in an emergency. A drill covering the transfer of supposed symptomatic passengers and crew from cabins to isolation rooms Quarantine of all remaining passengers and non-essential crew to their cabins. They do not yet say for how long. Then for those ships that are sailing, t…

The Highs And Lows Of Cruising French Polynesia

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The Highs And Lows Of Cruising French Polynesia

…that, I wanted to mention that, as I do on all my trips now, I posted four video updates during this trip showing what was happening and answering questions posted by my Patreon Patrons. To find out more on getting those exclusive Patron video updates while I am on upcoming trips go to patreon.com/tipsfortravellers. Cruising French Polynesia Worst #1: Long Way Away Of course, one key downside is the one I’ve touched on. With the time it takes to g…

Celebrity / Cruise Ship / transportation

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

…flights to luxury vacation destinations. It is not just the cost of plush rooms for a 5 star hotel or cruise experience. There is also a cost that the local population or those providing the luxury service may be paying . Ask what you can do to make sure that the crew, the staff and the communities are benefiting too. Read my review of the Celebrity Eclipse luxury cruise ship from when I was on it. Background: Channel 4 described the “Cruises Und…