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Princess Cruises Versus Celebrity Cruises: Which Is Better?

…ore avant-garde food and drinks. They’ve ditched the one large main dining room and replaced it with four smaller dining rooms, which you move between. Tuscan, which is more Italian. Cosmopolitan, which is modern American cuisine. Mediterranean in Cyprus and more French cuisine in Normandy. If I step on a Princess ship, no matter where in the world, no matter which ship it is, it will be very familiar every time. It will look the same, have pretty…

Discover The Best Place To Stay On A Cruise Ship

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Discover The Best Place To Stay On A Cruise Ship. And Why!

…re, you have the theatre, night music venues, nightclub, bars, main dining room and kitchens. Then, I avoid any decks where people can walk and stand in front of my cabin. On classic cruise ships this is unusual. Though P&O Iona does have balcony cabins on the Promenade Deck. With these, people can walk past and look into your cabin. I’ve been on smaller ships and expedition ships with public decks outside my cabin. People congregate there to view…

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Is Princess Cruises On A Journey Downwards? What Are They Getting Right And Wrong?

…for you, and you want a premium experience that’s a more adult, watch this video about Holland America starting with the one thing that I think people get wrong and misunderstand about Holland America. See you over there. View more videos on my YouTube channel. View more of my cruising tips. SUPPORT TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS Sign-up as a YouTube Channel Member: https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/Join Find out about being a Patron on Patreon: https://www….

I cruised Disney without kids

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Nightmare At Sea? I Cruised Disney As An Adult Without Kids

…ce. Duck-In, serving so-so burgers was open at night, or I could have done room service, but it’s very hard to have an adult-only and non-themed more boisterous show dinner. Amazing food? Many fans told me before I went that the food was amazing, among the best in the premium category they compete with. So, that’s lines like Holland America, Princess, Virgin, Cunard, and P&O Cruises UK. I wasn’t as impressed with the food as I thought I would be….

I Cruised Disney As An Adult Without Kids

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I Cruised Disney To See Why It Costs So Much. Here’s What I Found

…alue from the fare is here as much as I expected. However, the main dining rooms are giving more theming and the shows around the meals of course. Service Did my larger fare translate into better service? I felt that service was good, and very friendly, but not that different to other premium lines. It became clear they reward the crew on their guest rating surveys, as they kept lobbying for good scores. Plus, the unique gratuity system Disney hav…

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

…ence is I can use cash as on land, but I can also charge my gambling to my room via my cruise card. And, some cruise lines even let me use my on-board credit to gamble, like when I was on Celebrity and Royal Caribbean, but not on Holland America. So, check if yours will. To charge to my room, I put my cruise card in the slot machine and charge it. I’m not usually charged a fee. I avoid the on-board cash machines, as they have a big a fee to withdr…

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6 Ways Cruising Is Changing This Year. Are You Ready?

…been on. I spoke about smaller menus in my recent Majestic Princess cruise video. On the Holland America Koningsdam trip I am just back from, there were up-charges for lobster and steak in the main dining room, and charges if I wanted to order an extra main course in the Speciality Restaurants. Just as I was preparing this, both Royal Caribbean and Carnival increased drinks packages, Wi-Fi, and specialty dining costs. Another thing I spotted with…

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I Made A Cruiser Go Back On A Line He Hates

…Walk area with live music rotating every night between Rolling Stone Rock Room, Lincoln Centre Stage, BB King’s, and Billboard Onboard. Plus, they’ve ditched the standard cruise themed song and dance review shows that he found dull previously with the One Step Dance company in a modern high tech World Stage theatre. More up-sells Also, importantly for him, it has a big, busy casino with many blackjack tables and low table minimums. The other sell…

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What’s Got Better (And Worse) Since I Started Cruising?

…started cruising, I only had an option of either going to the Main Dining Room at a fixed time (early or late sitting), or to the buffet. That has been transformed through adding anytime dining. And now some lines, like Celebrity, have even replaced the large main dining room with a variety of more intimate restaurants. On Celebrity Edge-class ships they have 4 options -Cosmopolitan, Normandie, Cyprus, and Tuscan. There has been an explosion of s…

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So Many People Have The Wrong Idea About Cunard Cruise Line. Here’s Why.

…e Cunard experience of the Britishness, dressing up for formal nights, Ballroom dancing, themed balls to an orchestra in the Queens Room, in-depth enrichment talks from four speakers, daily afternoon tea, the traditional British Golden Lion Pub and sense of stepping slightly back in time to a more glamorous age of cruising will be the same in or out of the Grills. While I don’t think non-Grills guests miss out on the Cunard experience, I know why…

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6 Things “Polite” Passengers Do That Drives Cruise Crew Crazy

…, to show the impact on the crew and involved publicly praising the dining room staff for creating a special meal, and unintentionally creating a nightmare for them. My partner, Mark, reacts badly to dairy products and has a sweet tooth. On our last cruise together on Queen Mary 2 he saw that an iconic cruise standard, Baked Alaska, was on the menu for dinner that night. As it has ice cream, he could not have it. At lunchtime he asked the Maître D…