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Cruise Dining Room Tips, Tricks & Things You NEED to Know

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Cruise Dining Room Tips, Tricks & Things You NEED to Know

…d dining and anytime dining. For example, they were interested in Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth. They were offered first sitting at 5:45PM, a second sitting of 8:15 PM, and open seated dining from 5:45 to 9:00 PM. They didn’t know what that all meant, so here’s what I told them. Fixed Dining Fixed dining means they’d go for dinner at the same time every evening. I explained there’s a couple of pros with that. They’d have the same table, same table comp…

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

…or prepares and brings your food and drink. For example, I was recently on Queen Elizabeth. My cabin steward was looking after 15 cabins and he had a lot of work to do. But, by making sure that I called him by his name, I got to know him. I found out about him, his situation, his likes, and his family, and he started to give me so much more. He would do my cabin the minute I left in the morning or the minute I went for dinner. He made suggestions…

Behind-The-Scenes At YouTube Space London

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Behind-The-Scenes At YouTube Space London

…d-the-scenes Talking At YouTube London My Story. And How I Got Here Cunard Queen Elizabeth Exclusive What Goes Into Making My Videos? Do The Cruise Lines Compensate Me? What Gear Do I Use To Make My Videos? For the same every month, you could unlock other benefits like: Patron-only videos peeking behind-the-scenes of how the channel works and my trips Patron-only livestreams to ensure I have time to answer all your questions A chance to send quest…

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

…like myself, where for a smallish flat fee, like when I was recently on a Queen Mary 2 Crossing, I took part in a roulette competition for $30 with a pile of chips, and earlier this year on Oceania Marina in a slot’s competition for the same amount. The winner pocketed a couple of hundred dollars. Not me, unfortunately! Cruise ship casinos – Not open 24/7 Unlike on land, cruise casinos are not open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Cruise ship c…

How I Cruise Solo Cheaper, Smarter and Better

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How I Cruise Solo Cheaper, Smarter and Better

…ther meet-ups on board that may be a good match. For example, on my recent Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic they had meet-ups for LGBT, Friends of Bill W, Crafters, Knitters, Veterans, Women Institute, Masonic Brethren, Service Clubs, Rotary, and so on. And the lines will usually let us passengers set up any informal meet up and advertise it in the daily program. #4 Excursions I also suggest going on cruise line excursions, partly as that adds some safe…

10 Latest Cruise Rip Off's And How I Avoid Them

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10 Latest Cruise Rip Off’s And How I Avoid Them

…talks about well-known artists I do go to those. Like on my recent Cunard Queen Elizabeth Western Mediterranean cruise. #8 Cruise Line Insurance I get asked a lot about cruise line insurance, particularly cruise line trip protection, and if this is another cruise rip off. I’m not an expert on finance, so I’m giving you my personal perspective. I found cruise line trip insurance policies don’t usually give me the same, or as good cover, as I can g…

These Cruise Insiders Want Us To Know About This

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Cruise Travel Agents Want Us To Know About These Things

…lowest fares, booking incentives or discounts. Like when I booked Cunard’s Queen Anne. It came on sale and I received special rates and extra on-board credit. The second key period is the November Black Friday/Cyber Monday and Wave Season which is usually in January. These are big booking periods, and the lines have to offer deals to stand out and attract our business. This past year I saw lots of deals with 60-70% off second guest fares, and adde…

I've Sailed On 100 Cruises And Learned These 7 Things

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Going On 100 Cruises Taught Me 7 CRUCIAL Cruise Tricks

…and disturbances from crew access areas. Just two cruises ago, on a Cunard Queen Elizabeth Western Mediterranean, I forgot and despite having splashed out on a Princess Grill suite, opposite my door was the entrance to the crew area. Cabin Stewards for the deck would come rattling in and out with their trollies, room service banging the day and night, and clattering of suitcases in and our on embarkation and disembarkation day. Another thing I lea…

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What Are the Best River Cruises in the World?

…Egypt. In Luxor, you get to see the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens, and other significant finds. And then you cruise down to the Aswan Dam, where there are some excursions where you can go see some of the very significant sites there, including the incredible Abu Simbel. The Nile is a magnificent place to cruise, though as it gets incredibly hot in Egypt the best time to go is between November and March. Best River Cruises – Mississ…

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Proven Ways to Deal with The Crowds on Your Cruise!

…er to go towards the end of the service. If you’re on Cunard and their big queen’s room afternoon tea service, it’s much better to go later than earlier on Viking or any of these lines. The second thing that I do that I really love to avoid crowds is use the main dining room for both breakfast, and if it’s open for lunch. People tend to use the buffet, the crowds use the buffet for breakfast and lunch, and you can have a very civilised, still fast…

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When Cruise Line Excursions Could Be Your Best Decision Ever

…iple countries, the authorities require us to go through immigration. On a Queen Mary 2 trip through Asia, we had to do that in Singapore. The tours had priority and we went first. Friends who were self-touring were delayed some hours getting off by the queues. So, I now check if either visa or getting through immigration checks make a cruise line tour worth it. The other time a cruise line tour speeds things up is in is in a tender port, where we…