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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

…including Carnival, Norwegian, MSC Cruises, Celebrity Princess Cruises and Virgin Voyages. I also see these often when cruise lines launch new itineraries, as they want to lock us into future cruises way ahead of time. So how do you make sure you know when they are offered? Well, I get my agent to watch out for them, but I also am signed up to receive email newsletters from all the cruise lines that I’m interested, and I follow them on social medi…

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

…uffet with a different name. They haven’t gone as far as cruise lines like Virgin or the food hall on Norwegian, which have gone into very specific almost branded food stations. It is their usual buffet restaurant with another name. One change is that the food is served by the staff, although there’s some discussion about whether that will change over time. Reimagined Venues They have elevated some standard venues on the ship. The pool decks are a…

The Truth About Cruise Cabins: What Every Cruiser Should Know

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The Truth About Cruise Cabins: What Every Cruiser Should Know

…es, and Norwegian have all four types. Premium lines like Holland America, Virgin, Celebrity, Cunard and Princess usually do too. While some of the small ship luxury lines, like Azamara do have all 4, most do not. Windstar only have Oceanview and above, and lines like Viking and Saga in this grouping only have balcony cabins and suites. The Ultra-luxury lines like Seabourn, Regent Seven Seas, Crystal, and Silversea only have suites. Although, this…

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What Smart Cruisers Do To Guarantee Adult-Only Cruising

…four adult-only cruise lines that I know of. For over 18s there is Viking, Virgin Voyages and UK’s Ambassador Cruise Line, and for over 50s there is UK’s Saga Cruises. Although, watch out if considering Ambassador Cruise Line, as they do run some multi-generational cruises where all ages can go. 2: Adult-Only Ships Next, there are two UK-based cruise lines that have some adult-only ships in their fleet, again for those aged 18 and over. P&O Cruise…

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Best And Worst Cruise Lines RIGHT NOW According to Cruisers

…and America, Princess, Cunard, Celebrity, but also Disney for families and Virgin Voyages for 18+ only. Celebrity Cruises The best-scoring line with 3.6 out of 5, and one of the few that saw a growth in its ratings, is Celebrity which is part of the Royal Caribbean Group, who also topped the resort category right now, as you just heard. Unlike most lines, many cruisers talk about how Celebrity have improved their product. Better ships, improved se…

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I Go Back On Princess Cruises Despite Saying Never Again! Have They Improved?

…egory, competing with Holland America Line, Celebrity Cruises, Cunard, and Virgin Voyages, based on price and their overall offer. They are the largest of these based on passengers carried. Like those other premium lines, they offer more traditional cruise entertainment, dining and enrichment. Princess has a wide range of cabins like those other lines do from inside to suites and attract a wide range of cruisers. While mostly older couples, they a…

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

…ke for major sports events to host attendees or participants, or like when Virgin Voyages was chartered to film the TV show “The Bachelorette”. And fourth when a line charters a ship to another line, like Quark Expeditions charting Atlas Ocean Voyages’ World Voyager ship for four Antarctic seasons. If you Google “cruises cancelled due to charter,” you will see a long list of cruise ships affected across all cruise lines from resort lines, like Car…

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Seniors Cruise Tips: Too Many Cruisers Over 55 Fall For These 8 Cruising Traps

…fan of these and always have these in my plans. The most popular are Transatlantics between Europe and Caribbean, and Transpacifics between Alaska and Japan. But you can also find them moving between the Mediterranean and Asia, and from Australia to Alaska via the South Pacific and Hawaii. They’re usually fantastic value, and because they include plenty of sea days (around 5 or 6), they’re more relaxing than port-intensive itineraries. That leads…

I Cruise On A Ship After It’s Been Split in Half & Stretched  - Windstar Star Pride Ship Tour

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Small Ship Luxury Cruise Line Comparison: Who’s Best?

…es” “Premium” being lines such as Princess, Holland America, Celebrity and Virgin Voyages with big ships carrying between two to four thousand guests and lots of add-ons to their fares. “Ultra-luxury” including lines like Silversea, Seabourn, Crystal and Regent Seven Seas, with their smaller all-suite ships, very high crew-to-passenger ratios and the most comprehensive inclusions in their fares. Even their pricing sits between those two worlds. On…

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Adult Cruise Tips: Tips EVERY Adult Cruiser Should Be Using

…the UK Saga line (which is for over 50s) In the premium category there is Virgin Voyages, and P&O Cruises UK have two adult-only ships (Aurora and Arcadia). In the more value category, there are two UK-based lines with Ambassador adult only and Marella offering and adult-only ships (Marella Explorer 2 year-round, and Marella Discovery 2 seasonally). However, my unusual tip is you can also cruise on household name cruise lines providing a very adu…

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

…y calls the “Premium” category, alongside Princess, Cunard, Celebrity, and Virgin Voyages. I’ll start with what they do better than others in the category, and often better than all other lines too. Holland America Tips: Ship Size First, they have what I consider to be a “perfect” ship size for a mainstream line, and I love that they’re resisting the shift into ever bigger ships unlike other lines. They have four ship classes in the fleet from sma…