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…Frost, who had a heart attack when he was on a speaking engagement on the Queen Elizabeth Cunard ship. Although lines are reluctant to discuss this, as it sounds ghoulish and they fear it has the wrong connotations, I guess, ships do have a morgue on board and are required to carry body bags. It’s just sensible. So, don’t believe the stories about ships emptying out the ice cream store or whatever to store a body. Dumping What is and is not put i…
…itten frequently about Beatrice Muller, who lived for 14 years on Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth 2. Lee Wachtstetter, known as “Mama Lee”, who lived on Crystal Serenity for over 12 years. Morton Jablin, who lived for 13 years on Regent Seven Seas. And Mario Salcedo, known as “Super Mario”, who has been living on Royal Caribbean for over 20 years. So, I started by exploring roughly what it was costing these well-known residents to live at sea. How Much!?…
…ng 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 companions…
…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…
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…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…
…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…
…the main dining room. I could have booked a similar itinerary on Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth, but didn’t as I did not want to follow those dress code rules. There were several more serious rules that I see getting broken frequently, but like me, other cruisers in the poll did not rate them high on the annoyance level. Things like people taking food off the ship in ports where countries ban this to protect their environment. Trying to bring banned it…
…choose your cabin, misreading the deck plan can backfire. For example, on Queen Elizabeth recently my cabin was opposite a busy crew access corridor used for baggage loading on embarkation day. It was noisy throughout the cruise. Check for: Crew service doors Housekeeping pantries Noisy venues (nightclubs, bars, kid clubs) Service staircases ✔ If something’s wrong—go to Guest Services immediately Most cruises now sail full—moving cabins is harder…
…II grew up. It is also here that Queen Elisabeth I heard she was to become queen (you can visit the tree she was supposed to be sitting under). The original Old Palace still exists and today is a large hall that is used for events and functions. Over 400 years ago the family that own it today started to build the new house. Over the years it has evolved and grown, and is a huge complex with impressive front face and gorgeous gardens. The house has…
