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6 Cruise Freebies You Can Get If You Just Ask!

…ood, and you’ll often find they have a slightly different menu to the main restaurant. Drinks Secondly free drinks. Most Cruise Lines charge for drinks. There are a couple of ways of getting free drinks. First of all, the most obvious is attend the cocktail parties like the welcome party and farewell party. You’ll normally find there is a big selection of drinks that are offered for free. If there’s other events on board like you often find the sh…

Cruise Packing Mistakes

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9 Worst Packing Mistakes Cruisers Can (And Do) Make

…pen at sea, so all flames are banned. You might have seen on a cruise ship restaurant that they have tea lights with battery-operated fake flames and things like that, to avoid having live flames. The only time you’ll ever see live flames is if you’re on one of those cruises where they do flambé like for crepe suzettes or duck at your table (and even then, it is really strictly controlled with a fire blanket and fire extinguishers). Anything that’…

Mekong River Cruise Tips

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Mekong River Cruise Tips. Key Things You Need To Know

…Wi-Fi. Then you had the cabins and then down on the lower deck you had the restaurant, which for breakfast was a buffet. For lunch, you had a buffet, but you also had a cooking station making something, the special dish of the day. Dinner was a sit-down meal and it was a multi-course meal with a starter soup, a choice of either meat, fish or chicken every day and then a dessert. As you cruise through what is still a pretty remote and rugged part o…

European Versus Mekong River Cruises. Just How Different Are They

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The Differences Between Mekong and European River Cruises

…ngs, which tends to be the real social heart of the ship. Then there was a restaurant with open seated dining, open three times a day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Indochine II also had a massage room and of course some ships in Europe will have a small fitness centre or similar. So, once you’re inside you’ll find that the ships are pretty similar in terms of the range of facilities. Fares Another area where they are pretty similar is when it c…

Cruise Update

7 Cruise Customs Are Being Scrapped. Which Will You Miss ?

…e early leaks on possible protocol changes, hinted that the popular buffet restaurants would disappear, and be replaced by table service only venues. Passengers generally were up in arms, and the good news for those of you who are fans of the buffet is that this cruise tradition looks to be reinvented not replaced. Self service will go, but the buffet will remain basically the same, but with crew members at every station serving passengers the foo…

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Cruise Extras Worth Paying For. And Those That Are Not

…appealing. Of course, the dining included in the Main Dining Room, buffet restaurant and informal dining venues around the pool will be enough, but going to a more speciality dining venue can add a sense of event and occasion to the cruise. Asian, Brazilian, Italian, French, Sushi and so on venues give you the chance of having a table to yourselves, instead of having to share with strangers; dining in a more intimate setting together and tasting…

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Things That Make No Sense On A Cruise Ship

…on land. I don’t hand over a tip before I get service at say a land-based restaurant, only afterwards. So why have lines done this? Gratuities Gratuities have traditionally been a key part of crew earnings. They earn a base salary, but tips increase what they take home significantly. The lines argue they moved from the totally discretionary approach which meant some passengers would not pay any tips to this system to assist crew by ensuring all g…

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!

…entertainment venues are. There’s also a Lido deck. Here the pool, buffet restaurant, and usually fitness centre and Crow’s Nest bar overlooking the bow are found. You’ll find a Sun Deck at the top of the ship for sunbathing, and a Sports Deck with things like basketball courts or crazy golf. Why am I telling you this? What difference does it make to finding the best place and deck on a cruise ship? Because I found by knowing the quirks and layou…

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What Cruise Crew Want Cruise Passengers To Know – Their Top Tips

…er, they will know who to ask. I once asked if they knew of a great Indian restaurant in a particular port and she checked with an Indian friend. So, if it’s where to buy something, best thing to see or best place to hang out and get free Wi-Fi, start with your stateroom attendant. They will know or know who will. However, just how far does being nice to your crew member go? They had tips around this too! Getting To Know You I found this out the h…

I Try A Cruise Line Everyone Says Is Going Downhill Fast!

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I Try A Cruise Line Everyone Says Is Going Downhill Fast!

…n grades as before. The Discoveries Main Dining Room, two specialty dining restaurants (Prime C Steakhouse and Aqualina Italian), Windows Cafe buffet, The Den with Future Cruise and Shore Excursion Desks, Mosaic Cafe, Drawing Room library, Living Room, pool deck with The Patio informal dining, Cabaret Lounge, fitness centre, spa – and no casino. They still have inside, ocean view, balcony, suites, and no solo cabins. Crew One other change I did no…

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8 Cruise Line Secrets Staring Us In The Face. But We Don’t See

…g within that parallel ship. There are cabins, crew bars, fitness centres, restaurants and galley serving different menus for multiple nationalities. Medical facilities, open deck areas and even pools and hot tubs. Within that hidden ship are what crew on American ships call the I-95, on British ships it’s the M1. This is a long passageway running the length of the ship. It is designed to be the efficient and quickest way for crew to get to and fr…