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…dress you by name by showing your picture and name on their devices and at restaurant check in when you approach them. On your next cruise look up and around and you will see CCTV cameras everywhere. And remember that while they may not be on your balcony, CCTV cameras do have visibility on them. Something to consider if you are thinking of any “adult” or nude sunbathing activity out there! There is one surveillance technology that most cruise shi…

…the Spa or shops can use some of the passenger facilities like the buffet restaurant. Most of the crew uses what is called the “I95,” an interior corridor low down in the ship that runs the length of the ship, to move around without entering passenger areas, and then use internal staircases off this to get up to the deck or area they work in. In this hidden crew ship-within-a-ship are all the crew areas which include cabins, crew mess, bar, gym,…

…easure that you saved $50 on a spa treatment, got a lower priced specialty restaurant meal, or squeezed more value from your Drinks Package by staying on board. But you will remember, like I do, despite the cost of flying onto a glaciers near Juneau to go dog sledding, riding on the historic White Pass & Yukon Railway in Skagway, eating genuine Italian pizza in the heart of Florence, cycling through pineapple groves and up a massive hill in eBikes…

…razza), a pool grill which also acted as the pizzeria, and three specialty restaurants, Kaiseki Asian, Silver Note, and La Dame French Restaurant. However, the trips I did before that was on Sun Princess which had 30 dining venues, and Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas had 23. So, in all those other categories, you have so much more but on ultra-luxury you have so much less. Entertainment of course is way more minimal. You don’t have those big…

…ree classes on board. Britannia, Princess Grill, and Queens Grill, and the restaurant you eat in depends on which you are in. Although the ship is not as class based and segregated as many people think, it’s mostly around access to the individual restaurants. Bucket List Cruises #5: Panama Canal Next on my list is the Panama Canal. I have done this six times. Why? It is the most remarkable man-made maritime structure that exists in my view. The Su…

…an the other ships as those three have a dedicated stand-alone Club Orange restaurant versus just a separate entrance, check in, and added item on the menu within the Main Dining Room. Third, the range of priority accesses it gives. These include priority embarkation and disembarkation, tenders, specialty dining reservations, and dedicated priority lines at Guest Services and Excursions. There are a bunch of others including bathrobe to use in cab…