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I Cruised Disney As An Adult Without Kids

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I Cruised Disney To See Why It Costs So Much. Here’s What I Found

…f of the adult-only specialty restaurant, Palo. The three main dining room restaurants I rotated around each night were heavily themed. I had Rapunzel’s Royal Table, linked to the story of Tangled; Animators Palate, featuring Disney animation; and Lumiere’s, linked to Beauty and the Beast. There was Disney artwork all around the ship. It’s clear to me a lot of the premium on fares goes into all of this. It’s well done and takes many cast members t…

Cruise Lines Don’t Like Talking About These Topics

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8 Things You’d Didn’t Know You Needed To Know About Cunard!

…nu, and you can have caviar. However, there are very few venues beyond the restaurants that Grills passengers have as a perk that other passengers can’t also use. There’s a small lounge, a deck (not a particularly big one), a concierge and priority embarkation. That is it. It’s very different to the likes of Celebrity, MSC, and Norwegian, which have huge ships-within-ships for their suite guests. This is not the case on Cunard. I’d say pretty much…

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

…to push back a little on that, although we mostly see it in the speciality restaurants. For example, in Pinnacle Grill on Holland America recently if you wanted multiple starters or whatever, they would charge you for them. But, in the main dining room you can order multiple starters. You can order two main courses if you want. Now, that’s not publicised, but it’s an unwritten rule and you’ll find it’s possible for the most part. Also, another unw…

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Cruise Travel Agents Want Us To Know About These Things

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The 11 Best Cruises I Think Everyone Should Do Before They Die

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The 11 Best Bucket List Cruises In The World? Here’s What I Think!

…90% of the ship is open to everybody. It’s not class-based other than the restaurants. You can also, by the way, take your dog or cat, although that is very expensive. #6 Japan Cruising, I found, is a great and easy way to see this historic and gracious country where English and foreign tourism in many areas is not as developed. Japan culturally and historically was an even bigger revelation than I expected. For me, the key highlights, because I…

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6 Ways Cruising Is Changing This Year. Are You Ready?

…m, and charges if I wanted to order an extra main course in the Speciality Restaurants. Just as I was preparing this, both Royal Caribbean and Carnival increased drinks packages, Wi-Fi, and specialty dining costs. Another thing I spotted with drinks packages is on some lines they’ve increased the price of some individual drinks, especially cocktails, so they fall out of the drinks package limit. So, on my recent Holland America cruise, I saw cruis…

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I Made A Cruiser Go Back On A Line He Hates

…also good enough that he did not feel the need to splash out on Specialty restaurants. We did go to Italian Canaletto and Tamarind, the Asian, as we had on-board credits for them. When it came to entertainment, while I pushed the strength and difference of Holland America being the Music Walk venues, it was not of interest to him. He didn’t go. I loved going there every night. I think it is great, but if it’s not your thing then the evening optio…

Christmas Cruising Wasn’t What I Expected. Here’s Why

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Christmas Cruising Wasn’t What I Expected. Here’s Why

…ing, it would be much easier. And for Specialty dining on this cruise, the restaurants were sold out. I’m normally very organised and make reservations weeks before. But even a whole month in advance, the most popular times were sold out. Packed onboard areas The other crucial time when the crowds got too much was when we had a tender port in Cabo San Lucas. We got off the ship, went to the beach and by the time we came back, the line was enormous…

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What’s Got Better (And Worse) Since I Started Cruising?

…e even replaced the large main dining room with a variety of more intimate restaurants. On Celebrity Edge-class ships they have 4 options -Cosmopolitan, Normandie, Cyprus, and Tuscan. There has been an explosion of speciality dining, too, which gives us much more choice. Of course, sceptics say that speciality dining is simply a way of getting us to pay more once we’re on board, but regardless, there are more dining options than ever before on cru…

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I Cruised On The “World’s Most Luxurious Line”. Here’s what I thought

…ed and great desserts. I also had the choice of a couple of other included restaurants. La Veranda turned into an Italian in the evening called Sette Mari which was good. The problem was that it was difficult to get into. It opens at 6pm and gets full quickly and I was turned away because it was too full once and gave it a miss a few other nights due to the line outside. The same was true of Prime 7, the steakhouse on board. I managed to have a br…

caribbean / Cruise Tips

Revealed: The 7 Mistakes Caribbean Cruisers Make Time and Time Again

…id check the total price, but found we kept being taken to shops, markets, restaurants, and bars where he was getting commissions rather than all sightseeing. So, check what and where the tour will be taking you. While talking about exploring the ports, there are a few mistakes I keep seeing. Caribbean Cruisers Touring Mistakes First, do not wait to book once you’re on board, because things will often get sold out. Many cruise lines put excursions…