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Gary Bembridge

My Story: 6 Things You Didn’t Know About Gary Bembridge

…st3-mp3 ), my first YouTube video on 24 June 2006 (a video tour of a guest house we were staying in Cape Town https://youtu.be/Wc4qTwI8rUg ). My second video was a Cunard Queen Mary 2 Queens Grill cabin a month later (https://youtu.be/58IuFxpSbqU), starting my journey that would eventually turn a hobby into a career. My Johnson & Johnson days I stumbled across cruising by accident. But it changed everything. I first boarded a ship, with some reluc…

10 Latest Cruise Rip Off's And How I Avoid Them

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10 Latest Cruise Rip Off’s And How I Avoid Them

…ny limits, like only cover drinks up to $15, or exclude many brands or use house spirits, beers, or wines. Most seem to upgrade to a better package in the end. I believe lines introduced these because they’ve worked out that they make more money this way. So, what do I do? I don’t buy the packages any longer. Just the things I need and know I will use, like better Wi-Fi. And I often buy it online before the trip if they offer discounts – I found I…

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

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

…eryone together at Christmas, without all the hassle of going to someone’s house. And this is exactly what Liz and her family did. They were a group of 11 people, ranging from 11 right through to 80 years of age coming together and sharing the Christmas experience at sea. They all had an incredible time. So, I realised that a Christmas cruise as a family event was what really made it special. For us as a couple, going on a cruise over Christmas an…

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9 Things Smart Cruisers Always Do in The Run Up To Their Cruise

…at home, so I didn’t have to let the neighbours know to keep an eye on the house. They had a set of keys and know the alarm codes if any issues came up. Smart Cruisers Check #9: Roll Call One other thing I did was check the week before the Cruise Critic roll call for the cruise. It’s a great last-minute catch all for anything that I’ve missed. For example, for this trip people arriving in Chile warned of random COVID tests at the airport, with qua…

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9 Amazing Activities That Will Make Any Alaska Cruise Epic

…tory, and now they are mostly craft and souvenir shops, and one is Dolly’s House Museum, home of one of the infamous Madams there. Totem Time Ketchikan is also renowned for the around 80 totem poles in the city and surrounds. My favourite place to see them us at the 11-acre Totem Bight State Historical Park, which was created in the 1930s. As many indigenous native people were moving into the centres for work, there was concern that some of the he…

Waste of $10,000? I Put Cruising In A "First Class" Suite on Royal Caribbean To The Test

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I Put Cruising “First Class” In A Suite on Royal Caribbean To The Test

…before the show started. However, I did notice the very best seats in the house were held and reserved in a different place for those in Star suite level, like slap bang centre stage for both the ice and theatre shows. The only downside, again, comes back to the numbers in suites as the people manning the seats did not recognise who was or wasn’t in suite so they would be a bit assertive and demand to see my cabin card. So that ruined the sort of…

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The Best Sights To See In Japan On A Cruise Ship

…nded by huge skyscrapers – but still with a large lake and traditional tea houses. Then it was time to head to my cruise ship, Regent Seven Seas Explorer in Yokohama to board for my 10-night Japan adventure. Shimizu – via Cruise Ship The first port of call was Shimizu. I went on an excursion that first headed to the Nihondaira cable car for a 5-minute ride to the beautiful Kunozan Toshogu shrine. A shrine for the man who united Japan. The only way…

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Why Are Norwegian Cruise Line Cruisers Are So Unhappy?

…ub was always standing room only, and across the way the Syd Norman’s Pour House live music venue was rammed full and hard to get into. I think what’s also important about this ship is that it is designed for warm weather sailings, as I saw on my sailing which was a chillier November in Europe, and the ship became cramped inside when people could not be out on the open deck spaces. But this was further exacerbated by something Norwegian dialed up…

I Test Seabourn Expedition Cruising To See Why Cruisers Are So Unhappy

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I Test Seabourn Expedition Cruising To See Why Cruisers Are So Unhappy

…main grades: Veranda, which are the bulk of them, Penthouse, Panorama Penthouse, and then big suites like a two-level Wintergarden suite. I splashed out on what I discovered was probably one of the best cabins that I have ever cruised in, a Panorama Penthouse suite. There are 16 of them. It was a great size, incredibly quiet (even the air conditioning was silent), fabulous bathroom, comfy bed, plush bedding, and nice balcony. It also had a mini-b…

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Too Many Cruisers Fall For These Cruise Drink Package Traps

…ays recommend when choosing between packages to check if they include only house brands and not premium brands. If you’re fussy about the brand of beer, spirit or wine that could be key in deciding which package is right. Some lines are better at listing these, for example, I think Norwegian Cruise Line’s online flyer is excellent as it shows all the brands covered. I also told Richard to check if the price quoted per day includes service charge/g…

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Panama Canal Cruise Tips: What Everyone Gets Wrong And Why

…ips heading the other way, until we reached Gamboa. This town was built to house people building the canal and now where the Panama Canal dredging operation is based. Culebra Cut Not long after there, we headed into and along the narrow channel blasted deep into hard rock about 9 miles long and only 120 feet deep. It is now known as the Culebra Cut but used to be called the Galliard Cut after the key engineer responsible for overseeing building it…