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In this video I talk about the 5 things you really need to know about Princess Cruises before you cruise with them. The most important things that will help you decide if they are the best and right line for your cruising vacation. In this video I explore everything from who they are, what class of cruise line they are, what they do best, the fares (including inclusions and exclusions and some tips on saving money) and cabin options.
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hi I'm Gary benridge of tips for
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travelers in this video I'm going to
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tell you things that you absolutely need
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to know about Princess Cruisers so first
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of all who exactly are princess Cruisers
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well princess Cruisers are based in
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California they started back in 1965
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with one ship and they built over time
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to have 18 ships as of the time of
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making this video in terms of size that
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makes them the 10th biggest individual
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Cruise brand in the world they're
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actually owned by Carnival Corporation
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now Carnival corporation owns Brands
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like carnival Holland America Seaborn
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poo in the UK so princess Cruisers
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became famous through the loveboat TV
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series the series was actually filmed on
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the Pacific princess and that really
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made princess a household name they take
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over 2 million passengers a year to over
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360 destinations on cruises lasting
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anything from 3 days up to about 114
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days the second thing you need to know
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is the category of cruising that princes
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operate in now they operate in what's
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known as the premium category now
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different people classify cruise lines
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in different ways but there broadly
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speaking four different categories so
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you have your mainstream Cruise Lines
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which are really good value Cruise Lines
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uh particularly good for families that
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kind of stuff and that would include
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things like Royal Caribbean Carnival
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Norwegian Cruise Line MSC Cruisers you
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then have your premium categories so
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that's where princess Cruisers sits and
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brands that would also compete with
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Princess Cruisers would be things like
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colland America line which is also a
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carnival brand and also celebrity you
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then have your luxury brands or some
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would call them sort of upper premium
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Brands and that tends to be smaller
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ships like Windstar Azamara oceanana
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Cruisers you then have your Ultra Luxury
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which are your very premium Cruise Lines
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things like Seaborn silver sea region 7
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sea Crystal so princess operate in that
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premium category so what sort of things
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do you expect from a premium Cruise Line
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you're going to get relatively good
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fairs you're going to get some nice
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touches uh so the food is uh pretty good
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you're going to have lots of choice uh
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you're going to have a wide range of
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cabin choices ranging from sweets
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through to inside cabins what you won't
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get is lots of uh the added luxuries
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that you would have with luxury and
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Ultra Luxury service so you wouldn't
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have for example all sweet cabins you
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won't have big fluffy bath robes you
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won't have branded toiletries in your
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cabin you won't have flowers and fruit
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baskets that kind of stuff so it's a
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slightly stripped back from a luxury uh
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brand but you it sort of for me in many
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ways it equates with kind of a fourar
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sort of Hotel experience so mainstream
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Brands tend to be kind of three- star
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hotel experience you could say that uh
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premium brands are sort of four-star and
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the luxury and Ultra Luxury are really
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fstar if you're trying to compare with
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hotels on land so the third thing you
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need to know is what do they do the same
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better or worse than other Cruise Lines
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particularly other Cruise Lines within
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the premium category so what do they do
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the same well they offer largely the
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same service so most of those premium
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Cruise Brands offer fairly traditional
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Cruise experience so they aren't uh
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going to have big features like rock
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climbing walls ice skating rinks they're
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not going to be Resort style ships and
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most of the premium Brands like
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celebrity Holland America tend to be the
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same it's a fairly traditional cruising
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experience so you should expect things
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like Production shows as I said pretty
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good food and a choice of food uh
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enrichment lectures uh you know quizzes
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games that kind of stuff so what do they
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do better than other Cruise Lines well
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princess would argue that they are the
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real innovators in the category and
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within cruising so for example they
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claim to have been the first to
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introduce things like private balconies
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they were the first introduce a 24-hour
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restaurant they were the first to
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introduce both traditional dining I.E
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where you had set dining times and any
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time dining they were the first to
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introduce a wedding chapel on board
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they're also the first uh Cruise Line to
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introduce the ocean Medallion which is a
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little round device that you can either
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wear as a necklace or as a bangle which
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will be kind of a smart system which
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will not only open your cabin door but
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you'll be able to use it as your charge
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card it will also be used to activate
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various interactive digital screens and
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help the crew to personalize
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recommendations so you don't have to
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keep repeating to them so becomes kind
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of a smart device they also claim to
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have been the first to introduce the
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sanctuary which is an adult only
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uh sort of rest bite and pool area the
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other thing that they do better is they
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go to more destinations than any of the
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other brands in that premium category so
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as I mentioned they go to 360
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destinations around the world so they
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certainly offer the widest breadth of
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destinations all around the world the
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fourth thing you need to know about
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Princess is fairs inclusions and
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exclusions whenever you look at a cruise
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Fair it's very important to understand
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what's in the fair and what's out of the
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fair because every Cruise Line has
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slight differences so what's actually
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included and excluded in a princess
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Cruiser's Fair well first of all your
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accommodation is included so whatever
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grade of cabin that you've chosen
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secondly your food now I'll talk a
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little bit about what's not included but
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basically you'll be able to eat all your
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meals breakfast lunch dinner afternoon
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tea late night snacks of some kind will
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be included within your fair the third
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thing that's included is entertainment
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so the Production shows guest lecturers
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uh guest artists are all included so
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let's take a look at what's excluded
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from a princess Fair well first of all
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excursions so no excursions are included
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within the fair now sometimes a shuttle
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bus is included if you're docking
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somewhere where there is not public
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transport close by so for example we
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docked in Dublin which was in the main
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port and a shuttle bus was provided in
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other places where there was either a
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train uh service outside or very easy
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public transport or walking no transport
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was provided into the nearest town
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second thing that's not included our
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gratuities now gratuities are Auto added
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to your bill so at the time of recording
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if you're in a ocean view or a balcony
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that's
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$13.50 per person per day if you're in a
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mini Suite that's $1450 per person if
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you're in a suite that's
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$115.50 per person per day so gratuities
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are not included specialty dining
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options are not included there's a few
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other things that are not included that
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you should bear in mind like drinks so
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drinks are not incl included some basic
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drinks are included at meal times so
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like some regular coffees water that
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kind of stuff but if you all your
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alcohol drink speciality coffees they
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are not included now if you want to save
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some money they do offer various
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beverage packages uh from allinclusive
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packages which are over $50 a day where
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you can basically have any kind of drink
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you want as much as you want right down
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to uh specialty coffee cards where you
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can for about $30 have 15 sets of cups
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of coffee so there are various beverag
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packages soda packages that kind of
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stuff that help you save Wi-Fi is not
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included and again there are packages
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now like all cruise ships Wi-Fi is
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pretty expensive now if you want to uh
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save on Wi-Fi the only way you can
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really save on Wi-Fi is as you go up
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through uh loyalty levels so as you
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progress through the Loyalty levels in
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the captain Circle which is their
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loyalty program is as you start to do
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more and more cruises you start to get
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some free internet allowance so the
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fifth thing you need to know about
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princess is accommodation options now
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princess ships have a wide range of
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accommodation so there's often up to
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seven different types of accommodations
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so there'll be suits there'll be mini
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suites there'll be balcony cabins there
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will be uh inside cabins there will be
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Ocean View Cabins there will often be
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family suites and there will always be
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wheelchair accessible rooms as well so
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there you have it that's things that I
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think that you really need to know about
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Princess Cruisers uh to help you make up
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your mind decide if that's a cruise line
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that you want to travel with hope you
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