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I Test Out The World's "MOST LUXURIOUS" Cruise Line!
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Jan 28, 2025
I splashed out on a cruise on the “world’s most luxurious line” (Regent Seven Seas) to test if it meets all the hype their fans say about them. This is how it went, where I thought my high fare was (and wasn't going) GET EXCLUSIVE PERKS LIKE MEMBER-ONLY BONUS VIDEOS BY BECOMING A CHANNEL MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qE-Obs2ocdmPXY0TIU-cw/join or Patron on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers BUY MY CRUISE-THEMED T-SHIRTS ———————————————— * Check out my T-Shirt range at https://tipsfortravellers.myspreadshop.com , http://bit.ly/TFTStore or https://tips-for-travellers.creator-spring.com SUPPORT TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS ————————————————————— * Become a Channel Member and get perks: https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/Join * Become a Patron on Patreon and get perks: https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers * Make a donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=V9STJGYSEMGLJ * Buy my book “Cruise Traveler’s Handbook: USA Amazon https://amzn.to/2YVFmG4 and https://amzn.to/3tzIxBn UK Amazon https://amzn.to/3oXbzYc and https://amzn.to/3qawqIQ
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as we said cell from Miami I was
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wondering whether splashing out on what
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is supposedly the world's most luxurious
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cruise line for my Milestone 100th
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all-time Cruise was not a good move
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things hadn't gone too smoothly nor
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being that luxurious up until that point
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welcome aboard I'm Gary bembridge here's
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how my cruise went if I felt it was
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worth the money and if I would cruise on
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region Seven Seas ever again so why
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don't I have my doubts well when I
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arrived at the airport the day before
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even though I had booked an included
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transfer no one was waiting at the
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airport when I came out later me and
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some other passengers found they were
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waiting at the wrong place we were taken
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to what was supposedly an included
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luxury hotel but it was more of a
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business conference focused Hotel so a
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bit disappointing the next morning's
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transfer to our ship the region 70s
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Navigator was late and when we finally
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got on board the cabins weren't ready so
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as we said sail Cruise using out luxury
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had not yet seemed very elevated for the
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price however I must admit when I first
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got into my Suite A few hours after
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boarding I had seen some very promising
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signs it had struck me as cozy plush and
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spacious though granted it was a little
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bit old-fashioned but the Regent Seven
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Seas Navigator is an older ship this
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meant for example it did lack some mod
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cons like USB Outlets and I sort of
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discovered signs of the luxurious
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experience promised there were premium
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L'Occitane toiletries Rich plush bedding
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and a really top drawer coffee machine
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in the cabin I also started to be
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reminded of just how much is included in
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this Fair the minibar for example it's
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fully included and that even stocked it
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with my requested Choice caffeine-free
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Diet Coke which not many lions have
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there was a little note telling me that
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laundry was also included within my fair
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but a telling touch was this chocolate
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cake waiting for me congratulating me on
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my 100th Cruise now I hadn't told region
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Seven Seas but discovered my travel
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agent had I also got a call from the
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hotel director Norbert congratulated me
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it was this attention to detail and
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going the little extra step that started
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to encourage me and more on that a
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little bit later because it was
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something that I encountered as I met
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the crew over the coming days for
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example my two cabin stewards Durland
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and dewa they were friendly they were
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helpful they were really really
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attentive now since the covert shut down
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with the shortage of staff I haven't
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really seen crew as well trained and on
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the ball as these two were and I
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experienced this everywhere there was
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jehoma on the pool deck at the
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silhouette party who when I said I
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didn't drink alcohol he disappeared for
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about 10 minutes but came back with a
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non-alcoholic wine that he had hunted
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down then every time there was an event
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he would actually track me down find me
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with a glass of that wine even though
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they don't allocate set tables in the
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main dining room the maitre d mark would
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put me at the same table or section so I
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had the same serving staff meaning I
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really got to know Ella and Joel because
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they always served me it also started to
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realize this attention to detail was
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everywhere as crew quickly got to know
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me and my likes and definitely more than
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on any line I have ever been on for
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example at Coffee Connection the lovely
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Yuli she would make me a decaf coffee
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without me asking de Silva at the
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internet desk he sort out connection
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issues and he kept following up with me
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and Simone and the rest of the team at
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the destination desk that suggest trips
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and tips spontaneously based on what
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they saw I enjoyed doing us out and
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about it was also a relaxed friendly and
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very chatty service which I specially
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appreciated traveling solo that did make
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a big difference now do I think I was
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getting more attention versus other
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guests because of my channel now I
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actually don't think so although
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definitely a few of the crew that watch
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my channel were excited to meet me and
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would probably go even further now I'd
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booked and paid for this Cruise myself
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like I always do like everybody else on
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the cruise and I saw that we were all
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getting the same care in my opinion so
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I'd sit at Coffee connections and watch
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the silver take ages helping people
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discover things like video calling home
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for the first time Julie also
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spontaneously was making drinks for
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guests you know whatever their favorite
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was the Excursion team I saw them
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chatting offering advice to so many
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people there was only one key issue I
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had with the service people asked me far
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too often if I was having a good time
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and if everything was okay at dinner I'd
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be asked around five times at least by
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different people if everything was okay
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that probably was a little bit too much
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however with even all that service being
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so good I still of course felt I needed
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to be getting more for the price that I
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paid there were probably three areas
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where I really saw where my money went
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and one where I don't think it was let's
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start by talking about the one thing
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everyone wants to know about food until
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now I've always felt that Cunard Queen's
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Grill has the best food at sea but I
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found the food on region Seven Seas
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Navigator fantastic in every place I
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went to giving them a run for their
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money in my book they had enormous menus
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and breakfast encompass Rose the main
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dining room I counted about 45 different
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items including caviar on some days at
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La Veranda which has a breakfast and
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lunchtime Buffet there was an enormous
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spread of incredibly high quality food
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and there's also little things that
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elevated it versus other cruise lines
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like the quality of the fruit versus
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regular cruise lines for example I
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thought was just so much better
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afternoon tea is a big thing on region
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Seven Seas which pleased me enormously
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it's held in the Galileo lounge and
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themed every day around something
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whether it was cupcakes cherries
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jubilees brownies whatever it was
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spectacular the only letdown was the use
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of tea bags over leaf tea at dinner
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compass rose was the main dining room
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again there was a vast menu with a page
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of items available every night and a
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page of daily specials it had a Spa menu
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too which I really appreciated although
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it also had great desserts which I Got
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Hijacked by I also had the choice of a
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couple of other included restaurants La
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Veranda turned into an Italian in the
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evening called seti Marie which was
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really good the problem was it was
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difficult to get into it opens at about
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6 PM gets really full really quickly I
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was turned away because it was too full
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once and gave it a miss a few other
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times because just there was a big line
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outside the same is true of prime 7
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which is the steakhouse on board I
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managed to have a brilliant meal only
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once because when I tried to book it
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again it was sold out
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there was also a massive by the way an
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impressive deck barbecue and evening
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quite the spread quite the event and I
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think that happens on most cruises there
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was literally only one dish I was not
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impressed with across the whole trip
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which was a mussels and monkfish in City
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Marie on my second visit there the only
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other food issue I had by the way was
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the lack of informal dining for dinner
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all luxury lines that I've been on seem
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to be like this I couldn't get a quick
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easy meal in the evening other than room
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service which I don't like all venues
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were waiter served multi-course options
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at night there was no simple Buffet
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casual option so I came away from this
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trip clear that food was where a lot of
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my money was going the second area where
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I could see my premium fare going was on
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drinks of course it was wasting me
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because I don't drink alcohol so I was
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effectively paying a big premium but
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drinking coffee free diet coke Heineken
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zero and of course J home is non-argotic
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wine but when I looked at the bar menu
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there were 39 cocktails 39 cocktails
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three sparkling wines four white wines
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one rose five Reds 16 beers 10 vodkas
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six gin six rums four Tequilas four
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ports Five Coffee liqueurs just
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incredible crazy amount of choice the
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other area in which I think my money
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went a long way was on excursions as
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excursions were included in the fair now
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I expected them to be kind of so-so
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however I was really delighted there
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were so many choices and they were
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always in very small groups the least
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amount of Excursion Choice was six
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instant Parts but usually there were up
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to 15 options ranging from walking tours
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right the way through to Adrenaline
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pumping kind of zip lining now I
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personally mostly went on catamaran's
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snorkeling Beach tours because I was in
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the Caribbean and I was escaping cold
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London but these catamarans never had
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more than 17 people on board the small
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group excursions coupled with this huge
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choice in each Port clearly is where a
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big chunk of my fare was going I really
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appreciated both of those factors
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however I don't think my money was
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really going on top-notch daily program
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activities though it was a little bit
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light it was very predictable it sort of
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followed the classic Cruise routines you
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have in Holland America princess
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celebrity and so on you know you've got
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trivia deck games karaoke enrichment
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speaker that kind of stuff when it came
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to the Production shows they had spent
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money on a surprisingly large cast of 12
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considering the ship size they were very
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talented however
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the shows they had to perform in my view
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anyway was standard Cruise fare they
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were focused on the 50s and 60s music
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way too much for my liking we had shows
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like the brill Factory celebrating songs
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from the 50s and 60s we had a musical
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show but again it was mostly older dated
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musicals they did have a live band which
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is very good which played at deck
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parties and they played in the shows and
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in Galileo's Lounge the casino was also
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a pretty big size for the ship and it
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was really popular
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overall I felt it wasn't a particularly
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exciting or elevated daily program and I
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do think it was probably the weaker area
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a big plus by the way is that on board I
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didn't spend a single Cent on anything
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because everything was included my end
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of cruise bill was Zero I felt really
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cared for I felt well fed I felt
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pampered throughout my time so much so
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that I am booked on another cruise on
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region Seven Seas this time Explorer
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going around Japan although the trip was
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costly I felt I can see where my money
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was going and for that Buckle upless
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trip therefore I felt it was worth
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another Splurge however to discover more
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on the pros and cons of region Seven
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Seas including how it Stacks up versus
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other Ultra Luxury lines and Compares in
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total Cruise price to premium line
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Suites watch this video where I start
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with probably the most controversial
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thing they do see you over there
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