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What Are The 5 BEST CRUISE LINES If You Are Over 40 ?
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Jan 28, 2025
What are the 5 very best cruise lines for travellers over the age of 40, be they seniors, couples or solo travellers? I recommend the 5 lines, based on all the liens I have been cruising with, that I think are best suited for travellers over 40 - and explain why I chose these 5. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL BY: Buying my Cruise T-shirts: http://bit.ly/TFTStore WATCH THESE POPULAR RECENT VIDEOS: 10 Cabins to Avoid: https://youtu.be/PgTGLma919A European River Cruise Watch-Outs: https://youtu.be/oqhz54wStyk 5 Cruises To Avoid: https://youtu.be/CNiPzK4IRWA Alaska Cruise Need-to-Knows: https://youtu.be/Tn7dpNw5kSI Things Cruise Lines Don’t Want You to Know: https://youtu.be/cs5UKha9ALc Rules Passengers Break Most: https://youtu.be/djZLZ3XV_f0 Things You Can’t Do On A Cruise Any More: https://youtu.be/zas6F4wMD0Q Should You Pay Cruise Gratuities: https://youtu.be/QBYzqxXjEXQ Gary Bembridge's Tips For Travellers aims to help you make more of your precious travel time and money on land and when cruising the oceans or rivers of the world. To help you, in every video I draw on my first-hand tips and advice from travelling every month for over 20 years and 77 cruises at time of making this video. Follow Tips For Travellers on: - Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/garybembridge
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I'm Gary Barnidge this is another of my
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cruising tips of Travis I want to talk
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about the five cruise lines that I think
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are perfect if you have a 40 over 45 a
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baby boomers to someone like me and
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you're looking for the very best of
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cruise lines as you start to think about
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going cruising whether that's quite soon
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22 1 20 22 whatever it is these are the
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five that I think you should really
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focus on starting with this one
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cañada is definitely one of the cruise
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lines that you should consider this is a
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very old traditional cruise line based
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out of the UK it has a very long
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heritage it's been going for 180 years
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it really had its heyday and was very
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renowned in the clamorous days of the
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trans-atlantic s-- in the 40s and 50s it
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has a lot of history to it and it's
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definitely one to consider it's one of
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the big romantic cruise lines keynote is
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part of the bigger Carnival Cruise
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Corporation and it's one of their two
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flagship brands within that portfolio
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canard has three key ships at the time
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recording on one on order that's due to
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come into service in 2022 they have the
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flagship which is the queen mary 2 which
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is the only true ocean liner that exists
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in the world they have the queen
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elizabeth and they have the queen
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victoria and as i mentioned one more to
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come
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what's really interesting about q-not is
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unlike any other cruise line they still
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hark back to a very traditional way of
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cruising and so they have three classes
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of travel Britannia princess grill and
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Queens grill based on the grade of
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cavern you choose to cruise in so it's
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pretending princess coral Queens grill
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you're then allocated to that specific
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restaurant all the restaurants are
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slightly different so Britannia for
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example has fixed seating twice a day
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then princess grill and queen school you
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have your own table but it's open seated
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dining if you're not invest known for
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the transatlantic they're the only
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cruise company in the world that runs a
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regular transatlantic service which runs
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through the summer they're also really
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well known for world cruises all three
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of their ships head out on world voyages
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every single year they're renowned of
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course for that very traditional way of
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cruising with the three kind of grades
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they're also renowned for having a very
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strict dress code so even on informal
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nights it's jacket and without a tie but
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on they have a lot of formal nights
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which our tuxedos or dog suits so very
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glamorous and one of the strictest in
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terms of dress code why should you
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choose Cunard well if you're looking for
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a very traditional
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British type of experiencing you want to
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go with one of the most famous
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long-established cruise lines that's
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definitely one to consider also if you
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want to do the transatlantic that is
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probably one of the iconic cruises that
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everybody should do once in a life and
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doing that on the Queen Mary - is quite
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remarkable so its traditional it's a
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formal experience and it is definitely
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one of the iconic cruise lines - cruises
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so that's why I think you should
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consider Cunard as a cruise line to go
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with the second cruise liner I think
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travelers over 4045 should consider is
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Holland America old America is also a
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cruise line that has a very long
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established history and I've been on
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holiday America many many times that I
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really enjoy my time in Holland America
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there was service region in Rotterdam
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they also were famous for their
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transatlantic they have been in business
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for over a hundred and fifty years so
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very long established their cruise ships
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a little bit like you not tend to hark
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back to them slightly more traditional
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type of decor they do offer a very
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traditional cruising experience but like
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you nod but without all the formality
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and stuffiness at the time of recording
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Holland America has 14 ships and they
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have another one on the way
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and these range from smaller ships right
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through to sort of mid-range and ships
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around about 2,000 passengers so and big
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varied fleet unamerican are best known
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for having a traditional cruising
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experience but less formal than cannot
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so they're not as strict when it comes
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to dress codes they're also really known
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for their links to music they have on
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board the music walk or most their ships
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which is a partnership with a Lincoln
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center stage for classical music
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partially with BB King for BB King's
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Blues Club which has blues jazz type
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music they then have billboard on board
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which is elite with the famous music
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magazine and here they have during
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pianos every night doing different sets
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and really really popular and then on
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some of the newer ships they also have
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the Rolling Stone rock room then they
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have the world stage which is the main
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theater which focuses a lot on music and
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dance so they're really well known for
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their links to music they're also well
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known and becoming much more well known
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for their link to destination
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destination emotion through what they
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call the exe their explorations central
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which is a really big focused area on
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really focusing in depth on excursions
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trying to have more innovative
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excursions so why should you consider
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Holland America
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one of the cruise lines that would be
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good for you
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well they offer a traditional cruising
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experience but as I mentioned not as
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formal as Kunal says not as regimented
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and as strict so they have a dress code
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it's not as rigorously enforced also if
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you're a big fan of music you have all
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those music venues a lot of people go in
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turn America are big into music they
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also have quite a big enrichment
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programs that they have lots of cooking
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demonstrations talks that kind of stuff
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so that that's what you're interested in
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and then again of course if you're
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interested in excursions and
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destinations they do put more and more
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emphasis on excursions they have for
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example partnerships with BBC Planet
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Earth
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another great plus of Holland America
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save versus kannada is because they have
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so many ships ranging from smaller ships
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through to the bigger more modern ships
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is they have a huge range of choice of
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type of ship that you can cruise with
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but also very importantly they also have
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a bigger itinerary with much more varied
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itinerary pretty much you can go
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anywhere in the world with Holland
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America and they have ships based in
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different regions so if you wanted to
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have a much more varied itinerary caller
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America's a great one to look at my
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third suggestion of Cruise Line to
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consider is Celebrity Cruises now
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Celebrity Cruises
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is part of the Royal Caribbean group so
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real Caribbean they have obviously Royal
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Caribbean they have celebrity they have
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Azamara and they also have silver sea as
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part of their portfolio celebrity is
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also like Cunard and Holland America
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it's sort of a premium Cruise Line they
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are different to those other two cruise
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lines because they are much more
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contemporary so they still offer a
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pretty traditional cruising experience
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of the ships are pretty traditional and
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it's not resort like ships they program
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of events is kind of similar to the
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other cruise lines but in terms of decor
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and style it is much more modern much
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more contemporary so the other two which
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look more nautical like and linked to
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their roots when you step on board a
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celebrity ship it's much more modern
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feels more like sort of a boutique fancy
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hotel kind of look to it at the time
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recording they have 11 classic cruise
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ships and they start to innovate a lot
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with the introduction of the edge class
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of ship was a much more modern style of
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ship which is much more even more
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contemporary than their traditional
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ships and they have lots of different
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features have example they've introduced
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Infiniti cabins where your balcony is
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sort of within your room to make the
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cabins because you don't have a balcony
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step out on they also have
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things like the magic carpet down the
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side of the ship which is a moving sort
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of balcony area which when it's sailing
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can be a restaurant but also goes down
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to the bottom of the ship on tender port
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so it's easy to get on and off the ship
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much quicker another key thing that
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celebrity focuses on is they're much
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more focused on the dining experience
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and speciality dining and they have a
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lot of specialty dining venues which
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will range from Italian to sushi to
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seafood to steak houses so much more
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choice they also have a much more
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contemporary much more modern style of
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entertainment so it tends to be much
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more modern music sort of bigger more
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glitzy production show style shows so
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why would you choose celebrity over the
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others well it's definitely for people
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who like a traditional cruising
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experience so not looking for a big
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resort type ship with all the things
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that that brings but looking for a
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traditional kind of cruising experience
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but they want it to be more modern more
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contemporary and they do want much more
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choice of dining venues so especially
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dining venues especially so if you're
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looking for something that's more modern
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more contemporary then definitely
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celebrity would be the reason for
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choosing that the fourth Cruise Line to
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choose is another favorite of mine and
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that's Oceania Cruise Lines now Oceania
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is part of the Norwegian Cruise Line
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group so Norwegian has Norwegian they
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have Oceania and they have Regent 7c o
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sho Nia has at the time of according six
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ships in total they have another two on
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order and these range from quite small
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ships so you have ships like insignia
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which have about 700 passengers through
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to Riviera and marina which have about
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1,250 passengers so much smaller ships
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than the other Cruise Line so if you're
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looking for a smaller ship which is able
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to go into different and more unusual
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port on art in Aries or you just like
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being with less people then definitely
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Oceania is one to consider I really like
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the small ship experience you need to be
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remind our smaller experience Oceania
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unlike the other Cruise Lines don't have
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as much entertainment it's much lower
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key entertainment they don't have as
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much choice of dining venues and of
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course venues in general so it's a much
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more compact much more intimate
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experience all the ships because there
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are relatively old a lot of their ships
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like a lot of the ships like insignia
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are
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our class ships that are about 20 years
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old but they've done Oceania next in the
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last few years which have significantly
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updated and modernized their ships so
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they are looking much more contemporary
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so definitely if you're looking for a
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smaller ship experience then consider
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Oceania and particularly if you're
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interested in the destination much less
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than the onboard entertainment they are
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able to cruise all around the world so
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they're pretty interesting and diverse
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attorneys they're much more destination
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focused and because they're smaller they
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go into lots of ports and places that
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the other cruise lines can't get into so
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Oceania it's a great experience if
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you're looking for a smaller ship
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experience but again it's still quite a
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traditional cruise experience my fifth
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suggestion is if you're looking though
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for an ultra luxury experience so you
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don't wanna go to premium size generally
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those small ship experience you want to
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go to something that's really top-end
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the cruise line that I chose for this
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one is Seaborn Seaborn is part of the
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Carnival Corporation group it's their
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ultra luxury line now the competitors to
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Seabourn are silver sea which is another
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really really great line and Regent
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Seven Seas Seaborn have five classic
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cruising ships doing the normal cruising
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itineraries and they have moved into the
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expedition cruising with in 2021 2022 -
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expedition ships coming so they can do
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more of the polar regions for example
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why would you choose Seaborn over the
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other lives well definitely if you're
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looking to go for a much more premium
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much more ultra luxury experience then
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Seabourn is the great one to consider
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they are much more all-inclusive so
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you'll find things like you gratuities
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your drinks all your dining options are
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included within that the only extra on
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costs you're going to have is Wi-Fi and
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excursions on a Seabourn cruise they
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have a very high space 2 passenger ratio
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being a premium line they also have a
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very high crew to passenger ratio so
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service is very high it's not a very
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stuffy type of service it's a more
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polite efficient kind of service the
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cabins are all of the other newer ships
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are all balcony cabins or Suites I
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probably should call them and on the
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some of the older ships you will have
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ocean view so there's no inside cabins
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they all have cabins with a view they
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also have a whole lot of really upmarket
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partnerships have example your cabin
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you'll find molten Brown toiletries with
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their own Seabourn fragrance they were
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partnership with Tim Wright
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in entertainment they have a partnership
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with Thomas Keller in the dining and the
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especially Donnie and in the main dining
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rooms and even the buffet
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they have a partnership with Andrew Weil
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who's wellness expert they were punished
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with UNESCO for excursions so they have
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lots of kind of premium upmarket
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partnerships as well if you are
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interested in those kind of top end
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experiences Seabourn also tend to have
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very exotic itineraries so they don't
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often just place themselves in a
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particular region of the world their
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constant moving their ships around so if
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you're looking for somewhere exotic
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itineraries definitely see Boris I'm
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talking if you're on the more premium
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end so there's a five cruise lines that
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I really strongly recommend as being
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perfect to focus on if you're a forty
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forty five-plus baby boomer type
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traveler of course there's many other
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cruise lines to consider so a lot of you
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might ask why didn't include princess in
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this princess is a great cruise line I
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would see it fairly similar to Holland
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America and princess is particularly
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good one to look at if you are looking
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at multi-generational travel because
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they do have a really good kids program
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so they're very good for
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multi-generational Viking Cruise Line is
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another one that people are very keen on
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that's a very all-inclusive experience
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so there are many many other cruise
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lines to consider but those are the five
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that I think are really really perfect
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to really focus on if you're a forty 45
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plus baby boomer traveler I have loads
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