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What Makes CELEBRITY CRUISES Different To Other Lines ?
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Jan 28, 2025
What Makes CELEBRITY CRUISES Different To Other Cruise Lines that they compete with, such as Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Cunard and P&O Cruises? I explore what are the Celebrity Cruises differences and look at what Celebrity Cruises does better and the same as other cruise lines. Become a Channel Member: click the "JOIN" button under the video or here http://www.tipsfortravellers.com/join 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:
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I'm Gary Bainbridge this is tips for
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Travers I want to talk about the stand
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out differences about celebrity cruises
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that you really need to know Celebrity
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Cruises is part of the Royal Caribbean
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group of cruise lines it's been
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operating for over 30 years it operates
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in the premium mid to large-sized
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ship category that means it competes
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with cruise lines such as Holland
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America Cunard
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Princess Cruises and probably also
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cruises like P and O cruise lines it
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currently has a fleet of 11 ships
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building up to 13 over the next year or
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two so what are the big differences that
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celebrity offer you as a cruiser one of
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the biggest differences that celebrity
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have is their de corte and designs if
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you take a look at q nod for example it
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has a Art Deco kind of inspired take or
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Holland America very much linked to its
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maritime and nautical history princess
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is kind of a classic cruise ship design
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celebrity are going for something that's
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much more contemporary much more modern
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looking and particularly with some of
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their newer ships so they have three
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classes of ships the oldest of which is
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known as the millennium class of ships
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million class ships have around 2100
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guests and these are the oldest of the
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ships the next class one of the most
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popular class of ships for a long time
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as celebrity had was the Solstice class
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the Solstice class holds two thousand
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eight hundred fifty guests and includes
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ships like the celebrity Equinox
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celebrity eclipse celebrity silhouette
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celebrity reflection the most recent and
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most modern of the type of ships joining
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the celebrity fleet are the edge class
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ships with the edge and the apex already
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they've taken delivery of and are in
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service these are very modern looking
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ships they look very different to
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existing cruise ships out there and they
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have lots and lots of innovations in
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them so for example they have the very
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well-known and much publicized
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magic carpet which moves up and down the
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side of the ship this is party to
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actually help with tendering ports to
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get people off much quicker because it's
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a big platform and they have big tenders
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but they've also introduced a really
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modern design led a lot by the UK
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designer kay hopin for example
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revolutionising the
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cabins and they've introduced infinity
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cabins where the balcony is actually
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included in the cabinet's of the cabins
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are overall much larger there's a
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different look and feel
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what celebrity have been working on is
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then celebrity revolutionising all of
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their ships to this new modern design
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the timing of that got disrupted by the
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whole pandemic and the lockdown which
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has pushed back some of those changes
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they said he rolling out a contemporary
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looking style and feel across all of
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their ships and the edge class is
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certainly one of the most innovative and
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newest looks in the cruising fleets in
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the world today a second really key
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difference in celebrity versus those
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other lines is although they offer a
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fairly traditional and classic style of
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cruising they do have a much more
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youthful and contemporary take on it so
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you'll find that le program celebrity
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life is still packed full of all the
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things you'd see on the other cruise
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lines trivia quizzes dance lessons
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lectures bingo all those kind of
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activities as a traditional production
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shows guest artists but you'll find
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there's a much more contemporary and
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modern twist not so for example the
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production shows are a little bit more
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high-tech they have much more
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contemporary and modern songs to them
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the dress code is less stuffy than some
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of the other cruise lines so they have
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to ki dress codes they have their smart
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casual plus which as it suggests is you
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can just pretty informally across the
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ship and then they have their more
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formal nights which are called
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chic nights so it's a much more
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contemporary much more modern much more
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relaxed dress code than some of the
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other cruise lines they also are a
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pushing technology investing a lot in
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streaming in the Wi-Fi and they have a
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partnership with Apple so you can go to
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Apple classes you can buy Apple products
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on board they're encouraging all their
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captains to become much more active on
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social media they have some very
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well-known social media stars across
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their fleet
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you'll also find many more late-night
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activities who have silent discos and
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definitely on their program you'll find
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things going much later into the night
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to cater for a more youthful mindset so
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definitely a more contemporary twist on
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classic traditional cruising for me I
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think one of the other big differences
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they have is the focus on specialty
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dining and I think they probably do it
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best of all of those cruise lines and
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certainly they are the ones that really
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push
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really aggressively so on the Solstice
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Class the millennium class you're going
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to find the traditional dining rooms
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with fixed ironing times at any time
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dining but you're going to find a wide
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range of diverse especially dining
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ranges which tend to be their own brands
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which they roll out across the different
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ships so for example on one of my most
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recent trips which I did on the Solstice
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class and celebrity equinox there were
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dining concepts such as the sushi on
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five the Murano which was a French
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dining restaurant silk harvest southern
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Asian fusion Tuscan grill which was
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Italian as you moved to the edge class
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they have gone even further in terms of
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specially Daniels one of the big
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innovations being Eden which is at the
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rear of the ship it's a big open space
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on multi levels and here they have sort
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of performance art and they have really
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contemporary modern sort of dining but
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they've also put a whole different take
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on the traditional dining room so
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instead of having really big fixed
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dining venues they've actually split
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into four on the edge class ships and
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you're allocated to one of those four
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dining rooms so for example they have
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cosmopolitan which is modern
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contemporary dining you have Normandy
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which has a French spin to it you have
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Cyprus which has a Mediterranean spin to
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it and then you have tusk which has
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Italian spin to it you can actually try
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the different dining venues bijoy
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allocated one of those for other
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speciality dining options on the edge
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class ships include the fine cut
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steakhouse let's go on to bistro which
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is French le petit chef and friends this
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is a very contemporary where you have
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interactive 3d projections going on on
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your tables telling a whole story so
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kids especially really loved it raw on
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five which of course is more sushi the
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magic carpet when you're at sea will
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often become a restaurant as well and
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then as already mentioned you have the
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Eden dining option big focus on
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specialty dining some really interesting
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concepts and I think they really do it
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differently and probably the best of all
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of those other competing cruise lines
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what are some of the things that are
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more similar and not quite as different
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to the other cruise lines one of the
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most obvious ones is fares the fares on
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celebrity are pretty much the same as
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you'll find on princess on her in
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America on Cunard overall and they have
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pretty much the same inclusions and
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exclusions so excluded from the fair as
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with the other lines you're going to
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find drinks are excluded gratuities are
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excluded Wi-Fi is excluded all your
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excursions are excluded and although
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special dining is a big focus that is
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not included in the fare they do have
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extra charges to go to special dining
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venues and then of course if you do
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things like use the Medical Center
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shopping all those kind of things are of
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course not included within the fare
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usually inclusions obviously your
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accommodation you can dine without their
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din of the specialty restaurants so your
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main dining room your buffet diner and
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your informal dining ranges are drowned
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by the pool afternoon tea room service
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all that stuff is included in the fare
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of course all access to the facilities
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the production shows the daily program
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activities pools gyms all that kind of
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stuff is included within the fare as
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they are with the other cruise lines the
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next thing that is very similar is
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excursions you'll find whatever ports
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you go to the excursions that you'll
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find on Celebrity are pretty much the
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same excursions you'll find on the other
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cruise lines so not a huge amount of
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difference you'll find particularly on
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the bigger ships so the Solstice Class
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ships and the s-class ships you know
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which have between two thousand eight
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hundred three thousand patients because
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there's so many passengers they need to
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have a wide range of excursions so you
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will find excursions ranging from as you
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are on the other cruise lines the most
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sedate panoramic touring through to the
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activity type excursions whether it's
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kayaking cycling ziplining that kind of
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stuff but excursions you'll pretty much
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find are the same I wouldn't say that
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they offer anything particularly
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different the other thing that is
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broadly similar is the passenger mix
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lots of couples lots of Americans Brits
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Australians so quite English language
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speaking type of passengers the average
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age tends to be a little bit older
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though you will tend to find on
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Celebrity of all of those you will
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sometimes find particularly at certain
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times of the year slightly younger age
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you're probably going to find the
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average age is probably netting out more
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in the 50s
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- late 50s age you will find you know a
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much more diverse range so you'll find
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everything from 35 or 30 something year
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olds couples on the cruise right through
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to the older age group again it depends
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a lot on the time of the year so if you
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go in the peak holiday periods you'll
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find a much more diverse crowd but if
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you go out of sort of key holiday
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periods quality periods or public
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holiday periods you'll find it test had
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to be older overall speaking the age on
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celebrity and the time passengers very
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very similar although they do talk quite
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a lot about it being a younger profile
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on my experiences so far I've found it
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slightly this I've basically found it
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largely the same however was it him when
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they brought edge into service they did
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see you know the role of reports I read
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where the average age was slightly young
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because it was a much more contemporary
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concept overall reporting speaking very
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similar types of passengers there are a
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whole bunch of things that celebrity
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does offer that's different so if those
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things really appeal to you then you're
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gonna find celebrity the right cruise
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line for you if you like a traditional
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more classic experience that is
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fundamentally what celebrity offer with
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those key differences I have loads more
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videos about Celebrity Cruises other
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cruise lines and cruise tips so why
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don't you watch another one of those
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