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hi I'm Gary bambridge of tips for
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travelers today I'm taking you on a tour
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of the Caribbean Princess it's a ship
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from Princess Cruises it has
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3,140 guests 1,200 crew 19 decks 1,500
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and 56 cabins and in this video I'm
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going to take you on a tour of
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everything you need to know but let's
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start the Tour by first of all taking a
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look at the Magnificent Atrium which is
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spread across three floors now the
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Caribbean Princess was originally built
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in 2004 but went through a major revamp
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in 2017 so food and dining is really
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important on a cruise so I thought we'd
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start by looking at that first there are
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three main dining rooms and the choice
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that you have is between traditional
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fixed time dining or anytime dining so
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basically you have traditional fixed
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dining which on my cruises at 5:45 p.m.
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for first sitting and a.m. for second
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sitting and The Palm restaurant was used
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for fixed dining now anytime dining was
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available in two other restaurants the
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Island restaurant and the coral dining
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rooms and anytime dining was available
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from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. now also
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included within the fair is the very
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large buffet restaurant and the buffet
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restaurant is called the world fresh
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marketplace it's been completely
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revamped in the refit and it's bright
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it's Airy and there's all these
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different stations where you can choose
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all sorts of fresh food in terms of more
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informal dining there's the Salty Dog
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Grill which serves Burgers hot dogss and
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street tacos there's also the slic
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pizzeria which is by the poolside and of
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course they serve delicious pizzas down
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in the atrium is the 24-hour
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international cafe this is in the Piaza
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area it serves coffees snacks light
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meals and desserts whil also outside by
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the pool is the coffee and Cones which
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is another place that you can have
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coffee and also serves ice cream it's
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very very popular and of course there's
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also 24-hour room service where you can
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either choose from a limited menu or
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they have another thing which is a
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deluxe breakfast which does cost $45 per
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couple and that includes champagne now
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in terms of speciality dining there's a
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lot of choice as well and the actual
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search charge for these varies based on
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the restaurant in terms of slightly more
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informal dining there is the Steamer
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Seafood here you can choose from black
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and blue muscles or you can have classic
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clam steamers or a broiled platter but
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basically it's delicious Seafood the
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other thing they have is a restaurant
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called planks barbecue and this is sort
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of an American Style Diner but it has a
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really interesting setup where basically
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you choose from six different meats and
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your plank is loaded with four different
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meats and it really was quite a
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magnificent restaurant both of those
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$12 per person now a very popular
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standard onboard Princess Cruises is
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sabatinas this is an Italian restaurant
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which serves delicious uh pastas and you
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know traditional Italian dishes at the
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time of recording sais cost $25 per
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person now the most expensive specialty
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restaurant is Crown Grill this is a
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steakhouse restaurant but also serves
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Seafood the other option is Vines which
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is a wine bar and they serve tapis type
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food or sushi so as you can see there's
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a lot of choices in terms of informal
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dining more formal dining both included
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and excluded from the fair so let's talk
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about bars and loues there's a lot of
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choice on board the Caribbean princess
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again a great advantage of traveling on
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a big ship I'm going to start with one
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of the most spectacular venues and this
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is called the Skywalkers night club it
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has magnificent views up here and is a
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very popular venue sort of late into the
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evening especially if when you're
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cruising in places that have great
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scenery Club Fusion is another great
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venue it's uh at the rear of the ship
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and on Deck 7 and here during the day
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they will often show various concerts by
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various artists and at night it's a very
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popular music venue The Wheelhouse bar
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which is very nautically themed is a
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great bar again music in the evenings
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and a very popular meeting place before
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and after dinner the Explorers Lounge
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again another music venue uh themed
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around exploration and Egypt is another
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popular venue and that's also on Deck
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seven Kunis bar is a great place to go
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in the evening again more music the
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petza and the lobby bar are also a
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popular place where people will go in
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the evenings before and after dinner and
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to people watch of course like most
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cruise ships smoking is not allowed on
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your balconies or in your staterooms and
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is restricted in most areas of the ship
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there is however a very specific bar
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which is called The Churchill Lounge
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where you can go and smoke cigarettes
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and also pipes and cigars so let's talk
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about outdoor activities there are
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actually across the whole of the ship
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five different pool areas now the
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Calypso reef and pool is actually where
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movies under the stars is held where
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during the day and into the evening you
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can watch movies on the big screen
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further along from that also on Deck 15
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is Neptune's reef and pool again a very
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popular swing pool up on Deck 17 is the
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sanctuary now this you do have to pay to
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go to so you can either buy a halfday
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pass or a full day pass or a pass right
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across the hole of the cruise it's a
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beautiful very as it suggests quiet
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venue right at the back of the ship you
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have the pirate View and hot tub up on
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the sports deck on Deck 17 and then down
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on Deck 14 right at the back is another
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pool on the Riviera deck in terms of
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Fitness there is a very large fitness
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center which is in the Lotus Spa and the
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Lotus Spa H has hairdressing Barbers and
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of course the usual spa treatments as
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you would expect so what about
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entertainment well there's a lot of
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things to do on board the ship the
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Production shows and guest artists they
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would perform in The Princess Theater
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it's a vast venue there are actually
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three different show times every evening
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which means that everybody has a chance
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to go and see the show there is a very
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large Casino which has a lot of machines
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quite modern machines and also has all
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the usual games that you expect
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blackjack poker roulettes everything
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that you could possibly want to play
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there are three kids clubs targeted uh
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you know younger kids sort of uh
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pre-teens and teenagers now there's a
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lot of shopping opportunities on board
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the ship and most of these are around
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the atrium area all the usual things you
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would expect jewelry watches booze
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branded merchandise clothing of course
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as you would expect there are the usual
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facilities like obviously the reception
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and guest services there is also a very
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large shore excursions uh desk now the
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great thing with SH excursions is you
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can also book those through your phone
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there's a free app or you can go down to
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the shore excursions desk and use some
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little iPads to book or of course you
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can go in person and book there is also
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a future Cruise sales and then there is
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an office which looks after the Loyalty
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the captain's Circle loyalty club
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members another great feature on board
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the Caribbean Princess is there is a
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wedding chapel so if you want to either
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renew your vows or have a wedding you
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can actually have that done in this
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small wedding chapel so there you have
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it that is my tour of the Caribbean
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Princess so hope you found that helpful
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and it's giving you an insight into
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