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so here I'm on board emerald waterway is
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emerald dawn cruising down the Danube
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River in this video I'm going to take
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you on a tour around this modern and
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contemporary ship and it's very typical
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of all of the ships in the fleet and by
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the way keep watching the video the
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whole way through because at the end of
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the video I have a special bonus related
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to river cruising that I think you'll
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find helpful if you're interested in
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finding out more about river cruising
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and so this is the horizon lounge and
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bar it's the real sort of social hub of
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this ship it's where you have things
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like the captain's Welcome Party
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farewell party to where people meet for
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drinks before dinner after dinner it's
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where the paultalks take place every day
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where if there's evening entertainment
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it also happens here there's also a
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24-hour coffee tea machine and it's a
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really bright cheerful place to be
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totally important because on river
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cruise boats you don't have lots of
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different venues this really is the
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heart of the social world onboard the
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Emerald Dawn and then at the end of the
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horizon is an advil area you can
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actually sit in the front of the bow of
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the ship and watch you'll see me go by
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one of the areas that I really like on
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the ship is a public access area which
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is just up on deck 3 which is just
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before the horizon lounge and bar and
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it's this area behind me which has some
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very eclectic and unusual artwork it
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just adds a nice touch to the ship and
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also it's a very bright area because on
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both sides are floor-to-ceiling glass
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walls so it's a very nice bright
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welcoming space on the ship and so of
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course an important part of the ship is
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the reception area which is man 24 hours
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down here office you have the reception
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desk also the cruise director has his
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Auto desk down here and it leads on to
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the dining room the reflections dining
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room which of course is another key
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public space on the ship and one of the
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great features in the reception area are
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these big screens behind me which are
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fueled ceiling screens which have things
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like the daily programme and CNN news
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and basically lots of information around
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what's happening on the ship very nice
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touch and so this is the reflections
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restaurant a very important part of the
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ship it's where breakfast lunch and
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dinner reserved so breakfast is a buffet
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breakfast lunch is above a lunch and the
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evening meal is are served meal which
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consistently the starter a soup the main
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course and dessert or cheese course it's
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a very beautiful room it's very light
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it's very bright lots of whites and
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again on either side of the ship you
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have floor-to-ceiling glass so you have
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great views particularly if you're
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cruising during the day or in the light
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summer evenings and so now I'm up here
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on the Sun Deck which is the whole of
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the top deck of the ship so it's a
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really big space and it's a great space
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not only are there lots of places to sit
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relax sun loungers but there's also a
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couple of other features such as a
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walking or running track around the
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outside there's the place we can play
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noughts and crosses little mini golf
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place it's a great space to just be on a
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great summer's day and definitely one of
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the most innovative parts of the Emerald
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dawn is the swimming pool it's a plunge
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pool at the rear of the ship it has
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glass on three sides so as you move down
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the river you can see good we'll see new
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why you splash about I'll just relax on
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the seats around it it's really good fun
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in this pool is actually a strong
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the other side of the pool so you can
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actually do exercise with the alleged
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find some against it which is due back
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so that's really nifty as well in the
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evenings it gets converged for social
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events such as a cinema so the pool gets
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covered over and it becomes a cinema and
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also when you're in the pool area there
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is you can help yourself to tea and
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coffee there's actually a full bar menu
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as well so you can order drinks here
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actually watch us give you a little tip
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I mentioned that there is 24-hour tea
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and coffee making facilities one of the
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fantastic things by Team coffee making
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facilities are these jars which have the
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most amazing amazing biscuits in
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strongly strongly recommend you give
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these well and so about the cabins on
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board the Emerald dawn I'm going to show
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you the cabin that I was staying in
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which is a great cabin and it's called a
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panorama balcony suite and it is quite
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an innovative cabin and something that I
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know emerald very proud of as its unique
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to their ships like all river cruise
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ships the cabins are not massive because
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obviously the ships are constrained by
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size but it's a good size it's very
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comfortable and one of the big
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innovations is the balcony within the
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room so what happens is the
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floor-to-ceiling windows you could push
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a button and the top half lowers down so
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you get loads of fresh air into the room
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and so effectively part of your cabin
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becomes a balcony but without having a
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balcony the bathroom itself is great
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there is a shower and most river cruise
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boats will only have a shower there's a
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basin obviously a toilet etc and the
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great thing I like about the bathroom is
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it's not one of those sort of
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prefabricated bathrooms it's got actual
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tiles hazwoper ceramic basin there's
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pretty good storage across the room as
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well you have a minibar you have a safe
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all that kind of stuff as well and the
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beds are big the beds are very
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the beds are quite long for the am-6
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with two so that's real plus summers in
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river cruise boats the bed's a little
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bit shorter and so though rivers just
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to not have a lot of facilities because
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they're constrained by their size on
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board the Emerald or there's a couple of
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features that are unusual or worth
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noting so first of all behind me you
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have a small hairdressers and spa which
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can offer things like massages and
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things like that and though even though
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space is very tight on river cruise
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ships as part of emeralds emerald active
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program which is to try encourage people
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to be more active when there are no
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river cruise they also have a very small
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gym which is located on deck 2 which has
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you know some cardio equipment and some
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weight equipment and it also has the
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only place I found on the ship scales so
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you can track how much weight you're
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putting on or unlikely not putting on
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during your cruise and another feature
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that they have on board the ship is a
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elevator for people who can't get up and
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down the stairs so that goes from debt
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level 3 which is where the restaurant is
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down to the first level where the lowest
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level of cabins are well hopefully you
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enjoyed that tour around the Emerald
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dawn if you did be great if you left a
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thumbs up and also be super if you
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subscribed to the channel if you'd like
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a bonus for watching the whole video I
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also have a book about river cruising
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that you can download it's an e-book and
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contain lots of tips advice and answers
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lots of questions about river cruising
