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So passengers are responsible for what they say and do, but Princess Line employees are not..

1. Sell cruise tickets for $Thousands 2. Cruise company then denies all of them boarding, without any refunds. 3. Massive profits!

Yet you can walk across the border with no ID

long story, short. Don't gamble on cruise ships.

Very interesting and informative, thank you Gary. We’re doing Japan in October with HAL, 10 stops, not including a few nights in Tokyo. We’ve booked ship excursions for four of them (costing over £1,000 for the two of us and they’re not long tours) and planning to do our own thing for the rest. It’s good to hear you saying that it’s so easy to get around on our own. Our S Korea stop is Sokcho.

Great Information.. thank you for sharing and explaining so clearly

I couldn't think of anything worse than being couped up on a boat with strange people, also after recently visiting Bergen for a trip, they clog tourist towns at thousands of people at a time.

My sister loved her vegan meals on the Regent. She loved her trip so much, I’m now going. I hope it’s good.

My husband got so sunburn that our Kevin. Stewart, he brought us ice and pillows for my husband I propped up his feet because they were badly burnt. He was wonderful

Or you could just ditch all the official crap and show up and the US southern border................

It's funny to me though that the Norwegian cruise line (that is, Viking, not NCL), has an evening lecture about culture as a nation building exercise (@6:24), when every Norwegian who paid attention during Norwegian lessons in school knows a lot about this, due to the various nation building artists that are revered, and the whole culrural period called "National Romanticism". The real question is whether this is good, bad, or just a morally neutral thing societies and nations have to do to stick and function as a society. If a society is to an extent defined by the stories we tell ourselves, is it wrong for us as a society to take a more active part in what stories we wish to tell? How do we deal with people wanting to tell different stories, or the same stories but in different ways? It's an interesting question, and I do not think there are easy answers.

For me I won't take a plane , or train, or a cruise just because of a fear of getting I'll. All of these extra documents is b.s.

I suspect that for Viking's target audience, Viking is absolutely incredible. But Viking's target audience isn't the whole world. They have 8 oceangoing ships that take less than 1000 people each? But if there's enough people who want that, and see the price as reasonable for what's on offer, then there's nothing wrong with that. They don't need hundreds of thousands of people clamoring to go there. It's all about finding that market that wants your product and directing your attention to them.

I am going on my first cruise on Regent in October. It was a spontaneous decision on my part. I am learning so much from your channel. I booked day before yesterday and know nothing.

What is most shameful, is people save back for a year or more to take these trips and then get denied, that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard, and then deny a refund that is on the line of scamming.

Pity about the single supplement though.

Me too! Gary has sold me on this cruise line. Including the decor. Norwegian Wood!

"Talking to staff", god you Brits are so annoying doing this. My British ex would start talking to German train conductors or supermarket cashiers, freaking them out and annoying them, and had to be told to stop talking to staff. Time is valuable, and people don't like Brits that much anyway.

Unless you're actually allergic to milk protein, which few people actually are, you're simply intolerant to lactose. So instead of making the crew's life miserable, just pack a lot of easy disolve lactase pills. It be USA it is called lactaid, in Europe it has different names. It can be taken without causing negative effects, and if taken correctly, in the correct amount during or right before a meal (but never on an otherwise empty stomach), it allows you to consume dairy without the negative consequences. If you are allergic to milk protein on the other hand, you should not work with antihistamines. The effects of an actual milk allergy are flushed face, red eyes, clogged Mayboom glands.

10 years passport validity for EU? Are you sure????

Some people are just low class and talk really loud all the time. I would suggest you go on a more upscale cruise next time, the price filters out the blue collar types who are usually responsible for 90% of noise.

I wish the cruiseline sequestered family cabins to a certain part of the ship where they can be noisy together and have other cabins as adults only in a different area! Some hotels do this and it’s so nice when they do.

Here’s an idea…just don’t go on a cruise. Save your money, you can easily find a better alternative.

I have to very strongly disagree with you with the Wi-Fi. The point of a cruise to me is to absolutely let the outside world melt away and forget all outside troubles. It's impossible to let the whole experience take you over with that damn thing vibrating constantly and the addiction of the internet stealing your attention. Forget about the outside world and live your life right now in the moment. Only the ship's app and its chat feature for others in your group on the ship. Maybe look something up on Wi-Fi at a business at port, but paying for the whole time is ridiculous.

My worst nightmare

Hello, I just watched you but you said nothing about shore excursions, if extra or included.

I have never sailed on a Cunard ship and this one would definitely be off my list. I thought much of the decor looked cheesy The chairs and tables at many of the venues you showed looked uncomfortable and very plain. I do hope to try Cunard but it will not be on this ship

I thought this was obvious? River cruises in Europe are like the old "If it's Tuesday, this must be..." tours than anything else. The advantage, of course, is that you don't have to pack and unpack every day since your room moves with you. Not sure why anyone would expect anything different.

I had a Mexican Riviera cruise completely changed to a California coastal cruise 48 hours before departure, due to swine flu. I canceled and managed to convince Visa to refund the cost. The cruise line wanted their money back from me and sent the debt to a collection agency. The agent called me once, I explained the situation and they never bothered me again. TL;DR California is NOT Mexico. 😉

This is absolute madness moral of the story book through a travel agent

I personally think Cunard is a line to avoid .. over priced, under delivered and trading on its past heritage but showing signs of being absorbed into the Carnival ethos of cost cutting and degrading itself.

This is lovely and so informative ❤

I think you need to be more well often you think to do this full-time. I would not be a verse to it, however, there are times such as during a refurbishment you cannot be on the ship. Jumping from ship to ship with just a few suitcases sounds very untethered. No way in heck I would want to stay in the Caribbean, I’ve done eastern, western & southern several times that’s enough. I really think that you need to be prepared to have a fall back. Issues such as health are an example. You can’t manage your health on a cruise ship. You have to have a very well thought out plan about having a homebase to fall back on for access to healthcare, social network, worst case scenario the cruise line goes bankrupt.

My wife and I just returned from a 10 Alaska run with QE2. Overall, great value and Gary, thanks for your insights. The last time I'd been on the QE was 1963, so I was intrigued to see how things have developed over this long interlude. The ship itself was great especially the art deco throughout. The 10 day itinerary for Alaska was the best we've experienced (previously 7 days on Princess). We were the last two to book a cabin on a full ship with only an interior available. Kudos to Cunard for upgrading us to restricted view. Dress code - right on Gary, but resisting the tide of the Walmart/Target set has/is no doubt a reality. My biggest let down was the dining experience at Britannia restaurant. We were not used to food order first with a haphazard wine steward availability next for drinks. As well, dinner by the staff came across as a rushed affair to get us in, served and get us out. Finally, on more some occasions, we found the dinner serving staff less than friendly (more focused on getting the order done) and on a couple of occasions somewhat surly. We do not want to lessen those who were professional and accommodating. But this was the biggest letdown from 1963. Otherwise the overall experience and value was good except the food itself was no contest to Celebrity.

Any American is use to hearing several languages' spoken at their local supermarket. In mine,Haitian Creole, Portuguese both the Brazilian and Portuguese versions, Spanish, Chinese, Italian and Irish English, Cambodian, Vietnamese.....and lets not forget a thick Boston accented English.

I have to limit my choices because of some issues. I can also say that the fine print tells more about the actual activities. I don’t want to be miserable. I want to have fun.

Are there any Opera cruises?

I agree with you, the overall design is a huge disappointment. She looks just like a slightly larger Victoria or Elizabeth with rabbit hutches on top. She is a very ugly, unbalanaced looking ship. Seeing what is being done by the non-Carnival lines, like them or not, the designs are modern and radical. Very sad.

Enlightening content here! At restaurants when the manager asks how everything was, at the end of the meal, I usually mention something that could be improved. I’m sincerely trying to help the restaurant but my wife always covers her face in embarrassment, lol! Also, she tends to be overly friendly with some wait staff which annoys me. I should have her watch this video. Thanks!

Cunard is stuck with a dilemma .. go too modern and contemporary they alienate their existing customer base, stay too much the same and they will not attract new customers. I'm afraid with the modern demographic the Cunard brand heritage means nothing so they really do need to take the bull by the horns and modernise not just the ships but the company as well.

Omg! Thanks for your video!

BEWARE of Europe. Even / or especially in Germany. We will scam tourists. We do it to each other, what do you think we'll do with you? As a rule, you dont need it, so don't buy it. Keep your wallet shut when in tourist areas. Don't let anybody "help" you. Make sure you're not cheated in restaurants. The worst thieves in town are restaurants and cafes.

Unfortunately, the cruise lines that cater to boomers need to shift because the boomer generation is fading away.

We've just returned from the QA trip after yours (down in the Med, where the sundecks were heavily used) and think you've given a very fair & balanced review of the new ship. A couple of observations: Most of the passengers seemed to be long term Cunarders (and also in the older age bracket. I'm early 60s and was definitely in the younger demographic on this cruise). I think the proof of the pudding will come in maybe 6 months time when Cunard will be hoping to attract new customers (either from other lines or new to cruising altogether) to fill the Winter & Spring sailings. Cunard have to tread a very fine line in offering the new innovations to attract those new customers (the Bright Lights cabaret venue and the Wellness café are two of the new features I think worked very well) but also keeping enough of the Cunard traditional things that are really their USP. For example the dressing up on the Formal evenings (and indeed the overall smartness of passengers on all the other evenings) is the one thing that separates Cunard from all the other lines and is widely appreciated by most of their clientele. Secondly. Even though I thought the decor & design in general was good,, I think that the overall passenger flow of the ship could have been better implemented. I know you were in Grills, but for us lowly Britannia passengers, getting from one end of the ship to the other on the upper decks (without sneaking through the Grill Terrace ) was a real trek (involving dropping down a couple of decks and coming back up). The cabins (and especially the bathrooms) are a step up from the other Queens, but as mentioned elsewhere, the wardrobe space has been decreased (and with no drawers except in the bedside cabinets) and why won't Cunard trust it's customers (who've paid thousands to sail) not to pinch the coat hangers! QM2 is still our favourite, but wouldn't dismiss another trip on Queen Anne if the itinerary (and price) was right.