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I wish more people were like you, not expecting someone else to clean up your mess. We once had friends that let their kids make a mess on the floor at restaurants and would say "The staff is paid to clean it up!" Just sad. I also love how you just go with the flow, understanding that things can just go wrong. As you said, it's how the crew handles issues, not the issues themselves, that matter.

What’s wrong with me? I’ve never been on a cruise and have no desire to go on one and yet I can’t stop watching these videos. Lol. Very entertaining. Thank you.

I am not even interested on going on a cruise. But the way you explain things is so down the line, and you are so well spoken, I find myself watching every video you post. 'I'm taking those toiletries, I paid for them'. I just died. And I love the Briticism. We Aussies use many of the same words.

I've had butlers a number of times on other lines, primarily NCL. The #1 perk for us is dining in the cabin. Order breakfast the night before and the butler will come in and set the table while you're still sleeping so when you wake up breakfast is already ready. Milk for kids, coffee, food, etc. all ready. Note: we only do this in 1- or 2- bedroom suites so there's a closed door between us and the butler. I also usually ask them to set up lunch in my room 3-4 times a cruise. We eat during our daughter's nap time so it's nice to have a full meal served in the cabin, or out on the balcony, rather than a rushed lunch in the restaurant with a sleepy/cranky child. Usually we don't make it to desert at dinner due to the child being fussy so we ask for desert to be sent to the room with the butler. Butlers can enter your room to deliver a desert or a snack, regular room service cannot enter your cabin so you must be there to receive it.

I am glad you tried Azamara. We love them. I have tried other lines and we keep gong back to Azamara. Small ship, quiet, attentive staff, fine food, coffee, wine and sodas are included, no tipping. The Hotel Director saw us, came running over----was it a girl or a boy? Security guard asking "Pictures, pictures". We had a grandson born the last day of an Azamara cruise and they remembered. Yes the shower is small and if that is the only real issue well, I can deal with it. The showers in the Spa area are available and there rarely is a wait. The advantage to a small ship is your room is not MILES away from any activity. They have the amenities of the larger ships but without the hordes of people and the noise. There is a free self service laundry and when you send laundry out, it comes back beatifully done (Celebrity washed my clothes and folded them and then SHOVED ;them back in the laundry bag leaving me with an unwearable Linen shirt). We do purchase the occasional top shelf drink or bottle of wine (which they will recork for you if not finished) and the cost is not that much. They went out of their way to assist me last year when I needed a wheelchair and could not walk distances. "Miss Sandie, you call us when you get to the port after touring in Singapore and we will come and get you". (Celebrity would only take up or down the gangplank, after that I was on my own). The staff is well trained, polite and if there is an issue, they are there to help.

I love how you try and make the room stewards lives as easy as possible, I always find myself just sticking the privacy sign up if nothing needs doing. Save them one room!

That bathroom might be smaller than the one I had in my crew cabin. Once I hit a rank where I had a private room (and private bathroom), I'd forgo the shower curtain entirely. I'd make sure there was nothing in the bathroom that didn't mix well with water, and then use the entire space.

Just measure with your toothpast tube and then ask customers service desk to measure your toothpaste tube and do some simple math.

Hi Emma, as an older chap can I point out the original phrase was from a 70’s advert for a muesli bar, and started out as “I’ll risk it for a Swisskit” (Swisskit pronounced like ‘Biscuit’ but with a ‘Sw’ at the start). A while later, people just said “risk it for a biscuit”. I just thought you ought to know in terms of accurate reporting....and no, my family do not think I am a pedantic old sod!!! 🤭🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣

Emma, I love you! We have been sailing with Azamara for more than 10 years now. We are devoted fans. The bathrooms, yes, we love the line, we all talk about the shower. I'm a modestly overweight American. I fit in, barely, literally and figuratively (and figuratively?). Unless you are certifiably very, very scuzzy, it's fine. It has a telephone sprayer, all anatomical parts can be reached, there is some splash over, for a quicky, it is fine! If you want a SHOWER, head up to the gym locker room. No issues there, and there is a steam room (no charge) to enhance the experience. They will know you by name by day 2. The food is fabulous. The bars are lovely. The passengers are invariably charming, affluent with no attitude, and always seeking the younger folks. (Home sickness, use it to your advantage!) All in all, like almost all of your reviews, very, very good. I just wish I liked inside rooms as much as you! OBTW: Should you choose to ditch your brother, those obstructed ocean view rooms on deck six are fantastic for 1 person. 2 people, don't do it!

I'm surprised cruise ships haven't moved to having wet rooms rather than traditional shower rooms. Would completely eliminate the problem of these too small showers.

I always keep the room tidy ish. Mostly because I don’t like people touching or moving my stuff and not because I’m excessively neat. I’m not a neat person by nature but I do appreciate the effort and know that it isn’t my job to make the stewards job harder.

As a retired architect, I say that a toothpaste tube (or any object of fixed length) is an excellent measuring device. Just be sure that when you figure out the actual measurements, you use the same toothpaste tube. Not interested in sailing in any of those huge ships but I love your videos--keep up the great work!--Bernie from Los Angeles

I’ve never been cruising but really enjoy these videos. Think if I was ever to do one, I would have to take the opposite approach and just do a once in a lifetime splurge on a suite.

Cabin stewards who swoop in and clean your cabin as soon as you leave the room... those are the best! It's a sign of a really great cabin steward! Sadly, some cabin stewards just start with the cabins at one end of their section and clean them in order from one cabin to the next. I'm not a fan of that strategy. What you described with your cabin steward on Azamara was something to truly appreciate!

Never been on a cruise and probably never will but spent 10 years working on Container Ships so enjoy seeing how the other side lives.

Thank you so much for your "budget" cruising reviews, seriously appreciate it!!

Those cabins where nobody walks past are excellent - Virgin Voyages have LOTS of these inside cabins, which is so nice for keeping them quiet!

Our first cruise 40 years ago was an inside cabin. Some 20 cruises for me, many more for my wife & girlfriends that was a great cruise. It was great because they messed up our dinning. We requested late dinning & when boarding the ship they assigned us "Early" dining - ""6 AM""! I pointed this out on boarding the cruise ship. To my complete surprise when we went to dinner that 1st evening we were seated at the (Captain's) table - - - for the entire cruise! For a first cruise it was incredible not just for being at the captain's table every meal, but the port calls. The ship was very small in comparison to today's ships, but it was incredible. Every cruise that we have been on since we have had open balconies to enjoy the nightly sights, sounds & ocean breeze. I prefer that, but that first cruise will always be a favorite in my heart. Take a jump and enjoy a cruise. The longer the better. I swear 1 week is not enough. Go for two weeks at a time. You will not regret it~! PJ