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So, you know when you're going about your day and you feel like everything's going along kind of smooth But like in the back of your head You feel like you're forgetting something, you know, you have this like nagging sensation You know what I'm talking about You're listening to the cruise tips TV unplugged podcast today. We're answering your listener questions Welcome to cruise tips TV unplugged. I'm your host Sherry and we invite you to join our cruise loving family As we travel the world creating cruise videos and vlogs in this podcast We talk tips tactics and strategies to help you make every cruise your dream cruise What nagging feeling is that was your cruise to TV, you know, it seemed like yesterday. We forgot something I was just gonna I just wasn't gonna say anything and think oh people might not notice that the podcast came out a day late this week Well, we recorded a great video and we we just straight up forgot to record our podcast outline was ready But we got so excited about our YouTube We just forgot and woke up this morning. We're like don't Yeah, I know good. That's not fair. There are times when we don't get to it, right? And we know we don't get to it, but yesterday we just completely forgot we forgot and it was like, you know when you're if you've been a server or waitress or you know a weight person in your life and you you sit up in the middle of the night and you Realize you forgot table number 42 sour cream like six hours ago. It was exactly that kind of a moment I was like, oh no, I forgot table number 46 sour cream So it's all good We hear and we are excited because we did a call for questions on 60 gram a few weeks ago and we have some really clever questions that came through most of them are cruise related And we're going to answer them today. I have a little bit of housekeeping first though. Mr. Cruz sub-tv wait most of the questions are yeah, I mean there's a few I think there might be a few like maybe random personal man. No, actually they're all cruise related today. Yeah, they are Because that's what we do. That's what we do. All right, but sometimes random and personal sneak in and that's okay, too So roll with the housekeeping stuff. Okay, I will thank you for your permission to roll with house Keeping stuff. So first thing I want to thank an awesome five star reviewer Chanan Owen who left us a five star review on iTunes back in November. Thank you, Chanan Chanan says the title of the view was 15 ways to celebrate a special occasion on a cruise Which was the title of our podcast? Chanan says I'm new to cruising and I've been doing all the research for Norway cruise in Holland, America August 2023 for a big celebration I've absolutely loved this podcast and have learned so much Sherry is so upbeat and positive and mr. Cruz sub-tv is very entertaining When I heard this episode I found we had some things in common my son's birthday is October 31st, too He just turned 21 and we'll be celebrating our 25th anniversary June 2023 plus my husband turns 50 that same month I'm excited to try some of the ideas you mentioned and hoping we have an amazing time Thank you for the great info and I'm still listening to an older podcast and it's all great. Thank you, Chanan I'm jealous. So I know that we have not done Norway and we talked about a lot I know Maybe we should look into it for the summer before it gets to be too late because I think some of the Norway um Cruises may go away because they may not allow large ships up there after a certain point. I heard that myself Yes, that would be a shame wouldn't it For us. Yeah, it was one. I don't know about all the people in Norway Yeah, maybe the people in Norway are those Norwegian fjords are going to get a break But I hope you have a wonderful time, chanin happy birthday to your son Yes, I am also a halloween baby And I got a big one. I'm i'm turning this year. This is going to be the big 50 for me in 2023 So now you all know what year I was born But I digress that was one little housekeeping item number two We put out a new video this week that we thought was really fun It was all about seven smart ways to book shore excursions try to say that fast three times It's impossible as a tongue-guster Um, it's a fun video. I feel like it's information packed So if you are one of those people who sent me a DM over the past few years that said something like help I don't know where to start when booking cruise excursions. Where do I research? Where do I book? What do I do? How do I even get ideas if that was you? This youtube video is for you. We go into detail on how you should start your research How you should continue your research methods of researching for people who are visual Message of methods of researching for people who like to read things And then we talk to you about exactly like the steps to take to Um to join groups that would be helpful and then to book You know, I feel like this is an important video But on the other hand, I feel like it's something that people don't think about until Kind of the last minute. I think other things come to mind first like yeah, like drink packages Sure. Is that just me? Well, yeah, you're probably going to purchase that drink package like right when you buy the cruise Is that what you mean? And then the shore excursions might be oh shoot. I need to get on it kind of a thing later Yeah, right or maybe some people still think I'll wait till I get on the ship Yeah, and you can do that and you can make no shore excursion plans whatsoever But the thing is I think that people struggle with knowing Where to start when it comes to shore excursions, right? Do you go to trip advisor? Do you go to cruise critic like what do you do? I think this video is especially beneficial if you're thinking about Booking something Aside from the cruise line. Yeah, right if you're going to be booking on your own self booking exactly Yeah, so we start with all of the the research techniques and they're not hard all of them take just moments And they can be mixed and matched combined you can do a few of them or you can do all of them But then the cool part about the video is that then we go into if you've chosen to as mr Cruisitive cv book on the side or self book your excursions I don't know how to say it was cute. It was cute If you if you side book if you book on the side if you if you cheat on the cruise line Um, I'm totally just joking because it's actually I think it's funny Um if you do book that way What should you do to protect yourself? Specifically and we talk about like exactly The red flags that you should look out for you know the watchouts as I like to call them And specifically what you should do on the day of your excursion like it is one of the most detailed videos And so it's like the heart of cruis tips tv that video It's exactly what we aim to do. We want to make an impact and help you to make your cruise better And this video will help you with your shore excursion planning process and it'll make you feel like you're in control And it'll also expose you to different choices of things to do Different ways to look for excursions that you may never have thought of and to also vet them So that's my big sales pitch on that video I love it. I think it's good though I think this is a video that even for people who you know the book dozens of excursions already They may learn something that they hadn't thought of before yeah, yeah, they'll get something out of it Cool. So I wanted to mention that I also wanted to mention that over the past few months I've had a lot of folks reach out to me with requests for specific cruise fashion items to be added to our store So I have updated our cruise fashion storefront if you go to amazon.com forward slash shop Forward slash cruise tips tv you'll find the entire storefront there within the cruise fashion Area you're going to find many of the things that have always been there, but I have added some stuff to it And here's what's there now a whole men's fashion section Yes, I added all kinds of men's fashion from dress shirts for dinner To the most comfortable t-shirts in the world that mr. cruises to tv wears and that are extremely flattering on almost every body type Okay, and I've added shoes for men and women from haydude. I just got my haydudes in the mail and they're amazing They're so cozy. I kept hearing about them Everyone was telling me like you have to try them that the ultimate cruise shoe And so I added them to the store for women and men. All right. Well now we have to know why They're the ultimate cruise shoe. They're slip on so that when you go through airport security You don't have to tie anything right so this starts. That's my deal. That's your deal. So I knew you'd love them Um, they are they look like a dog. Do you see my pair? I didn't buy you any yet. Joe mock told me I had to buy them for you Though he's like they're great for me. Thank you. Joe. Thank you. Joe But I have to size you I have to size you carefully because you actually have to size down And you go you run nine and a half ten and so I think I actually need to size you down to like a nine Because I run I'm in a five honey. Okay, and I were a five and a half, but I'm like 10 half Okay, 10 and a half. I mean we'll see this is a conversation for all I know I don't know why I love the ear, but I'm glad you bought some because you know what you need. You need more shoes shut up, right? Just shut up Just stop it. I'll be more. Okay, so I have more that I want to tell people about and I've also added to our cruise fashion store More plus size fashion So about a month ago I went in and added a whole bunch of swimsuits formal dresses and cover-ups that are plus size and um Today I added my favorite jeans and my favorite shorts in plus size So if you've heard me talking on our amazon live shows lately about my favorite jeans They're called democracy jeans and specifically I have democracy shorts and I also have something called a democracy um itty-bitty boot cut jean and the thing that's amazing about these pants and I know again, I'm like sherry talking fashion again Um, they are stretchy in the waist Yet they're very stylish and they have really good lines Mr. Cruise tips tv loves my eddy-bitty boot cuts because you know he's kind of like he likes a little bit of his 70s flare on his wife Let's just be honest. He likes like a little bit of a flare. I do he's not he's skinny jeans are fine He's like where would you want but I just like you in a bell bottom say you didn't even come flare But these are not really bell bottoms babe. They're not that dramatic. They have a little bit of a flare I like the full-on bell bottom. So yeah, so let's just be honest. That's more what you're into. Okay We were at boot barn and he saw these like purple corduroy Full-on bell bottoms that you would either see in a Beyonce video or a 70s gold What was it called that what was the silent? What was it was a called? Oh solid gold solid gold disco show Yeah, and I was like honey. I am 49 years old. I am not wearing those purple bell bottoms So I know you like them know all the more reason to wear them I'll just look like i'm doing a saturday at life skit trying to be funny Because i'm 50 Almost okay. Anyways, if anybody got that joke just now if you know Who who made that joke? 50 that one send me a DM. It's more of a skit. Do not tell people who it was I'm not but it's just more of a skit. It's a skit, but it's saturday live. I think they know what I mean Yes, okay fine skit if you know who all right, so you're not doing the full purple No, i'm not but my democracy itty bitty boot cuts are phenomenal they have a um A slight flare beneath the knee they're not bell bottoms, but they are very flattering And I love them and they work for my hippie self because I i'm a hippie girl And I got curves and I need a little support someone sent me a DM today. It was the cutest DM ever They said can you please send me a link to your democracy shorts? My mom pooch will thank you. I was like a man sis This is why this is what I live for Taking care of our mom pooches. So anyhow, that was my housekeeping mr. Cruz, bstv I wanted to share that the shore excursion video is live and amazing and I updated the store With men's stuff shoes and plus size fashion and we have another video coming we do I mean It's gonna be soon maybe tomorrow. Yeah, I think it's gonna be tomorrow. It'll probably come out the same Do you want to tell them what the video is? You know what let's just let's just read it out that we're answering an age old question is what we're doing with this one It's a versus I will tell people that it's a versus question that we get a lot. Yes, it is Cool So let's jump into then the questions from our friends over on instagram We're going to start with alicia rene 924 who says can I enjoy the alaskan ports without booking excursions What do you think mr. Cruz, bstv can alicia rene? I think I think absolutely yeah How should she do that? Well, you know you shouldn't you shouldn't touch her mike like did it do bad things What happened all that noise by the way was me touching my mic. She's just grabbing her my man Sorry, there's there's all this equipment set up so you don't make noise which is my can she's like no, I'm just gonna grab the mic Move it around. I'm a wrecking ball. But yeah, I think so I guess it depends on the port, but yeah, I honestly can't think of a port that I wouldn't enjoy just Walk it around. Yeah. Yeah, so even less obvious ports like hanes. Oh, yeah, what else? Yeah, that was a good one. Hey, it's sick. Yeah So let's give alicia rene some specific examples. Don't worry. I won't make you do it Well, that's good. Okay in scagway if you're going to scagway, I would recommend Walking down the little street there. You'll see the train. Hang on. No, let me see Let me see if I can test myself because I'm not good with this Let's say if you're in scagway and feel free to make fun of me go to the red dog saloon No, honey. That's juneo Good job, but let's go ahead and tell alicia rene if you're in the I you know what I'm so glad you brought up though Because I wouldn't have thought of that in juneo go to the red dog saloon and and we'll take it one step further What should she order? At the red dog saloon. Well, what's the shot called now see The duck fart. Yeah, I'm a nice boy. So I'm not gonna nice boy. I'm not gonna say stuff like you're gonna say duck fart I'm not oh my word. All right. Nice boy Interrupted me this by the way. Well, I don't know this We have different opinions about these We do let's just say that you're more likely to say that around the house and I am yes I am that's true mr. Chris Chris if you get all excited about the red dog saloon in the wrong city. I actually would recommend a saloon To her there. I would actually recommend the scagway brewing company for a spruce tips ale Phenomenal beer go eat some tater tots and some junk food Get a spruce tips ale shop and walk around if you're not going to purchase anything in juneo Do exactly what mr. Chris tips tv said walk around you could even do the mount roberts tramway, right? And then right after that go to the red dog saloon good one, babe It's sad to be me because all this stuff just kind of really it does it just kind of melds together in your head yeah Because I actually thought that I had that one right. Oh, it's okay. Hey, it was a good tip I mean what you thought about it? Yeah, okay, so you did good you go on you contributed and I also would recommend for alicia Is it what's it called? Tracy's king crab? Tracy's crab? What's it called? I forgot see now i've got you asking mr. Chris some tv syndrome Go to Tracy's crab for some big old crab legs in juneo as well in ketchup can honestly walking around is fantastic They have so many shops. There's some great sporting goods shops right off the dock You can't miss the shops and restaurants in ketchup can there's chocolate shops. There's popcorn shops Clothing souvenirs local Alaska stuff all of them are walkable shoppable and great So those are kind of some hints for you alicia Renee But even in other places where there aren't walkable areas you can get on the hop-on hop-off type things right? Yeah, I think there's always an opportunity to do some kind of like a little tour bus if you don't have anything going Um, victoria might be a good place to get a taxi or a hop-on hop-off or a pettie cab or a pettie cab Yeah in canada if you're lucky enough to go to victoria It's beautiful by the way All right, so we're going to move on to sibina.exo who says how do I choose the right cruise? That's such a huge question Sabina, it's you know, it's one of those things that comes down to personality And so here's what i'm going to tell you obviously you want to do things like look at forums like cruise critic and cruise line.com To start getting familiar with the different cruise lines you also want to do youtube research, right? But I think what you want to do too is take our cruise line personality quiz There it is. Yeah, so go to cruise. Yeah, go to cruise tips tv.com and type in personality quiz in the search bar It's fun. Yeah, but it does give you an idea. Mm-hmm I'm going to run through all the mass market cruise lines and what their sort of what their schtick is and maybe this will help sibina and help other people But then she'll have no reason to take the personality quiz. I think she'll still take the quiz All right, then it's your show. Okay, so i'm going to say mr. Young families when I say young families, I mean anything from babies up to teens If you have children real kribean is fantastic and there's their fleet is humongous Real kribean is also very good for people who are extremely active and who like to be doing something all the time also true Yeah, norwegian is also a bit like real kribean in that it's good for people who like to be doing something real Norwegian is also good for people who don't want to be bound to traditional cruising. They really like the freestyle concept They don't necessarily want to go to the dining room same time every night. They don't mind making a different reservation every night They want a lot of choice and they want Excellent upcharge dining Right. So um norwegian also has best-in-class ships now Those are the three sort of mass market cruise lines as we know them msc is also coming into the picture Msc should be now included in a as a value line Msc is good for someone who wants to try something new and is not averse to a different cruise experience and by different I mean you will be on a european cruise line Okay, they're not an Italian cruise line contrary to reputation. They are not however It is different there will be more global passengers the people from people from europe are going to be a large portion of the passenger load on msc however however North americans are totally getting into msc They have so much to offer just expect it to be different from anything you've ever done before now Let's step up into premium or semi premium, right? We're going to talk about princess and celebrity in holland america. Those are going to be more of your semi premium types of lines they're not going to be a an all-out Inclusive or luxury line, but they are not really Considered to be comparable to carnival real korean in norwegian real korean Excuse me celebrity princess and holland america are slightly more elevated cruise experience So princess is going to be good for someone who is a cruise traditionalist who's a love boat lover like a religious Maybe you watch the love boat growing up and you know what you're getting into and you love that good food exceptional service very vanilla kind of um basic um decor but the newer ships are really cutting edge Good for people who do not like crowds princess does not typically feel crowded um and extremely comfortable beds like if sleep is important to you I'm going to just put princess in a totally different league and the entire industry for their beds Now celebrity is all of those things I just mentioned except slightly more contemporary A little bit less like british in origin and a bit more modern I would say then princess and holland america and a slightly younger demographic Holland america is all of those things Excell except for a slightly older demographic, but not entirely Holland america does appeal to a younger crowd sometimes In fact, we like to remind people that our first holland america cruise we did in our early in my early 30s And I loved it. So exceptional food on holland america and we're going to talk a little bit about holland america later Um, but yeah, what would you add to that mr. Crucissive city? Well, I'd point out that celebrity gets high marks for food So I think it that's probably the most important thing to you like if you're thinking I want to go like on a Fancy restaurant. It's sea. Yeah, sure then I would recommend you look into celebrity. Yeah premium slash mass market with really good food celebrity totes Yeah, and you know, it's I know that that was really a quick overview of the different cruise lines But I hope it gives you a bit of a starting point sibina and then you can go fill that in with visuals from youtube and cruise critic and things like that Girl finds passport says did you book your shows prior to embarkation or on the ship? I think that what she's talking about is When I was on wonder of the seas. We actually booked them beforehand. They were available in the app For me to book side book them, but it wasn't super reliable because the you know the the diving show the aqua show got Cancelled the first night because of weather and we moved things around a little bit So we did but it's not available to everyone to do that, but hopefully real kribbin will start doing it more Angela co-star said in all of your years of cruising How many times have you encountered rough seas? There's been a few yeah quite a few I would say um I mean, I think I've gotten motion sick like feeling a little like whoa probably three out of 40 of my cruises I'd say pretty decent seas Eight or 10 out of those 40 But you guys have to remember too we cruise on the pacific ocean side of things over here. So when we're coming back up from The mexican riviera on the pacific side in the winter time, which is a standard season for that you're going to get rougher seas Much less rough seas in the kribbin I would say Um, but a lot of rough seas over here on the pacific coast. Just kind of the way it is crazy wind. Yeah big swells Yeah, especially in the winter time So it's more common than you would think and you can feel it on big ships too We had extremely rough seas on wonder of the seas largest cruise ship in the world with probably some of the best stabilizers in the world in january Major winter storm off of florida Some of the rougher seas I think i've ever felt on a ship and it was it was notable. I mean we were Rockin and rollin and I felt a little woozy on night one. I was shocked It's pretty rare On one of those big shifts to feel anything usually you don't feel anything the whole week like you don't even know you're on a ship This time we did but the answer I think is it's rare, but it does happen. Yeah, it's on it I don't know about rare but for us. It's I mean it's more common because we cruise on the west coast, but it does happen But for most people it's probably going to be rare right because The average cruise to alaska or the kribbyon is pretty calm. Yeah, okay Bethany fm said do you plan on trying out celebrity in the future? I think you would enjoy it. That's what everyone keeps telling us. I hope so We don't have any celebrity cruises booked, but yeah, it seems like it would fit in with our um our I don't know Tastes so we'll see what happens Um Kathy shang-up said so happy to see you back. I was concerned no podcasts Kathy We have a podcast every week so I'm worried I'm worried about Kathy It's uh usually supposed to be on wednesday. Yeah, but this was like I think Kathy wasn't seeing podcasts for a really long time There was this weird glitch in iTunes where people were like, um, yeah, I cannot I'm not seeing like your back episodes. So Kathy I I read her question aloud Because I wanted to remind people that if this happens to you we have a podcast every single week We only usually miss one time a year and usually it's christmas week But we're like clockwork for the most part usually on wednesday Um with our podcast so if this happens to you unsubscribe or unfollow on iTunes and then refollow and reload You know refresh do what you have to do because we should be there all the time You can always check it out on the website too We do have a little sidebar that has our latest episode. Yeah always Then you just go to the podcast section at cruis tip cv.com. They're always there Yeah, you don't even have to do that. I think it's it's usually somewhere on the side where you can hear the latest one. Okay um Mseadorf said going on a rc mediterranean cruise will english be spoken on board usd taken any tips. Yes um mseadorf Royal Caribbean in the med will be english speaking There will be some crew members who probably speak other languages, but it will be primarily english Yes, the usdaller will be taken and as far as tips are concerned for any mediterranean cruise I don't know what time if you're you're going so I can't help you with packing so much As just to say comfortable shoes are absolutely critical for daytime And those should be some kind of a closed toed proper walking shoe and not a flip-flop or a sandal especially if you're doing big sightseeing stuff you need something that is Gonna get you through a lot of walking usually that's what I tell people Have a great time by the way Uh, let's see here franando joe medina av said Which cruise line should we try for the Caribbean carnival or msc We have been on royal and ncl That's tough it is really tough because my first reaction if you've been on carnival, excuse me If you've been on royal and ncl my first reaction was to go on carnival because there are some great ships like You know you have the newer Carnival ships, but then I really think that people who enjoy royal Caribbean might also enjoy Msc a lot because of the ship designs. They're very large ships with a lot of bells and whistles and things to do You've got seascape you've got maravilia Maravilia is more like royal Caribbean in that it is has a royal promenade type situation, right? Not a royal promenade a promenade with a dome And it's a lot like royal Caribbean in that way, but then seascape Is more outward facing? Seashore seaside seascape all all of those ships are more outward facing I think too you have to kind of figure out What you like because the vibe on carnival and msc in my opinion is very different So I think you have a carnival and msc okay with what you like Carnival's kind of all American party fun Lots of music lots of deck parties lots of belly flop contests. I don't know if they're still doing that But that kind of a thing harry chest harry chest msc is still going to be like dance party night parties You know where where your white party where your white clothes and they have the best where your white parties out there um So there's a lot of fun and partying. It's just going to be with a more international crowd on msc You have to if that's okay with you then yeah All right mglb sent me a direct message on instagram that I wanted to share here. They said Um, do they offer cream? For the coffee like coffee made at the coffee station You know like the little cups that you get in hotels and the answer is no cruise lines typically do not I've never been on a cruise where they offer the little creamer cups They always put the creamer in a carafe and you have to pour it out, but you could pack your own That would be allowed if you wanted to do that Okay, karen phillips karen. I think I sent you a DM about that. So i'm not going to answer that on air mbe 1213 said cruising on holland america for the first time after taking your quiz Whoo mbe took our quiz Any tips specific to holland america? Oh, I love this question. Yes. So when you cruise with holland america You need to enjoy the things that make holland america great holland america has wonderful main dining room experiences. They also have excellent specialty dining experiences. So I would book some specialty dining Enjoy their cruising traditions like hi tea if you can find it on the itinerary get out there and do some hi tea also um holland america has really good room service Order the room service get into it enjoy it wear your robe sit in your bed and eat some fresh fruit and some eggs and just stay in your room That's what I would do another thing that um holland america does That is kind of unusual is they have beautiful libraries on board and they're worth perusing I would highly recommend that you check out the libraries and enjoy and experience them So let's talk about your examples there my fruit and eggs. I'm just curious. Yeah fruit and eggs Shut up. What no, I'm no, I'm serious What are you gonna have donuts and coffee like well that would at least make sense What's wrong with fruit and eggs? There is nothing there is nothing. Okay. Did you say room service breakfast? Yes, I was tuning out and I didn't catch that. I said wear your robe in bed in order fruit Maybe I didn't maybe I didn't say breakfast Okay, no, you're right. What would you order for your room service in bed? I I don't know donuts and coffee. I don't No, I don't do donuts. I I worked in a donut shop. So I don't Yeah, you saw the reality there. Yeah, it's it's an interesting reality Well, and not only that, but I think anything where you can have it all the time. You just get tired of it. So right And this is order your yogurt and granola yogurt and granola. Yeah, there you go. There you go. Okay. Yeah, you're so fancy But eggs and fruit back to what makes hollen america special the room service is pretty amazing though and the libraries I had mentioned are great Also, the music partnerships. I believe that some of these music partnerships are going to be dissolving soon, but the bb King blues club you have the link and center stage bill board on board the rolling stone rock room So if you're going on those newer ships enjoy all that hollen america has to offer It's all america's great by the way wonderful experience definitely upscale, but also laid back Yeah, we need to get back on I So want to kind of been trying it just hasn't been working out. Yeah Totally we shall do it. All right. Next up. We have Jill losh Jill said has anyone ever done a back-to-back cruise on two different lines? So Jill we call a back-to-back cruise on two different lines Something else we call it a sad by sad Because you're not really going back-to-back on two on the same cruise So side-by-side is like when you go on one ship and then you get off The other ship and you have to make your way, right? You get off one ship and you make your way to the other ship So we've never done this, but I think it'd be such a great idea What a wonderful way to maximize the cost of your flight So obviously When you're doing something like this, I would say that I would probably do it during months where there aren't typical weather delays where you Getting back to your ship same day If there's a weather delay where it wouldn't be a problem my recommendation to you if you haven't booked it yet, Jill Try to book the side-by-side where you get off the ship one day and then you get on the next ship the next day So if you could get off on saturday spend a night in your port and then get on the next ship on sunday That would just make me feel so much more comfortable So like if you are for example in galveston during fog season and your ship didn't come in due to fog or it was late You wouldn't be at risk of missing that next ship You know First of all, I think this is a really fun idea And I I like the advice you're giving but I got to tell you how fun would it be to just get Off of one ship and then right back on to another ship, you know what let's make it a goal for the next year Now I would love to do it. It would be fun. I think there might be a little bit of like culture shock there Yes, yes, I guess it depends. I mean if you're getting off a royal Caribbean and getting on celebrity No, but maybe you're getting off of mse and then hopping on carnival or princess or princess For example, I think there would be a little bit of culture. Yeah, it'd be totally different It'd be so fun though to actively kind of compare it You know you're you comparing everything you'd be comparing the state room the service the food the activities It's the embarkation. Yeah, but we do have a rule if if you haven't heard this from us before we do have a rule where we We try not to compare because it's just you're you're getting You're getting different things with every line. Yeah, and so what you really have to do is appreciate what that line does well And not think about how they don't do something like another cruise line does I mean it wouldn't be smart to get on carnival and say, you know, royal Caribbean has way better aqua shows Right doesn't make sense It's not apples to apples. No Well, and you know what they say, you know what they're saying about comparison Do you know the thing? No, it's beautiful It's beautiful. Yeah, come back. No, listen to me There's so much trouble today Comparison is the thief of joy. Okay. Isn't that so profound? It is Now just kidding and wake up and have some fruit and eggs. Yes, I am I am going to wake up and have some fruit and eggs. I would like my toast buttered please all right Jill fun question if you do a side-by-side let us know or back to back on different lines. How are you? You want super fun. Yeah, again, she's inspiring us. I'm jealous. I'm jealous even First the Norway thing now this our audience is making us jelly Uh-oh Carol Allen 17 said what is the best cruise line for going to the Panama Canal? Well, that's opinion, but I'm gonna go I'm gonna say princess. Yeah. Yeah, I'm gonna say whichever one goes through the stinkin canal Because there aren't that many of them So if you have a cruise line that you normally cruise on and they're going through the Panama Canal take that one So if you're if you're a carnival cruise lover and you get one of the rare ones where carnival goes through the canal take it So it's like a full crossing is very is not super they don't really do them a few times a year, right? So it's like the old camera adage, right? What's the best camera the one you have the one you have with you? Yeah, yeah, so the best Panama Canal cruise line is the one you're on. Yeah, I would say probably princess in Holland America just for general Um repetition and the fact that they are common itineraries for those lines. However, um, the other lines do make passage Because they have to get from one place to another and that's how you get there You get you know the way that you get from the Caribbean to the pacific coast is by navigating the Panama Canal So the ships have to go through if they're repositioning in that way There's other ways to reposition, but that directional reposition goes that way So I would say the one that the cruise line you love But otherwise if you're totally starting from scratch And let's just say you aren't a Norwegian or carnival fan because Norwegian and carnival again They pass through the canal and even sometimes rural Caribbean. I think has a rare one Um Then I would say go ahead and go with princess or Holland America probably Yeah, I'm going to change my answer in okay I should change your answer I think I answered so fast just because I am a creature of habit And that's what I think of because yeah, you know, we've we've done Panama one time And we did it on princess princess and they're known for it They're very much known for it and princess has a variety of different types of Panama canal crossings too So you can go through the old locks. You can go through the new locks, right Um smaller ships bigger ships if you can go through the old locks on an older ship Honestly, I would do that if it were me I'd take a smaller older ship through the old locks Um because we've been through the new locks now. I want to see the old locks. So I think that would be my recommendation. All right question from carol allen 17 is a cabin near an elevator noisy Not always not by default, but it it can be more noisy And it's not always the elevator itself that creates the noise It's the conversations people tend to have there the staff and crew coming and going Especially on boarding days and debark days when the suitcases are coming in and out of the elevators and that area where it can just be more foot traffic So we like to avoid that area because of just comfort more conversations And i'm a light sleeper. I just I prefer to have a little bit more of a quiet state room if I can Okay our last Question today. Well, actually I think I missed one Oh, no, I feel like I might have missed I feel like I might have missed a whole section of um Questions, I'm missing a whole entire little subset of them. We might have to get to these next week If I didn't answer your question friends, I am so sorry. I feel like I had I had three little screens here and a couple of them Are gone. Oh, I found it. I found it. So I'm going to go ahead and answer it. Okay, so Tisha reads books said closed-toed non-slip shoe recommendations for on-board excursions for kids teens. Oh, tisha I'm going with the hey dudes try. Hey dudes another really good brand would be sketches Sketchers are great for kids too it because you know, um They're a little bit less expensive, but they're real high quality. So they make the hey dudes for kids too. They do I think so Yeah, I have to find them. Okay. Okay. Next question is from Disney Danny 727. What's your favorite beach in nasa preferably free with chairs and bars? Junk a new beach is really close to the port and is walkable and has all of that But if you want to more um if you want to go over to paradise island, I think it's on Then you would go over to like cable beach. That would be a good one Um, I would probably for me. I think junk a new is just closer easier walk But you'd have to take a taxi and it's a pretty far trek to get over to cable beach Personally, if you want to splurge, I would buy the day pass and um atlantis and go to the beautiful beach there But you have to buy the fancy pass All right Thankful mom of two said can you share the details about the travel agent you recommended a while ago It sounds like um thankful mom of two had some issues with their travel agent And I'm not going to read all of those. I'm just going to give you Wendy's information Go to cruises tips tv dot dot member cruises dot com So cruises tips tv dot member cruises dot com or call Wendy and her team at 949 681 80 92. It is a dream vacations team who will take excellent care of you I think we have windies information down at the bottom Oh our website too. If you don't you know if you can't find it another way I think it is there. We need to double check that we'll double check that and make sure Okay Um refuse to be normal says what happens if you're unable to make your final payment date Typically if you don't make final payment your cruise booking gets canceled That's what happens So work with your travel agent to make sure that that gets done That's a short answer because it's pretty direct and that's basically what happens Bonya says cruising changed with the years and keeps on evolving. How do you think it will look in 10 years? Wow Cruising in 30 20 33 not 30 33 whoa cruising in 2033. How will it look? I think that there will be wow. This is really hard for me There's going to be in my opinion probably more private destinations owned by cruise lines That's going to be a trend that we continue to see happening Um and way more development around those destinations where When you arrive to like say a port in mexico, it's entirely owned by the cruise line I think that I think actually service is going to come back. I think right now service is dwindling We're in a labor shortage just in in the global economy. I think it's going to come back And I think cruising is still going to remain That way I think you're going to see more all sweet types of ships being built What do you think mr. Cruises to be any other trends You know, I really don't know but I'm curious about things like tradition and perhaps the ship within a ship concept I like that idea I think it'll it'll have less of an impact if they all start to do it though But um, I wonder about tradition because I would say in my opinion that the biggest changes over the past I don't know 20 30 years is The kind of the erosion of the of the tradition. Yeah, it's become more casual and for some people they might say that's great Uh, it's good and bad. I mean, well, there are good things about, you know Loosening up on traditions, but then again, I mean there traditions for a reason. Yeah Um bonia. I hope to see more I hope to see less Larger ships and more mid-sized ships that have certain specialties like culinary focus ships Um ships that maybe there's even more adults only types of ships that maybe are different from what virgin is doing I think there's actually a market for certain things like that ships without casinos or ships specifically built for casinos and gambling Like I like the idea of ships really having a vibe so like non-smoking ships smoking ships like no joke like the cigar Focus cruise ship like let's go like I want to go smoke cigars for a whole week. I'm serious I think I think there's you no not me. I probably get sick in five minutes if I some I really throw up or something But like I feel like there's I feel like there's There's so people Enjoy so many different things and you can sometimes you can find those things on land. So I think it's gonna happen We shall see in 10 years. We'll cut back and have this conversation again I don't want to think about that. Let me be too old at that point All right, our last question today and I'm sorry. I actually cut off this person's name, but they know who they are This is a good one. They said overnight flight with the in-laws. What can we do to make them more comfortable? And I was like, oh, where are you flying from? How long is the flight? They're going just from salt lake city to fort laudardale It's just a four-hour flight. They're doing the delta sky club afterwards But it sounds like they just want to do everything they can to make the in-laws comfortable So here's what I would say first of all a four-hour flight you're gonna be okay. Yes, of course You're gonna lose sleep that day. So the key is gonna be to make everybody comfortable the next day So the day of arrival, right? So let's just say you're flying from salt lake city into fort laudardale And you're getting on the ship the next morning, right? Have a relaxed breakfast somewhere Don't rush. There's no rushing allowed that day Offer to help them unpack their suitcases if they're tired Make early dinner reservations for the first night because you guys are all gonna crash That first night on the ship and just hydrate Maybe pack like a change of shirt a toothbrush and a few comfort items on the flight Just in case you're feeling kind of gross, you know after a long flight little things like a fresh Face of makeup or a fresh shirt Fresh I know this is gonna sound weird, but fresh underwear Some people take deodorant toothbrushes think about like hygiene items that might make you feel a little bit better Get into that delta sky club when you land and maybe take a shower Um if you have that luxury, that's probably not a luxury that most people will have I've never taken a shower in an airport. I would love to but you know those little things But I think it's more about the first day for this group You know don't overdo it on your first day and just know that you're gonna crash early So don't plan on staying up too late that night Yeah I think that wraps it up my goodness. That was a long podcast today mr. Cruz sub cv Wow, yeah This is a good one. Yes, it was. Yes, it was. Well, thank you all so much for your understanding that we were 24 hours late with our podcast. We apologize. We straight up forgot, but here we are And um, we we will not be missing many weeks of the podcast. This is something that we love to do and we're generally Like clockwork with it All right, everybody have a wonderful remainder of your week. 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