CRUISE ADVICE - TIPS FROM FELLOW PASSENGERS

CRUISE ADVICE

Over the years, Prow's Edge and her crew have welcomed the advice on tips of fellow cruise passengers on a wealth of topics from making the right cabin selection to how to avoid the norovirus to why to pack duct tape and what to use it for.

Explore our summaries of those suggestions and make your own contributions in our NEW, INTERACTIVE PASSENGER'S COMMENTS section to the left of each article.



CABIN / STATEROOM ASSIGNMENT

Taking time to make sure you have the right stateroom is one of the most important parts of planning your cruise. It is the one space on board ship that is exclusively yours for the duration of the trip, the one place you can escape to.

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CRUISE ETIQUETTE AND HOW TO BEHAVE AT SEA

Cruise etiquette is about how to enjoy your cruise and allow others to enjoy their cruise at the same time. It is about consideration of others - which is essential when a large number of people are travelling in relatively confined spaces.

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CRUISE SPEAK - NAUTICAL TERMS FOR CRUISERS

Here aboard Prowsedge, the Captain and his crew give a taste of what passengers aboard the earlier Prow's Edge has to say about the vocabulary you will hear onboard your cruise ship.

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DISEMBARKING FROM A CRUISE

Part of planning for a cruise is knowing what happens at the other end of the journey when you return to port to disembark and make your way home again.

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DRESS CODES ON CRUISES

Packing for those dinner events on a cruise vacation has always been a challenge. With most cruise lines now offering a greater mix of formal, informal and casual evenings at sea, it has become that much harder to choose the right clothes for dressing for dinner.

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EARLY SEATING IN THE DINING ROOM

The crew aboard Prow's Edge has summarized some of the comments of previous cruise visitors aboard Prow's Edge about early seating in the cruise ship dining room.

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CRUISE ENTERTAINMENT

Several past comments at Prow’s Edge have scoffed at the poor quality of entertainment aboard cruise ships today. A standard quip is that if you can’t make it on Broadway, the cruise lines will take you.

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CRUISE FIRST AID

The crew aboard Prow's Edge has summarized some of the comments of previous cruise visitors aboard Prow's Edge about cruise first aid and how to fend for yourself.

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USING THE INTERNET ON A CRUISE

As past passengers visiting Prow's Edge have told us, most ships offer satellite telephone service and Internet access 24 hours a day. Some vessels have multi-station computer centres.

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LAUNDRY ON CRUISES

Here at Prow’s Edge we talk constantly about packing light and that you need only half of what you really want to take. Laundry at sea plays an important part in this.

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CRUISE SHIP LIBRARIES

Some cruise ship libraries are more extensive than others and carry a wide variety of novels, (many in large print), reference books and magazines - something for every taste - in a very structured system where you need to sign for the books just as you would in your library back at home.

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NOROVIRUS

There is nothing new about the gastrointestinal illness caused by the norovirus, also sometimes referred to as the Norwalk-like-virus or NLV. Nor is it news that incidences of the norovirus on cruise ships have increased over the years.

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PACKING FOR YOUR CRUISE

The crew give an idea of what passengers aboard the earlier Prow's Edge had to say about packing for a cruise - everything to pack for a cruise from duct tape to old underwear.

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PHONING ON A CRUISE SHIP

Using phone services at sea are really only for emergencies - not to tell folks back home about the 7 course meal you ate last night.

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CRUISE SAFETY

The problem is that many of us forget to pack our common sense along with the sun screen when we get ready for a cruise, and once aboard, without that common sense, and with the help of a vacation atmosphere, steel drum music and a few cocktails, we unwittingly make ourselves possible crime victims.

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SEASICKNESS

Seasickness is not a common complaint for cruise passengers, except maybe for those who want more attention. In fact, you are not likely to feel any motion at sea on the large cruise ships all of which are equipped with stabilizers that eliminate excessive motion.

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CRUISE SHIP SHORE EXCURSIONS

For some passengers the point of a cruise is to enjoy the vessel and relax aboard their floating hotel, but for the vast majority, a cruise is about the ports of call and the shore excursions there.

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SMOKING AT SEA

It is getting more and more difficult for smokers to find sanctuary to satisfy their habit these days, and cruise ships are no exceptions.

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TABLE ASSIGNMENT

The crew aboard Prow's Edge has summarized some of the comments of previous cruise visitors aboard Prow's Edge about table assignments. Most cruise line dining rooms offer a selection of differently sized tables at different locations.

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CRUISE TIPPING AND GRATUITIES ON CRUISES

There is no more contentious issue about cruising than that of tipping, and the cruise lines vary in their approach to this touchy subject. Some adopt a “tipping not required” policy but encourage tipping for outstanding service.

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