Love your local, American cruise videos, we have some very interesting rivers, for sure, but this is the first Great Lakes video I've seen. Really enjoyed part one, looking forward to part 2!
This is part one of the 12 day Great Lakes cruise on Pearl Mist of Pearl Seas Cruises, sister of American Cruise Lines! You can't make a full video of the 12 day Great Lakes cruise on Pearl Mist of Pearl Seas Cruises in one video! So you did two parts of the full review of the 12 day Great Lakes cruise on Pearl Mist of Pearl Seas Cruises in two videos!
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Yeah, that's the thing about cruising on a small ship with a small amount of passengers. It's impossible to do a cruise like that as inexpensively as a cruise on a mega cruise ship. When you cruise on a big cruise ship, the fixed costs of the cruise line (cost of the ship, fuel, labor, food, etc) can be split among thousands of passengers. But when you cruise on a small ship like American Cruise Lines, there are only about 100 cabins on the ship! So, there's just no way they can get the cost of the cruise down to $2000 or $3000 like the big cruise lines can with the big ships. It's just math. If a big cruise line can get $3000 per cabin for 2000 cabins... that's $6,000,000 coming in for just one cruise. But if American Cruise Lines were to charge $3000 each for 1000 cabins, that would be only $300,000 coming in... not nearly enough to pay the cost of building and operating that ship... especially in light of the fact that the crew on ACL ships are Americans and are being paid American wages.
There's tons of different River cruises all over the United States as well as many Great Lakes cruises like these. The only downside to them is they can be quite pricey compared to a Caribbean or "full sized" cruise ship cruise. These cruises also offer a much different experience than a typical "full sized" cruise such as one to the Caribbean or Alaska (e.g.) , I would do lots of research before going on a River or Great Lakes cruise.
Too bad you didn’t get to ride the old boats they used to have at the Falls. Much more fun than these new ones. The Niagara Gorge at that point has its own kind of microclimate. There are some days where if you go down on the boats that you’ll barely get wet. My own favorite time to do the boat ride is a hot day in late August. The water warms a bit and the warm water spray is refreshing and welcome, unlike the ice-dagger-like assault of freezing water at the beginning of May 😀 It looks like you had a wonderful time. 😀
I'm very happy to be able to watch your river cruise videos. They are very interesting and instructive. On the footage of your video from Cleveland, I saw an old steel giant at the pier. After reading the information about her, I now know that there is a floating William G. Mather museum in Cleveland. Thanks a million.
Sadly Jim, you missed the beautiful views of the Blue Water Bridges in Port Huron connecting to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Cruising by the historic Huron Lightship, the Thomas Edison Train Station and the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse….. oldest lighthouse in Michigan. Disappointing the Pearl Mist doesn’t think Port Huron is a city to be recognized. They said by us regularly at night or early morning. 🙁
Actually, we did go up the St Clair River and right under the Blue Water Bridges. I just left that part of the story out of the video because I failed to get any shots of the Blue Water Bridges. I don't remember exactly why, because it was about a year ago that I did that cruise and created the video... but my guess is that I was in the middle of something (lunch, a nap, or some interesting presentation inside the ship) at the time we sailed under the Blue Water Bridges. If I had been up on the top deck shooting video with my camera at the time we went under, I certainly would have included it in the video... but I just checked all the video I shot that day and I've got nothing of the Blue Water Bridges. Checking the route map, I see we definitely went up the St Clair River and under the Blue Water Bridges... so, I have to conclude that I was just busy with something other than shooting video at that time. It's definitely not a matter of Pearl Seas Cruises not thinking Port Huron was worthy... they took us there, I just missed that particular shot. My fault. Sorry!
Jim,everyone has an ascent including your travel agent and your good self. Love all your videos. Americans have a very strong ascent believe it or not. 😊
Jim this video is amazing!!! I received a brochure from pearl seas and it took me a while to find a yt review. I'm so glad I came across your channel. I have been to Cleveland, and Detroit has an absolutely amazing jazz Festival every year so we've been more than a dozen times. Never by cruise, however. Milwaukee is very historic so if you like old beer mansions you'll love it. Thank you for the information on the travel agent. I look forward to seeing more of your trip soon.
The cruise lines would love to go to Chicago, but Navy Pier is fully leased and the shore and harbor are hazardous for large ships. It’s a mix of shallow sand bars, rocky shoals, and unpredictable weather. Back in the schooner days, boats had to go up the Chicago River to dock safely. It would take $100 million to make it workable, and the Great Lakes cruises are too few and too small to make the finances work.
Hi Jim, I have loved your videos for many years But I have a question if you do t mind me asking. Why do we get your disc jockey voice and not your natural voice? My wife and I very much appreciate all your hard work and sharing your talent with us but I do miss your original voice. This is not meant to be negative it’s just a question we both have had for years now.
That's just the way I talk when there's a microphone in front of me! My actual conversational voice is annoyingly high pitched, and with a bit of a mumble. Kind of hard to understand the words sometimes!
Actually, I was sailing at the cruise line's expense. They like the publicity they get in these UA-cam videos that I make. When you watch cruise ship videos on UA-cam, it's actually quite common for the UA-camr to be there as a guest of the cruise line. All the cruise lines know the value of good publicity.
They're allowed to be onboard, but it's not really the kind of cruise that people would bring kids on. In very rare occasions, a multi-generational family might do a vacation together on one of these ships... with kids, parents, and grandparents... but generally speaking you do not see people bringing their kids on these ships.
@@JimZimOk thanks for the info....If we did it it would be a multi generational thing. Basically I would love to cruise the Great Lakes. I would also love to make it a family cruise (Us, our kids and our grand children). I know that Octantis does not allow kids, so I am looking at alternatives.
I see. For a multi-generational cruise on the Great Lakes, with kids along, Pearl Seas would be your best choice. You'll see want to be sure to bring along things (coloring books, games on a tablet, etc) to keep the kids occupied. Besides Viking and Pearl Seas, the other alternative is American Queen... but the cabins on Pearl Mist are hugely better than the cabins on American Queen... and the last thing you want to do is have bad cabins for everyone during your vacation! So, I think you should seriously consider Pearl Seas.
Love your local, American cruise videos, we have some very interesting rivers, for sure, but this is the first Great Lakes video I've seen. Really enjoyed part one, looking forward to part 2!
You can catch part 2 at ua-cam.com/video/FyLtYoVGv6w/v-deo.html
This is part one of the 12 day Great Lakes cruise on Pearl Mist of Pearl Seas Cruises, sister of American Cruise Lines!
You can't make a full video of the 12 day Great Lakes cruise on Pearl Mist of Pearl Seas Cruises in one video!
So you did two parts of the full review of the 12 day Great Lakes cruise on Pearl Mist of Pearl Seas Cruises in two videos!
The best Great Lakes Cruise video on You Tube. Lots of information efficiently and quickly delivered!
I love the hard cover copy of Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown an autobiography book for you, Jim Zim, to read!
The hard cover copy of Berry Gordy To Be Loved, The Music, The Magic and the Memories of Motown An Autobiography book is written by Berry Gordy, founder of Motown!
It is unnerving that these cruises cost > $7000. Don't know when this will be possible.
Yeah, that's the thing about cruising on a small ship with a small amount of passengers. It's impossible to do a cruise like that as inexpensively as a cruise on a mega cruise ship.
When you cruise on a big cruise ship, the fixed costs of the cruise line (cost of the ship, fuel, labor, food, etc) can be split among thousands of passengers. But when you cruise on a small ship like American Cruise Lines, there are only about 100 cabins on the ship! So, there's just no way they can get the cost of the cruise down to $2000 or $3000 like the big cruise lines can with the big ships. It's just math. If a big cruise line can get $3000 per cabin for 2000 cabins... that's $6,000,000 coming in for just one cruise. But if American Cruise Lines were to charge $3000 each for 1000 cabins, that would be only $300,000 coming in... not nearly enough to pay the cost of building and operating that ship... especially in light of the fact that the crew on ACL ships are Americans and are being paid American wages.
This is not a part of the world where a cruise makes sense. It's a much better road trip.
It is now $9500 per person. My husband & I just booked it for our 35th.
Glad you enjoyed Cleveland! Come back for another visit. 😊
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Lakeview Cemetery and the Westside Market are all a must stop for anybody near CLE & they are all free!
Thanks for posting this. I am going to look into it. Been on 10 Caribbean Cruises and never knew this one existed.
There's tons of different River cruises all over the United States as well as many Great Lakes cruises like these. The only downside to them is they can be quite pricey compared to a Caribbean or "full sized" cruise ship cruise. These cruises also offer a much different experience than a typical "full sized" cruise such as one to the Caribbean or Alaska (e.g.) , I would do lots of research before going on a River or Great Lakes cruise.
Start saving, the price tag knocks you out of your socks, lol😁
Too bad you didn’t get to ride the old boats they used to have at the Falls. Much more fun than these new ones. The Niagara Gorge at that point has its own kind of microclimate. There are some days where if you go down on the boats that you’ll barely get wet. My own favorite time to do the boat ride is a hot day in late August. The water warms a bit and the warm water spray is refreshing and welcome, unlike the ice-dagger-like assault of freezing water at the beginning of May 😀 It looks like you had a wonderful time. 😀
we were on the viking polaris in cleveland and saw the pearl mist july 5th...nice ship
Thanks for stoping in Port Colborne Come on back for canal days here in Port Colborne Ontario Canada
Thanks for the video. Wife and I doing the Great Lakes in June 2024
I'm very happy to be able to watch your river cruise videos. They are very interesting and instructive.
On the footage of your video from Cleveland, I saw an old steel giant at the pier. After reading the information about her, I now know that there is a floating William G. Mather museum in Cleveland.
Thanks a million.
How wonderful...thank YOU.
My own back yard! I live on Mackinac Island!
Sadly Jim, you missed the beautiful views of the Blue Water Bridges in Port Huron connecting to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Cruising by the historic Huron Lightship, the Thomas Edison Train Station and the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse….. oldest lighthouse in Michigan. Disappointing the Pearl Mist doesn’t think Port Huron is a city to be recognized. They said by us regularly at night or early morning. 🙁
Actually, we did go up the St Clair River and right under the Blue Water Bridges. I just left that part of the story out of the video because I failed to get any shots of the Blue Water Bridges. I don't remember exactly why, because it was about a year ago that I did that cruise and created the video... but my guess is that I was in the middle of something (lunch, a nap, or some interesting presentation inside the ship) at the time we sailed under the Blue Water Bridges.
If I had been up on the top deck shooting video with my camera at the time we went under, I certainly would have included it in the video... but I just checked all the video I shot that day and I've got nothing of the Blue Water Bridges. Checking the route map, I see we definitely went up the St Clair River and under the Blue Water Bridges... so, I have to conclude that I was just busy with something other than shooting video at that time.
It's definitely not a matter of Pearl Seas Cruises not thinking Port Huron was worthy... they took us there, I just missed that particular shot. My fault. Sorry!
Jim,everyone has an ascent including your travel agent and your good self. Love all your videos. Americans have a very strong ascent believe it or not. 😊
Gorgeous video. Helping us decide if we will do a cruise up to this area on this cruise line. When we’re you there and how was weather?
Excellent video Jim!
We miss your cruise ship videos!
Are y'all going to try Virgin Voyages? We highly highly recommend! Food is outstanding!
Jim this video is amazing!!! I received a brochure from pearl seas and it took me a while to find a yt review. I'm so glad I came across your channel.
I have been to Cleveland, and Detroit has an absolutely amazing jazz Festival every year so we've been more than a dozen times. Never by cruise, however. Milwaukee is very historic so if you like old beer mansions you'll love it.
Thank you for the information on the travel agent.
I look forward to seeing more of your trip soon.
next they need to put you on a Mississippi River cruise that stops in Memphis, so you can go to the Stax museum.
Missed opportunity to have Chicago as one of the ports
The cruise lines would love to go to Chicago, but Navy Pier is fully leased and the shore and harbor are hazardous for large ships.
It’s a mix of shallow sand bars, rocky shoals, and unpredictable weather.
Back in the schooner days, boats had to go up the Chicago River to dock safely.
It would take $100 million to make it workable, and the Great Lakes cruises are too few and too small to make the finances work.
2:11 those locks make me think the earth must be flat 🤷♀️
LOVE your narration! when I am stressed I just play one of your videos and chill....
That's really nice of you to say. Thank you!
Greetings from Germany. Really nice Vid Jim.
Hi Jim, I have loved your videos for many years But I have a question if you do t mind me asking. Why do we get your disc jockey voice and not your natural voice? My wife and I very much appreciate all your hard work and sharing your talent with us but I do miss your original voice. This is not meant to be negative it’s just a question we both have had for years now.
That's just the way I talk when there's a microphone in front of me!
My actual conversational voice is annoyingly high pitched, and with a bit of a mumble. Kind of hard to understand the words sometimes!
Superb !!! Those arials of Detroit...wow !!!
Grate video keep up the grate work.
Great video !!
very interesting
What in the world did you do for a living that you have this much money?
Actually, I was sailing at the cruise line's expense.
They like the publicity they get in these UA-cam videos that I make.
When you watch cruise ship videos on UA-cam, it's actually quite common for the UA-camr to be there as a guest of the cruise line. All the cruise lines know the value of good publicity.
@@JimZim Well, then, I'm glad that you got to do this cruise. It looks like one that I'd enjoy. Thank you.
My husband & I were corporate executives for 30 yrs at a major pharmaceutical company, and no children.
Kids allowed on this one?
They're allowed to be onboard, but it's not really the kind of cruise that people would bring kids on. In very rare occasions, a multi-generational family might do a vacation together on one of these ships... with kids, parents, and grandparents... but generally speaking you do not see people bringing their kids on these ships.
@@JimZimOk thanks for the info....If we did it it would be a multi generational thing. Basically I would love to cruise the Great Lakes. I would also love to make it a family cruise (Us, our kids and our grand children). I know that Octantis does not allow kids, so I am looking at alternatives.
I see. For a multi-generational cruise on the Great Lakes, with kids along, Pearl Seas would be your best choice. You'll see want to be sure to bring along things (coloring books, games on a tablet, etc) to keep the kids occupied.
Besides Viking and Pearl Seas, the other alternative is American Queen... but the cabins on Pearl Mist are hugely better than the cabins on American Queen... and the last thing you want to do is have bad cabins for everyone during your vacation! So, I think you should seriously consider Pearl Seas.
Oh man thanks a lot....I relly want to do this so your input is of great value...I have also seen the Pearl Mist off of Pelee...thanks!@@JimZim
Detroit pizza is just bread sticks with sauce and cheese on it
I kind of chuckled when I saw that. Detroit has many good restaurants from fine dining all the way down to wonder bread sticks with ketchup, lol