Do you think they did the right thing delaying embarkation to clean? Personally, I'd much prefer a cleaner ship for a little less time! 🧼 Interested in the weird things that have happened on my cruises? My cruise was cancelled while I was onboard: ua-cam.com/video/jppzHpO_8xU/v-deo.htmlsi=MmUKuI5R-KSu_1Rr We had dangerously high water levels on a river cruise: ua-cam.com/video/7o_-bPhPYLs/v-deo.htmlsi=plKv836BT5l0CZeH A storm caused another ship to lose a lifeboat, we found it! ua-cam.com/video/pbHAbJeDtWI/v-deo.htmlsi=jcQfHn2VOgML4E1U Thank you so much for watching this video, if you have read this far down comment "purple cow" so I know! 😂 ⚓
The one thing that I learned while being certified for Safe Serve certification is that a LOT of people do NOT know how to effectively wash their hands. We did a demo using a florescent 'virus." Out of 7 people, only one had clean hands, and even then just barely. The WORST performer - hand sanitizer.
Honestly, cruiseliners require their customers to wash their hand with a warm water and soap, but a large numers of customers are ignorant and stupid not to follow that simple request.
A question, having never been on a cruise, do they make it easy to wash your hands? I go on a tutored holiday course every year which is at a school. We all have to queue up for food in the canteen. The school talk the big talk about various things, but they don’t make anything easy, such as a sensible place with good traffic flow for efficient hand washing. So people don’t. To got to the nearest sink you have to back track through multiple doors, none of which open without your touch, all are tight to manoeuvre through and we’re all carrying equipment, and then lots of the sinks/soaps are often out of order. When you have a cello or bassoon and a music case strapped to you…….
That looks like a lovely ship. I also like more traditional looking decor as it is more warm and pleasant than all the glitzy chrome and mirrors of other ships
@@heatherjones6647The strings are only connected to the lower catches so even if you pull both, the TV would still be on the wall. You need to release the lower catches, lift the TV up from the upper catches then you can remove it
I really love the look of older ships , as they have more character and especially the smaller P&O ones. I was trying to persuade a friend today that cruises aren’t just for old people and there’s nothing to do . Of course I told her to watch your channel , to find out for herself !! 😜❤️
Hey Emma.. I am a retired Nurse Practitioner in the US. Many many years ago I started traveling with a box of 100 cheap disposable plastic gloves and sanitizing hand wipesI would tuck several pairs in a pocket and use them at buffets when handling tongs, etc.. after sitting down I would take my gloves off, use my hand wipes and enjoy my meal. Everyone that I traveled with did the same thing. None of us ever got sick. We used to get stared at alot but that no longer happens. Now we often get comments about what a great idea that is. Now we also wash our hands when soap and water is available, thanks to Covid.
But as you know as a nurse practitioner, while washing and sanitizing hands are very important, Covid is an aerosolized virus, meaning it can stay in the air for hours, being breathed in by others.
That's a lovely thought, but unfortunately the people before you didn't even wash their hands and accidentally dropped the back of the tongs into the dish and just grabbed it and pulled it out of the food. I've seen that regularly, so all you're doing is preventing the transmission of illness from YOUR hands to YOUR food - still laudable but not really preventing what you think you are.
Just a little tip for anyone who might not know: *Hand sanitizer does not do anything whatsoever to prevent Norovirus.* What is needed is a 20-second hand wash when you enter the buffet, and then once again right after you’ve gone through the buffet, just before sitting down to eat. Thats my ritual, and so far, it’s kept me pretty healthy.
Why not just wash your paws after you scoop your food onto the plate but before eating. Seems like you're doing double the work for no benefit. Doing it right before eating is the best remedy for not getting sick.
@@andyphillips7437 No they don’t. “Hand sanitizer is not an effective way to prevent norovirus and should not be used as a substitute for hand washing. Norovirus is a nonenveloped virus, which means it has a protective protein shell that alcohol-based hand sanitizers can't penetrate. As a result, alcohol can't kill the virus.” -the CDC
Thank you for teaching me something today, I initially didn't believe your claim that alcohol based hand sanitiser doesn't do anything for Norovirus, but 5 minutes of research proved me wrong and you correct.
@@alexnutcasio936 because cruise lines now require you to wash your hands *before* entering the buffet, which helps cut down the initial viral load being transferred to the tongs and scoops at the buffet. An additional hand washing just before sitting down to eat cuts down the viral load on your hands even more substantially, thus cutting your chances of becoming ill even further during the sailing.
The first thing I noticed in the video is the age of the ship. However, my opinion is that the decor was well done and it's standing up very well to the age of time. I would call it a more "stately" look and would love being in those surroundings.
Unrealted to this video, I just wanted to thank you, you modivated me to book my friend cruise. I am going on a 7 day trip to the Bahamas next month, on Symphony of the Seas with Royal Caribbean and I am very excited. PS you're my favorite cruise reveiwer / presenter.
Hi Emma. We went on an 18 night cruise on Aurora in April. By the end of the second week, there were a huge amount of passengers with Norovirus (my wife included). I can’t imagine all those people were suffering from over indulgence, but rather virus germs passed on by people not washing their hands. We saw evidence of this all around the ship - in the public toilets, the restaurants and most noticeably in the Buffet. It was quite disgusting. We certainly don’t want to go on Aurora again. Pity really, as she is a beautiful little ship.
We had friends on a regular driving vacation get norovirus, one of them fainted from dehydration (because 🤮💩🤮💩) and cut his head and ended up in the emergency room! So it definitely isn’t only a cruise thing and it can be dangerous too.
Just got back from an Alaskan cruise and picked up a horrible chest cold. Doc said it was probably the big C 19 but since it had been over a week and a half he just let it run its course. Everyone on the plane was sneezing and coughing, both going and coming. The joys of traveling. I haven’t been sick in years either.
Great Vlog Emma as usual. You always give a really balanced honest review, putting everything into context . Your experience through the variety of cruises you have been on, is invaluable . Thank you for your honest assessment and all the content that goes along with this
I like the look of this ship and think the size is quite nice. Looks like you had a great time too. I caught Norovirus back at the end of April, and it could have been from subway, the office or where I got my takeout lunch. It hit in a matter of hours, so I agree. It's far more prevalent on land. And yes, I, too, get sick all the time being in the office and on transit.
I really like the size and traditional feel of that ship. It sounds like they handled the viral infection (if it existed) very well. Hand sanitizers are iffy, though, because they get people to use them instead of washing their hands, which is way more effective. Emma, you know I love your dresses, and the cut on the blue sparkly is killer, but we didn't really get to see it sparkle!
It makes me mad that some cruisers were going to ask for compensation that they embarked 1.5 hours later than planned. I don't think the cruise line owes you any particular amount of time on a ship before it departs port. Especially when they were doing it to protect the passengers' health!
Great video - I hope they let people know that hand sanitiser cannot kill norovirus - only hand washing can. Otherwise people might be lulled into a false sense of security and not wash their hands as regularly as they should... norovirus is AWFUL.
And I just learned this - but even hand washing won’t kill norovirus, it just removes it from your hands. You would have to use dangerously hot water when washing to actually kill it.
Thanks for sharing. I just came back from a cruise on an older cruise ship (that did NOT have sinks leading into the buffet) where the cruise line had an employee squirting hand sanitizer into everyone's hands as they entered the buffet.
This is why we won’t go again anytime soon. Went on a cruise and my three children all got a bug passing from one to the other. So did Grandad. It was P&O too and clearly significant amount of illness on the ship. I’ve seen on the P&o communities quite frequent delayed embarkation over the last year. We won’t be going for a while and cancelling our fjords cruise next August. Our kids are young and my one year old had a very high fever for a week after our cruise and had to be seen at urgent care. Poor kids!
considering a lot of people dont freaking wash their hands or cover their mouth while coughing. plus how some people want to "touch" everything also doesn't help keep cruses clean lols
I was on a Holland America sailing back in April, and I witnessed one woman do an open-air sneeze without covering her mouth. Just turned her head and let it all out for everyone to breathe in. No courtesy or thoughtfulness on her part. Positively ridiculous. She should have been escorted off the ship at the nearest port for negligent behavior like that. Nevertheless, almost the entire ship came down with COVID about a day before disembarkation. Probably not because of her, but definitely due to that kind of negligence among many of the other passengers.
When I first started hearing about P&O Cruises on Emma's videos, I thought it was a French name like "Piennot" or something. I had to see a picture of the company logo to understand. 😂
Hi Emma, really love the idea of adopting a inside cabin buddy. We always have a balcony cabin and it would be nice to share the outdoor space with someone who doesn't have it. Loving your videos 😍
G’day Emma, my missus & I recently went on a P&O cruise from Sydney to Cairns & back & it’s put me off cruising due to the reason the food was mediocre unless one paid for it & 6 out of 8 days were spent at sea. Next holiday’s we’ll fly & stay as it works out cheaper & better. We still love the concept of cruising but we’ll seek a better line in the future
The dangling strings are for the TV mount. At the bottom the TV will be attached with a couple screws on springs. You’ll be able to pull down on the strings and then pull the TV forward from the bottom to lift it off the mount!
There was a stomach bug going round on iona in november too, for the last week or so of a 2 week trip everyone had to wash their hands when entering and leaving food areas plus there was hand sanitiser for other parts of the ship including when we entered or left the ship. They deal with it well but it seems to happen quite often.
Canadian here: I also can't stand "sitting on the floor" bathtubs. When I finally owned my own place and had the money to reno my bathroom, I found a refurbished cast iron tub up on lion claw "legs" at a salvage place. It took 7 burly guys to haul it up the stairs and get it into place. Finally no more baths on the floor!
I glad you was informed I went on one P.O I was so ill I never ever go on cruise again, I never have gone if I knew it was on the ship ! They had Malta officials on and had it the week before, it was truly unpleasant ! I was ill for 11 out of the 14 days and with a very friend who had no empathy, until he had it on the way home ! Think he found it not nice
Hi Emma. Good to have you back. I always get flu/cold type symptoms by the last day when stay in an interior room so tend to get balconies since 2016. Looks like a beautiful ship and you my dear look amazing. Thanks for sharing 🤩
Really well explained. Always love the shots of the different venues and outdoor areas. This ship looks great despite its age and aspects of style. I am now considering. Do wish they would stop self-serve food though, I’ve seen some very germ spreading behaviour in buffets.
@@adelebrown1861 technically true, but not so much, there are plenty of self serve food and the food court ‘the Galley’ is effectively a semi-buffet where everything isn’t all served to you - most, but not all.
Beautiful little cruise ship it does have an older interior but I like that style... You did a nice tour and I enjoyed it thanks for sharing and you look stunningly beautiful, and glamorous in a dress Emma...
I was on this cruise and I even saw you and other youtubers onboard. Prior to aurora the smallest ship I had been on was ventura (biggest is msc virtuosa) and I actually found aurora an absolute pleasure. Off on celebrity apex on Friday (ironic as she followed us to bruges on the aurora cruise) will be interesting to compare. Also: PURPLE COW 🐄 🐄
Hi Miss Emma. There are certain items that one should look askance at when it comes to the media, yes?? I love those older ships. Lots of open deck space. But modern at the same time. Give me a clear sky, a deck chair, high on the ship, in the middle of the night, and some hot chocolate, and "Leave Me Be !!" The Big "C" marched through our home in the last two weeks. I'm glad the cruise was a success, and you did not feed the dragon and the drama !!
The dangle strings from behind the TV set is a "latch release" so that you can pull the TV out slightly to reach the input/output ports. Normally, they are hidden up behind the set.
Hi Emma, great video. We love older smaller ships and this one looks perfect. You couldn't get me on the new huge ships. Glad you didn't get sick. We sailed on a Royal ship that did have a Noro virus outbreak. About 100 got sick but we were careful and had no issues. Staff started enhanced cleaning and buffet went to staff service. I thought Royal did a great job. Of course delaying embarkation was the correct call and understandable. Thought the complaints was an American thing, sorry to hear you have it to.
Finally P&O making people wash their hands. It was a big disappointment when we were on Iona to notice that only 1 in 20 washed their hands. Not sure how it affects the chances but it makes me feel better that it's encouraged on Royal.
Was on that ship last year, beautiful ship had a lovely cruise. Did you see the "Golden Cock" near guest services. Its the P&O trophy for the ship with the fastest recorded speed in the fleet!
A delay is when your ship moves away from the dock, move forward a bit, then stops, the backs up and redocks, and instead of setting sail at 1500 you leave 12 hours later at 0300. We lost one stop which was a spot owned by the cruise line and which others have said is so-so. I nver once thought about asking for compensation because we stopped at all the places we were supposed to and even got extra time in the morning at our first stop. But then again, some people will complain at the drop of a hat and will try and grift at every opportunity.
Great video Emma. The dangly bits hanging from the TV is the release pull straps to take the TV off the mount. When I install TV"s I always tuck them up and out of the way.
6:31 I do actually quite like it when cruises/ferries/trains have remnants of their original styling or haven't been changed in terms of decor. It gives them character and history, and if you properly maintain them they do look fantastic. Unfortunately most places with "dated" decor are labeled like that because they're not maintained properly, which is where they do look shabby and falling to pieces
We wash hands to help stop the spread and we also wear a glove to handle the serving utensils at the buffet, started this before Covid and continues today.
Great review Emma, we were also on the same cruise 🚢 I was a tad too shy to come and say hello when we saw you and mum in Champions bar 😂 - we were on the Gin, not the Pepsi haha. Hope to bump into you on a future cruise, keep up the awesome vlogs! Happy cruising 🚢
Hi Emma, Really glad you enjoyed your stay thank you so much for sharing your experience I am new to your channel so love to hear all about your journey all the best Lin 💖👍
another enjoyable watch, thank you Ema, tub for me is the sink in the wash house i liked the carpets and decore on this ship. much more intersesting than newer ships
During our recent cruise to Norway on Anthem Of The Seas we were angry that so many people seemed proud that they managed to slip past the hand wash station without washing their hands 🤢🤮😥
Same thing on our Norwegian cruise in 2019 on P and O, people seemed to be more interested in rushing out of the bathroom... back to their drinks on a sea day, than washing their hands.
@@kendrawaterbury2328 Totally agree. The cruise companies must ensure passengers cannot enter the buffet, or dinning rooms, without properly washing their hands 🚰🧴👋
Elo ema , the aurora is a beautiful ship, whith living rooms like Titanic. You make good movies from the ships that you travel. The Orianna is simeler. Good holiday for you , and the best travel . 😊
Aurora was the main ship that I worked on for my 12 years working at sea, she is a 2nd home for me and always felt so comfortable, happy and homely. It will be a sad day for me when she is decommissioned.
I was on Aurora's maiden voyage, the one that broke down in the Bay of Biscay 😂 Everything was handled brilliantly, but that was long before Carnival got hold of the company.
I crossed the Cabot strait in Canada onboard of a ferry in a cabin recently, washed hands all the time and had an air purifier running all the time. This must be similar to a cruise. I am a roadtripper, my trips are often some 2500 miles long… I can’t afford to become sick.
We traveled on Aurora in November to Amsterdam. The ship was very full. They were encouraging people to use the hand sanitizer or to wash hands before entering the buffet, but if someone thought they knew better they could have just walked through. Even though I hadn’t heard of any issues before our trip. I made sure that we also sanitised our hands once we sat down with our food as I have cruised before, and it is just something that I am mindful of. We did enjoy our time on the ship, I loved the Crow’s Nest too, but it was very busy as the weather was very cold, so people were reluctant to go outside for the sail away.
We were aboard Carnival Horizon when the word came down post-COVID that the crew were finally allowed to work without masks...and they were jubilant, and we were happy for them. We had made friends with our female dining-room server and that night, when she arrived NOT wearing a mask, we all pretended not to know who she was...until my friend John playfully held a cloth napkin up to her face. "Oh, THERE she is!" That was fun, and she LOVED it. :)
God, I am living the whole "people jump to stomach bug too quickly" scenario at the moment. All my kids have managed to make themselves nauseous every couple nights for like 3 weeks straight now and it's so frustrating and annoying when they'll be "sick" in the morning but cutting up and goofing off as soon as they miss the school bus.
The only thing that would convince our mum to keep us home from school was a fever or actual vomiting - just whining that we didn’t feel well fell on deaf ears! Once when she was off on a trip we fooled our dad into letting us stay home by holding the thermometer near a light bulb.
As a retired teacher of over 3 decades of experience, it used to drive me crazy when parents would say (in front of their kiddos), "He's not been feeling well this morning, so call me to pick him up if you need to." YUP! Just take him now. Otherwise, the child was fine after a few minutes with friends.
My mom had a firm rule. If we complained we were have stomach troubles in order to stay home, we had to swallow two cap fulls of Pepto Bismal Liquid. She knew we hated it so much that we would only swallow it if we were truly sick. The number of miraculous recoveries on my brothers was legendary. On the other hand we had it lucky. My dad's family lived with his grandmother and she always had a large bottle of cod liver oil on the sideboard and any child, grandchild or great grandchild that complained about their tummy had to swallow 2 big spoonfuls of it.
I picked up norovirus a few years ago whilst staying in a hotel in the UK, really horrible nothing like a tummy upset. My Dad also got it and we think it was from a meal in the restaurant as we had the same food to others in our party and there were hardly any staff. All you can do is wash your hands and hope for the best.
The dangly strings are probably the mechanism to detach the TV from the wall. You don't want to pull them, as it might enable lifting the TV off its bracket.
Im a former cruise ship staff member. While on duty i recall how often people would bypass the bathrooms and santizer at the entrances to the buffet. Thing is, it doesnt take long to wash your hands or even sanitize your hands but people simply dont. Norovirus outbteaks are way too comon sadly.
Yea on Arcadia they have a crew member stationed to make sure you wash your hands when the had this gastro bug going around last month if you didn’t had to leave it only takes 20 seconds.
Thank you Emma ..great video...very nice ship ...showing its age in decor ...but that happens to all of us in time 😅.. i laughed so hard when you when you refered to the ship being a littke old lady ...thank you for always bringing a little giggle to the videos
She looks a lovely old ship. It never fails to amaze me how often passengers want compensation for things that the cruise line simply had no control over.
We went on this ship over 15 years ago for a short weekend sail to Bruges. It was our first and last cruise. Within 12 hrs I fell very sick and it was clear that many other people were the same. Our toilet was blocked and all of the public toilets had the same problem, all were blocked and disgusting. There were maintenance people trying to unblock pipes within the ceilings in many corridors. What shocked me was that the ship was due to cruise a day after we disembarked for two weeks break, when there was clearly a serious issue. Was expecting a full refund but only got a voucher for 50% back.
I personally prefer the older cruise ships myself. I like the fewer people, and I love the designs of the older ones with the wrap around promenade. I think people tend to try and get money back any time they can, whether it's right or not, makes me sad. I think I would have loved this cruise. I'll wave at you in September when we embark in Southampton. :) (Not that you'll be there, but figure you might be in England somewhere, lol)
Do you think they did the right thing delaying embarkation to clean? Personally, I'd much prefer a cleaner ship for a little less time! 🧼
Interested in the weird things that have happened on my cruises?
My cruise was cancelled while I was onboard: ua-cam.com/video/jppzHpO_8xU/v-deo.htmlsi=MmUKuI5R-KSu_1Rr
We had dangerously high water levels on a river cruise: ua-cam.com/video/7o_-bPhPYLs/v-deo.htmlsi=plKv836BT5l0CZeH
A storm caused another ship to lose a lifeboat, we found it! ua-cam.com/video/pbHAbJeDtWI/v-deo.htmlsi=jcQfHn2VOgML4E1U
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Honestly, all cruise lines should require everyone to wash their hands before going to the buffet at all times.
100% agree!
The one thing that I learned while being certified for Safe Serve certification is that a LOT of people do NOT know how to effectively wash their hands. We did a demo using a florescent 'virus." Out of 7 people, only one had clean hands, and even then just barely. The WORST performer - hand sanitizer.
Honestly, cruiseliners require their customers to wash their hand with a warm water and soap, but a large numers of customers are ignorant and stupid not to follow that simple request.
All buffets should technically
A question, having never been on a cruise, do they make it easy to wash your hands? I go on a tutored holiday course every year which is at a school. We all have to queue up for food in the canteen. The school talk the big talk about various things, but they don’t make anything easy, such as a sensible place with good traffic flow for efficient hand washing. So people don’t. To got to the nearest sink you have to back track through multiple doors, none of which open without your touch, all are tight to manoeuvre through and we’re all carrying equipment, and then lots of the sinks/soaps are often out of order. When you have a cello or bassoon and a music case strapped to you…….
That looks like a lovely ship. I also like more traditional looking decor as it is more warm and pleasant than all the glitzy chrome and mirrors of other ships
I agree. And I’m pretty sure the current fad for pale gray everything is exactly that - a fad - and won’t last long anyways.
I love the open outdoor spaces on this ship. Too many ships seem to feel that every nook and cranny needs to be filled with something.
Yes! I love it ❤🎉
Emma, the strings behind the TV are to release the TV from the wall mount. They really should be tucked up behind the TV for aesthetic purposes though
Good thing she didn't pull them!!
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@@heatherjones6647The strings are only connected to the lower catches so even if you pull both, the TV would still be on the wall. You need to release the lower catches, lift the TV up from the upper catches then you can remove it
I really love the look of older ships , as they have more character and especially the smaller P&O ones. I was trying to persuade a friend today that cruises aren’t just for old people and there’s nothing to do . Of course I told her to watch your channel , to find out for herself !! 😜❤️
Ha ha, put her on a random MSC cruise in the school holidays then she’ll get a shock 😂❤
Hey Emma.. I am a retired Nurse Practitioner in the US. Many many years ago I started traveling with a box of 100 cheap disposable plastic gloves and sanitizing hand wipesI would tuck several pairs in a pocket and use them at buffets when handling tongs, etc.. after sitting down I would take my gloves off, use my hand wipes and enjoy my meal. Everyone that I traveled with did the same thing. None of us ever got sick. We used to get stared at alot but that no longer happens. Now we often get comments about what a great idea that is. Now we also wash our hands when soap and water is available, thanks to Covid.
But as you know as a nurse practitioner, while washing and sanitizing hands are very important, Covid is an aerosolized virus, meaning it can stay in the air for hours, being breathed in by others.
Unfortunately that won’t help prevent COVID. Covid is airborne
That's a lovely thought, but unfortunately the people before you didn't even wash their hands and accidentally dropped the back of the tongs into the dish and just grabbed it and pulled it out of the food.
I've seen that regularly, so all you're doing is preventing the transmission of illness from YOUR hands to YOUR food - still laudable but not really preventing what you think you are.
😂😂😂😂, smart and comical!!
Good plan
Just a little tip for anyone who might not know: *Hand sanitizer does not do anything whatsoever to prevent Norovirus.* What is needed is a 20-second hand wash when you enter the buffet, and then once again right after you’ve gone through the buffet, just before sitting down to eat. Thats my ritual, and so far, it’s kept me pretty healthy.
Some hand sanitizers do...
Why not just wash your paws after you scoop your food onto the plate but before eating. Seems like you're doing double the work for no benefit. Doing it right before eating is the best remedy for not getting sick.
@@andyphillips7437 No they don’t.
“Hand sanitizer is not an effective way to prevent norovirus and should not be used as a substitute for hand washing. Norovirus is a nonenveloped virus, which means it has a protective protein shell that alcohol-based hand sanitizers can't penetrate. As a result, alcohol can't kill the virus.” -the CDC
Thank you for teaching me something today, I initially didn't believe your claim that alcohol based hand sanitiser doesn't do anything for Norovirus, but 5 minutes of research proved me wrong and you correct.
@@alexnutcasio936 because cruise lines now require you to wash your hands *before* entering the buffet, which helps cut down the initial viral load being transferred to the tongs and scoops at the buffet. An additional hand washing just before sitting down to eat cuts down the viral load on your hands even more substantially, thus cutting your chances of becoming ill even further during the sailing.
similar happened on my Ventura cruise back in may, I found the higher sanitisation made the cruise more enjoyable, i like knowing stuff is clean 😅
Ha ah, me too! ❤
Emma, your blue dress you wore on formal night is stunning, very Princess Kate on her engagement x
This ship has such a lovely 'feel' to it. Not so overwhelming and chaotic, like many of the newer ships seem to feel.
So calm yes! ❤
The ship looks really nice! I’ve never been on a cruise but I think I’d like a traditional ship like this one. Love your channel, Emma!
The first thing I noticed in the video is the age of the ship. However, my opinion is that the decor was well done and it's standing up very well to the age of time. I would call it a more "stately" look and would love being in those surroundings.
Yes, and I’m sure that style will still be considered “classic” and appealing long after the more recent trendy pale gray thing is just passé.
I love your reviews. You're an excellent storyteller!
Thanks so much! I’m trying very hard haha 😂❤
Unrealted to this video, I just wanted to thank you, you modivated me to book my friend cruise. I am going on a 7 day trip to the Bahamas next month, on Symphony of the Seas with Royal Caribbean and I am very excited. PS you're my favorite cruise reveiwer / presenter.
Oooo!!! I hope you have the best time ever!!! ❤❤❤
Hi Emma. We went on an 18 night cruise on Aurora in April. By the end of the second week, there were a huge amount of passengers with Norovirus (my wife included). I can’t imagine all those people were suffering from over indulgence, but rather virus germs passed on by people not washing their hands. We saw evidence of this all around the ship - in the public toilets, the restaurants and most noticeably in the Buffet. It was quite disgusting. We certainly don’t want to go on Aurora again. Pity really, as she is a beautiful little ship.
Awh that’s such a shame!! ❤❤
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honestly who doesnt wash their hands after going to the loo, that is just gross
What people don’t realize is that norovirus hangs out in the air for a bit after they’ve vomited. So it can be transferred that way too.
@@NIckyFromDunedin in disabled and it annoys me when I see people going past the hand washing
I was shocked at the number of people who neither washed their hands or sanitised on entering the buffet on my last cruise
We had friends on a regular driving vacation get norovirus, one of them fainted from dehydration (because 🤮💩🤮💩) and cut his head and ended up in the emergency room! So it definitely isn’t only a cruise thing and it can be dangerous too.
Oh noo!!!! ❤❤❤
Never cruised, probably never will, but I love watching your videos Emma!
Just got back from an Alaskan cruise and picked up a horrible chest cold. Doc said it was probably the big C 19 but since it had been over a week and a half he just let it run its course. Everyone on the plane was sneezing and coughing, both going and coming. The joys of traveling. I haven’t been sick in years either.
Ahh yes travelling it’s always a risk, hope you are on the mend! ❤
Great Vlog Emma as usual. You always give a really balanced honest review, putting everything into context . Your experience through the variety of cruises you have been on, is invaluable . Thank you for your honest assessment and all the content that goes along with this
Thanks so much you're very kind!
I like the look of this ship and think the size is quite nice. Looks like you had a great time too. I caught Norovirus back at the end of April, and it could have been from subway, the office or where I got my takeout lunch. It hit in a matter of hours, so I agree. It's far more prevalent on land. And yes, I, too, get sick all the time being in the office and on transit.
I really like the size and traditional feel of that ship. It sounds like they handled the viral infection (if it existed) very well. Hand sanitizers are iffy, though, because they get people to use them instead of washing their hands, which is way more effective. Emma, you know I love your dresses, and the cut on the blue sparkly is killer, but we didn't really get to see it sparkle!
Haha, Thank you! 😁❤️
I love the older vibe of the ship. Very classic. All that wood! 😍
It makes me mad that some cruisers were going to ask for compensation that they embarked 1.5 hours later than planned. I don't think the cruise line owes you any particular amount of time on a ship before it departs port. Especially when they were doing it to protect the passengers' health!
Great video - I hope they let people know that hand sanitiser cannot kill norovirus - only hand washing can. Otherwise people might be lulled into a false sense of security and not wash their hands as regularly as they should... norovirus is AWFUL.
And I just learned this - but even hand washing won’t kill norovirus, it just removes it from your hands. You would have to use dangerously hot water when washing to actually kill it.
Hand washing removes the virus by washing it off. It does not kill it.
Thanks for sharing. I just came back from a cruise on an older cruise ship (that did NOT have sinks leading into the buffet) where the cruise line had an employee squirting hand sanitizer into everyone's hands as they entered the buffet.
Sucks that you did end up getting sick but hopefully you recoverd quickly. Nothing ruins the memories of a vacation like coming home and being sick.
I love cruising with you dear, a chronic chummer, even on a lake, but with you I'm "steady as she goes!" 😂
This is why we won’t go again anytime soon. Went on a cruise and my three children all got a bug passing from one to the other. So did Grandad. It was P&O too and clearly significant amount of illness on the ship. I’ve seen on the P&o communities quite frequent delayed embarkation over the last year. We won’t be going for a while and cancelling our fjords cruise next August. Our kids are young and my one year old had a very high fever for a week after our cruise and had to be seen at urgent care. Poor kids!
considering a lot of people dont freaking wash their hands or cover their mouth while coughing. plus how some people want to "touch" everything also doesn't help keep cruses clean lols
I was on a Holland America sailing back in April, and I witnessed one woman do an open-air sneeze without covering her mouth. Just turned her head and let it all out for everyone to breathe in. No courtesy or thoughtfulness on her part. Positively ridiculous. She should have been escorted off the ship at the nearest port for negligent behavior like that. Nevertheless, almost the entire ship came down with COVID about a day before disembarkation. Probably not because of her, but definitely due to that kind of negligence among many of the other passengers.
People are absolutely the weak link in this 😂❤🎉
Cruises would be a lot less hassle without humans, honestly!
On NLCJoy , seen people walk by the sick , staff was 🎶 singing to wash your hands but people ignored them .
I'm also so impressed with your videos. Your narration is so smooth and your editing is superb. I know this takes a lot of work and we appreciate it.
Thanks for this and all your videos Emma! You’re just getting better and better! Love the ship tours, and especially the room visits.
You’re so kind, appreciate you!! ❤❤
When I first started hearing about P&O Cruises on Emma's videos, I thought it was a French name like "Piennot" or something. I had to see a picture of the company logo to understand. 😂
Ha ha, usually piano is what comes up! :')
Hi Emma, really love the idea of adopting a inside cabin buddy. We always have a balcony cabin and it would be nice to share the outdoor space with someone who doesn't have it. Loving your videos 😍
G’day Emma, my missus & I recently went on a P&O cruise from Sydney to Cairns & back & it’s put me off cruising due to the reason the food was mediocre unless one paid for it & 6 out of 8 days were spent at sea. Next holiday’s we’ll fly & stay as it works out cheaper & better. We still love the concept of cruising but we’ll seek a better line in the future
Thanks Emma, living vicariously through you 😊. The ship looks like me, a grand dam (dame). Loved the video ❤
The dangling strings are for the TV mount. At the bottom the TV will be attached with a couple screws on springs. You’ll be able to pull down on the strings and then pull the TV forward from the bottom to lift it off the mount!
Gotcha!!! 😂❤🎉
There was a stomach bug going round on iona in november too, for the last week or so of a 2 week trip everyone had to wash their hands when entering and leaving food areas plus there was hand sanitiser for other parts of the ship including when we entered or left the ship.
They deal with it well but it seems to happen quite often.
Canadian here: I also can't stand "sitting on the floor" bathtubs. When I finally owned my own place and had the money to reno my bathroom, I found a refurbished cast iron tub up on lion claw "legs" at a salvage place. It took 7 burly guys to haul it up the stairs and get it into place. Finally no more baths on the floor!
Yess!!!!! ❤❤❤❤
I guess I don't understand the difference, other than appearance.
Emma, you always do such a nice job showing us all around! Very entertaining and informative! Rally like tagging along! [Greetings from Tucson]
Hey hey! Thanks for following along with my cruise, really appreciate it 😀❤️
Absolutely loved this beautiful traditional cruise ship. The walk around deck was great. We did the Norwegian fjords'
I glad you was informed I went on one P.O I was so ill I never ever go on cruise again, I never have gone if I knew it was on the ship ! They had Malta officials on and had it the week before, it was truly unpleasant ! I was ill for 11 out of the 14 days and with a very friend who had no empathy, until he had it on the way home ! Think he found it not nice
Welcome back,
Emma! We missed your regular posts! Stay well and strong!
Thank you! 😁❤️
Hi Emma. Good to have you back. I always get flu/cold type symptoms by the last day when stay in an interior room so tend to get balconies since 2016. Looks like a beautiful ship and you my dear look amazing. Thanks for sharing 🤩
Oh yes I think the inside cabin air con is often dry 😂❤ Thank you! 😁❤️
girl your formal look was FIREEEEE that dress looked so good!!!
Really well explained. Always love the shots of the different venues and outdoor areas. This ship looks great despite its age and aspects of style. I am now considering. Do wish they would stop self-serve food though, I’ve seen some very germ spreading behaviour in buffets.
Thanks so much 🎉❤
Virgin voyages has restaurants rather than a big buffet!
@@adelebrown1861 technically true, but not so much, there are plenty of self serve food and the food court ‘the Galley’ is effectively a semi-buffet where everything isn’t all served to you - most, but not all.
So nice to see Captain Hudson in the bath.❤
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Beautiful little cruise ship it does have an older interior but I like that style... You did a nice tour and I enjoyed it thanks for sharing and you look stunningly beautiful, and glamorous in a dress Emma...
Thanks so much 🥹❤️
Thank you; the Aurora looks like exactly what would be my favorite ship! I like its character.
Me too!! ❤❤
I enjoyed this video. Love the smaller ships
Thanks so much Amy!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Your content is so uplifting, as well as informative. Always time well spent watching - thanks Emma!
Thank you so much you are very kind!
I was on this cruise and I even saw you and other youtubers onboard. Prior to aurora the smallest ship I had been on was ventura (biggest is msc virtuosa) and I actually found aurora an absolute pleasure. Off on celebrity apex on Friday (ironic as she followed us to bruges on the aurora cruise) will be interesting to compare.
Also: PURPLE COW 🐄 🐄
Emma is the Queen of....what's the word I am looking for?....you know what I mean! Thanks a lot fo all you do for us cruisers!🥰
Hi Miss Emma. There are certain items that one should look askance at when it comes to the media, yes?? I love those older ships. Lots of open deck space. But modern at the same time. Give me a clear sky, a deck chair, high on the ship, in the middle of the night, and some hot chocolate, and "Leave Me Be !!" The Big "C" marched through our home in the last two weeks.
I'm glad the cruise was a success, and you did not feed the dragon and the drama !!
I NEVER miss an emma cruises video
Thanks so much 🥹❤️
The dangle strings from behind the TV set is a "latch release" so that you can pull the TV out slightly to reach the input/output ports. Normally, they are hidden up behind the set.
That blue dress was gorgeous!!
If there’s a stomach bug going around there’s no way I’m getting into that pool 🤣 y’all were brave, glad everyone was ok.
Hi Emma, great video. We love older smaller ships and this one looks perfect. You couldn't get me on the new huge ships. Glad you didn't get sick. We sailed on a Royal ship that did have a Noro virus outbreak. About 100 got sick but we were careful and had no issues. Staff started enhanced cleaning and buffet went to staff service. I thought Royal did a great job. Of course delaying embarkation was the correct call and understandable. Thought the complaints was an American thing, sorry to hear you have it to.
Finally P&O making people wash their hands. It was a big disappointment when we were on Iona to notice that only 1 in 20 washed their hands. Not sure how it affects the chances but it makes me feel better that it's encouraged on Royal.
Was on that ship last year, beautiful ship had a lovely cruise. Did you see the "Golden Cock" near guest services. Its the P&O trophy for the ship with the fastest recorded speed in the fleet!
A delay is when your ship moves away from the dock, move forward a bit, then stops, the backs up and redocks, and instead of setting sail at 1500 you leave 12 hours later at 0300. We lost one stop which was a spot owned by the cruise line and which others have said is so-so. I nver once thought about asking for compensation because we stopped at all the places we were supposed to and even got extra time in the morning at our first stop. But then again, some people will complain at the drop of a hat and will try and grift at every opportunity.
So true!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Great video Emma. The dangly bits hanging from the TV is the release pull straps to take the TV off the mount. When I install TV"s I always tuck them up and out of the way.
You looked very elegant in your formal night dress! I really like that some cruise lines maintain proper formal nights/areas 😊
Having been on our first cruise last week (RC Ovation of the Seas to Alaska) I definitely get the "another world" point!
Did that ship have sinks as you entered the buffet (and an amusing enforcing employee) or did they just use hand sanitizer?
@@mikebarnes2294 If I remember correctly both.
6:31 I do actually quite like it when cruises/ferries/trains have remnants of their original styling or haven't been changed in terms of decor. It gives them character and history, and if you properly maintain them they do look fantastic. Unfortunately most places with "dated" decor are labeled like that because they're not maintained properly, which is where they do look shabby and falling to pieces
We wash hands to help stop the spread and we also wear a glove to handle the serving utensils at the buffet, started this before Covid and continues today.
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Another interesting video. Thank you Emma. Greetings from Norway 🇳🇴
Your vlogs are always very informative and your presentations are always very entertaining! I love it! Thank you! 😎😎😎😎
Great review Emma, we were also on the same cruise 🚢
I was a tad too shy to come and say hello when we saw you and mum in Champions bar 😂 - we were on the Gin, not the Pepsi haha.
Hope to bump into you on a future cruise, keep up the awesome vlogs!
Happy cruising 🚢
Oh please don’t ever feel shy I’m way more scared of people than them of me haha!! Hope you had the best time ❤❤❤
I love your comment that cruises are like a parallel universe. That sums it up perfectly!
I have been eagerly waiting for you to take a cruise on this ship, it's one I have been looking into cruising on
Hi Emma, Really glad you enjoyed your stay thank you so much for sharing your experience I am new to your channel so love to hear all about your journey all the best Lin 💖👍
Thanks lots Lin ❤❤
another enjoyable watch, thank you Ema, tub for me is the sink in the wash house
i liked the carpets and decore on this ship. much more intersesting than newer ships
Thanks so much!! ❤❤
You make that sparkly blue dress look spectacular!
"Cruise ships feel like this magical parallel world", - love it 🙂
During our recent cruise to Norway on Anthem Of The Seas we were angry that so many people seemed proud that they managed to slip past the hand wash station without washing their hands 🤢🤮😥
Gross. 😷
Same thing on our Norwegian cruise in 2019 on P and O, people seemed to be more interested in rushing out of the bathroom... back to their drinks on a sea day, than washing their hands.
@@kendrawaterbury2328 Totally agree.
The cruise companies must ensure passengers cannot enter the buffet, or dinning rooms, without properly washing their hands 🚰🧴👋
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You'll have to get yourself on the Arcadia after it's refit this year.
And then do a ship review for everyone :-)
Love your content Emma, so glad to see this pop up! Xx
Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
I know what the strings r for!!!! I have them on my tv mount. U can pull them to adjust the angle of the tv on its mount!
Great Video Em! I loved this cruise with you all!
Elo ema , the aurora is a beautiful ship, whith living rooms like Titanic. You make good movies from the ships that you travel. The Orianna is simeler. Good holiday for you , and the best travel . 😊
It’s the best day Emma post just got started with the cruise port a few days ago can’t wait to see how you like it Emma thank you
Glad to see you back. Woo for the Pepsi on board. Such a pretty ship.
Aurora was the main ship that I worked on for my 12 years working at sea, she is a 2nd home for me and always felt so comfortable, happy and homely. It will be a sad day for me when she is decommissioned.
I was on Aurora's maiden voyage, the one that broke down in the Bay of Biscay 😂
Everything was handled brilliantly, but that was long before Carnival got hold of the company.
I crossed the Cabot strait in Canada onboard of a ferry in a cabin recently, washed hands all the time and had an air purifier running all the time. This must be similar to a cruise. I am a roadtripper, my trips are often some 2500 miles long… I can’t afford to become sick.
We traveled on Aurora in November to Amsterdam. The ship was very full. They were encouraging people to use the hand sanitizer or to wash hands before entering the buffet, but if someone thought they knew better they could have just walked through. Even though I hadn’t heard of any issues before our trip. I made sure that we also sanitised our hands once we sat down with our food as I have cruised before, and it is just something that I am mindful of.
We did enjoy our time on the ship, I loved the Crow’s Nest too, but it was very busy as the weather was very cold, so people were reluctant to go outside for the sail away.
That Yorkshire and roast beef. Mmmm delicious. Emma love your vlogs.
Thank you! 😁❤️
We were aboard Carnival Horizon when the word came down post-COVID that the crew were finally allowed to work without masks...and they were jubilant, and we were happy for them. We had made friends with our female dining-room server and that night, when she arrived NOT wearing a mask, we all pretended not to know who she was...until my friend John playfully held a cloth napkin up to her face. "Oh, THERE she is!" That was fun, and she LOVED it. :)
Hahaha 😂😂😂
God, I am living the whole "people jump to stomach bug too quickly" scenario at the moment. All my kids have managed to make themselves nauseous every couple nights for like 3 weeks straight now and it's so frustrating and annoying when they'll be "sick" in the morning but cutting up and goofing off as soon as they miss the school bus.
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The only thing that would convince our mum to keep us home from school was a fever or actual vomiting - just whining that we didn’t feel well fell on deaf ears! Once when she was off on a trip we fooled our dad into letting us stay home by holding the thermometer near a light bulb.
As a retired teacher of over 3 decades of experience, it used to drive me crazy when parents would say (in front of their kiddos), "He's not been feeling well this morning, so call me to pick him up if you need to." YUP! Just take him now. Otherwise, the child was fine after a few minutes with friends.
My mom had a firm rule. If we complained we were have stomach troubles in order to stay home, we had to swallow two cap fulls of Pepto Bismal Liquid. She knew we hated it so much that we would only swallow it if we were truly sick. The number of miraculous recoveries on my brothers was legendary. On the other hand we had it lucky. My dad's family lived with his grandmother and she always had a large bottle of cod liver oil on the sideboard and any child, grandchild or great grandchild that complained about their tummy had to swallow 2 big spoonfuls of it.
Aurora looks wonderful and beautiful 🩵🩵🌺🌺🩵🌞🌞🌞🌊🩵🌺🌺🌺🩵🛳️🛳️
Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
What a lovely ship! It reminds me of a Fred Olsen ship but a bit bigger. Love that aft! 🎉
Yeeessss, feels similar! ❤
I picked up norovirus a few years ago whilst staying in a hotel in the UK, really horrible nothing like a tummy upset. My Dad also got it and we think it was from a meal in the restaurant as we had the same food to others in our party and there were hardly any staff. All you can do is wash your hands and hope for the best.
The dangly strings are probably the mechanism to detach the TV from the wall. You don't want to pull them, as it might enable lifting the TV off its bracket.
I live my dream cruise life threw you, great video 😊
Im a former cruise ship staff member. While on duty i recall how often people would bypass the bathrooms and santizer at the entrances to the buffet. Thing is, it doesnt take long to wash your hands or even sanitize your hands but people simply dont. Norovirus outbteaks are way too comon sadly.
Sad we seen this too , last night before going home I felt sick , next day home test was positive for Covid . Home almost 2 weeks and still sick .
Yea on Arcadia they have a crew member stationed to make sure you wash your hands when the had this gastro bug going around last month if you didn’t had to leave it only takes 20 seconds.
I love the self serv laundries. I wish that they were on all ships
Thank you Emma ..great video...very nice ship ...showing its age in decor ...but that happens to all of us in time 😅.. i laughed so hard when you when you refered to the ship being a littke old lady ...thank you for always bringing a little giggle to the videos
Haha, thanks so much! ❤❤
She looks a lovely old ship. It never fails to amaze me how often passengers want compensation for things that the cruise line simply had no control over.
I heard somebody once wanting a refund because the carpet in his cabin smelt of perfume? 😂❤
We went on this ship over 15 years ago for a short weekend sail to Bruges. It was our first and last cruise. Within 12 hrs I fell very sick and it was clear that many other people were the same. Our toilet was blocked and all of the public toilets had the same problem, all were blocked and disgusting. There were maintenance people trying to unblock pipes within the ceilings in many corridors. What shocked me was that the ship was due to cruise a day after we disembarked for two weeks break, when there was clearly a serious issue.
Was expecting a full refund but only got a voucher for 50% back.
I personally prefer the older cruise ships myself. I like the fewer people, and I love the designs of the older ones with the wrap around promenade. I think people tend to try and get money back any time they can, whether it's right or not, makes me sad. I think I would have loved this cruise. I'll wave at you in September when we embark in Southampton. :) (Not that you'll be there, but figure you might be in England somewhere, lol)