Corporate greed. Taking more and more from customers and their employees and given more to their shareholders and CEOs. It’s disgusting and I’m glad you made this video. Keep it up! More customers need to complain and make videos too!!
@ No, they go on cruises with money the EARNED by filming and editing videos that actually take a lot of work. People who love their content pay them so they can produce more. They also get paid via Ads. You pay for Netflix or cable or a movie ticket, people pay them via patron for their content or entertainment (Whatever you want to call it.). They deserve to be paid for the entertainment they provide.
We’ve stopped traveling on the major cruise lines and now we only go on Viking. You pay one price upfront and you get excellent service, clean ships, no up charges, better itineraries, one free excursion per stop and the food is really good.
I’ve never gotten “negative” vibes from you guys. Just honesty and you guys being realistic. It’s why I watch you guys! You’re my favorite channel to watch for cruises because you don’t sugar coat things to get gifted cruises and stuff like that
I don't know if this would be a popular request, but often smaller, older ships are less expensive. That's where my budget is nowadays. I can't afford the newer larger ships. So I wish you would try, say, the Radiance class of Royal Caribbean, just to see if that cost is worth it. See what shape the ships are in. That sort of thing. Thanks.
I tried Brilliance Of The Seas and I tried the bigger ship the Ovation and liked both, the one I liked the most was Brilliance I had a great cruise on her she has the edge over Ovation I like the smaller ship experience
They do that already! Quite a few older and smaller ship reviews on their channel, like the Norwegian Epic and Explorer of the Seas. They are NOT good. They said the best maintained older ships are Disney’s and those are not budget friendly.
Thank you for your honest assessment. I realize that many cruise lines are hoping for new customers as new customers are often the lifeblood of a company. But if your existing customer base is unhappy due to cuts in service with a rise in cost, you will simply go around in circles and loose your loyal customers for good.
As a wife of a former senior employee with RCCL, I caution the idea that the newer ships have better food. As you should know, inaugural cruises and cruises on a ships first few months are NOT reflective of its current food quality. There is a completely different budget for those sailings.
All the Royal Caribbean food now is almost in edible. It's so much different than it used to be it's a shame you can't tell me that they weren't making money back in the 80s and 90s they could do it back then why can't they now?
How times have changed ..I remember formal nights on Royal Caribbean when you could have as many lobsters as you wanted in the main dining room...i recall one person eating 13 😂
I'm so sick of cruise lines using the "We lost money during COVID, so we need to recoup our money somehow" excuse for upcharging everything and cutting services for a lot of things. COVID hasn't been a PHEIC for almost 2 years now.
Just catching up after a month away with a 16 night cruise with Oceania through the Panama Canal on the Nautica. It rings so true what you’re saying about cutting back especially on the older ships. Sadly the hard sell of luxury and “ finest cuisine at sea “ didn’t live up to the hype! We payed a premium to sail with this line and yesterday we lodged a formal complaint with the company regarding their failures and omissions. It’s all due to learning from experience and following you lovely lads that’s given us the confidence to have our voices heard, thank you xx
Just catching up after a month away with a 16 night cruise with Oceania through the Panama Canal on the Nautica. It rings so true what you’re saying about cutting back especially on the older ships. Sadly the hard sell of luxury and “ finest cuisine at sea “ didn’t live up to the hype! We payed a premium to sail with this line and yesterday we lodged a formal complaint with the company regarding their failures and omissions. It’s all due to learning from experience and following you lovely lads that’s given us the confidence to have our voices heard, thank you xx . We won’t travel with them again and our next cruise will be back with Celebrity ( which we loved)
Thanks for posting another excellent video! Ben and David are absolutely right. After 29 years of cruising, I completely agree with Ben and David’s take. Overworked staff, declining ship upkeep, and constant nickel-and-diming for what used to be included are impossible to ignore. At some point, the rule of supply and demand will catch up with the cruise lines, but it's going to take a long time. I definitely agree that Celebrity does a great job at their price point.
Gentlemen, you do an outstanding job explaining the full story of cruising. Your presentations have authenticity and are my go-to for cruise news and perspective. Thanks so much.
Ich bin heute von der MSC Preziosa zurück gekommen und ich muss wirklich sagen das ich positiv überrascht war, das Essen wirklich sehr gut, Entertainment war super, genau so wie der Service und die kabine wird 2 mal täglich gereinigt und man muss bedenken das die woche nur 400€ inklusive Getränkepaket gekostet hat und dafür war es traumhaft
What a gorgeous home and you seem to have a beautiful sense of style! Love all of the gorgeous decor and clean lines! Congratulations on your new home! Now back to the cruise info parts. Just wanted to comment on your new home! It's gorgeous!
Excellent issue, I totally agree having noticed a big difference since we started cruising 22 yrs ago, like you we still love it but it is such a shame to see the difference,
Thank you for this video. It goes far beyond the Cruise industry. It's an attitude of business right now in general. The Cruise business is an example of the type of canary in the coal mine business. When you have a business that truly needs to catar to its customers as much as this one does and you see them outright striping customer service away it's alarming. Would you mind if I posted this on these companies Facebook and X pages? They should know people are looking and they are not pleased.
I REALLLLLY hope all of these cruise line owners/corporate people watch this because your thoughts are absolutely spot on! Went on first RC cruise (Freedom) and just to get a drinks package for an 8 day cruise, would have cost us more than TWELVE HUNDRED BUCKS WITH a 30% discount. That is absolutely NUTS! It's enough to turn me off from cruising with them again. Our Norwegian status includes the drinks package, on board credit, specialty restaurant discount, and discounts for excursions. Plus the ships are sooo clean.
We did a 21 day cruise on MSC from Rome to Miami and loved it. Though disappointed in the main dining room, we loved the buffet and the pizza was awesome. We will be doing Yacht Club in August and after 20 cruises on Royal, MSC is becoming our new fave. Love watching you guys. Hope to meet you some day on a cruise and Ben your looking fabulous
Love your channel. Been watching it for a couple of years now. I have an idea for a new merch saying. “As well, it’s complementary, as well “. I think that may be one of Ben’s favorite phrases. 😂❤
I loved your video and your comments. You are very honest and real. I am already booked on the MSC World America for June and in the Sun Princess for November 2025. I hope I run into you in any of the ships. I would love to meet you in person. Keep the videos coming!
Celebrity and Disney are now at the top of our list after our first cruise. Disney does price itself out of the budget in most cases. We would not do a full drinks package again unless it was a group cruise. Good tip on the newer ships as well
Glad you liked Australia so much. Its a shame everything is going up in cost. Love the Christmas decorations in your new home. You were lucky to see the good side of Melbourne (like all countries they have their bad areas). Hope you had a good Christmas and new year. Looking forward to the new content for 2025.
We have stopped cruising with RCL purely due to the food. I like to use speciality dining however it it because I choose to do it, not because I feel that I am forced into it by the bad quality and selection of food in the MDR
Agreed. We are the same, diamond status but won’t be sailing with Royal in a hurry. The food in the main dining room is poor and desserts around the ship very poor. The ambience hasn’t modernised at all, it is stuck in the 1990’s with waiters singing, napkin waving etc. It’s so cringey and outdated.
Love watching you two! Totally agree with your comments, my last trip on Princess wasn’t like it used to be but I did try my first Holland American ship, the Koningsdam and wow, food was the best I’ve ever had on any cruise ship!!
I have been cruising for years, but this year will be the first year we have not taken one. The prices have doubled since 2020 not only because of our low dollar but because of all the extra costs now added to cruising. Also, the cut back on the food and entertainment was a huge disappointment.
Please give Holland America a try. They are not new and shiny, but it’s not an old folks home like people claim. I like their live music scene, and their food and service were excellent in our experience.
Thank you for your honest reviews and really entertaining and informative videos. Looking forward to seeing what you are up to in 2025! Love you guys, you are great ❤
Totally agree with the Cruise Director comment. First cruise (Iona) where we didn't have a CD, and it felt like that main character was missing. Looking forward to the 2025 videos chaps! On Scarlett Lady & Arvia this year!
loved your videos since stumbling upon you these past few months. Gone and booked 4 of the buggers 😂😂 2 P&O , one HAL and one Ambassador. The HAL is a Far East biggie 🎉 Looking forward to more of your videos too . Cheers guys ❤
Lovely to see you Both 😊 wow exciting travels this year with all those New Cruise ships bring launched 😅 Some New destination for you this year ? Looking forward to very much to your adventures Yes everything has got so expensive general costs ,but we noticed too the Bungalow parks, flights etc Safe travels and take care 🥰
Aw guys. Looks like I am gonna miss you on the Disney Adventure as we are booked on the fourth cruise and not the maiden or the second cruise. 🙁 But happy to see you are happy to be spending two cruises on Adventure. Hope you release the videos before we go on it so we can avoid any potential hiccups and maximize our time on its best features. ❤
Great recap of 2024 and excellent points about where the industry is. We normally use RC. The biggest thing we noticed on our last cruise was the food in the MDR wasn't what we we're used to. The staff were still wonderful. They do work very hard. Prices will continue to rise as long as the cruise lines continue to get full or nearly full ships. Thank you for all you do and please keep it up. BTW Love the way your new place looks. Seems like it would make it hard to leave. 🙂
Thank you always guys for your honest, unbiased opinions. They're much appreciated. Looking forward to going along with you on your adventures in 2025. 😊❤✌
@@cherylemmanuel744 I want to know if they question passengers as to which country they hail from before they single them out (on two separate vlogs) as abusive and rude Russians to their 290K subs and incite viewers in the comments to jump aboard the "Let's bash Russians too as abusive and rude people." It's not up to viewers to take their word they know this to be the case and that these passengers aren't from Belarus or Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan or Uzbekistan or Turkey or Ukraine or Romania or any other Russian speaking country. It's the other way around. It's not a good look when the only thing anyone can see from this angle are bigoted remarks based solely on their perceptions.
This came up on a family conversation this weekend, we decided the best way to describe it is....If you are new to cruising and just starting out its likely you are going to be impressed and happy......if you have been cruising for the last 25 years then you are going to be unimpressed and probably not so happy. Cruising has moved from couples to families and at the end of the day this is how it will survive.
Your home looks beautiful and you both look so well, must be all that Aussie air you got😅 Love your content. Look forward to hearing all about your upcoming cruises.
Ben, you're looking great, but I always thought that you did! You and David are literally the highlight of my week! Magnanimous personalities, professionalism, phenomenal insight, your ability to transpose the Emglish language into American, (lol), and all of the witty banter has actually made me want to take a cruise for the very first time! Congratulations on the new house, your future endeavors, and much love to you both! From the Mississippi Gulf Coast!❤ Just wondering about Oceania? Couldn't find a review of them? Are y'all going to try that line? Just curious.
Awesome video as always guys! You definitely make valid points. My hubby and I are so excited about our cruises we have booked for this year, and we are even booked on Star Princess next year to Alaska too! Lots of things to look forward to. ☺️😎
Agree with most of what you say, but did notice a few differences on Transatlantic Oasis October last year: 1) Went expecting food to be worse after seeing many videos but found it was better than on Celebrity Silhouette the year before which had been a disappointment. 2) Cruise price did not seem too bad to me. When booking Transatlantic on Allure for October this year I genuinely asked "Is that per person?" to then be told "No, that's for both of you." However was slightly disappointed that the on board credit was only $50. (yes we did book)
Huge fans here! My husband and I are taking his mother on her first ever cruise on the Aqua in March from Southhampton to Boston. Any chance we'll bump into yall on that cruise? 😉
Hi Ben and David great information, I think the turndown cut back will affect those with 4 in a cabin as the pull out beds will not get put away making cabins feel cramped . I also feel extra pay dinning is not on the basic ingredient of a cruise was good food at full board . Great videos guys looking forward to watching you in the coming year ❤
Ha ha. I’ve never seen a video fireplace above a fireplace! The new house looks great guys, love your Christmas decorations. Looking forward to watching you throughout 2025! All the best!
Thank you for a glimpse of your new home. It looks gorgeous and very you. I’m looking forward to watching you throughout 2025 and imagine it will be as entertaining as 2024. Best wishes Kath New Zealand
Hey Ben and David. Know I’ve said many times but absolutely love your home. You both have great style. $1/ dish? If prices are going to increase well expect to see continued shows, food, service etc. But not appealing when costs go up and quality, quantity etc goes down. You’re right guys. Everything going up everywhere. Great tips and insight. Thanks so much. Grand week to you both🤗
Have you been on a Disney Alaska cruise? I really like your videos. The quality of them is top notch. I’m looking forward to your 2025 new cruise ship videos. I just watched your Castaway Cay video and loved the drone video parts.
Ben and David I just went on a cruise last week on Voyager of the Seas. I would like to think that they listened to you with the food. The main dining was excellent quality again. We ate at the main dining each night and it was always delicious and plentiful. All the food across the ship was great with one exception. The bacon for breakfast at the windjammer was overcooked and hard. The rest of the breakfast food was great. The only cost cutting I saw was with the pizza. The slices were only about 2 inches wide at the crust so tiny. Overall the food exceeded my expectations from what I heard from you and others on older Royal Caribbean ships. I hope this is a good outlook for 2025 cruising.
We were on that cruise with you. Agree on the bacon and the pizza! I found the main dining room hit or miss, though. Chicken cordon blue was absolutely terrible, pasta was way overcooked. Overall, I'd say it was "fine".
@@debrascott8775that’s so funny we were on the same cruise lol. The chicken I didn’t have. But it’s weird I guess each dinner service was hit or miss I also heard that some times had better quality food than other times. It was also cool to get a peek of the icon of the seas being docked next to it.
We are taking the Ascent from Ft Lauderdale to Rome from Easter to May 5. Then staying onboard for a great itinerary for 11 more days. We disembark May 16; enjoy your June cruise a bit later!
Thanks for the update and you're so right as Princess Cruises to Alaska cost quite a bit more than last year and get less on the Royal Princess in May 2025.
Lovely video. Service and quality won’t change until people stop taking cruises and paying for them. Doubt that will happen. I’m looking at Celebrity given your high praise and noticed they are owned by RC as is Silver Sea ultra lux line. Have you cruised with them or are you planning one? Would love to see you both review them. Much good health and happiness for 2025 to you both. Love your content! 😊
We have never been on a cruise of 57 yrs of life. It is hard to imagine how you can afford to travel so much. The time and expense would be a killer. The ships most people can afford are not worth it so we live through your eyes. Thank you for your content guys.
They make a lot from the UA-cam which pays for the cruises (tax deductible) and gives them a living. They are the best cruise reviewer UA-camrs, so deserve the success and put a ton of effort into video quality and editing (I do it on my channel and can tell you they are spending a lot of time making these videos and also they use good equipment, full frame cameras etc.)
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Corporate greed. Taking more and more from customers and their employees and given more to their shareholders and CEOs. It’s disgusting and I’m glad you made this video. Keep it up! More customers need to complain and make videos too!!
And they support the greed by going on over priced cruises paid for by donors that can't afford to cruise anymore.
@ No, they go on cruises with money the EARNED by filming and editing videos that actually take a lot of work. People who love their content pay them so they can produce more. They also get paid via Ads. You pay for Netflix or cable or a movie ticket, people pay them via patron for their content or entertainment (Whatever you want to call it.). They deserve to be paid for the entertainment they provide.
@ if you don’t like it, then don’t watch it or read the comments.
Justice for Luigi
@ I'll do what ever I want, and comment too...
Get over it putz.😂KMA.
We’ve stopped traveling on the major cruise lines and now we only go on Viking. You pay one price upfront and you get excellent service, clean ships, no up charges, better itineraries, one free excursion per stop and the food is really good.
Plus no stinky casinos 🎉😂❤
No kids either
Will definitely look them up. Thank you
@@fionacharrington7709forgive my ignorance, but why is the casino stinky?
@@skyes7369 from cigarette smoke
I’ve never gotten “negative” vibes from you guys. Just honesty and you guys being realistic. It’s why I watch you guys! You’re my favorite channel to watch for cruises because you don’t sugar coat things to get gifted cruises and stuff like that
I don't know if this would be a popular request, but often smaller, older ships are less expensive. That's where my budget is nowadays. I can't afford the newer larger ships. So I wish you would try, say, the Radiance class of Royal Caribbean, just to see if that cost is worth it. See what shape the ships are in. That sort of thing. Thanks.
I would enjoy something like this as well.
I would like that too.
I tried Brilliance Of The Seas and I tried the bigger ship the Ovation and liked both, the one I liked the most was Brilliance I had a great cruise on her she has the edge over Ovation I like the smaller ship experience
They do that already! Quite a few older and smaller ship reviews on their channel, like the Norwegian Epic and Explorer of the Seas. They are NOT good. They said the best maintained older ships are Disney’s and those are not budget friendly.
@@tanishagordon2516 I saw a review of a Smaller Greek ship, don´t remember the name of the company. That was quite good.
Thank you for your honest assessment. I realize that many cruise lines are hoping for new customers as new customers are often the lifeblood of a company. But if your existing customer base is unhappy due to cuts in service with a rise in cost, you will simply go around in circles and loose your loyal customers for good.
As a wife of a former senior employee with RCCL, I caution the idea that the newer ships have better food. As you should know, inaugural cruises and cruises on a ships first few months are NOT reflective of its current food quality. There is a completely different budget for those sailings.
Agreed. They guys should go back on the inaugural ships they sailed after a year of so to see how they treat the rest of us.
All the Royal Caribbean food now is almost in edible. It's so much different than it used to be it's a shame you can't tell me that they weren't making money back in the 80s and 90s they could do it back then why can't they now?
How times have changed ..I remember formal nights on Royal Caribbean when you could have as many lobsters as you wanted in the main dining room...i recall one person eating 13 😂
Thank you both for your entertaining HONEST assessments. 😊
That must have been a long long time ago because I have never seen such a thing ever from RCI.
It's all nickle and diming for even one lobster tail.
@@Zombie-Tog that’s gluttony.
Main dining experience goes down to get people to pay for more specialty dining that’s been hiked up! That’s my guess!
Totally!! NCL is the worst for this. MDR is nearly inedible but their Specialty is amazing.
I'm so sick of cruise lines using the "We lost money during COVID, so we need to recoup our money somehow" excuse for upcharging everything and cutting services for a lot of things. COVID hasn't been a
PHEIC for almost 2 years now.
@@Jamesszy94 and some people will never recoup what they lost during Covid.
The loans they took out in covid are like telephone numbers
Just catching up after a month away with a 16 night cruise with Oceania through the Panama Canal on the Nautica. It rings so true what you’re saying about cutting back especially on the older ships. Sadly the hard sell of luxury and “ finest cuisine at sea “ didn’t live up to the hype! We payed a premium to sail with this line and yesterday we lodged a formal complaint with the company regarding their failures and omissions. It’s all due to learning from experience and following you lovely lads that’s given us the confidence to have our voices heard, thank you xx
Just catching up after a month away with a 16 night cruise with Oceania through the Panama Canal on the Nautica. It rings so true what you’re saying about cutting back especially on the older ships. Sadly the hard sell of luxury and “ finest cuisine at sea “ didn’t live up to the hype! We payed a premium to sail with this line and yesterday we lodged a formal complaint with the company regarding their failures and omissions. It’s all due to learning from experience and following you lovely lads that’s given us the confidence to have our voices heard, thank you xx . We won’t travel with them again and our next cruise will be back with Celebrity ( which we loved)
Thank you so much for your unbiased cruises information. Love your videos!
Thanks for posting another excellent video! Ben and David are absolutely right. After 29 years of cruising, I completely agree with Ben and David’s take. Overworked staff, declining ship upkeep, and constant nickel-and-diming for what used to be included are impossible to ignore. At some point, the rule of supply and demand will catch up with the cruise lines, but it's going to take a long time. I definitely agree that Celebrity does a great job at their price point.
I could listen to you two talk about virtually any topic for hours.
Thanks for the update!! Your home is amazing!!
Gentlemen, you do an outstanding job explaining the full story of cruising. Your presentations have authenticity and are my go-to for cruise news and perspective. Thanks so much.
Ich bin heute von der MSC Preziosa zurück gekommen und ich muss wirklich sagen das ich positiv überrascht war, das Essen wirklich sehr gut, Entertainment war super, genau so wie der Service und die kabine wird 2 mal täglich gereinigt und man muss bedenken das die woche nur 400€ inklusive Getränkepaket gekostet hat und dafür war es traumhaft
I love your Christmas decorations in the background 😍
What a gorgeous home and you seem to have a beautiful sense of style! Love all of the gorgeous decor and clean lines! Congratulations on your new home!
Now back to the cruise info parts. Just wanted to comment on your new home! It's gorgeous!
Excellent issue, I totally agree having noticed a big difference since we started cruising 22 yrs ago, like you we still love it but it is such a shame to see the difference,
I remember when Carnival was actually high class…
Thank you for this video. It goes far beyond the Cruise industry. It's an attitude of business right now in general. The Cruise business is an example of the type of canary in the coal mine business. When you have a business that truly needs to catar to its customers as much as this one does and you see them outright striping customer service away it's alarming. Would you mind if I posted this on these companies Facebook and X pages? They should know people are looking and they are not pleased.
On a side note, love your home and that tree is absolutely gorgeous
I REALLLLLY hope all of these cruise line owners/corporate people watch this because your thoughts are absolutely spot on! Went on first RC cruise (Freedom) and just to get a drinks package for an 8 day cruise, would have cost us more than TWELVE HUNDRED BUCKS WITH a 30% discount. That is absolutely NUTS! It's enough to turn me off from cruising with them again. Our Norwegian status includes the drinks package, on board credit, specialty restaurant discount, and discounts for excursions. Plus the ships are sooo clean.
We did a 21 day cruise on MSC from Rome to Miami and loved it. Though disappointed in the main dining room, we loved the buffet and the pizza was awesome. We will be doing Yacht Club in August and after 20 cruises on Royal, MSC is becoming our new fave. Love watching you guys. Hope to meet you some day on a cruise and Ben your looking fabulous
Leaving RCCL for MSC. Been with them a few times and they just get better at a realistic cost.
I was on the Crown Princess last Nov - Dec and all the food, staff & shows were AMAZING! Even the cruise director was fabulous!
I absolutely love watching you two! I always keep my eyes open for you when I go cruising. I'm a royal caribbean fan myself 🎉❤
I love your honesty, please keep it up 🤘
Love your channel. Been watching it for a couple of years now. I have an idea for a new merch saying. “As well, it’s complementary, as well “. I think that may be one of Ben’s favorite phrases. 😂❤
I loved your video and your comments. You are very honest and real. I am already booked on the MSC World America for June and in the Sun Princess for November 2025. I hope I run into you in any of the ships. I would love to meet you in person. Keep the videos coming!
Always appreciate your honesty and reviews. Thank you. Wishing you a very blessed year
That's the Christmas tree my wife wants, she's so jealous. 🎄
Thank you Ben and David.😊😊❤
This video was so on point omg! Major cutbacks have happened and not for the best
Celebrity and Disney are now at the top of our list after our first cruise. Disney does price itself out of the budget in most cases. We would not do a full drinks package again unless it was a group cruise. Good tip on the newer ships as well
Glad you liked Australia so much. Its a shame everything is going up in cost. Love the Christmas decorations in your new home. You were lucky to see the good side of Melbourne (like all countries they have their bad areas). Hope you had a good Christmas and new year. Looking forward to the new content for 2025.
David you look great, I will be doing my first cruise on Royal from Galveston in November. 😊
We have stopped cruising with RCL purely due to the food. I like to use speciality dining however it it because I choose to do it, not because I feel that I am forced into it by the bad quality and selection of food in the MDR
Agreed. We are the same, diamond status but won’t be sailing with Royal in a hurry. The food in the main dining room is poor and desserts around the ship very poor. The ambience hasn’t modernised at all, it is stuck in the 1990’s with waiters singing, napkin waving etc. It’s so cringey and outdated.
Love watching you two! Totally agree with your comments, my last trip on Princess wasn’t like it used to be but I did try my first Holland American ship, the Koningsdam and wow, food was the best I’ve ever had on any cruise ship!!
I have been cruising for years, but this year will be the first year we have not taken one. The prices have doubled since 2020 not only because of our low dollar but because of all the extra costs now added to cruising. Also, the cut back on the food and entertainment was a huge disappointment.
Cruise lines are pricing themselves out of business.
@@williamwatson689 have you checked Princess, MSC, or
Virgin.
The cruise line decision makers need to hear this. I always trust your reviews.
Cruise line decision makers see the net income and future booking levels and that’s about it.
OMG your home looks amazing decorated for Christmas Happy New Years guys so looking forward to what you will bring us in 2025
Please give Holland America a try. They are not new and shiny, but it’s not an old folks home like people claim. I like their live music scene, and their food and service were excellent in our experience.
Thanks for the updates. I am going on my first cruise in the Summer. I am going on an Alaskan cruise with Celebrity. I am excited. 💙💙
Your new home is so lovely. How nice to be close to family in such a beautiful setting. 😍
Thanks for keeping it real.
I am so agree with you and if the cruise line keeping this direction, they will loose customer in the future
Thank you for your honest reviews and really entertaining and informative videos. Looking forward to seeing what you are up to in 2025! Love you guys, you are great ❤
Totally agree with the Cruise Director comment. First cruise (Iona) where we didn't have a CD, and it felt like that main character was missing. Looking forward to the 2025 videos chaps! On Scarlett Lady & Arvia this year!
I noticed the lack of a CD too - pity.
loved your videos since stumbling upon you these past few months. Gone and booked 4 of the buggers 😂😂 2 P&O , one HAL and one Ambassador. The HAL is a Far East biggie 🎉 Looking forward to more of your videos too . Cheers guys ❤
Love you Ben and David!!! MUAH💋, can’t wait to watch all of your adventures this year!! Your channel is my happy place!💃💃
Lovely to see you Both 😊 wow exciting travels this year with all those New Cruise ships bring launched 😅
Some New destination for you this year ? Looking forward to very much to your adventures
Yes everything has got so expensive general costs ,but we noticed too the Bungalow parks, flights etc
Safe travels and take care 🥰
Beautiful home guys, so enjoy all your videos. Hopefully your cruises in 2025, will be great.❤️🇨🇦🎉🛳️
Aw guys. Looks like I am gonna miss you on the Disney Adventure as we are booked on the fourth cruise and not the maiden or the second cruise. 🙁
But happy to see you are happy to be spending two cruises on Adventure. Hope you release the videos before we go on it so we can avoid any potential hiccups and maximize our time on its best features. ❤
The new house looks amazing. Love your channel, honest, informative and entertaining. Keep doing you! X
Great recap of 2024 and excellent points about where the industry is. We normally use RC. The biggest thing we noticed on our last cruise was the food in the MDR wasn't what we we're used to. The staff were still wonderful. They do work very hard. Prices will continue to rise as long as the cruise lines continue to get full or nearly full ships. Thank you for all you do and please keep it up. BTW Love the way your new place looks. Seems like it would make it hard to leave. 🙂
Thank you always guys for your honest, unbiased opinions. They're much appreciated. Looking forward to going along with you on your adventures in 2025. 😊❤✌
Me too. Bend and David’s positivity is why I like them. You don’t have to be unpleasant just because you’re being honest about something
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@@cherylemmanuel744 I want to know if they question passengers as to which country they hail from before they single them out (on two separate vlogs) as abusive and rude Russians to their 290K subs and incite viewers in the comments to jump aboard the "Let's bash Russians too as abusive and rude people."
It's not up to viewers to take their word they know this to be the case and that these passengers aren't from Belarus or Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan or Uzbekistan or Turkey or Ukraine or Romania or any other Russian speaking country. It's the other way around.
It's not a good look when the only thing anyone can see from this angle are bigoted remarks based solely on their perceptions.
Hi David Hi Ben. Vielen Dank für die super tolle Information. Ich muss sagen das eure Weihnachts Deko ist bombastisch gefällt mir sehr gut 👍😊😊
Can't wait to see what you think of the Adventure. I'm a DCL person for sure.
This came up on a family conversation this weekend, we decided the best way to describe it is....If you are new to cruising and just starting out its likely you are going to be impressed and happy......if you have been cruising for the last 25 years then you are going to be unimpressed and probably not so happy. Cruising has moved from couples to families and at the end of the day this is how it will survive.
Its been families for a long time
@@TheJttv Nothing like it has over the past 2 or 3 years.
Your home looks beautiful and you both look so well, must be all that Aussie air you got😅 Love your content. Look forward to hearing all about your upcoming cruises.
I look forward to seeing your 2025 cruise videos!
I found your channel in 2024! Thx for all the amazing content. I don’t cruise myself, but have really enjoyed the content!
Ben, you're looking great, but I always thought that you did! You and David are literally the highlight of my week!
Magnanimous personalities, professionalism, phenomenal insight, your ability to transpose the Emglish language into American, (lol), and all of the witty banter has actually made me want to take a cruise for the very first time!
Congratulations on the new house, your future endeavors, and much love to you both!
From the Mississippi Gulf Coast!❤
Just wondering about Oceania? Couldn't find a review of them? Are y'all going to try that line?
Just curious.
I can't wait for my next cruise. I love you guys.
Awesome video as always guys! You definitely make valid points. My hubby and I are so excited about our cruises we have booked for this year, and we are even booked on Star Princess next year to Alaska too! Lots of things to look forward to. ☺️😎
Thanks for all you do!
Happy New Year! I truly enjoy your videos. Thank you.
Happy new year! Thanks so much ❤for
Hi guys!!! Your new house is so nice! I am so happy for you guys! Ben, your hair styled like this looks amazing!!!!! 😊
Love your videos. Keep up the great work.
So interesting Tysm for sharing the information You give great, honest details Your home is beautiful Much happiness💗🌈💗
Can’t wait for our transatlantic cruise in April/May on the Celebrity Ascent! Wish you guys were also along for all 14 days.
Agree with most of what you say, but did notice a few differences on Transatlantic Oasis October last year:
1) Went expecting food to be worse after seeing many videos but found it was better than on Celebrity Silhouette the year before which had been a disappointment.
2) Cruise price did not seem too bad to me. When booking Transatlantic on Allure for October this year I genuinely asked "Is that per person?" to then be told "No, that's for both of you." However was slightly disappointed that the on board credit was only $50. (yes we did book)
Huge fans here! My husband and I are taking his mother on her first ever cruise on the Aqua in March from Southhampton to Boston. Any chance we'll bump into yall on that cruise? 😉
Hi Ben and David great information, I think the turndown cut back will affect those with 4 in a cabin as the pull out beds will not get put away making cabins feel cramped . I also feel extra pay dinning is not on the basic ingredient of a cruise was good food at full board . Great videos guys looking forward to watching you in the coming year ❤
Appreciate your honest opinions. We,as consumers, need to have this information before we decide on a cruise.
so excited for cruising in 2025! going on the Disney Wonder to Alaska this year. 🎉
Ha ha. I’ve never seen a video fireplace above a fireplace! The new house looks great guys, love your Christmas decorations. Looking forward to watching you throughout 2025! All the best!
Thank you for a glimpse of your new home. It looks gorgeous and very you. I’m looking forward to watching you throughout 2025 and imagine it will be as entertaining as 2024. Best wishes Kath New Zealand
You both are such a delight to watch 😊 look forward to sunday morning. Your new home looks so pretty for Christmas too! ❤
I’m looking forward to carnivals private island/ area. Going there in early October. Can’t wait to see your reviews of this area
your home is beautiful. enjoyed this video and looking forward to seeing your cruises in 2025
Beautiful Christmas decorations!! Can’t wait for a great 2025 with your channel! Enjoy!
Beautiful home and beautiful Christmas decor! Such good taste guys! ❤❤❤ love you guys and your channel! 🎉
Hey Ben and David. Know I’ve said many times but absolutely love your home. You both have great style. $1/ dish? If prices are going to increase well expect to see continued shows, food, service etc. But not appealing when costs go up and quality, quantity etc goes down. You’re right guys. Everything going up everywhere. Great tips and insight. Thanks so much. Grand week to you both🤗
Have you been on a Disney Alaska cruise?
I really like your videos. The quality of them is top notch. I’m looking forward to your 2025 new cruise ship videos. I just watched your Castaway Cay video and loved the drone video parts.
Your home is gorgeous!
Ben and David I just went on a cruise last week on Voyager of the Seas. I would like to think that they listened to you with the food. The main dining was excellent quality again. We ate at the main dining each night and it was always delicious and plentiful. All the food across the ship was great with one exception. The bacon for breakfast at the windjammer was overcooked and hard. The rest of the breakfast food was great. The only cost cutting I saw was with the pizza. The slices were only about 2 inches wide at the crust so tiny. Overall the food exceeded my expectations from what I heard from you and others on older Royal Caribbean ships. I hope this is a good outlook for 2025 cruising.
We were on that cruise with you. Agree on the bacon and the pizza! I found the main dining room hit or miss, though. Chicken cordon blue was absolutely terrible, pasta was way overcooked. Overall, I'd say it was "fine".
@@debrascott8775that’s so funny we were on the same cruise lol. The chicken I didn’t have. But it’s weird I guess each dinner service was hit or miss I also heard that some times had better quality food than other times. It was also cool to get a peek of the icon of the seas being docked next to it.
Love to watch your cruises in 2025❤🎉
I agree. The included food on older ships is so bland and cheap. My first cruise might just be my last. Diamond Princess as done me in. 😥
Love watching your videos thank you for your reviews from watching my friend and I are going on Celebrity Ascent in June 2025 can’t wait 😁
We are taking the Ascent from Ft Lauderdale to Rome from Easter to May 5. Then staying onboard for a great itinerary for 11 more days. We disembark May 16; enjoy your June cruise a bit later!
Thanks for the update and you're so right as Princess Cruises to Alaska cost quite a bit more than last year and get less on the Royal Princess in May 2025.
@@stormbringeram we did Discovery Princess in June to Alaska.
Love your fireplace! 💛🔥💛
Your home is so cozy! ❤
Love your cruise vlogs! Any chance you might do an Azamara or Seabourn cruise in 2025?
Would you ever consider doing a mid size ship? A review of Azamara would be amazing.
I did an Azamara cruise last year, it was an overpriced, tired old tub, food was ordinary, entertainment abysmal. Never again!
Thank you guys love your channel and I love your honest reviews
Lovely video. Service and quality won’t change until people stop taking cruises and paying for them. Doubt that will happen. I’m looking at Celebrity given your high praise and noticed they are owned by RC as is Silver Sea ultra lux line. Have you cruised with them or are you planning one? Would love to see you both review them. Much good health and happiness for 2025 to you both. Love your content! 😊
We have never been on a cruise of 57 yrs of life. It is hard to imagine how you can afford to travel so much. The time and expense would be a killer. The ships most people can afford are not worth it so we live through your eyes. Thank you for your content guys.
They make a lot from the UA-cam which pays for the cruises (tax deductible) and gives them a living. They are the best cruise reviewer UA-camrs, so deserve the success and put a ton of effort into video quality and editing (I do it on my channel and can tell you they are spending a lot of time making these videos and also they use good equipment, full frame cameras etc.)
Love your work guys....we agree that cruising is great value...xx