I so agree with you Emma re the gratuities. They should just build it into the fare and pay the staff properly. You can then tip on top if you get really good service.
Princess cruises leaving and arriving back to Aus ports don't have gratuities added as we Aussies don't tip as a rule. They add gratuities to our fares. So much easier to know we don't have to worry about what's coming off our credit cards!
I can also vouch for Enjoy The Wood, I purchased my map about 9 months ago after admiring yours for so long… I splurged on the backlit version and everyone who sees it, wants one 👍
Hello Emma from Western Australia…I’ve just done a 10 day cruise to New Zealand from Sydney on Royal Caribbean Ovation of the seas, it was fabulous!! I’d love to repeat it again in March 2025 but the cost has doubled!! Unbelievable increase. I sailed solo in a partially obstructed balcony stateroom, it was perfect. Unless the price comes down significantly in the next few months I will have to forget about it. Unfortunately I arrived home with Covid, but I won’t blame them, although I would have liked a directive for people to wear masks if they were coughing. I found out on departure day whilst sitting with hundreds of others waiting our turn to disembark that Covid was rampant. I wore my mask for my protection but alas too late!
Watching on replay. Last time I cruised I decided to ask for a table on my own. Really needed non people time. I am a solo cruiser and I've done the shared table thing. It wasn't weird being on my own at a table for one but it was when I had a shared table and everyone else went to the show one night so I sat at a table for 8 on my own!
Helloooo, it says on the product that you can, I've not tried it myself other than moving things when I realised I put them in the wrong place... ha ha!
Emma, sorry I missed the live. Catch up is almost as good😂. Hint on an Emma priced cruise I just booked...STAR PRINCESS, Aug 4, 2025. Only paid for tax/port fees and a deposit, which comes back as obc.
Are you doing the loop from Seattle or Vancouver to Alaska or are you starting it ending in Seward or Whittier(Anchorage)? I live in Alaska which is why I’m curious 😊
Heya at Emma! I love your content and it actually made me want to go on a cruise! Did you know there's a comic con convention on cruises? There's even one that's gonna have George Takei!
Watched the live afterword. Love your channel. I am from a small town in Saskatchewan, Canada 🇨🇦 USA and Canada changed time on the same day. However, Saskatchewan does not change our time. We stay on Central Standatd Time.
If you decide to do a Hudson audio book, Dan’s mother (my sister) is an absolutely amazing voiceover professional who has been coaching voiceover students for decades!
Would love to know if you have ever been on P&O Aurora and any tips? Booked to go for 12 nights October 2025 to do Northern Lights cruise. First ever cruise and my bucket list destination
Don’t worry, we have a waitlist for the next version here: EmmaCruises.com/HudsonToy if you enter your email I’ll email you when the new version is ready to buy 😀🙏❤️
I often bring some Filipino snacks in addition to American chocolates and give them to our cabin steward to share our as many of the stewards are Filipino. If not...chocolates.
We live in Europe and high class swiss chocolate, which we usually give as an extra to whoever we think deserves it, is always a very nice treat. We usually have some 100gram bars along.
I heard that some cruise lines are now forbidding their crewmembers from accepting any food items due to people tampering with the food and making the crewmembers sick.
Hellooo! If you go to EmmaCruises.com and enter your email for my free course. That should give you an idea on where to start, my free emails will then talk about how to book, what to do onboard etc. ☺👍🏼
That's really not why. It's agricultural thing. Arizona is one of the only states that doesn't recognize it...yeah was actually a farming thing. They needed more daylight. For work purposes, so it had nothing to do with children getting on the bus. 😅
Hellooo! If you go to EmmaCruises.com and download my free guide it compares all major cruise lines on things like dining, entertainment etc. That should give you an idea on where to start, my free emails will then talk about how to book, what to do onboard etc. ☺️👍🏼 We are here to help too! Https://emmacruises.com/book-a-cruise/ 🥳🥳
Hi. Do you watch Brogan Tate, She is on a 60 day cruise from Auckland to Southampton and her and her now husband got married on the ship off of Australia.
I so agree with you Emma re the gratuities. They should just build it into the fare and pay the staff properly. You can then tip on top if you get really good service.
We can dream haha! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Princess cruises leaving and arriving back to Aus ports don't have gratuities added as we Aussies don't tip as a rule. They add gratuities to our fares. So much easier to know we don't have to worry about what's coming off our credit cards!
Absolutely. P&O cruises UK also include gratuities in the fare and it’s so much better.
@@susieturner3243exactly! I was just about to say the same thing. Minimum wage in Australia 🇦🇺 about $22-25 per hour. No tips required.
I can also vouch for Enjoy The Wood, I purchased my map about 9 months ago after admiring yours for so long… I splurged on the backlit version and everyone who sees it, wants one 👍
Oooo that's so cool. Thanks for letting me know! I love mine :)
So glad you were able to get on the Sun. Don did a great job! Loved ❤ the picture of you guys!
That is so fun that you were able to get on the Sun and meet all those other people.
We agree, Emma, regarding the Main Dining Room…Skirts are just shorts without legs sewn in.
Love your channel Emma. Hope to meet you on a cruise one day. Thank you for all your reviews, they really have helped me to choose cruises.
Thanks so much, so glad I’ve helped!! ❤❤
My wife and I enjoying your blogs with plenty of important info and also video footage. Keep well and many more fun cruises . ☀️🍹
Thank you! 😁❤
Hello Emma from Western Australia…I’ve just done a 10 day cruise to New Zealand from Sydney on Royal Caribbean Ovation of the seas, it was fabulous!! I’d love to repeat it again in March 2025 but the cost has doubled!! Unbelievable increase. I sailed solo in a partially obstructed balcony stateroom, it was perfect. Unless the price comes down significantly in the next few months I will have to forget about it. Unfortunately I arrived home with Covid, but I won’t blame them, although I would have liked a directive for people to wear masks if they were coughing. I found out on departure day whilst sitting with hundreds of others waiting our turn to disembark that Covid was rampant. I wore my mask for my protection but alas too late!
Watching on replay. Last time I cruised I decided to ask for a table on my own. Really needed non people time. I am a solo cruiser and I've done the shared table thing. It wasn't weird being on my own at a table for one but it was when I had a shared table and everyone else went to the show one night so I sat at a table for 8 on my own!
Awesome live! Thank you. Question: Can you remove the stickers and re-apply them? Say if you were moving houses?
Helloooo, it says on the product that you can, I've not tried it myself other than moving things when I realised I put them in the wrong place... ha ha!
I enjoy your commentary on cruising.
Thank you! 😁❤️
Another Canadian here! We used to change clocks at the same time as the UK and it changed a few years back. 😊
🚢We're going on our first cruise in April! To commemorate we bought a map! Can't wait to get it. Love your work!
Oooo exciting!!! Have a great time! 🥳🥳 Thank you! 😁❤️
So sorry to have missed the live, I was in a 4 day Conference and no chance to join in.
Emma, sorry I missed the live. Catch up is almost as good😂. Hint on an Emma priced cruise I just booked...STAR PRINCESS, Aug 4, 2025. Only paid for tax/port fees and a deposit, which comes back as obc.
Ooo Have a great time! 🥳🥳
Are you doing the loop from Seattle or Vancouver to Alaska or are you starting it ending in Seward or Whittier(Anchorage)? I live in Alaska which is why I’m curious 😊
Heya at Emma! I love your content and it actually made me want to go on a cruise! Did you know there's a comic con convention on cruises? There's even one that's gonna have George Takei!
Watched the live afterword. Love your channel. I am from a small town in Saskatchewan, Canada 🇨🇦 USA and Canada changed time on the same day. However, Saskatchewan does not change our time. We stay on Central Standatd Time.
Ooo that is interesting! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
If you decide to do a Hudson audio book, Dan’s mother (my sister) is an absolutely amazing voiceover professional who has been coaching voiceover students for decades!
I just ordered an EnjoyTheWood large World Map (Mystery Prime). Thanks for the discount code!
Oooo exciting!!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Would love to know if you have ever been on P&O Aurora and any tips? Booked to go for 12 nights October 2025 to do Northern Lights cruise. First ever cruise and my bucket list destination
EECC Travels has the wood-look map. They probably saw yours.
How do you get on the Hudson waiting list? I don’t see a link.
Don’t worry, we have a waitlist for the next version here: EmmaCruises.com/HudsonToy if you enter your email I’ll email you when the new version is ready to buy 😀🙏❤️
What's your opinion on the UK canal boats? Across England and Wales are 2,000 miles of canals still in operation (canal river trust) since the 1800's
CruisingTheCut is my source for all things canal! Looks cool to me :)
I understand you did the Greek Island cruise with Celebrity Infinity. Was the seas stormy in March as concerned about motion sickness? Thanks
Nope it was sooooooo calm, one of the calmest cruises I’ve been on for sure. ❤
I understood that room stewards were not supposed to take anything out of the rooms
I’m looking forward to your vlog on celebrity.
Thank you! 😁❤️
is it expensive to cruise solo?
Love your vids Emma.
Thank you!
I often bring some Filipino snacks in addition to American chocolates and give them to our cabin steward to share our as many of the stewards are Filipino. If not...chocolates.
Love that!!
We live in Europe and high class swiss chocolate, which we usually give as an extra to whoever we think deserves it, is always a very nice treat.
We usually have some 100gram bars along.
I heard that some cruise lines are now forbidding their crewmembers from accepting any food items due to people tampering with the food and making the crewmembers sick.
I have a wood map also/ it is great
🇨🇦 Great show
Oh. It's the maps. 😊
Yessssss, woohoo. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Any chance the next Captain Hudson could be dressed like a British tar, or a pirate?
Haha! :-)
You should be a guest lecturer on a Cruise Ship sometime.
Noooo I can't public speak, my voice shakes and I panic and ew ew ew no. Haha. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Yes I believe they were banned.
Would like to know how to find last minute cheap cruises?
Hellooo! If you go to EmmaCruises.com and enter your email for my free course. That should give you an idea on where to start, my free emails will then talk about how to book, what to do onboard etc. ☺👍🏼
Time change is primarily so the little kiddies don't get run over waiting for their school busses in the dark of winter.
Holy cow, someone knows what the time change was originally meant for! That's cool. We do need to keep them same!
Haha, Fair enough 😀❤️
That's really not why. It's agricultural thing. Arizona is one of the only states that doesn't recognize it...yeah was actually a farming thing. They needed more daylight.
For work purposes, so it had nothing to do with children getting on the bus. 😅
QUESTION: Are you going to cruise on the Sun Princess?
I hope to! ❤🎉
You will need change in London for public toilets. I like to have $100 in my pocket, just in vase.
I don't think I've paid to use a toilet in the UK in yeaaaaaars, I wouldn't know where to find the paid for ones, do they still exist?!
Train stations have to have them for free now so that's usually my go to.
Nice good morning 🎉🎉❤❤ my sumpose
Question: Should the next Hudson be holding a cookie?
LOVE THAT!!
....."I'm in love with a shipper". ❤😂
😂
What, haha. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Who would you rec,ommend to book with for a weeks cruise deal…..x
Hellooo! If you go to EmmaCruises.com and download my free guide it compares all major cruise lines on things like dining, entertainment etc. That should give you an idea on where to start, my free emails will then talk about how to book, what to do onboard etc. ☺️👍🏼 We are here to help too! Https://emmacruises.com/book-a-cruise/ 🥳🥳
Hi. Do you watch Brogan Tate, She is on a 60 day cruise from Auckland to Southampton and her and her now husband got married on the ship off of Australia.
I do!! Love Brogan :D
Surely there's no such thing as a _British-ism_ ?
There are only American_isms...!
Na, most of them when I look into them we are the ones that changed it 😅😅