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Post by Honoured Guest on Aug 31, 2016 11:13:24 GMT
My father and stepmother went on several cruises.
Perhaps their principal personal highlight was a talk by Bernard Ingham, although they also proudly show their photo, dressed for dinner, with the Captain.
The lowest point was when the ship lurched dramatically to one side, during an event in the main hall. They luckily escaped injury because they were seated beside a wall which they were tipped onto, but three passengers were hospitalised after contact with the runaway piano.
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Post by djdan14 on Sept 6, 2016 9:15:20 GMT
I'm currently on Harmony of the Seas and saw the show which was Grease last night and I have definitely seen worse in a stationary theatre let alone one that was moving. It was a 90 minute straight through version so there was some chopping but all the main parts still there.
The theatre is a better standard than many I've been in and has all the bells and whistles, such as lifts and people coming down from the fly space and automated scenery etc. The set was very Legally Blonde at the curve. I took a picture for anyone who's interested.
I've noticed Royal Carribean seem to have a thing for film versions of musicals that John Travolta has been in. They currently have Saturday Night Fever, Grease, and Hairspray across their various ships.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 10:00:32 GMT
I'm currently on Harmony of the Seas and saw the show which was Grease last night and I have definitely seen worse in a stationery theatre let alone one that was moving. It was a 90 minute straight through version so there was some chopping but all the main parts still there. The theatre is a better standard than many I've been in and has all the bells and whistles, such as lifts and people coming down from the fly space and automated scenery etc. The set was very Legally Blonde at the curve. I took a picture for anyone who's interested. I've noticed Royal Carribean seem to have a thing for film versions of musicals that John Travolta has been in. They currently have Saturday Night Fever, Grease, and Hairspray across their various ships. I'd love to see that picture
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Post by djdan14 on Dec 3, 2016 19:38:17 GMT
I'd love to see that picture As you requested! Sorry it took so long I've just worked out how to do pictures on here and Grease is fresh in my mind after today
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2016 1:18:39 GMT
I'd love to see that picture As you requested! Sorry it took so long I've just worked out how to do pictures on here and Grease is fresh in my mind after today That's looks pretty cool. By the way how do you actually do pictures on here?
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Post by djdan14 on Dec 4, 2016 8:11:22 GMT
That's looks pretty cool. By the way how do you actually do pictures on here? [/quote] I did it through the Tapatalk app.
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Post by barricadegirl86 on Dec 4, 2016 8:45:37 GMT
I find cruises outrageously pretentious, where you have to dress to go to dinner, I don't even dress to go to the theatre, so why would I dress for the theatre! I don't like the way how everything is organised, where you are off the boat at 9am and 'herded' back on the boat by 6pm. Where you get searched for alcohol before you get on, so that they can sell you inflated priced liquor, which they buy at duty free prizes and once inside you're hassled to spurned money like on the lottery or photo done with the captain. All a bit like a human zoo for me. Not for me, I guess I am one that will never sit at the captains table. My in-laws go on cruises a lot. I think there is still the opinion among the 60+ age bracket that they are for the more affluent of their age range (it's all about dressing for dinner and hopefully being asked to sit in the Captain's Table). Wouldn't be my idea of a holiday! They got back a few weeks ago and I asked what the entertainment was like as I'd heard some West End actors occasionally make an appearance. As I suspected they hadn't really seen any shows but said the one performer they had seen was Darren Day. They said he was good but didn't know who he was.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2016 12:36:32 GMT
I'd love to go on the Celebrity Solstice. I've seen a documentary about it on the Discovery Channel's "Mighty Cruise Ships", and not only is it a very luxurious ship, the route is also amazing. It visits a bunch of the great cities of Australia, it also goes to Indonesia and New-Zealand. But I guess I'll have to save a lot of money first.
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