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Originally Posted by susie123
We have been on three cruises and loved it. You don't have to go on a ship that is umpteen storeys high with several thousand passengers. There are plenty of smaller ships around that are small enough to go where the big ships can't. We have been above the Arctic Circle twice.
Surely being told where and when you are going to put unto port - you choose a cruise for the ports of call - well we do at least - and as for having your bags searched on re-embarking so that any illicit booze you bought ashore can be confiscated to make you pay inflated on board prices for drinks - that's news to me.
And the captain's table - you think that with that many passengers everyone gets a chance to do that - think again!
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I got an invitation to dine at the Captains table on the first cruise I went on, it was pushed under the cabin door, it just said to Mr John Farrer MBE on the envelope, it just so happened that I knew the purser from a buzz up the previous night so I showed him the invite, it appears there was another distinguished gentleman on board called Mr. John Farrar MBE I missed out on the top table for sake of an "e"
