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If it helps I found the trains in La Spezia to be more clean, modern and efficient than UK trains. If you aren’t sure you could do a ferry trip around the villages instead?

No, movement is minimal on a river cruise, you may feel a slight tilt when the ship is taking a bend in the river but it’s nothing like an ocean cruise for movement. On Tui the dress code is relaxed. Evenings you can wear smart casual, like you’d wear at home to go out for a meal or to the pub. The captain’s dinner is one evening when you’d dress a little smarter but nothing like an ocean cruise formal. For men, it would be a collared shirt and trousers, no tie or jacket required. We cruised the Rhine at the beginning of October, it was sunny but jeans and jumper required with the odd t-shirt day. Hope this helps!

Our pleasure! Thank you for taking the time to comment. We hope our video was useful.

I believe a day pass is only valid for the day rather a 24 hours period

Wonderful! That makes us happy 😃 so glad our video helped. It is really straightforward. Since we created the video, the ticket prices have slightly changed and are based on the time of year you’re visiting (still cheaper than cruise excursion 😉) but we would recommend checking the price online to ensure you don’t get a surprise when you arrive at the ticket office. Have a great time!

Yes, we agree

We did, it’s at 11:08 on the video 😁

Thank you for watching 😁

We stayed in an AirBnB, hotels were so expensive!

@@CruiseLifestyle link to your airbnb? :)

We wouldn’t recommend it was overpriced, loose tiles, faulty toilet. Location good. www.booking.com/Share-lsp6Dl1

Sorry I’m not sure

Thank you so much!!

@@CruiseLifestyle You're very welcome! 😊 You truly deserve all the appreciation-your work is always fantastic!

If I remember rightly, we’d been eating lots of salad in the run up to this cruise 😂 so that might be why we didn’t choose many! You can always get salad items in the buffet during lunch and dinner.

That’s a sign you enjoyed the food! I agree with you, such a great variety of choice available on Arvia.

@CruiseLifestyle we saw a woman in Cherbourg moaning how crap the ship was because she ordered ice to her cabin and it never came. She also was complaining about waiting 5vmibs for the lift. 5000 people on board, there's always the stairs. Honestly you can't please some people. I would have been happy staying on that amazing ship all 5 days.

@@markenetube some people will always find something to complain about. I remember hearing someone moaning that they didn’t think the corn flakes were Kelloggs in the buffet. What I’ve learnt to do is make my own mind up about things and it sounds like you do the same.

It was a really good size for the two of us. You could have the window open if you wanted but you’d have to keep the blind up.

The good news is you can do that with Princess Cruises.

Thank you!

It definitely suits us, we used it more than a regular cabin.

I understand that lots of ships have single beds that can then zip together to join and this means it can be flexible depending on what people want. I’m glad that they were able to sort that for you when you requested it. I don’t recall ever having single duvets on a river ship but I have come across it in European hotels so I’m wondering if that’s the reason? As Riviera is mainly British (some Australian) you would think the duvets would be doubles. Hope it didn’t cause too much uncomfort - sounds like you still enjoyed the cruise overall.

@@CruiseLifestyleThanks Laura. Sorted and no overall problem. We loved the cruise. it was just that it appeared we were requesting something which was not the norm to them which we thought should be. 😊

We didn’t experience any rough seas as we cruised around Croatia so the sea was pretty calm - sorry!

Glad it was helpful! Have a wonderful cruise 😁

Not long to wait - enjoy the food!!!

It is, the proposed cap at 8k passengers is still too much in my opinion. Our original plan was to take the ferry to Oia like you did but when we arrived, the first ferry didn’t leave for 1.5hrs and the cable car was quiet. I wouldn’t want to visit in the high of the season!

Absolutely! We’re pleased we did the local bus. In Fira we did spot a company selling tickets for a bus to Oia for €25!

It was very pretty, especially in Oia. Definitely a destination to visit at least once!

@@CruiseLifestyle very beautiful ❤️

It’s great fun isn’t it!

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for the recommendation, we’ve just visited Herculaneum and found it really interesting with some artefacts in the small museum on site.

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for sharing, the price is good and I’ve heard the breakfast is very nice 👌🏼

Thank you, you’re only in the tunnel for 20-30 minutes so other than that there’s always a view.

Our pleasure!

No tour guides have the same access as the public. Pompeii has very little information around the site so a tour guide is helpful to show you the things you may walk passed/miss/not understand

@@CruiseLifestyle oh...ok. I got it. Thanks

@@northernrails4462 thank you, I would happily do it again!

@@CarnivalCruiseAddicts thank you, we’re glad you found it useful 😍

Thanks Angela, this was our first time on the Eurostar so it was an interesting experience. We would definitely like to do more train journeys around Europe in particular. Do you have any recommendations?

@@CruiseLifestyle We're going to Switzerland and we're travelling on the Glacier Express, Gold Pass Express and Bernina Express. I think we'll have some fantastic scenery. The train in Alaska from Denali to Talkeetna is stunning as is the train out of Agua Calientes to Cusco after the 4 day hike to Machu Picchu. Memorable other train trips have been the overnight trains in India and Egypt.

To be honest it’s a bit hit or miss, it’s worked well on on one cruise and not on another

@CruiseLifestyle Thanks for that information. Your video and information about the Enchanted is one of the best I've seen.

Well that’s harsh!

Thanks for your insight and engagement 😜

You're welcome!

The Retreat is an adult-only area but no fee, The Sanctuary nearby at the very front is accessed for a fee. Not sure which area with the retractable roof you mean?

@@CruiseLifestyle Whichever is free lol

Thank you so much for watching, I’m glad you found it useful. Hope you have a wonderful time on Arvia and enjoy exploring the ports 👍

@@CruiseLifestyle Thank you so much for your wishes. We are looking forward to it.