I Took a 90s Themed Party Cruise - (With Unlimited Drinks)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- I’ve just disembarked a 3 night 90s themed cruise where we saw and did things that would be unthinkable on any other mainstream cruise. I originally booked this cruise way back in 2019, for years I’d promised my friends this amazed party filled with 90s bands and sunshine and fancy dress.
I’d bought 5 first timer cruisers on the cruise so I was feeling nervous, I hoped that they would enjoy it but there was a very real risk that this crazy cruise night put them off cruising for life. This was a very busy cruise and not a normal cruising experience, at all.
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I’m someone who has never and still doesn’t have any desire to cruise- but your channel is one of my number one comfort watches and just wanted to say as a disabled person the extent to which you make note of accessibility in near every video is SO appreciated. It should be the standard for reviewers of any kind but unfortunately isn’t, so it’s always really nice to see 🥰
Thanks so much, I always try my best and am keen to learn more if you ever have any ideas of things I should look out for etc! ❤️
Same here 😂❤
Can you imagine 30 years from now, Marella doing this throwback cruise about the 2020's? "Come take the covid cruise! MASKS REQUIRED! Enjoy the entertainment from the TV in your cabin! We will deliver your food to your cabin door for you!"
Oh my gosh ha ha...
Yea... on a half empty ship! Oh gosh.
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I'm not sure that would be a draw unless they didn't enforce the rules. Or did so spottily so you would feel like a truant.
Don't forget: 1 out of every 300 on board (to represent the US) will die.
"Does anyone know what this is for?" Yes! It is a pocket in the wall so that when you open your cabin door, you don't bang the inside door handle into the wall. Instead it swings into the pocket! 😀
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I've also seen the cabin attendants store doorstop wedges in these small pockets. On turnover days they were used to prop cabin doors open while cleaning to make moving about easier.
Emma knows how to make you feel old - talking about the 90s like its ancient history!😛
Come on now. The 90s were like 15 years ago.
Emma Makes me feel old too and there’s a good reason for that because I am old, being born in the 60s
In the US we call the 2000s the millenniums
To be honest I'm sure nothing before 1994 actually existed and you guys are all just making it up to convince me... 😂😂
@@awatsycamorefarmnearsiouxf7526 just to be difficult and different. That's America all over.
Emma looks great as Velma. Also I love how she mentions her search for Pepsi Max. Things like that can be deal breakers for me lol
Should have been clear Pepsi for the 90s theme
@@JaredConnell both where 90's as possible.
OMG you totally nailed Velma, that was awesome.
Emma, I've been on that ship twice when it was the Legend of the Seas. The question you ask at 3:19 is a recess for the door handle to prevent damage to the wall from the handle when the door is opened all the way. I think it also allows the door to open as wide as possible. As an American I don't know any of those bands but sounds like you had a great time. Love the Naughties designation for the 2000's.
Just want to say that I've never been on a cruise, but I love your channel. You do such a good job of showing the pros and cons of the different cruises, and you have such a pleasant way of presenting. I could easily see you doing this on tv. I would like to take a river cruise, one day, or send my dad on a cruise, and your channel is so full of valuable information - I'm feeling more and more that being able to cruise is viable on a budget. Thanks for the great content!
Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Loved your comment about us women needing pockets. Remember intending to buy a jacket for my outdoor tours. Couldn't find one with onside pockets. Ended up buying one for men...
A 90s cruise does look appealing. Thanks for the video. I wonder if any cruise line would do an 1890s themed cruise, that would be hilarious!
Royal Caribbean do! Or have done in the past :-)
Or an 1890s / steampunk cruise!
I’d prefer an Edwardian cruise, provided I could bring a valet, of course.
I literally just saw an add for "Ahoy Vintage Cruises." I think that the Queen Mary 2 is the best choice for these!
There’s always 80scruises going on but they sell out almost immediately
This looks amazingly fun! The Avril costume was 10/10
Thank you! Not sure what to do with it now... ha ha.
We just call this decade the 2000s.
This cruise looks like so much fun.
I like the naughys but never really caught on here in the US. 2000's is pretty much what I hear, but can be confusing as it sort of implies 2000-2099, just like we use the 1900's. Time will sort it out. Pretty hard to call what we are in the 20's since 20's to me implies gangsters and flapper girls.
Ive heard it "the aughts" sometimes lol
@@1975lap I think that too when I say the 20s. Like Roaring 20s.
Loved the video Emma. I would have utterly hated the cruise but the sight of people partying without masks, social distancing or any other covid restriction put a smile on my face.
yes what a privilage it is to not wear a mask that's what living the good life is all about!
@@oliverbrown8038 you won't live long though, lol
you love watching people kill themselves ?
It’s amazing you’re allowed to film shows. You do such a good job, it’s obvious other cruise lines are missing the free publicity.
Yeah it's just the copyright of the music mostly I think! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
I been on many cruises & it’s because the music is copyrighted so any video can’t be sold.
That 'cut-out' behind the cabin door is for the door handle to fit into so the door can go fully back to the inside wall.
I like that! :-)
That looked like a fun cruise! I remember the 90's. I graduated in 2000. Fun decade. As for the first decade of the 2000s, here in the States in general I think we've settled on the "aughts," which mirrors what we referred to the first decade of the 20th century as well. I remember as a kid hearing old timers referring to dates in the beginning of the 20th century as "back in aught 5..." or some such phrasing.
I think of the 2000s as the aughts, which is how I've routinely heard the 1900s referred to as. But I think the naughties sounds a lot more fun!
Glad you and your friends enjoyed the cruise and that they'll be cruising again. Hopefully they won't think their next one is too sedate.
The spelling "Naughties" in the video led me to to a research tangent. This sounded like a derivative of the word Naughty which lead me to wonder who were all these naughty people in Britain from 2000 to 2009 and why hadn't I heard about them here in the US? LOL! Wiktionary sums it up well though. Informal etymology of naughties is bad people or things. Formal etymology is first decade of a century. Alternative spelling is noughties. Wikipedia says that alternative spelling is proper British spelling. Derives from noughts = 00. Wikipedia also says aughts has been used to refer to the first decade of a century in the US and naughties probably derived from that here. It has never been in widespread use here. I am 57 and this is the first time I have even heard of this topic. Probably some cross use of both in US and Britain. I think most in the US just take 2000's to be the first decade of this century as recent as that was. "naughties" does sound a lot more fun.
I've never been on a cruise and I've really never even had the urge to, yet for some reason I found myself watching this video and thinking how fun this trip looks. nice work! you make it sound appealing
Same here
Went on an Australian P&O operated cruise in 2006, the casino was tiny but from memory there was a TAB (bookies) on board that was very busy. The casino on a royal carribean cruise I went on out of Australia was bigger than the P&O cruise. If you plan to cruise out of Australia, pick Royal Caribbean over the P&O cruises, the vibe on Royal Caribbean was heaps better than on the P&O cruises, I enjoyed it way more.
Aussies love gambling way too much.
I'm writing this at my local pub, betting on the nags lol
"It was not abnormal at all on our cruise to see people standing around the pool drinking at ten in the morning." That sounds like a pretty good cruise.
Omg when I was 12 having the Venga Boyz play at my birthday party was my dream! Of course they were huge back then so it remained just a dream. Seeing they were playing on this cruise has me back to my 12 year old self wondering where I can sign up for my dream concert! Looks like a great time Emma! Cheers!
Rewatching this while dream-mapping my first few cruises-- that solo price WITH drinks really is pretty great 😮❤
Yesss 😁🙌
Emma, the enthusiasm you bring to your videos is so wonderful. Keep up the great job. Love the wigs. All the best.
Thanks Hans! :-)
I'm from the States and 31 years old. Somehow I got really into Busted when I was a teenager and "Year 3000" was my favorite song. Imagine my surprise when, years later, everyone was claiming it was a Jonas Brothers song!
I love theme cruises. I did a KISS Kruise and it was amazing - probably the most fun I have had - ever!!
Oh wow!! That does sound like fun. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Looks like awesome fun!
I go on a metal music cruise every year, 70,000 Tons of Metal, and in some ways it's quite similar. It's on a Royal ship and they kept the Windjammer buffet open until at least 2 or 3 am like your pizza-place,, but they closed the buffet at around dinner-time which was weird. The pizza on ours was 24 hours as far as I could tell (I'm used to that from my Carnival cruises).
There's no free alcohol on board, though: it's probably the biggest-drinking cruise in the world and on its first year when they offered drink packages, they ran completely out of beer by the end of the second day. (!) Nowadays they stock extra beer in any vacant cabins that are available.
As is standard for U.S. cruises we had to be up and out by 8:30 am and off the ship by around 10 - 10:30. It'd be truly awesome if we could linger onboard until 2:30 because there are 60 bands on 4 stages, and each band performs twice...with some sets ending at around 6 am! Debark day tends to be pretty grueling.....
Cool video and not sure how Lady GA GA made the 90's themed cruise when she wasn't really relevant until the early 2000's, but I'm waiting for an 80's cruise that's the one I want to go down memory lane!!!! the 90's was fun but the 80's was EPIC, you had to be there to fully understand
I come here just to hear "fancy dress" :-) I would love to go on a 90s theme cruise.
That cruise looked so fun. So far off from such a vacation with little kids, but goals. Til than, our first ever cruise will probably be a Disney one.
Looks like a fun cruise!!
As for Australian cruises, I think you would really enjoy one - we usually have 3 sorts of cruises out of the east coast ports - Australian cruises, mostly to the Queensland/Great Barrier Reef ports. New Zealand cruises (beautiful spot!!!) and South Pacific cruises. The prime cruising season is in our summer, which might allow you to escape the northern hemisphere winter :)
And as for Australian gamblers, we do have some gambling issues with large licensed clubs having thousands of electronic poker machines... a real problem in some areas. I personally am not a fan of casinos or pokie machines etc but some people love to spend all their time and money in there.
Imagine going on a cruise and acting like it's an RSL Club🤔
Sad.
Emma I love your fun but truthful attitude towards the cruise’s you’re on.having been a DJ in that era it looks a lot of fun. And your hair style making this video looks lovely and really suits you. Thanks Tony.
I agree Tony
Interesting to see the ship, I worked 2 contracts on there when it was the Legend of the Seas. So much looks the same.
Never thought about ordering cocktails by their color. Will give it a go next time. Fun video!
Haha, it can work well, or badly!! :-)
Because you were curious, Emma, I did some research into P&O Australia's cruise ship casino sizes.
The casino offers blackjack, roulette, two kinds of poker, scratchies and bingo.
I can't find an easy size guide, but on the Pacific Explorer, the casino is on the lifeboat deck, the full width of the ship and two & a half lifeboats long. The big spiral staircase is smack in the middle of it.
On the two new ships, the Pacific Encounter and the Pacific Adventure, the casino is the full width and two and a bit lifeboats long again. The same length as a specialty restaurant.
marella crusies are great for any newbie cruiser, informal and relaxed, give you a good base of what can be done and how it goes, we have done a good 40 plus with the now, from 1 season old on the island escape, and onto the discovery’s and explorers , very often better than the p&o and princess ones we have done, just down to the crew and effort they make, plus they are smaller ships so the staff get to know you
Yeah, it's a good place to start I think :-)
Here in the states, the first decade of the 1900s was called the Aughts. I personally called the first decade of 2000 the Aughties, because it followed all these decades that ended in "ties", and I liked the consistency. Interestingly I still haven't figured out what to call the second decade in between the Aughties and the Twenties.
Aughties! Just the same as us without the N? Haha. But... 0 = naught? right? or aught? haha. I think the teens? ;D
@@EmmaCruises Yeah, just one of those cross pond differences. Aught and Naught both mean zero.
If we call that decade the teens, it breaks the perfect pattern of "ties". I think we have to go Tenties or Decties. Decties would keep people from being confused by Tenties and Twenties.
Fun fact: "aught" is used by Harold Hill in The Music Man regarding when he graduated from the Gary Conservatory of Music, Class of "aught-five" as in "05" as in "1905".
@@Unmannedperson GOLD MEDAL class of aught-five, let's not forget the gold medal part. But don't go looking for that specific page in that specific yearbook to prove it, because it's been...um...misplaced.
1910s, 2010s
Great video - cruises are great holidays, I think in the future, cruises and cruise lines are going to change a lot as we transition to a more sustainable future - would love to see a video on what you think about the future holds for 'eco-cruising'. Thanks!
Hellooo! Thanks for watching. That would be interesting for sure. 😄👏
@@EmmaCruises Thanks for the reply!
Scooby Doo is a character that is ageless.70,80,90s. Lives forever!!
Crazy comment from a guy, but LOVE the nails you had for the cruise. I am showing my wife this video so she gets her nails done like that the next time she goes and gets them done! Looks like a really fun cruise! Oh, and in the US, the 2000s are usually called the aughts.
This looks like three days of complete madness! I’m sure lots of fun for everyone involved. “Noughties” because we say ‘nought’ for zero or 0.
The naughtiest! First time hearing it and I love it! I’ve only taken 2 cruises that were the opposite of this one (only similarity they were only adults), and I’m not a drinker, but I enjoyed the whole video and it looked like so much fun!
I'm so jealous you were on this cruise......I just missed meeting you as I disembarked the ship the morning you got on.....I so wanted to see the vengaboys and was very bummed I was missing it....I saw the stage lighting etc go up on deck.....all the staff were so excited for this cruise especially staff from the surf and turf where we had dinner the night before disembarking....glad u enjoyed the cruise
I love your hair!! Your videos are so thoughtful and organized, they inspire me to go on a cruise one day!
Thank you! 😁❤️
She is amazing
I love the wigs! So many different looks, all of them beautiful!
that cruise looked so packed! now I am inspired to look for a theme cruise.
The little "shelf" you asked about is likely a recess for the door handle when the door is all the way opened so it doesn't hit the wall
Genius :-) Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
I've never been on a cruise but I just can't stop watching this channel!
Also I think I might have a lil crush on emma 😔
Thank you! 😁❤️
Which one? Velma Emma or long blonde Emma? :D
@3:19 - It's a recess in the wall so when the door opens, the door handle doesn't dent the wall. Saving space where ever they can.
I like it! :)
Would love to go on a themed cruise one day 😄
How fun! Love the wigs and it looked like you all had a fantastic time!
Having finally caught up with this very busy video where I learned that Emma fell into a bar after maybe one, or two, or three, of the blue or green drinks. Sounded like a little of Emma down the rabbit hole compared to her usual cruise. She even had her own Mad Hatter/Slash (guitar included). Cookies were had, Pepsi was found, and late night pizza was noshed. Friends will cruise again so a pretty solid success.
Ha ha! I love your takes on things Jim, it's always lik reexperiencing the whole thing for myself :')
"it was a coke ship"
Well that's the 90s for you (sniff sniff) 😂😂
❤️ your wig. So happy you made so much money for cancer patients.
PS: We call 2000-2009 the aughts.
PPS: Knew that was Averil Lavigne before you said so. My tween daughter was enthralled by her whole preppy skater aesthetic. I admit it … I just liked the music.
Thanks Laurie! $41,000 at last count. Amazzzingg! :-)
Woof ...Emma as Thelma. You knocked that look out of the park with that one.😍😍
Aww that looks so fab. We were meant to join you in this, but then we decided we wanted a longer cruise so changed and went on NCL Epic instead, although it was lovely to arrive at Palma and see Discovery 2 docked there too ❤️
Thanks Emma for finding a cruise line that doesn't have a large variety of casino games to play. I would like to enjoy the cruise experience. Excellent job on pointing out the differences on each Cruise line. Very helpful and enjoyable. Cheers!!
Thanks Mark ❤️
As an Australian cruiser neither my husband or I are gamblers at all. I would prefer to watch paint dry than to gamble. We have only ever cruised on American ships from Australia and the casinos are always very empty and a waste of space but maybe it’s different on the Australian based ship lines 🤷♀️
Haha maybe, I'd like to know! I'm the same, don't gamble at all. Well maybe $5 per cruise if I remember. :-)
I think that we Australians are sports gamblers rather than casino gamblers. We would bet on a cruise ship race if we could!!
@@H.R.B. 🤣 yes I think you may be right about that although we don’t even bet on the Melbourne Cup or watch it for that matter 😂
Casinos aren't so special in Australia because 90% of pubs and larger clubs have poker machines (pokies) and it makes a large part of their profit. Think it's more a small proportion gambling a lot, than everyone being a big gambler
But sports betting, horses, dogs and the lotto are also pretty popular
@@mark123655 You have got it in one!!
It's noughties lol. Here from short Facebook clips and now hooked.
Yay!! I’m glad the Facebook plan worked haha ❤️😀
Fosters, this is Australian for "rubbish beer, the poms can have it." Sorry!
The casinos on the Australian cruise ships are mostly to attract the south-east Asian inbound tourist market, not so much the locals.
I am so glad your cruise went well, you deserved it after such an amazing charity donation result. 😀
I think Fosters is like Molson Canadian up here in Canada - not great, but if you don't have anything else, it'll do.
Haha, yes. Wouldn't get me to drink a fosters, bleh! :-)
@@kevwwong Is it? Thanks for the tip. I will try to avoid it.
The square recess in the wall is for the stateroom door handle.
Thanks for watching this video, what a crazy few days that was!
I forgot to say in the video but my total onboard spend came to... £0! YAY!
If you'd like to see which drinks are included in a Marella cruise I have that here: emmacruises.com/marella-all-inclusive-drinks-list/ or you can check out Marellas cruises on their website here: tui-uk.7cnq.net/AoMoJ1 (affiliate link)
Have a great week! :)
Nice that is my dream of a crusie
I checked out the included drinks list and I easily could find many adult beverages that I like.
Generally I only drink beer so I'm pretty easy to please. Hard alcohol gives me a bad next day and all it takes is one bad day on a moving ship to learn to watch the amount to drink!!
I would have to have brand Coke or Pepsi though.
So glad you enjoyed your cruise, and I love the costumes and wigs.
I love how frugal you are! 😁 That's the secret: You get to travel more frequently if you spend less.
I would never take something like this even if they paid me...
Australian here my friends and I call the early 2000s the naughties as well as we also use naught for 0, and naughties is more fun than zeros :)
I really like that you said “what I’d already paid for” rather than “free” because you’re right. Barely anything would be “free”. It’s more likely that your ticket price is adjusted to cover all the inclusions.
That wig fits you perfectly! If I didn’t know that you’d just buzzed your hair for Charity, I’d have never known that it wasn’t your actual mane!
Thanks Michael, I love it more than my real hair that's for sure. ha ha :-)
We Like to Party... that's how I know of the Vengaboys! That song was used for a few years in Six Flags ads
Jinkies! You look great as Velma!! I just recently got home from a 4 day NCL cruise on the Pearl, and have been enjoying your very thorough coverage of all the other cruise options out there.
This was one of your best uploads yet. Great info and narration
Thanks lots and lots! :-)
I believe that little notch in the wall is for the door handle to go into when the door is opened.
Nice video. And it's commendable that you were able to motivate so many of your friends to join you on a themed cruise. That must have been a lot of work. I enjoyed seeing all of the themed outfits.
I feel like if your famous influencer cruise guru friend asks you to go on a cruise you'd say yes in a heartbeat! 😀
Haha, I had multiple years to try and convince them! :')
When I was in the USA I was staying at a friend's and I said the word "naught" once and she had no idea what I was saying. She said she had never heard that word before. So I understand why people didn't understand "naughties". We call it that in Australia too. I love the idea of a 90s cruise. I want to go on one now!💕💕
"my favorite, and my best" ~ lola
Yes, Pockets are a must!! I almost don't want to know how young you were during the '90s. I was in my late teens , early 20s during the 90s.
Ha ha, I'm born in the 90s so for half of it I wasn't alive. Ha ha ;D
@@EmmaCruises Now I feel old, You are likely about sons ages.
Oh my Avril! Such a sultry look! Thanks for sharing the fun! Well done! :)
Haha, Thank you! 😁❤️
That little plastic cover in the wall is most likely a junction box or something for cabling/electricity for easy access.
Id go on an 80s themed cruise. Thats my era
As someone who will probably never be able to book a Marella cruise (I watched a video from another youtuber, unfortunately can't remember who it was, and he tried to book a Marella cruise as a non-Brit; spoiler: impossible!) and thus will never be able to see for myself why and how their shows are so great, I do wonder though: I've been on Royal Caribbean, on Holland America, on AIDA, on MSC, on Norwegian, and on Pullmantur. And I can honestly say that nobody does shows better than MSC. They are definitely not my favorite cruise line, but their shows are unrivaled. The costumes, the variety, the amount of dancers and performers on stage, the voices, the acrobatics, etc - everything is just mind-boggling amazing. (And I've been to Cirque du Soleil & similar shows and I think the bar for the MSC shows is almost the same.) Which is why I want to know from someone who has been to both (preferrably pre-COVID) - how does Marella and MSC compare?
Early naughts is what I use for the early 2000s! Close enough to the Britishism! Another great video!
It’s been said before but your hair looked great in this. Ben and David ‘handled’ it well. Was really useful for me. The quick sell out point is worth noting 😊
Love your videos. Ignore the rude and negative comments and Cruise On! My wife is still a bit worried about cruises and covid so it'll be a while before we cruise again but love cruising through your videos! Love the hair, btw!😉
also I definitely watched Scooby and the gang in the 90s!! it totally counts
The plastic recess in the wall near the door is there so the handle doesn’t ding the wall! I was also confused about it for a while on my last RC cruise 😅
CONGRATULATIONS on raising such a huge amount of money - well done! Thanks for the videos too as they are so totally packed with information.
every year we go on 70,000 tons of metal... went on a normal cruise years later and we were bored!! themed cruises rock!!
at 3:18 that's for the hallway door's handle to have room to go inside the wall instead of hitting the wall.
It took me a second to notice the wig. Looks great! 😊
Thank you! 😁❤️
Those look just like the backstage pass and special access lanyards you would get at a concert back then. Nice touch.
Yeah! Cool isn't it? Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
In the US and we call it the 2000-2009 one of three things... The 2000s if you're trying to sound professional, the early 'aughts if you're keeping it casual, and the naughties if you're trying to be cheeky.
Ha ha, that sounds so weird to me. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Wow, blonde hair! I am diggin' it!
This cruise looked like so much fun.
That in the wall is for the door handle when you open the door all the way!
Yes! Please tell us more about solo cruising.! I think that's the only way I'll ever be able to do it.
Hellooo, my top recommendations for solo cruise lines are here: emmacruises.com/best-cruise-lines-for-solo-cruisers/ :-)
Great vlog!! So much fun!! (My equivalent would be a 70s/80s, so I didn't recognize all of the acts.)
I knew you had "braved the shave", but I must admit a platinum blonde Emma gave me start! Love your work!
Thanks Mark! :-)
@@EmmaCruises You look gorgeous in that wig!
I'm a huge jonas brothers fan and I'm always educating people that year 3000 and what I go to school for were in fact Busted songs redone by the jobros. They are always SO shocked it's funny!
THEY DID WHAT I GO TO SCHOOL FOR TOO. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. Ha ha.
You look great as Velma 😍
I've mainly heard people call 2000-2009 "the aughts". But I've never used it. I say "early two thousands" or specify the year. Though "the naughties" certainly fits. I've been on ONE cruise so far. Star Trek: The Cruise V. I'll be on VI in 2023. It was quite the experience.
Its kind of appropriate that a 90s Themed Cruise...took place on a ship built in the 1990s.
Excellent recap of a jam packed cruise, looks like it was a lot of fun.
Great video. We were on the Legend of the Seas back in 2013 for an 11 day cruise. This video brings back so many memories of a grand old ship. She looks great. Thanks.
Yesss 😁🙌 Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼