hey everybody its Bruce here with traveling with Bruce today's video is
all about the features that cruise ship passengers are demanding from their
cruise liners things have really changed in the last 20 years and to give you an
idea let's start with cabins just inside the cabin alone these are the amenities
that now are must-haves to attract business from passengers cruise liners
now have to offer large flat-screen TVs in cabins doesn't matter if it's an
inside cabin ocean view balcony we're talking about a fake flat-screen TV they
have to offer movies they have to have a selection of channels available they
have to have wireless fast internet this allows passengers to use their wireless
devices anywhere on the ship but more importantly in the cabin passengers want
to be able to watch Netflix onboard the ship in effect using the flat-screen TV
as a monitor balconies 85% of all cabins now on cruise ships at least 85% are
balcony cabins gone are the days where there were only a couple of hundred
balcony cabins now it's a couple of hundred insider and ocean views smart
room features stuff like when you close the door the lights go out when you go
into the room you have to put your room card into a slot for the lights to go on
more wireless features coming into these rooms as well dimming light switches on
and on a ghost hot tubs and butler service more cabins are now offering hot
tubs right inside their units or they're offering the spas on the balcony and
more and more categories of cabins are beginning to offer this Butler type
service where you may not have just a single person to a single cabin but you
may have a butler servicing ten cabins or 15 cabins more and more personalized
service and people are paying for spa bathroom features and toiletries take a
look at these brochures coming out now from the cruise lines check out online
videos you'll see the waterfall showerheads fully adjustable
multi head showerhead showers upwards of six or eight nozzles inside your your
bathroom shower it's quite a change and instead of a tiny little bathroom area
we're talking enough room for two people at a time they have really started
addressing this area and of course the fancy dancy toiletries you can take home
with you at the end of the cruise spas the spa area on cruise ships are
becoming larger and more luxurious children not allowed adult only ceramic
loungers huge hot hot pools this area is a growing concern because people pay
extra to go here cruise lines have figured it out the bigger they are the
luxury more luxurious they are more people will come observation lounges
this is a new feature in the last couple of years it's really gonna take off now
we're talking about an observation lounge that will encompass the entire
front of the ship above where the captain and his crew are steering the
ship you'll talk we're talking about two story two three-story tall observation
decks up there all glass enclosed with the beautiful loungers and sofas and
full food and drink services being offered this is a huge hit with of
cruisers the bottom level of the lounge area might be for all cruisers the top
area of the lounge might be for the high-end Haven sweet or premium cabin
users only but it's a big big now variety of entertainment on board cruise
ships oh man has this changed now showrooms
they've got to have full Broadway shows it's not enough to have a ventriloquist
and you know guy tell us five jokes if you now have to put on full-blown shows
these are getting more complicated with whole lot of special effects being built
in they are wowing audiences with these comedy clubs are showing up on cruise
ships now as a main thing of course we always had add the piano bars and
karaoke that can ten years on on the deck itself we're
talking stuff like go-karts skydiving Rock Climbing Walls
water slides that are fast and long upwards of 800 foot long water slides
virtual reality rights are now coming into vogue laser tag is coming in bumper
cars ice skating rinks and roller skating and now trampoline rooms are
being built in to cruise ships don't forget we got the bingo we have trivia
contests and we have game shows there's just all kinds of varieties of stuff to
do no end to it and on the food option well there that has always been the
number one thing that cruising has been about really get away and eat too much
the food options these days are unbelievable from pizza to be delivered
anywhere in the ship if you're with carnival hotdogs hamburgers sushi bars
vegan restaurants barbecue shacks seafood restaurants Italian Asian fusion
French cuisine the steakhouse the main dining room it goes on and on and on
some of the ships have up to 22 different restaurants onboard so that
you can't possibly not find something you're gonna want to eat a lot of it is
included in your cruise fare some of it is extra it's up to you to choose which
way to go this is just a smattering of what cruise passengers are demanding
from Cruise Lines and they are delivering believe me they will continue
to deliver and they will continue to diversify the offerings because the
competition is what is driving it and passengers are getting more and more
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