Cruise ships leave passengers stranded in Hawaii amid tsunami chaos
Norwegian Cruise Line's Pride of America made an unexpected departure from Hawaii's Hilo port on Wednesday at 3.30pm Hawaii Standard Time, leaving passengers onshore amid the warnings to find higher ground.
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Cruise ships leave passengers stranded in Hawaii amid tsunami chaos
Two international cruise ships have left passengers stranded in Hawaii after making emergency departures due to Wednesday's tsunami warnings. Norwegian Cruise Line's Pride of America made an unexpected departure from Hawaii's Hilo port on Wednesday at 3.30pm Hawaii Standard Time, leaving passengers onshore amid the warnings to find higher ground.
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Cruise ships are outdoing each other with fun, unique suites
Don't miss out on the headlines from Lifestyle. Followed categories will be added to My News. Cruise ships offer endless entertainment from water slides and racetracks to Broadway-style shows and theatrical-themed meals but the fun doesn't have to stop once you get back to the cabin. Some cruise lines are dazzling in their stateroom designs, going way beyond a mere bed, bathroom, cupboard and balcony. Case in point: the three-level Ultimate Family Townhouse on board Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, which has a red slide from one level to the next. To get back upstairs to go down said slide again there's a rainbow staircase that plays music with each step. Imagine the hours of fun. X The townhouse, which sleeps up to eight, also has a dedicated cinema space, karaoke, two balconies, a private patio with table tennis table and direct access to the family neighbourhood, Surfside. This means guests can be first in line for the splash parks, dining options and classic carousel just beyond the Townhouse's white picket fence. Each funnel on Disney Wish and Disney Treasure hosts a Concierge Suite. The latter's is a futuristic space which sleeps eight, has a private elevator and overlooks the top deck offering a vista through a two-storey window. The suite was inspired by the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World and is adorned with art pieces as well as space-age metal and glass accents. There's also a full kitchen. The three-level Ultimate Family Townhouse on board Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas has a red slide from one level to the next. Picture: Supplied. Disney Wish's Concierge Suite features decor inspired by the movie Moana and has a double-height living room with a spectacular chandelier and floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Unique suites are not just geared for family fun. Norwegian Cruise Line was on to a brilliant idea with interior solo staterooms, solo ocean views and solo balconies on their Prima Class ships. The staterooms all offer private access to NCL's Studio Lounge – available on select ships – which is a dedicated social space designed for solo travellers to meet for coffee, or just to hang out when looking for company. Disney Wish's Concierge Suite features decor inspired by the movie Moana and has a double-height living room with a spectacular chandelier and floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Picture: Supplied. Carnival has gone for a Cuban vibe on select ships with its Havana Club Cabins which offer exclusive access to the Havana Bar & Pool for guests aged 12 and over. The staterooms feature fun pops of orange, blue and green, and include their own private patio with a hammock. And then there's the next-level array of one-of-a-kind suites on Regent Seven Seas Cruises ships designed by Studio Dado. Top of the range on Regent Seven Seas Grandeur is the two-bedroom Regent Suite which is perfect for the spa-lover who likes their privacy and space. The bathroom features a personal sauna, steam room and treatment area where residents will be pampered with unlimited complimentary spa services. There are choices of luxury toiletries, including Guerlain, L'Occitane and Hermès, and in the primary bathroom there are nine different types of Italian marble. The suite also offers an unobstructed 270-degree view from the wraparound veranda overlooking the bow of the ship. On this veranda is a private hot tub – if only it had a slide to enter. Originally published as Cruise ships are outdoing each other with fun, unique suites
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‘Stop it': Cruisers slammed for doing this
Reserving a pool deck chair on a cruise is the equivlient of passengers who recline their seat on a flight – both are controversial topics. If you're a cruiser, you understand cruise etiquette is a big thing, whether it's unwritten rules like not cutting in lines to restaurants, or those clearly spelled out in cruise liners' guest conduct policies – like hogging pool deck chairs. It happens to be one of the worst cruise etiquette offences that continues to happen without fail on most ships. Cruiser and US travel content creator Jessica, known as 'Jesstravel7' on TikTok, shared a clip of several rows of pool chairs reserved with towels on them, lashing at the act. 'This is what you call entitlement on a cruise ship; saving all these pool chairs,' she said. Jessica, who was travelling on Royal Caribbean's Utopia of the Seas, begged fellow cruisers not to save pool chairs if you're not at the pool. 'Do not do this. If you are not here, do not save the seats, people are looking for seats. 'This is called entitlement.' When some viewers questioned that perhaps the guests went to grab a drink, Jessica explained that wasn't the case. 'These people went on an excursion and didn't come back five hours later expecting their chairs to be there,' she said. Others argued it was 'planning ahead'. 'That's not entitlement. You can plan ahead too!' one person commented. 'Entitlement would be showing up late and thinking you deserve a seat that is first come first serve...' a second wrote, while a third demanded, 'No, it's not'. 'It is called, I woke up the crack of dawn and saved seats. It is called. I AM NOT NEW TO THIS.' However, many sided with Jessica, saying guests who want to use the chairs should just remove the towels. 'I hate that ppl wake up at, 6am doing this (sic),' one cruiser demanded. 'I'll just remove their towels and use whatever seat I want. If you're not at the pool, you don't get to save a seat,' said another. Royal Caribbean has a strict policy that explains pool deck chairs are only available on a first come, first served basis and cannot be reserved. 'We want to ensure that all guests have a great time at the pool. If a pool chair is left unattended for more than 30 minutes with no signs of any guests returning, our crew will remove any belongings and place them in the lost and found,' it explains on its site. Norwegian Cruise Line, Carnival and other lines also prohibit passengers from reserving pool chairs. But some guests have argued staff need to be more attentive, with Jessica claiming it took three hours for employees to remove the towels. The controversial topic also blew up on Reddit in a fan community group for the cruise liner a week ago, after someone shared a photo with towels on a bunch of chairs at 8.30am on Utopia. 'They really need to deploy staff at the pools early in the morning, a few on each side of the pools who can just tell people as soon as they put stuff down and start to walk away that they can't do that,' one person wrote. 'It would go a long way to start to curb the behaviour. People will ignore signs, they would be way less inclined to ignore a person.' One person who sailed on Norwegian Cruise Line shared a more positive experience on the dilemma. 'On Escape last week they were marking unoccupied chairs and pulling towels and personal effects. Chairs were all full at 9am but around 10 onwards they were starting to clear off chairs,' the cruiser wrote in the NCL community on Reddit. 'I honestly didn't think they had the commitment to do it, glad they are trying to enforce the rules.'
