P&O and Cunard Cruisers Elaine and Lynsey try the Celebrity Solstice

So I'm sitting here with Elaine and Lindsay. You've just come back from a cruise. Now you normally cruise with P&O or Cunard. Where have you been? We've been on the Celebrity Solstice from Hong Kong to Singapore. Now we're hearing about fuel shortages over in Asia. Did you hear anything about fuel shortages? Nothing. Your cruise was not interrupted? Not at all. Okay well that's nice to And how about entertainment? Because one of the things about Cunard and P&O is the big entertainment. Did they have speakers? No. No. I don't think so. We didn't see. No guest speakers. No. So was it like the host putting together quiz shows, quizzes and stuff? There were a lot of quizzes. Done by the host. Trivia. Yeah there were. And in the evening did you get some good acts? Yes some of them were very good. And they were all because you were on the other side of the world. They were from Thailand and Australia. Yes what we saw yes. That's pretty standard though. The closer you get to America you get American acts and then a Freddie Mercury comedian. Oh he was so funny. But he was Thai? No he was Australian. He was Australian. Your comedian was Thai? No he was a magician. Oh was he? Overall now would you go Cunard or Celebrity or P&O? What would you book next time? I think between Cunard and Celebrity wherever the cruise was that we probably wanted to go to. Yes wouldn't be disappointed. What was the Cunard ship you cruised on before? Queen Anne. And you liked that ship? It was beautiful. It was lovely. Yeah excellent. Well back from Heathrow on the Celebrity Elaine and Lindsay are just stopping over to show me the film they've made. What is this? This is the Blue Restaurant. Yes. Did you ever eat in there? Most nights we ate there. Mainly tables for two by the looks of it sitting next to each other. Oh no there's a bigger one. Yeah there were really. Yeah there were mainly but you could sit with people you knew very close next to each other. Yeah. And did you sit in the same place every night? Mostly. And with the share or by yourself or did you have a couple next to you? Yeah we had a couple next to us. But we did sit on other tables with other couples that were lovely. And where's this restaurant now? This is the Steak House. Looks good though. Yeah. And it went up to 16 floors. What was on the 16th floor? A bar. A retreat. Was that for people who paid a bit extra? Yeah. Okay. All right. And this is the casino. Yes that's the bar and all the gambling machines. So once you're at sea this is busy I guess. We never went in. Well the Americans and the Asians love their casino. Oh this is it. This is actually looks like it's quite a big casino. Yeah very big. It's a very big casino. Yeah. So this is where the ship focuses its energy by the looks of it. I don't think the British people are into casinos as much as. No. So very different experience or did it just feel like a cruise? It wasn't that much different to other cruises. What do you think? I think because it was Asia it was different. But it was nice to see a lot of different cultures in a couple of weeks. Well from Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia. Yeah. And you did a couple of upgrades. You did. Did you have a drinks package? Yes. Classic. We had the classic drinks. Right. And classic wi-fi. And we upgraded to the aqua class which meant we could go in the blue restaurant. What was the food like? The food was excellent. Couldn't fault it at all. You like the restaurants Lindsay? We did. Yeah. Yes all of them. Excellent. So happy birthday to Elaine. And essentially as you could see. Bigger casino. Not as much entertainment. But they would still book on the Queen Anne. Which happens to be one of my favorite ships too. Here it is. Fun fact. There are over 2,700 books in this library. So nearly enough for every person on board. Because the capacity is 3,000. This ship has too much to show you in a minute. Just outside the Artisan Food Hall is the Panorama Pool Club. So this is the Royal Court Theatre and it has about 835 seats. Beautiful theatre. Just past the pub is the Bright Light Society where you can take part in an immersive interactive show. An evening of burlesque dance and immersive theatre. Still on deck two. This is the Queen's Room. This is a very clever space. This ballroom has a balcony around the top. But as well as being a ballroom, as it's in the round, it can transform to having a club feel. Moving on along deck two there's the Chart Room. It's quite quiet in here during the day. So it's a great place to come and sit and read. This is the Britannia Restaurant where we have our dinner. And look how beautiful it is. The full 18-minute tour is on the Doris Visits channel. And for She would love to cruise to South Africa. So Lindsay, start saving up. Here's our film of South Africa. Don't forget we have cruise port guides for every port all over the world. 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