Everything I Loved and Hated About Cruising at Christmas

[@EmmaCruises]

Woohoo! I'm so happy to be able to share this with you! I hope you had a very Merry Christmas! Here are photos of everything I ate on my cruise, including the main dining room meals, buffet, specialty restaurants, and more. WARNING: DO NOT CLICK IF YOU'RE HUNGRY >> emmacruises.com/po-cruises-food-photos/

[@SunnyTravels]

Look at you, wishing everyone a "Merry Christmas" instead of a "Happy Christmas" 😉 You're so American!

[@nuclearpoweredbrain2211]

Got thanksgiving on the brain and went looking for turkey.

[@maryanncapece2623]

So.... I didn't take your advice the looked at all the amazing food pictures. I'm a foodie and love all pictures you posted. Hope you enjoyed your Christmas cruise ( not including the rough seas). Now I have to go and make breakfast!. Thank you for sharing.

[@SassyyjuicyMaria]

Cost breakdown?

[@jeannemara1600]

Watch the original "Christmas on 34th Street from 1947. It starred Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn. It was released in the UK under the name, "The Big Heart." It is much better than the remakes.

[@marthagaluszka8888]

In the USA "Die Hard" has gained a cult following as a Christmas movie indeed. It 's based on the fact that Bruce was supposed to be spending the holiday with his estranged wife and children when all hell breaks loose at her job. There is a Christmas song soundtrack as well. I love re-watching it every year! The good guy wins!!!

[@AnnRudd]

Die Hard is totally a Christmas movie!!! I am so tempted to take a Christmas cruise. It looks wonderful!

[@EmmaCruises]

Do it do it! ❤️

[@craigloubser588]

100% a Christmas movie, "Now I have a machine gun, Ho, Ho, Ho"

[@zallman7526]

Agreed, not only is it a Christmas movie it's the BEST Christmas movie! =)

[@StandardGoose]

The writer of the Die Hard screenplay claims it isn't. But if a painter painted a canvas blue and said it was red, it would still be blue. The artist is entitled to his opinion, but that doesn't change reality. It's a Christmas film. It's not just that it's set at Christmas. Christmas is central to the theme. it's a story about an estranged husband and wife who brought back together again at and by Christmas. That's the epitome of a Christmas story.

[@griff7533]

Hah yup. This is why I’m down in the comments! Haha I should watch it!

[@MelissaRae1975]

I have been binging your videos I enjoy you voice, cadance and manner of speaking. Very comforting.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks so much, appreciate that 😊❤️

[@lindak8664]

According to my husband, (a regular stand in for Ebenezer Scrooge) “ Die Hard _is so_ a christmas movie! “ That cruise looked fantastic! I’ll put that on my One Day list.

[@scottread]

My God, if i found myself on a cruise with Ann Widdecombe i'd be jumping towards the props touts quick.

[@LLLLLLLLLucas]

Oh What a funny left winger you are!! Chortle chortle.

[@jaym291]

@@LLLLLLLLLucas Oh go to bed. Look at how Brexit has gone, just admit you lot were wrong.

[@adamgreen3391]

My thoughts exactly!

[@nntflow7058]

Left overs was the only options they got.

[@johnwelch5132]

How to spoil a cruise….😩

[@GregoryFariss]

Die Hard is definitely a Christmas movie. It centers around an office Christmas party, but it’s LA so no snow

[@WadeMcLure]

It snowed "negotiable bearer bonds" at the end, and I don't think that was a coincidence ;-)

[@willcookmakeup]

Thank you for recognizing us in the hospitality industry around the holidays. Catering to guests with a smile on while we're lonely is so hard

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

Emma: "I will always accept cookies." Ad-services for websites: (rub hands gleefully)

[@EmmaCruises]

🤣🤣🤣😄

[@monicaglasgow1989]

Found your channel while researching cruises as my fiancé and I are planning our maiden voyage and it has been the most helpful resource! You’re also a joy to watch! Thank you so much for the time and effort you put in to these videos, they are fantastic 😊

[@EmmaCruises]

Thank you! 😁❤️

[@mollyf1998]

ive always been someone who thought i hated the idea of cruising and swore id never do it, but after seeing your videos i want to do it so bad! you make it look so fun :) (and as someone who gets very travel sick it is reassuring to hear u do too and still enjoy it LOL) thank u

[@lucienne2065]

For seasickness, the BEST nonmedicinal product is called "Sea•Bands". They were invented by 2 American nurses and can also be used for any kind of nausea, morning sickness, and any stomach upset causes. Essentially they are a pair of snug elastic wrist bands, each with a plastic 'button' that you position directly on your pulse and voila, you are seasick-free for as long as you wear it/them. (You can wear one SeaBand on one wrist only, or one on each wrist simultaneously.) My sisters and I took our Mom on an Alaska cruise one year, and as she has suffered from lifelong motion sickness, she packed her meclizine pills but then she would fall asleep on our whale-watching excursion and other adventures and miss out on everything. But she did NOT get sick! A couple of years later I found these SeaBands and we decided to take Mom on another Alaska cruise with a different itinerary. She wore the SeaBands and THEY WORKED GREAT! She stayed alert throughout the cruise, never had so much as a queasy stomach, and really enjoyed herself. I don't know why pulse point pressure solves the motion sickness problem, but it does. I think a pair used to cost $5 incl a little plastic storage case, but that was about 20 years ago so who knows how much they are know. Stop taking meds that can make you drowsy and get some SeaBands. And no, I don't own stock in the company. I just think it's a brilliant product.

[@lmamakos]

Die Hard is very much a Christmas Movie! Watch again next Christmas!

[@EMTevjorgensen]

Emma, When I was 17 back in 1982, I took a Christmas Cruise with my family, my Grandma and Grandpa, my Mom and my Brother and two Sisters on the MS Fairsea for a seven night cruise to Acapulco, Mexico that departed San Francisco and returned to Long Beach where we flew back to the Bay Area. It was an amazing voyage and we had five ports of call on our voyage with spending Christmas in port in Acapulco. We cruised with Sitmar Cruises on the MS Fairsea (2) and an interesting fact, Sitmar was purchased by P & O Cruises. Thank you for bringing back such a nice memory for me and Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!

[@EmmaCruises]

Oo! I didn’t know that, very interesting. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@EMTevjorgensen]

@@EmmaCruises That was in 1982 on board a ship that was launched in 1955. She was finally scrapped in 2006 after many lives with many companies, a 51 year life for a ship, she was a great vessel. They don't build them like they used to, they build them better but they don't seem to last as long as the old ships did. Love your channel and cruising with you. My last cruise was the Norwegian Coast cruse with Hurtigruten on the MS Trollfjord, have you ever done a Hurtigruten Cruise? If you haven't you should do the Norwegian Coast cruise, I have a feeling you'd think it's Brilliant and amazing, we did it in Summer with the midnight sun, but any time of year would be nice. The adventures of the excursions were so memorable. Check them out.

[@bluey7171]

I was on the same cruise, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Seeing your video brought a few smiles to my face. I saw you with your brother and mum at the Elvis talk, but didnt get a chance to say 'Hi'. Thanks for the enjoyable video.

[@EmmaCruises]

Aha!!!! Thanks for watching Jonathan, hope you enjoyed the cruise and didn’t get too seasick 😂😀❤️

[@TooOldForThisFitness]

KTBFFH

[@DonnaDoveWinters]

I went on a Cunard cruise for christmas one year and I turned 18 on the ship (Queen Victoria, 07'-08'). It was also an incredibly rough cruise where I visited Tenerife, Lisbon, Malaga, etc. And while I can't say I would cruise again, it certainly was memorable and an unconventional way to celebrate!

[@TheChimera2345]

Matt the busker (with the wave) is my nephew, thanks for including him in the video!

[@gaynor247]

He was great! Thoroughly enjoyed his performances. (I''m not so into big theatre productions, he was far more up my street! ) Thanks Matt if ever you're reading this...!

[@EmmaCruises]

He is?! Matt was brilliant!! Such a talented and lovely guy. ❤️

[@karenmbbaxter]

It's nice to hear U R thoughtful about the workers on the ship.......I too tidy my cabin a bit before the cabin crew come in because they are soooo busy........People need to understand ship workers R not slaves.....When my kids cruise with me I tell them not to be cheeky with staff because staff have families to provide for and work hard.

[@alandean4401]

Hi Emma, we we’re on the same Christmas cruise and had a great time. The Ventura is looking a little tired and needs some refurbishment as normal the crew were brilliant.

[@EmmaCruises]

Hey Alan! Hope you enjoyed, she had a big refit a couple years ago. 😀❤️

[@brontewcat]

I am so glad you had some proper Christmas weather - warm and sunny. I am Australian, and I was probably in my teens before I learned that a lot of people think Christmas should be cold and snowy. I knew it was cold and winter in the northern hemisphere, but for me Christmas is about warm sunny weather. I am so glad you got experience what I think is typical Christmas weather.

[@EmmaCruises]

Yeah!!! So strange to think about that for me. I had a little book as a child about what christmas was like in different places and I remember seeing something about what Christmas was like in Australia and my mind was blown. 😂😂😂

[@brontewcat]

@@EmmaCruisesFunnily enough snow at Christmas is probably not the norm for the majority of people on Earth. Probably about half of Christians either live in the in the Southern Hemisphere or in the tropics. Even in the Northern Hemisphere most people live in a place where snow is not common. Christmas falls at the beginning of winter, which is not coldest month, and it is only in the northernmost parts of the planet you will find snow is common at Christmas. I think the idea of snowy Christmases was made popular by Charles Dickens. When he was a child there was a particularly cold decade, and he wrote stories such as a Christmas Carol which harkened back to his childhood experiences. Now a lot of people associate snow with Christmas. I would like to experience a snowy Christmas once (I would need to go to Scotland I suppose) but once would be enough I think🙂.

[@seanandstef]

Ice skating in the atrium is so amazing. Wow! And yay for me getting the Boxing Day trivia question answered correctly thanks to our UK friends! ❤️ Love that virtual queue for dinner. Something all cruise lines should add to the anytime dining scheduling

[@EmmaCruises]

Yesssss!!! Knew your British-ness would be handy 😅❤️

[@bekihodgson4]

I'd love a formal Christmas day. I live dressing up to drink champagne etc.

[@normanyates6735]

You are truly a wonderful ambassador for ocean cruising, and have a lovely personality, you really strive to tell it As it is and that’s good. I personally would not do an ocean cruise but have done some river cruises and liked them. How anyone has criticised you I can’t agree with and I’m from the frozen north, good luck to you and do enjoy your happy pleasure.

[@apgx6032]

Really enjoyed watching this Emma. You guys looked great on the formal night. Formal nights are always my fav! I’ve never cruised at Christmas but you have really sewn a seed.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thank you lots, 😀❤️

[@HDjeff]

Happy Holidays Emma, loved watching this video! My wife and I are from the US (outside Boston) but have spent 1/3rd of our Christmas holidays together in England where most of her family lives. This year we had Christmas in Kent with our English family & friends which was one of the best holidays we've had, and I have to mention that M&S holiday food selections are magical - we had so much fun planning a big meal for everyone. We also really love celebrating Boxing Day in the UK, Christmas in Europe can be quite magical!

[@EmmaCruises]

Yes!! If you see my pig jumper in this video, that’s Percy pig who’s the mascot from M&S 🤣🤣🤣

[@DaveStroble]

What a lovely family! Hope your 2022 is everything you want it to be.

[@eagander]

I'll be on a ship over Christmas/New Year's 2022/23 and can't wait to see how it's different than cruising at other times of the year!

[@user-Vikingsfan]

Thank you. I just happened to see this when it popped up. Always fun to watch your videos. You have a quiet humor and an easy manner. You're intelligent... Honestly you're wonderful.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks so much for watching and your kind words! I appreciate it 😀❤️

[@pal4204]

Die Hard IS a Christmas movie!😏🎅🤶

[@josettechrystall9290]

Great video again thanks Emma. So I live in Australia and my parents were born in Malta and they all tell me that Boxing Day was the day you voted! In both countries up until the mid 70’s they used that day to vote. I’d never heard your explanation for Boxing Day before.

[@rupertsligh3598]

We love watching your videos, and would love to cruise more. We did a seacation on Regal Princess in August. Prior to that Celebrity Galaxy way back in 1999 in the Caribbean. And, I hate to say, prior to that, 1973 (I was 11) for my Dad and I on Union Castle Reina Del Mar (only just over 20,000 tonnes) on a very similar itinerary to what you have just done. How it has all changed. Clearly, I need to watch more of you videos to inspire us to go on a cruise later this year. Thank you for what you do.

[@EmmaCruises]

Yesss, thank you!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@FoxDren]

I love the thought that P&O has a note on your account that says "keep supplied with cookies"

[@EmmaCruises]

Me too!! Too funny. ha ha.

[@dadams512]

How fun to see the Christmas experience on a cruise! Decorations and food (and holiday cookies) looked amazing! The cabin looks identical to the one I had on Majestic Princess. Sorry to hear you all suffered the effects of rough seas, but glad to see your vlog! Cheers and Happy New Year!!

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks D!! Thanks for coming to my live stream 😀❤️

[@dexteralexander2437]

“Die Hard” IS a Christmas movie. There should be no argument about this. 🎅

[@fmr555]

Yep, it is THE Christmas movie :-)

[@EmmaCruises]

Mwahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

[@toddlower5546]

@@EmmaCruises You probably root for the villain too, don’t you?

[@cruisingwiththeotters4119]

Ha ha, I was wondering when the Die Hard Christmas debate would start!

[@floatingbonesjournal]

@@cruisingwiththeotters4119 There is no debate.

[@lesgagg1204]

Hi Emma, my wife and I were on the same cruise as your family. Just watched your video which was well produced incidentally. Loved it, thank you for bringing back so many happy memories even though it was only two weeks ago. I have always said people seem to disappear on cruise ships. I never spitted you once. Take care

[@EmmaCruises]

Hey Les!!!!! So strange how that can happen isn’t it?! Apart from when Santa came out I didn’t realise how many people were there. Hope you had a great cruise😀❤️

[@johngauntlett4915]

Emma, nothing beats an ice cold Coca-Cola and watching Die Hard on Christmas Day. Followed by roasted chestnuts and spiked eggnog. Hope you are having a happy New Year, may this year be much better than the last two.

[@EmmaCruises]

Ha ha 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@johngauntlett4915]

@@EmmaCruises by the way, today is Saturday January 8th and just got done watching Die Hard 2 on the Syfy channel which also takes place at Christmas. Only this time, I was enjoying an adult beverage, a nice cold beer. Happy New Year!

[@petermcclung9730]

Die Hard is absolutely a Christmas movie!

[@naomieg1041]

We went on our 3rd Christmas cruise on the NCL Encore and spent Christmas Day at seas. Dressed formal and we went on a specialty dining for Christmas. We went on the Epic in. 2017 and the Allure of the seas in 2019. Loved every minute

[@EmmaCruises]

🥳🥳🥳

[@rmf11699]

Sounds like an awesome Christmas! Also can't wait for the video about the rough seas. I've never been in rough seas but I'd sure like to give it a try!

[@JulieWallis1963]

Maybe I’m weird (ok, I _know_ I’m weird) but I love a bit if rough seas, love being reminded that I’m onboard a ship.

[@EmmaCruises]

I’d like it if I wasn’t sick 🤣❤️

[@ScottToma]

Die Hard is indeed a Christmas movie. The best ever in fact.

[@Ozymandias1]

Die Hard is the definite Christmas movie! 🎅💥💣

[@eminiarvii]

Yes I was on the 2021 Christmas Cruise with Sky Princess you are right there is some familiarity to P&O ship .PEPSI. And chocolate cake, i knew i liked you😊🚢. My trip was fantastic glad yours was too

[@ivansbaby69]

You have a great vibe about you and I really enjoyed your video ty for sharing

[@sunniclark6827]

That turquoise shirt certainly brings out your eyes! Great video, as usual! Christmas decor was spectacular!

[@danielueblacker9118]

Being overly drunk, loud or rude does not belong on a cruise. Love this video.

[@EmmaCruises]

❤️❤️❤️ Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@sophierobinson2738]

Die Hard is very definitely a Christmas movie! It is set at Christmas. Christmas music is played! It is my favorite Christmas movie!

[@sarahowen9354]

I was on the same ship a few cruises before and I got to witness the christmas decorations being put up. The tree was massive!

[@wearethelarosas6395]

What a wonderful Christmas Cruise you had!!! 🎄🌟🎁 I love it! So fun!

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@stasius1973]

Die Hard is, in fact (subjectively and objectively), a Christmas movie.

[@AndrewHaverson]

P&O sounds to be one of the most musical cruise lines. (Not an original joke, I'm sure) Thanks for the video. Blessings to Emma, Hudson, the family, and you!

[@davidwong9230]

Glad that you and your family were able to celebrate Christmas together on a cruise. As for the plates of cookies in your cabin, that reminds me to beware of accepting cookies on websites 🍪 😆

[@EmmaCruises]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@debbiehynek6149]

Diehard was our family favorite Christmas movie for Years. Great video!

[@EmmaCruises]

🥳🥳🥳 Thank you! 😁❤️

[@blkmamba]

Your channel is my new cruise vlogger obsession. Love the way you produce your content! And the Brittish-ism

[@thomaslarson459]

This video made me smile. Your positive outlook is refreshing.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thank you! 😁❤️

[@norfolkboy6935]

A great Xmas day picture of you & your family all dressed up at Dinner. Happy & safe 2022 sailing’s 🤓👍. M&Y

[@EmmaCruises]

Hey Mark and Yvonne!!!!!

[@PaulandCaroleLovetoTravel]

Looks like a great way to spend Christmas. We are now on Ventura in April after swapping from Iona so nice to see what the ship has to offer! 😀

[@EmmaCruises]

Oooo!!! I think you’ll like her ❤️

[@ABonRMS]

Nice to see the photo of your family. We hear about them but never get a chance to meet them, thanks. I am surprised that cruise ships do not understand an individual's desire to not drink alcohol. They might have fewer passengers falling overboard.

[@dospalmascb]

Asa Elliot s fantastic ( Ive had the pleasure of meeting him in Spain.) as is Ann Widdecombe. Looks like you had a pretty good cruise.

[@davidlyon4226]

Great review Emma of your cruise. Love that you kept things moving along.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks David! ❤️

[@blackbeard68]

I know I am late to the party, but..... Die Hard is DEFINITELY a Christmas movie!!! ;) Taking a Christmas Cruise on the Crown Princess next December 22nd!! ;) So excited!

[@eah8185]

Thanks for sharing … my wife & I will be doing Christmas and New Years aboard Regent Splendor via the Panama Canal for the fist time this year. Sounds wonderful!

[@EmmaCruises]

Sounds amazing 🤩

[@duncanrogers4211]

Emma Great and well done video!! Interesting the Covid precautions and rules. Yorkshire Pudding looked really good. Glad you and your family had a wonderful cruise. Your ship looked very much like a Princess ship! Wonderful family photo at dinner. Happy New Year!!! Jennifer and Duncan

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks both!!! 😀❤️

[@ariellegooding107]

Omg same! I also spent my first Christmas on a cruise, I got back a couple days ago! Mind you its only my second cruise but I had a lot of fun! It doesn't top my first cruise but I would definitely do it again! Can't wait to see the video where you talk more about the seasickness you got.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks Arielle! 😀❤️

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

Die Hard really IS a Christmas movie.

[@EmmaCruises]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@garganega]

We have cruised during Christmas many times off the west coast of Mexico. Very nice.

[@jeffcraig6550]

Die Hard IS a Christmas movie. Even Hans Gruber says, "Ho-Ho-Ho"!

[@susanpritchard7521]

What a beautiful, well done video (even better than the last one) as the ship was decorated with such amazing style. You are fabulous and thank you for sharing your holiday with us viewers.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks so much Susan! ❤️

[@dylanseaman5163]

yeah Emma. Unconventional it is. Thank you always. And so happy you were with your family. Happy New Year a few days late. PS love that golden ring.

[@EmmaCruises]

YES! Thanks Dylan, it was my nan's wedding ring and I've worn it since she died. ❤

[@dylanseaman5163]

@@EmmaCruises Awesome. Cheers

[@glennthompson7525]

Great synopsis. Glad you got to spend time with the family in this COVID world. Die Hard is indeed a Holiday tradition, but my wife shares your opinion. lol. Looks like a great feast and fun!

[@floatingbonesjournal]

I believe that "have a lie in [with chocolate]" is definitely a Britishism. "Have a go" also sounds like a bit of a Britishism. "Cookie lady" may be a Britishism; I've never heard it in the US. Please advise. That was a fun trip report; I look forward to part 2.

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha!! Lay in definitely is, you’d say slept in j think? Have a go, I can’t imagine what else I’d say if I didn’t say that. Cookie lady isn’t a thing I just made that up 😂❤️

[@gailjohnson9066]

I agree with you, 50-60% capacity is ideal. Room steward once a day is plenty. Did majestic princess for new year's eve. It was great! I dont mind the mask so Now is a great time to cruise!

[@susanelmes8226]

We were on this cruise and never found any gingerbread or Christmas cake to eat! Nor did P&O give us a door decoration or potted Christmas tree. I took my own decs luckily. I never saw the ice skating in the atrium. I must’ve been too busy unpacking!

[@gaynor247]

No tree or door decoration? That's not fair! (I actually saw someone with the little tree in their hand luggage when I got off - I'm sure that's not allowed 😂)

[@jayep9951]

Glad you had a good Christmas. Interested in the next video talking about the weather. I saw the pool swaying. Wow! Love your videos. They are so relaxing to watch.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks Jaye, so happy to hear that. 😀❤️

[@joelroach416]

Wow. It felt just like Princess while watching this. I will never get to do a Christmas so It was fun to watch. Hope you had a great Christmas and New Year.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks Joel ❤️❤️❤️

[@edibervan]

The inner child here loved this one =) Gotta get me that label someday too!

[@randolphwellington1704]

At 2:02: the reindeer on the ring fingernail and the Santa hat on the index fingernail -- that's a striking creation. Do you paint that yourself?

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha!! Nope these are just fake nails from Primark 😁❤️

[@inferno_5054]

I was on that cruise! Watching a helicopter evacuation while eating at the buffet was interesting to say the least and it was a shame that we missed madeira. But overall the storms and seasickness was worth it

[@mattlebo2733]

Enjoy your videos. Your very positive. Nice to hear. Keep up the good work.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thank you! 😁❤️

[@jpistella]

Told my girlfriend you said Die Hard isn’t a Christmas movie (I agree) and she yelled that it is. With a few expletives. Lol glad you had fun. Would love to do a holiday cruise, but the prices are so high.

[@JulieWallis1963]

If Die Hard is not a Christmas movie, then you have to ask yourself what ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ is. Because it’s about a depressed man who fails his suicide attempt, definitely*not* a _christmas_ movie either, and if IAWL is not a Christmas movie, then there is no hope for mankind…

[@EmmaCruises]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jpistella]

@@JulieWallis1963 she and I compromise. We watch both together. For each other.

[@Liggie55821]

My only cruise was a Christmas cruise, way back in the ‘80s on the SS Norway (RIP).I did enjoy the Christmas formal night for dinner, I enjoy dressing up for big occasions like weddings and such. As a bonus, Filipino restaurant staff recognized we were also Filipino, and they snuck us into their Filipino crew Christmas party for a bit. There were a couple of Christmas cruising features that took adjusting. As I’ve always lived in northern climates and am used to snowy or rainy Christmas, visiting St. Maarten on Boxing Day and St. Thomas the next while wearing shorts was strange. Being away from extended family and friends in the holiday was uncomfortable (it was just my parents and siblings). As I was 21, the cruise served as an opportunity to try grown-up things like bars, a therapeutic massage, the casino and the sauna, and I enjoyed that. The lines were a pain, but I just put up with that like I put up with lines at the airport or a Disney park. Overall it was a fun experience, and I’d like to go on another cruise, but on a less-popular time of year. Just two things upset me. 1) A lot of guests treated the crew very rudely, and I hated having to witness that. 2) I decided to try the cruise’s “Singles Night”; unfortunately for me, because of the huge proportion of extended families on that Christmas cruise, I and the dozen other attendees of Singles Night were heterosexual males. We all looked at each other, said “Screw it”, and bailed.

[@FraserAtSea]

Why am I watching this video 9 months after you posted it?! Christmas is absolutely my number 1 time of year, so it was really great to see your experience of cruising at this time of year - for sure on my bucket list! Hope you;'re enjoying Carnival as we speak!

[@EmmaCruises]

It’s almost Christmas again!! 😂😂😂

[@FraserAtSea]

@@EmmaCruises hahaha, don’t! 😂

[@Wellnessinspire22]

Loved the snowman cookie!

[@rmpa5727]

Emma, you are so lucky to cruise over Christmas. It's to me the most wonderful time of the year to cruise. I was fortunate to cruise 12 nights around New Zealand on Ovation of the seas for Christmas 2017.

[@EmmaCruises]

Oh wow! That’s amazing. New Zealand is a dream of mine 😀❤️

[@MsMatinga]

Lol Die Hard is totally a Christmas movie (love your work!) 👍

[@kengodbold1142]

Our favorite Christmas cruise was the Royal Princess who had a snow making machine working in the Piazza during the tree lighting.

[@EmmaCruises]

Woah!! 😀👏🏼

[@Chandransingham]

It would be strange for me to do crushing on Christmas day. But good to see you all enjoying it.

[@214lilley]

Wonderful video Emma, lots of work I'm sure. Glad you got to spend a (mostly) fun Christmas with your family. Thanks.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks Mark!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@ElijahPerrin80]

I find it hard after an angry passenger performance to stay seated and not stand up applauding loudly the spectacle and performance because anyone that animated and emotionally charged over something so simple like not having a ticket for a show either is the greatest actor ever or needs to know a performance like that is only appropriate on the stage. Bravo. Free entertainment no one wanted. Emma your cruise reviews are next level, well done.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thank you lots!!! ❤️

[@jackieheaton2071]

Am enjoying these. Brothers-in-law love a cruise. My idea of hell - although tempted by the River Cruise video - easy to get to the cities and culture. Boxing Day. Not as stated. Money to the poor (poor boxes in church) rather than take home by workers. In the scale of things, a small thing. Fab videos.

[@DEO3676]

Emma - love your videos. Keep up the great work! PS - Die Hard is a Christmas movie ;)

[@CelestialLites]

Die Hard is a Christmas movie!

[@kevingruber4555]

Well done Emma. I’m glad you had a wonderful Christmas.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks Kevin! 😀❤️

[@keyman6689]

Yes! Christmas is the one day of the year we have candy for breakfast! We open our stockings to find out what we're having for breakfast, haha!

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha! 🤣🤣🤣

[@billdaniels7985]

Emma, you rock. We just subscribed to bring you to 100K. Love your work and it is fun to watch.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks lots Bill!! 😀❤️

[@tw9535]

Great video, as always! You have that "thing" that all the best KZbinrs have- an obvious and sincere enthusiasm for your chosen subject matter. It always shows! That weak app (can't update schedules on the fly) is truly bizarre. The next time a 12 or 13-year-old is spotted on board they should get the kid to fix it for them. Probably they could get it done just in exchange for a sodas package and free wifi.

[@EmmaCruises]

Ha ha, I like that idea. Thank you so much 😊❤️

[@andreagriffiths3512]

It looked like you had a great Christmas! Maybe one year I might forgo my usual Xmas day tradition of going to the zoo for a Christmas Cruise.

[@jamesdunlop8704]

Thanks again Emma. Your description and experience's are always great. You have tempted me to try a Christmas cruise. Yo Ho Ho

[@travelinhawk4584]

Sounds like you had a great cruise overall (even with the bumpy ride). Wonderful review! Thanks.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@AugustoLugo1983]

I am so glad that you had a fantastic trip, (sorry about the nasty weather) the xmas decorations look lovely and the cookies look so yummy

[@lancelambert]

Brilliant video as always, thanks Emma! You cover so much so fast. I noticed another ‘ism’ as in the states we say the high seventies vs. the “late seventies”. We also very much consider Die Hard and believe it or not Gremlins as official Christmas movies. LOL

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha!!! Oo I hadn’t noticed that one 😀❤️

[@smithbrownjones]

My first ever cruise was on P&O's (Old) Arcadia, over Christmas and New Year... Back then, standards were much higher on P&O, that's for sure.