I truly believe in fate and I also believe that we all reap what we sow, i.e. what goes around, comes around. Now I know that Mrs B and I are lovely people; simply because we would never do another human being a deliberate harm, and if I seen you in distress in the street, I’m the guy that would come to your aid even if it meant putting myself at risk. That’s the long and the short of it, but to be fair, it’s no great shakes as there are many others out there who would do the same.But I have to admit that we have done pretty well on the carousel of life over the last week. Most staterooms are circa 194 square feet, but ours is 289. I asked for an upgrade if one became available and it looks as if one did. Yesterday morning I returned to our Stateroom in the bowels of the ship, and found an envelope containing an invitation for Mrs B and I to attend the Captain’s Table this evening. Apparently this is not a status or expenditure thing. I have been told by a member of staff that only very nice people are considered and that a few on board think that we are very nice people. Now I could say that this is as good as it gets folks, and to be fair most of you would agree.
However, I done my good deed with the photography when out and about today, and insisted on taking a few shots of a couple of lovely people from guess where? Yes, of course the gold old United States of America aka where all the best people come from. Now it wasn’t done for anything other than being nice, because being nice, is what nice people do. So knock me over with a New York Cheese Cake when they told us later in the day that they were in the Royal Suite and invited us to Butler Served Tea tomorrow afternoon. We are not talking posh Stateroom here folks, this is the real deal. They even have a kitchen, but of course that’s for the Butler to summon the Chef to use. They have been on the Captain’s Table on this cruise too. I told them that I was not surprised, nice people get invited to all the best parties.
We were walking back onto the ship, there are 2800 passengers, and a uniformed voice says, “Welcome back Mr Bennett”. Now that’s good service. It was at that point that I was so glad that I picked this brand and this vessel.
So if you are impressed by our good fortune, then consider this; en-route to our Stateroom this afternoon I smiled back at one of the crew and was my usual friendly self. She asked Mrs B and I if we like white or preferred red wine. I thought it was a conversation piece and said red. Mrs B said that she didn’t drink wine. “Oh, do you prefer champagne?” To which Mrs B replied, “No, I’m fine with water”. Well good answer Mrs B because the lovely lady then bashed me with my second New York Cheese Cake of the day. “I will send a bottle of Red and some water to your Stateroom”. Wow, like double wow and sprinklies on top. Where did that one come from? The wine was duly delivered and we are talking $75 to $125 here folks. I can’t tell you for sure because we skipped the wine tasting tour yesterday and instead went on the ice-cream tasting event. And guess what? There was no spitting. I had to force down five ice-creams, and my favourite was the last one. All of them were handmade and two were made in front of us. But as good as chocolate and Vanilla are, the melon one was best. If you have the money and you haven’t booked your Celebrity Cruise yet, then be a bit sharpest about it. The berths are going fast and it don’t get much better than this, aye-aye Captain.
Celebrity Cruise Tip 16: think carefully when booking the Excursions as some moderate level excursions can be quite tough. Book early and check out the on-line and brochure detail and do some research on the internet. With borderline fitness, then think about the time of year and the country of destination
