Thank you so much for your videos, they are amazing. There are supposed to be amazing luxury trains going through Spain, I would love to see trips there aswell. Loved the video of the 97 hour trip from Toronto-Vancover, living in the middle of Sweden, -25 -- -30 C in the winter isn't very rare, but I love them a lot more, due to the dry cold, than the winters of the west- and eastcoast, that gets raw at starting -3
i know this isnt the meaning of this channel. But Seeing you take your parents, and lady around this planet on amazing adventures has made me work harder to ensure I can provide these things for my family. Man to man, Thank you for that.
Dad passed away suddenly 10 months ago. He always wanted to go on a cruise. Youre blessed to have a job where you can hang out with your dad all day drinking, eating and having fun. Enjoy every bit of it! Memories like these are the gifts of life.:)
Sorry about yours. I wish I could convince mine to enjoy leaving the house, I'd never get him on a ship. Trying to enjoy the time left though. At least mum got to experience our first.
@@AvClub1 thanks for watching. Unfortunately cruise lines can never help themselves but push an upsell. To be fair it was only the one venue, when the likes of Royal Caribbean have the majority
@@KrisKk08 he could have chosen two separate cabins at a lower price point if the bed situation was an issue. Not all cruise lines have beds that can be split, like Carnival.
Was he comp’d this trip/ room or used points? Would make sense for why he didn’t get some things other guests in his booking class did and having to pay for some things…
Treating your parents in this awesome way is a blessing! There's no satisfaction to the heart than seeing your old folks smile and laugh of joy ! Though you cannot repay them, the least you can do is honour them, apprecaite what they've done in your life and make them happy while they're still alive. Keep it up Will ! 😊👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏼
His dad carried his own luggage though at 1:01…I guess only Trek Trendy gets the truly posh stuff, parents should be happy they’re along for the ride eh?
@@tex4300 You kidding? He gets this money from RU-vid views and subscriptions. He could easily tell his dad to sleep on the couch. He's 100% class the way he treats his parents and wife.
I’m a travel agent and I watch your videos religiously. I take the information I get from these videos, and I relay them to my clients. My dream is to one day travel to luxurious locations around the world.
Always lovely to see your Dad back on the channel. And as I've said before, it melts my heart to see how well your treat your parents and always give them the rooms to sleep in.
I lost my Dad a few months ago and I would have loved the chance to do more things like this with him. I hope you and your Dad had a great time and continue to build memories together
Love to see your dad change so much over the months - he’s so relaxed on camera- joy to watch - very funny in his own way - adds another dimension to your videos . Brilliant 👏👏
@@EmmaCruises yeah I was overall very impressed and when you compare this directly to Regent / silversea it very much holds its own and more so. Anyone would think MSC have experience 🤣
@EmmaCruises I feel like you should do a collab, where you two swap rooms, and review the other end of the price spectrum. Captain Hudson deserves some luxury 🎉 😂
A "small thing", but I love that it's such an obvious thing to you to give your father the bigger/better bed. I've done the same for my Dad on the times we've traveled together. Bravo for sending the right message, Will. Thanks, as always, for taking us along on another delightful adventure.
I lost my dad 8 months ago and watching this made me smile. I only wish I would’ve been able to do something like this with my Dad. All the best to you and your Dad Will. Looks like you had a great time. Soak up all the time you can with him
Was on that ship in 2023 in an Ocean Suite #6038 (single occupancy) in the caribbean. Payed only 5800 Euros for 10 nights. All in all a very good product for a reasonable price. 5 Restaurants, many drinks, fast internet included. Entertainment was so-so. Champagne on the arrival day in the suite was Veuve Clicquot Brut.
I love it when you bring you dad alongside with you. It makes for fun family moments. My mom passed away this February and i miss her a lot. having time to spend with family is priceless. I love it. 😊 ❤
I’ve 30 cruises under my belt and the cruise industry is starting to piss me off with their extra charges and upselling. All geared towards extra spending on meals and drinks. They definitely misjudged you on the Dom. Absolutely shocking that they’ve replaced that with Mercier.
Totally agreed, you have to really watch out for all the exclusions / up charges. I love cruising too, but I’ve certainly been stung a few times not realising.
Couldn't agree more. On some lines the food that is included just is not up to par. You have to pay extra to get a decent meal. And on some of these new ships you have to pay to use the bells and whistles. The prices are now ridiculous and they want to Upsall on everything. They are fleecing passengers and there will come a time when passengers say that's enough. We were all prevented from holidaying properly for 2 years, but enough of ripping people off
This is one of my favorite channels. I love how pleasant you, your family and Millie are always! You give excellent information, very thorough and beautiful shots of wherever you’re at, and you stick to the topic. I know I can always depend on your videos to relax and learn about things I may never do but you might convince me! Thank you for such good content!
I’m still amazed why Will isn’t 30 stone eating all that fantastic food 3 times a day! I’d need a tow truck to get me off board. A great video and a very beautiful ship. Cheers 👍
I've said it before - Will has Hobbits in his ancestry, not enough to make him short, but definitely enough to be able to eat that much and still be regular sized! Seriously though, the travel-tubers who aren't paid to advertise and given comped trips will schedule all their various traveling for a month or two during the year, then work their regular jobs while they edit and release everything they filmed during their travel time. That way, guys like Will can give unbiased reviews by paying for their own trips, but still have jobs in order to make the money to pay for it. If a company gives Will something for free, he will tell us on the video, but he still gives it an honest review... that's why I like him.
That suite is bigger than my apartment! Glad to see caviar back on the channel and glad they brought the bottle of Dom you were originally promised. Always so nice to see you take your dad on a trip with you. I was having dinner with my dad the other day and I was telling him about your channel and that even with all of the great luxurious suites/food/trips, the thing i like the most about your channel is how nicely you treat your parents.
I love your channel I always have, and I adore you and millie, but the way you take your gorgeous mum and dad on your adventures is so heart warming, it's says a lot about who you are🤗🇬🇧👌
My husband and I, both seasoned cruisers, were booked on week 2 of Explora 1's inaugural cruise, Iceland to Copenhagen, Summer 2023,. We were in a Penthouse Suite, which was lovely, except it had no lighted vanity mirror at the dressing table. About 400 passengers were aboard, mostly travel agents and writers. We might have been the only "paying passengers." We loved the ship. She is elegant, the food excellent, service was outstanding, and there is nothing like being on a ship, on the water, anywhere in the world. However, the whiskey bar had NO Irish whiskey, which we had checked on ahead of time and were given a list. There was only one bottle of Jameson's, while "just okay," had to be snatched from the Atrium Bar and stashed in the whiskey bar for my husband. (Eventually, additional Jameson's was located, so there was one in the Crema Coffee Bar, which along with Bailey's Irish Cream,, was tasty in my coffee.) Also, no smoking was allowed in the cigar lounge, as whatever licenses were required had not been procured in time for her launch. I would enjoy going on her again, though I'm told she is trying to "change her demographic" to appeal to a younger crowd. Yeah, I hope that "younger crowd" has $30k to drop on a cruise.
Thanks so much - it was a pleasure to meet you too. We both absolutely loved the crossing and have since made it all the way to San Francisco by train. All the best :)
How nice to see you enjoying yourself, again, on an incredible cruise ship. It had more to offer than others that you have been on. It is always good to see you offering these trips for your parents to enjoy, as well. They are both lovely people.
It’s very cheeky for them to swap out the room champagne to a cheap bottle while charging $21k to book.. this ship looked lovely but was quite style over substance from what I could see
"Style over substance ": Funny you should say that as I was thinking the same thing but regarding the overy snobby food & not so much the ship. As an interior lighting & designer myself, I've always appreciated high quality materials and understated elegance. However, many would regard that level of design as perhaps pontzy and pretentious whereas I wouldn't. Yet when it comes to having hot-n-cold running chamber maids, overly pretentious food and wine, and private Butlers etc, oddly enough, that is where I draw the line. I guess we all have a slightly different take on what is "style over substance " to others.
@@stuartrowena4371 what I saw as style over substance was a marble toilet and Rolex store on the sea but they can’t cook a crème brûlée and serve £30 champagne.. seems like they can’t make their mind up whether it is a premium product or not
@@harrynicol6599- Soufflé - hence why the possibility of undercooked by the kitchen staff. They see it fully risen and wrongfully think the inside is done.
💛💛💛 I'm so glad I watch your channel! I can experience these wonderful cruises and travels for free and in under an hour! Thanks so much for presenting these tidbits of adventures! I just love them! Happy Travels! Be blessed!
You can cruise for 7 days, in a lovely suite, for around $3k usd. The suite Will booked is almost top of the line. We thoroughly enjoyed our Explora Journeys experiences and have booked another. I am a little miffed about the Champagne change. At our suite level they served Veuve and the house pour was Moët, now it’s Mercier Brut.
Just the obligatory comment for the algorithm. Me and my wife love watching your content getting inspiration for something we can‘t yet afford but love seeing :)
I am so happy that you get to enjoy these special trips with your Dad. It is something I will never get the opportunity to do. Getting to live vicariously through you guys is the next best thing.
Will, you never know when you'll lose your parents and I'm so glad that you treat them with honour and respect and enjoy the time you have with them. My mother passed away at only 62 and I will be 60 at the end of the year, but she was in poor health with breast cancer for about 10 years before she died. I remember taking her for long drives into the country where she would actually fall asleep for most of the journey until we arrived to a place that had a little cafe where we'd have a coffee and pie together. At that time my life was SO different and I thought that I knew the way my life was going but a u turn was about to take me down a path I would never have chosen! I now live in the little country town where my mum and I used to stop and that cafe is still here 21 years later. It comforts me to drive these highways remembering treasured memories. Now my Dad is almost 85, still living alone after all these years, yet stubbornly refusing to let me help him as I did my mother, and he has finally accepted that this will be the last season of life. He has had SO many falls and the last one was REALLY bad. My brother, who stayed with Dad after he broke his hip at home but refused to allow my brother to call an ambulance for 3 whole days, even though he was in agony, died 5 years ago next month and my Dad seems to have selected one of my sons to take over his role as organiser of Care Services even though I cared for my FIL for years at home and I worked as an RN doing Palliative and Aged Care for 20 years. We cannot choose our parents and I'm aware that some of us get lousy parents or one parent, but today might be the day you DO lose one. I KNOW that in the years and decades ahead that you Will will have such great memories of all these times away. It doesn't have to be five-star travel, just companionship together. I wish that I had been able to spend more time with my mum taking her on nice holidays before she got sick but I DO have memories, and they are enough! I just love it when you upload these videos. Take care to all the family Millie included!
not gonna lie when your dad said "at least its not a train" my heart hurt as those are my favorites. Especially anything The Venice Simplon Orient Express
Unfortunately I’ll never be able to afford a cruise, so I live vicariously through your channel. Thanks so much for your amazingly informative and entertaining videos. 🙏
Love that you gave your dad the suite. I wish I could give my dad the suite and travel with him. He’s in heaven. Love your travel journey! Thank you for sharing!
Great to see you again. Just a tip I always brew me some coffee to drink while watching your show so we are basically both having that much needed caffeine hit. ☕️😜
Your dad seems like such a lovely man and a gentleman like you. I love how you always give the nicest room to your parents. I really enjoy seeing who you will bring with you, your mum, dad or girlfriend, they seem to really enjoy the experiences. I could have been happy with a 2 hour video, they are that enjoyable. Thank you for bringing us with you, really great video as usual.
back in 2006 my wife and I were in victoria, bc, we had a peach bellini on the dock, ten years later, we were back, in the same place, have the same drink. that is what I think of when you mention peach bellini.
I have been watching your videos for quite some time. I have watched them numerous times! I love your cruises and train trips the most! Your parents are so awesome and Miss Millie is so beautiful! You are a lucky young man! Please keep up the good work
Your travel vlogs are hands down my favorite Will. You have such an awesome personality which pulls you further in to the vlog. Also I really love that framed print of clouds in your makeshift bedroom/living room @9:42. And cheers to your Dad 🙌🏼😎🤙🏼 What a gentleman and awesome traveling partner to have!
I loved following along on this adventure. I always love how you include your parents on your various trips. Its wonderful that you have such a great relationship with them and enjoy their company.
As much we love Millie, it's wonderful to see you giving your dad these experiences. Also at 21k GBP, glad to hear the channel is doing well, keep it going!
I saw the billboards for Explora watching the Silverstone GP, looked it up and then you drop this video a few hours later. Insanely good timing. Also, massive kudos for always giving up the good bed for your parents, not the first time I've seen you do it and much respect.
Even though we travel a Lot, I’ve just lived a moment in a class of a world I will never see. I don’t begrudge it and really enjoyed my little escape today, viewing your video. Thank you so much for posting.
Always a pleasure to see you treat your family and your production quality is always on point. Loving the 1M+ subs Will. Long time fan from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤
This channel has brought so much joy to me and the people and those around me who watch this channel. Keep posting videos that make us happy and keep on traveling!!!
You can turn the champagne bottle at a 45% angle and twist the cork very gently with one hand while rotating the bottle in the opposite direction to avoid spilling. Cheers
Thank you Will and Ian for sharing your adventure with us. Truly appreciate the up close view of the menus as one can't expand the screen properly on a laptop. I think small luxury cursing is where it is at. Personalize service and all zones of the ship are never overcrowded. The starter room looks compatible to a mid priced room on most other luxury ships. Again, appreciate the detailed tour and food options.
I love your positive attitude, even when you do call out misses. Some other travel bloggers seem to revel in finding things to kvetch about, but your vids seem like you're looking for the positive (even if you don't always find it!). The onboard dining scheme seems lifted directly from Virgin, which is nice to see!!
Can we do an episode with your parents ranking their top 5 favorite trips with you (and maybe their least favorite one as well? ) :P I love seeing you bringing your parents on board
Great to see how respectful you are towards your Dad. It's so funny also when I watched how you edited the part when you were eating your wagyu I was just laughing and smiled. God blessed you and thank you for sharing your detailed informative videos that you thoughtfully shared with your Millie, your Mum & Dad.
I’m going on the Explora 1 in July 2025. Also a foodie but being only 35 I was hoping it would have better entertainment that seems to be the only consistent downfall of the ship so far.
