![]() There are frequent on-deck barbecues at lunchtime. At dinner, you may well find the food either a bit heavy, or inexpertly prepared, or both. There is no bar service.įill up at breakfast, a lavish, usually delicious buffet. Despite the gym equipment, the brass, wood, and leather give the lounge a nautical flavor. In the cool, quiet, under-used Captain Nemo Lounge, which shares space with the gym and spa, you can observe marine life through thick portholes while relaxing on a comfortable sofa. There’s also a seldom-used Observation Lounge forward of the Deluxe balcony suites. Aft of the Tropical Bar is the comfortable, air-conditioned library. Next door, the Piano Bar, complete with a white baby grand, opens to the three-deck-high atrium, a rarity for a sailing ship. Evening entertainment is presented here, right on the teak deck. The ship’s ever-lively epicentre is the Tropical Bar on Main Deck, presided over by a surly green parrot called Murphy. Except during trans-ocean crossings, there’s no doctor aboard, but only a nurse, who also waits tables. Royal Clipper has no elevator and no cabins designed for the handicapped. The largest square-rigged sailing ship in the world, Royal Clipper offers a blend of older lines Windjammers’ ultra-casual and Windstar’s more upscale onboard atmosphere, and is popular with international passengers who find it exhilarating beyond their ability to describe the sight of 42 sails unfurling consecutively to symphonic accompaniment. At all other times, anyone seen in anything other than shorts and a T-shirt is frowned at censoriously. Shorts and T-shirts are banned from the dining room at night, when men are encouraged to wear long-sleeved shirts for dinner, but most wear polo shirts, while their better halves favor slacks or casual dresses. Pregnant women in their third trimester are not allowed aboard. There are no children’s programs, counsellors, or kid’s menus, and few youngsters sail aboard Royal Clipper. Those who don’t like heights can climb out in the bow netting while the ship is under sail. The ship’s most unusual and exhilarating exercise is supervised mast-climbing, which takes place several times a cruise unless the weather’s dreadful. Snorkeling gear must be used at the beach, as swimming off the platform is forbidden. On port days, a marina platform is sometimes lowered from the stern, and passengers frolic on and with a sunfish, a banana boat, water skis, windsurfs and kayaks. The third pool – the glass-bottom one above the dining room – is about four feet deep and just about big enough for a cooling dip. Of the three fresh water pools on the teak Sun Deck, two are only knee-deep, and the water’s unheated. ![]() Some passengers apparently believe that walking up and down stairs (there’s no passenger elevator) a couple of times a day is all the exercise they need. Use of the sauna is by appointment, and costs 3 Euros per day. Spa treatments include a 60-minute relaxation or Thai massage, for 62 Euros. The gym offers four treadmills, five exercycles (three types) and six weight machines. ![]() The spa, beauty salon and gym share the Captain Nemo Lounge’s underwater setting. Two 175-square foot cabins behind the library have no designated balcony space, but the cabin doors do open onto the deck, and there’s a whirlpool tub/shower in the bathroom, as well as a minibar and bathrobes. The 14 Deluxe verandah suites, the first on a sailing craft, measure 255 square feet. appliances.Įach of the two 320-square foot Owner’s Suites has it own separate sitting area and free minibar. Cabins are equipped with 220-volt outlets, plus a 110-volt shaver outlet. A hair dryer, safe and standard toiletries are supplied in all categories. The 114 cabins in eight categories attractively juxtapose wood paneling, off-white walls, marine blue carpeting, bedspreads with nautical flags, and brass fixtures, all of which combine to say: nautical. A 12.5 percent tip is automatically added to bar bills. Tips may be placed in a box at the purser’s office or added to your onboard account. A tip of 8 Euros per passenger per day is suggested – 5 for the wait staff pool, 3 for your cabin steward. The ship speaks not of dollars, but of euros. Great food a casino glitzy entertainment formal dining large cabins to bring their children.
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