The casino is located in the middle of the ship on the 4th floor. Qin Ren just saw it but did not participate. The principle of the casino is to spend money to buy chips. You can buy more chips when you run out of chips, but you can't get a refund. As long as the ship is on the high seas, the casino will not be closed.
The cruise ship's own product booth is located at the stern of the 4th floor, displaying and selling cruise-related products and Disney dolls. Cruise-themed items include various cups, various clothes, various model toys, refrigerator magnets, pens, flashlights and other small gadgets.
The Royal Avenue is located in the middle of the 5th floor, where various theme parades and photo activities are held from time to time. There are duty-free shops on both sides, selling watches, bags, gold jewelry, jewelry, Swarovski, clothing, etc., which is similar to an airport.
The business center is at the stern of the 6th floor, where you can book your next cruise. If you pay $100 in advance, you can get coupons of $30, $50, or $100 on your next trip, depending on the length of your trip. This can be used to offset any cruise expenses other than the ticket. The maximum you can pay in advance seems to be $300 or $400.
The next time you travel, no matter who comes, you can use it, and there is no time limit. In addition, the special benefit for Chinese tourists is that with this advance payment, you can book other tourist routes such as Europe or America that are not open to Chinese tourists.
The library is at the stern of the 7th floor, and there are not many books. Some of the books here are provided by the ship, with signatures, and some are bought by tourists at the airport, and left here after reading on the ship. Some people enjoy reading on the sofa, and you can also take the book anywhere to read.
The Internet center is at the stern of the 8th floor. There is a special system. It seems that sending emails is free, but you need to have a designated mailbox that Westerners are used to. Browsing the web, reading news or playing games requires entering the room card number and charging. There is wifi and telephone on the ship, but satellite network and telephone are really expensive.
The swimming pool is in the middle of the 11th floor. There are no slides for children to play in the water. The swimming pool is surrounded by jogging tracks with meters, lounge chairs, hamburger stands, water bars, bars, ice cream bars, and there have been welcoming parties, horseback dances, and square dance parties by the pool. Water polo games, dodgeball games, and sandbag throwing games have been organized for crew members to compete against tourists.
When the crew loses the game, they pretend to blame each other, splash water on each other, or imitate seals when picking up the ball, which is quite funny.
The fitness center is on the bow of the ship on the 11th floor. There is a large row of treadmills and various fitness equipment, as well as an exercise room, which is also a bicycle room. The treadmills don't seem to be as good as the equipment in the district venue center, at least they are of the same grade, and it seems that they haven't been updated for a long time.
Let me complain here. In China, at least in Beijing, if you value equipment and risks when it comes to fitness, it is best to choose a public institution such as a gym center, because private enterprises need efficiency. With today's fitness awareness, income levels and government subsidies, it is difficult for private enterprises to afford to update equipment. The normal ending of the story is to collect gym memberships and then wait to run away and go bankrupt.
The government pays for the replacement of public facilities, so they can afford such cheap gym memberships. If you value service or people, it depends on your opinion. There is also a jacuzzi pool inside, which is the only indoor jacuzzi pool. There are some people who insist on exercising while enjoying themselves on the ship, but not many.
The spa is at the bow on the 12th floor. Prices are similar to those in China, or even cheaper, but the cost of labor services is much higher than in China, which is a prominent feature of developed Western countries, and it is also the same on ships run by Westerners.
The youth disco and arcade room are at the stern of the 12th floor. Qin Ren went there once at night and saw quite a few Western kids making friends in the dim disco. There is also a kindergarten where you can leave your children. The crew will organize them to play and even dress them up as pirates and take them to other places on the ship to play.
I don't know if there is a charge. There are some privileges for children on the ship: they can reserve breakfast with Disney characters for free and get a lottery ticket for free. The sports park at the stern on the 13th floor has a table tennis table, a mini plastic court for football, basketball and volleyball, a mini roller skating rink, a mini golf course and a rock climbing wall.
The climbing wall can be experienced for free once. Mini golf is said to be charged, but you can play it at any time during closed hours, so Qin Ren doesn't know if anyone plays it during the so-called open hours. The Seven Stars Chess and Card Room is at the stern of the 14th floor. You can play mahjong and poker, or borrow it back to the guest room. It costs 10 US dollars per hour, and there are people playing it.
The Holy Light Church is at the stern of the 15th floor. Qin Ren doesn't know much about Protestantism, so he doesn't know if anyone would come to the church during the holidays. However, this church can host love events such as weddings at sea. The rest are various bars. There is a Lotus Lounge at the bow of the 5th floor, which is a Buddhist style that Westerners think of. There are some Buddha statues inside, and the doorman is actually a terracotta warrior.
This is positioned as a relatively large meeting room, where prize-giving, member meetings, towel folding interest training, ballroom dance training, and Chinese music dances are held. There is a Dragon Legend Nightclub on the bow of the 3rd floor. The dragon is a Western concept of dragon, which feels like it is prepared for night owls and is very dim.
Karaoke events, bachelor parties, disco parties, and dances held here all start at 7 o'clock and last until late at night. On both sides of the casino in the middle of the 4th floor are the Segono Piano Bar and the Bolero Lounge Bar. Segono is positioned as an educational bar, with piano and guitar string performances from time to time, and organizes guessing games on various themes such as movies, songs, and logos.
Various educational games such as Sudoku, treasure hunts, and Nintendo video games are available, and various trainings such as towel folding, origami, Chinese, and Tiffany boxes are held. Bolero is positioned as Latin and enthusiastic, and in the evening there will be singers singing Shakira or Reidi's songs and organizing tourists to dance.
There is a sky bar at the bow on the 12th floor, which provides drinks and entertainment for the swimming pool service. Singers or bands perform from time to time. Horseback dances and welcome parties have been organized. There is a Viking Crown Lounge Ellington Bar at the stern on the 14th floor. It is quite large and has held karaoke competitions and Chinese dances. It is also quite dim and is also prepared for night owls.
Finally, let's talk about the crew. It stands out that there are really many Chinese people. Most of the managers on the ship are white. The captain is an old man. The entertainment director is also not young, but he really works hard. He must host every large show, usually shuttles between various locations, and participates in the filming of commemorative CDs. Qin Ren ran into him during the emergency drill and when he went ashore in the morning to play.
The other entertainment staff on the ship are also great. There are artists from China, Australia, Britain, the United States, Russia, and Japan. Each of them is multi-talented and usually performs in various bars. During prime time, they gather at the Coral Theater for group performances. They sing musicals, singles, dance, and even perform figure skating.
The director's partner, the entertainment manager, was a young Chinese girl. It was estimated that there were more than 100 Chinese tourists on the ship. Reports said there were more than 1,000 Australians, and less than 50 Koreans and Japanese. According to the room attendant, the next ship was full of Chinese people who spoke Chinese during the Spring Festival, and there were really many wealthy Chinese, so it was natural that the second in command of the entertainment department was Chinese.
Another Chinese leader on the ship is the cruise sales manager, who is responsible for attracting tourists to book the next cruise. She is also a young girl who grew up in China and went abroad at a young age. Qin Ren feels that Chinese people account for about two-thirds of the grassroots staff on the ship. For example, the service desk is all Chinese, and the rest should be Indians, scattered in the restaurant and bar.
Qin Ren's room attendant was a Changchun man in his early thirties, a former teacher, and very enthusiastic. He introduced a lot of things to Qin Ren and asked Qin Ren if he needed anything at least once a day. He cleaned the room even if Qin Ren didn't hang a sign saying "clean the room". One day, he even used a towel to place a manta ray for Qin Ren.
Later, I heard him chatting with Westerners and Qin Ren, and learned that he used towels to arrange various patterns for white customers every day. Because Westerners attach great importance to these, they will thank him and even pay more tips, while Chinese people do not have the habit of tipping.
From his words, I knew that he liked purely Western routes like those in North America because they would get generous tips; he didn't like serving Indians because Indians were relatively unhygienic, piled things up everywhere, and were difficult to clean.
The crew has its own satellite internet and telephone service on board, as well as its own internal canteen. The crew can control their working hours, and the airfare to the meeting point is reimbursed by the airline. They can take a half-year break a year, but they probably don't get paid during the break. However, the waiters should earn a lot, like the guest room guy, whose wife is on another ship and has also bought a house in Singapore.
Qin Ren ate buffet and cruised around the cruise ship. He returned to the room when he was tired. He wanted to watch TV while taking a shower. But the TV was controlled and could only play English safety and emergency knowledge over and over again. Fortunately, two suitcases arrived one after another. He sorted the luggage, looked at the day's guide and shore excursion recommendations, and then went out for a walk again because he had nothing to do.
This time when I went out for a stroll, I happened to see a queue at the service counter on the 5th floor. I had read the guide before and knew that this was the start of the group registration. There were two lines, one long and one short, but generally speaking, they were not short, so Qin Ren lined up in the shorter line first.
But the consultant was very busy and replied several times, "Please queue up first." After I got to the front of the line, the consultant began to answer Qin Ren's questions seriously. Qin Ren's short line was mainly for consulting services, and the long line was mainly for booking shore excursions. Many people in this line were renting power strips and binding credit cards.
Qin Ren went to the service desk and started to bind his credit card. The service staff was a young girl who was very enthusiastic. She chatted with Qin Ren while he was doing the processing. Just like the room attendant, she did her best to answer all of Qin Ren's irrelevant questions, and even took the initiative to remind him. Finally, she gave Qin Ren a business card.
Most importantly, she also took the initiative to help Qin Ren book a shore excursion, saving Qin Ren the time of waiting in a long line. In case Qin Ren couldn't understand the group ticket, she also packed it in an envelope and wrote the key information such as the meeting time and place in Chinese. In short, the waiters on the boat were very good.
Let's talk about shore sightseeing tours. Whether it was the room attendant or the service desk consultant, the answer after consultation was: "Anyway, I like to go ashore and play by myself. There are many drivers at the pier who can speak Chinese and take you wherever you want to go. You can make the choice." They all really cared about Qin Ren.
The room attendant gave Qin Ren the shore excursion materials provided on the ship. He also gave Qin Ren an English version and reminded Qin Ren that the English version had more routes to choose from. The Chinese version only provided some classic routes, and almost every route had its label, such as the most popular, the most cost-effective, the most family-friendly, and so on.
The price ranges from more than 20 US dollars to nearly 100 US dollars, and there are some discounts for children. Qin Ren chose the Kuala Lumpur shopping tour on the first day, because he had learned before that there were no attractions worth seeing here. After reading the introduction, he felt that this tour would go to many places and give him a superficial and comprehensive understanding of the Malaysian capital.
On the second day, Qin Ren chose Langkawi as a key tour because he saw the oceanarium, rice fields and Malay handicrafts. So far, all of Qin Ren's long-distance tours have been to places with sea, and each time he went to an oceanarium. On another occasion, in addition to the oceanarium, he also went to the zoo for a day.
By the way, while waiting in line, Qin Ren also did two things. One was to fill out an application form to become a member of the cruise ship. It is said that he will receive a confirmation letter when he returns to China; the other was to find a brochure with a brief introduction to the cruise ship next to the service desk, which contained a map of the cruise ship.
This is so useful. It can be compared with the daily guide. Qin Ren used this map to avoid unnecessary mistakes. The promotional materials and application forms are available in various languages, reflecting the cruise line's consistent meticulousness.
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Soon it was time for the life-saving drill. Everyone was gathered in different areas according to the room card information, and then the crew demonstrated how to put on life jackets. Qin Ren would later see the performance of the crew members who demonstrated, one was a pianist from the entertainment department, and the other was a singer from the entertainment department.
After the emergency drill, I returned to the room and the TV finally worked. The TV channels on the ship were similar to those in Singapore, about 20. I remember there were 4 Chinese channels, one of which was dedicated to promoting gambling, spa, NGO and other paid activities on the ship, and another was dedicated to promoting jewelry, watches, paintings and other consumer goods on the ship.
There is a foreign movie channel with Chinese subtitles and an MTV channel. There may be 5 channels. Jewelry and painting channels may also be different channels. In short, the Chinese channels are all 24-hour programs that encourage consumption, and the programs that encourage consumption are only in Chinese channels.
I don't know if all TVs on the ship are designed this way, or if only Chinese people will see such TV programs, while Westerners' rooms will have English programs to encourage consumption - if so, the TV on the ship is really personalized. I remember that other channels also have recording channels of the main entertainment activities on the ship the night before.
From here you can find that the programs that seem quite exciting when seen in the theater are not so good when put on TV. There is also an English scenery channel introducing the next day's travel destination, an English channel promoting marine environmental protection public welfare, the BBC, an English sports channel, 2 English movie channels, 2 English comedy TV series channels, and 3 English cartoon channels.
There are also one Japanese, one Korean, and one Arabic channel, and the English emergency escape channel is still there. In short, the remaining channels have everything in English, and the needs of children are fully considered, as well as tourists from other countries, and the consumption needs of Chinese tourists are fully considered.
Qin Ren watched TV for a while, then went down to the fifth floor. There were so many people that he thought it was just cartoon characters dressed as foreigners walking on stilts, paddling land boats, and dancing Yangko. Qin Ren watched for a while before trying something new. The meal took a long time, and he rushed to the Coral Theater just after he finished dessert. The opening welcome dance had already begun, but luckily he was quick-witted.
The show that night was performed by two Chinese acrobats, one male and one female. After watching the show, Qin Ren went to the buffet restaurant to get a meal and some water for the evening, then wandered around the duty-free shops on Royal Avenue, listened to the singers' performance on Royal Avenue for a while, and then went back to sleep.
Lying on the bed, Qin Ren silently practiced the top secret martial art Qinglian Sword Song. His true energy and mental power kept flowing, constantly strengthening himself. The divine sword Qinglian did not say a word, and the material-type monsters were all a group of taciturn guys.
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The next day, Qin Ren came to the gathering place, the Coral Theater, after dinner. He was quickly called ashore. There were many taxi drivers soliciting customers in English and Chinese on the pier. Qin Ren found the tour bus smoothly. The tour bus was as cold as the taxis in Singapore. Other tourists protested, but later they learned that it was the highest temperature of the bus air conditioner.
The local guide on the bus was an old man. It was not easy to take Qin Ren to walk around the streets that day. Kuala Lumpur was very congested that day. It was said that it was because the Sunnis in Malaysia needed to go to the temple to pray on that day. We finally arrived in the city and stopped for a while to see the cultural landscapes of Kuala Lumpur such as the ** Square, the Municipal Building, and the Cathedral.
Then we went to Central Art Plaza, Petaling Street and other shopping places to experience the local market and eat snacks. The market in Kuala Lumpur is similar to the small commodity markets that can be seen everywhere in China. There are small commodities of various styles such as Chinese, Indian and Islamic. You can bargain. After visiting the market, we went to the big shopping mall, and first went to Lotte Department Store.
However, some people in the group were not satisfied and felt that the shopping mall was not worth going to. After negotiating with the tour guide, they cancelled the next shopping mall and wanted to go to the Petronas Twin Towers, which was once the tallest building in the world. However, I guess they were disappointed later - I don't know if it was because they offended the tour guide or it was originally arranged this way.
Qin Ren parked his car far away from the Petronas Twin Towers and took photos with the Twin Peaks as the background. The weather that day was like being in Beijing, and the Twin Peaks were not clearly visible to the naked eye. On the way back, Qin Ren was tired. After returning to the pier, he found that the pier rental was also quite standardized. There was a wall at the door with detailed English and Chinese instructions for various locations in Kuala Lumpur.
The reference price of taxis of different seats and levels was later discovered that all ports in Malaysia have such a wall. After returning, I also found that there is a free wifi lounge at Port Klang Terminal, which is unique to Port Klang.
After coming back, I thought about this day's tour and felt it was worth it. First of all, as a habit, Qin Ren would definitely feel regretful if he didn't go ashore. If he found a driver and took a taxi to Kuala Lumpur, I guess based on the traffic jam today, the air conditioning could help him express to a high altitude. The most important thing is that the distance between the various attractions in Kuala Lumpur is not short.
And generally speaking, there is not much to see, and you probably need to charter a car to have a good time. In that case, compared with a group tour, not only is there a tour guide missing, but the price is probably not much different. You don't have to worry about where to go on a self-guided tour, the cruise ship's daily guide has a detailed description.
Qin Ren was as leisurely as an ordinary person, enjoying an ordinary trip, but it was a different journey of spiritual practice.
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