Video series

Jude’s cruise takes. Unfiltered.

Short episodes, real opinions: which ships are worth it, what the pricing games mean, and the industry habits that need calling out. From the founder — no sponsors, no scripts from the cruise lines.

First episodes are being filmed now. Nothing to watch quite yet — join the list below and the first episodes reach you before they go anywhere else.

Planned episodes

On the slate.

Topics in production or planned — the list grows from viewer questions, so send yours.

Planned

The balcony question, settled

When the upgrade is worth every dollar, when it is theater, and the one itinerary where the cabin is the destination.

Planned

Wave season: what the ads don’t say

“70% off” of what, exactly? How to read the January offers like someone who sells them.

Planned

The one excursion rule

A single rule that sorts the excursions worth booking from the ones worth skipping — on any ship, any port.

Planned

Big ship vs. small ship, honestly

Not which is better — which is better for you. The personality test the brochures never print.

The rules of the series

What to expect.

No. No cruise line pays for placement, and no episode is scripted by one. If that ever changes, it will be disclosed in the episode itself — not buried in a description.

Short — a few minutes each. One take per episode: one question, one honest answer, no padding.

Please. The slate grows from viewer questions — reply to any episode alert email with yours, and the best ones become episodes.

First to watch

Episodes land here first.

Join the list and the first episodes arrive in your inbox before they go anywhere else. One email per episode — nothing else.