Like other reviews, i had the same reaction when watching it: it reminds me of National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) because it's about touring in Europe and having funny misadventures. The big difference here is that the locations are not real but just sets: Egypt and Alps are funny because they look very like background. The other change (or rather evolution) is that this Grandpa travels by boat and not by planes! And as others wrote, it's a great moment of cinema to watch the departure of a real Cunar liner: the departure was the same as for the future Titanic but the boat size is definitely smaller, even if we can see that it's full of passengers. With that, we have as bonus a wonderful view of NYC docks by the way. I'm surprised to not have read the usual negative comments about discrimination because the locals are all depicted dumb or thieves (not communities for europeans?)... I invite you to my review for Fights of Nations (1907) to my feeling about this issue and watching this movie, i understand one more thing: when those old movies were shot, travels and news from others countries were not what they are today: actually i think almost all people would have never met an outlander (except in books or in cinema) so other countries were built with imagination and clichés. Anyway, this short movie is quite funny and this is exactly the same kind of fun that the Griswold would meet too!