Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips

Chad chats with us about his recent sailing aboard MSC Cruises' new ship MSC Seashore. He discusses his stay in the vessel's ship-within-a-ship complex The Yacht Club, as well as his experience with other dining, activities, and entertainment around the ship.

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Sheldon chats with us about his experience on Celebrity Apex's third cruise ever — a six-night Greek Isles voyage out of Athens. He goes over his first impressions of the brand-new ship, his cabin with infinite veranda, the dining, entertainment, and how the extremely low capacity on board affected the sailing.

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Richard just returned from a seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise on Carnival Cruise Line's newest megaship Mardi Gras. This was his first cruise and two years, and he treated himself to an aft excel suite balcony. We get a comprehensive review of the ship, ports of call, and what he thoughts of BOLT the first roller coaster at sea.

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Kevin and his family just returned from a seven-night Western Caribbean cruise on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas. We get a full review of the ship, itinerary, and the new protocols that Royal has during the cruise industry restart on its largest ships.

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Staff writer Richard Simms checks in with us from Carnival Cruise Line's newest ship Mardi Gras. He is on a seven-night cruise and gives us his first impressions and how he's enjoying his Excel suite (that includes access to Loft 19).

Walter just returned from a seven-night cruise aboard Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Jade from Athens, Greece. This was a Greek Isles cruise with vaccinated guests only. On top of sailing in the Mediterranean this summer, he also booked a Haven Suite. We talk about his experience and just how it was.

Listener Q: Matt from Royal Caribbean Blog answers a listener question on getting a child tested for a Christmas sailing with a lot of the pharmacies being closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

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This week Richard Simms gets us caught up on this week's cruise news.

1. Another Carnival Cruise Line ship has issues
2. John Heald gets dumps a bunch of cruise line news
3. Celebrity Cruises' changes its vaccination policy
4. Norwegian Cruise Line resumes sailing from the Gulf Coast
5. Virgin Voyages donates 100s of cabins on Scarlet Lady
6. NCL cancels sailings from South Africa

Listener Question:

1. We have a Carnival cruise booked out of Port Canaveral for late December. We're trying to arrange testing before we go, but are thinking about making a reservation for pier-side testing as a backup. Is there any reason we shouldn't do this? 2. I heard you can stay overnight on Ocean Cay. Is that true? ---

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Brian and Deb just returned from the first sailing that Norwegian Cruise Line did from Port Canaveral. This was a seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise that included St. Thomas, Tortolla, and Norwegian's private island Great Stirrup Cay. Richard Simms has cruise news:

• One of the big guys at Royal Caribbean is stepping down after 33 years
• World's largest cruise ship hits milestone
• Carnival Vista will move ports in 2023
• A milestone out in Los Angeles this past weekend.
• Carnival is doing it again
• This restart is ramping up quickly, what are the latest ships back in service?

Listener Question: Can I buy a mask on a cruise?

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Mark just returned from a seven-night cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas. This was a cruise that went down to the Bahamas with a brief stop in Florida. Departing out of the New York City metro area, Mark shares his thoughts, his first impressions, and what it was like being a first-time cruiser on Royal Caribbean.

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We catch up with Holland America Line's President about the brand new ms Rotterdam and speak with Seth Wayne, Holland America Line's brand ambassador.

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Travel insurance policies have changed over the cruise industry shutdown. In some areas larger than others, especially when it comes to a test yielding a positive test result. Dan Skilken, President of TripInsurance.com joins us to break down what has changed, and what hasn't over the course of the pandemic.

Richard has cruise news:

• A recording-breaking passenger day in Nassau, Bahamas
• Celebrity Apex is christened in Port Everglades, Florida
• Royal Caribbean updates Ultimate World Cruise sales
• Two cruise lines have earnings calls and it looks good moving forward
• Cruise line enters Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
• You can cruise with Chef Emeril this Thanksgiving

Listener Question: We do not have a smartphone, do we have to use the Ocean Medallion token on Princess Cruises?

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