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The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
THE DAILY CRUISE AND TRAVEL NEWS “PODCAST” WITH TOM DRAKE
For nearly 30 years, comedian Tom Drake has gone where most people only dream of vacationing—performing stand-up aboard cruise ships around the world, crossing countless oceans, visiting faraway ports, enduring crowded airports, and witnessing nearly every kind of travel triumph and disaster imaginable.
After that much time at sea, Tom has seen everything, done everything, and—at least according to Tom—now…
Episodes
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 25, 2024. Breeze Airways founder says the truth. Airlines could never afford to use sustainable fuel!
Delta is soon to offer more ways to squeeze a buck out of their flyers! Breeze Airways boss says fuel to save the planet would cost 100 billion dollars more…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 22, 2024. MSC Confusion! The new MSC mega-mother will have nineteen different stateroom categories!
The Turkish Government is not happy with the Holy Hemorrhoids! Royal Caribbean tells their guests that their part of Haiti is safe! MSC World America will have…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 21, 2024. Viking Boss shoots down acquisition rumors! Russia helping the Houthis!
The new Disney Treasure is one of four ships bringing 11K guests to Nassau in one day! Torstein Hagen does not see Viking acquiring another line! Does Vegas…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 20, 2024. Florence officials are devising ways to keep tourists away!
AAA in America says there will be more turkeys than ever traveling this year! FAA suspends all flights to crime-filled Haiti after three US carriers find…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 19, 2024. Greenland is beautiful and boring! Sweden and Finland preparing for war?
The original travel Guru, Arthur Frommer, passes at 95! Carnival's adults-only section attracts adults who act like children. Quiet Greenland is soon to be…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 18, 2024. Villa Vie makes it to the Caribbean! Crystal will have casinos!
Oceania Cruise launches Big Black Friday sale! Crystal Casinos will be replicas of Casino De Monte Carlo! ASTA is hoping the new administration will be more…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 15, 2024. Anyone for a riverboat cruise in February? Spirit going under? It could happen.
Disney Park attendance is back to normal! 151 million visitors last year! European riverboat companies hope people will take a ride in very cold weather! One…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 14, 2024. Will enforced formal nights ever return? Disney Treasure will have 20,000 Godparents!
U.S. Coast makes another amazing medevac during rough weather! Carnival's Brand Ambassador says Nat Nay on wearing tuxedos! Port Canaveral Boss John Murray…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 13, 2024. Houthis fire on Navy ships and miss again! Will China play fair with cruise lines visiting China?
Chinese Government is nationalizing its cruise lines! Fair? Probably not! Royal Caribbean will continue to visit their private island in Haiti despite…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 12, 2024. Disney to the rescue! Guests on Spirit flight to Haiti land in the DR after getting strafed!
NCL CEO explained the meaning of ROEx to Cruise World Attendees! Four people on a sinking Catamam rescued by Disney's newest ship. New owners of Margaritaville…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 11, 2024. Villa Vie offering a four year Escape from Trump cruise! Room for Whoopi?
Shocking! EU bureaucrats delay the launch of their new electronic entry system again! Jason Liberty says his line competes with Taylor Swift for the…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 9, 2024. The Guru has places for disgruntled Americans to move to now!
Crystal exercises its option to build a third new ship! Belize could be the new home for unhappy Americans! The Holy Hemmoroids say they shot down a US drone!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 8, 2024. American Airlines removes power to toss passengers from flight crew!
Marriott Boss blames lackluster results on the Presidential election! Boeing machinists end the strike but remain unhappy! LaGuardia Airport Spirit terminal…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 7, 2024. Bar Harbor residents say no to easy money! Ducky Duck is not the Carnival mascot!
The USS United States will finally leave the Port of Philadelphia to be sunk in Florida! Carnival Cruise Line clarifies the role of their character, Ducky the…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 5, 204. Carnival's new mascot is a duck? The Guru is not happy!
National Enquirer's hit piece of cruises is typical of that rag! USA today's piece of cruise ship CDC inspections is fair and somewhat accrurate! The Houthis…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 4, 2024. Why do tattoos on cruise ship staff bother people?
Bar Harbor residents will decide the fate of cruise ship visits tomorrow! Carnival Cruise Lines does allow non-offensive tattoos to be visible on the staff!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 2, 2024. German Navy is afraid to sail through Houthi attacked waters? NCL Holdings reports record third quarter results!
SPECIAL SATURDAY PODCAST!! Lim Kok Thay, who bankrupted Crytal Cruises, celebrates his new cruise line sailing from Dubai! Delta tells flight crew that…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeNovember 1, 2024. NCL's private island will be able to dock two big ships in 2025!
Raw milk in Connecticut was found to be contaminated with Campylobacter! Huh? Social media is filled with questions about the future of Oceania's small ships!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 31, 2024. State department says visa wait times are improving! Seward is getting 47 million tax dollars for shore power!
Montreal officials are thrilled with cruise tourism numbers this year! Icon of the Seas will plug into short power next month in Miami! Carnival guests are…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 30, 2024. American Airlines fined 50 million dollars by little Petey's DOT!
British Airways cancel 101 flights to the U.S. because of an engine parts shortage! Little Pete's DOT fines American Airlines 50 million for lousy wheelchair…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 29,2024. The Guru is establishing street cred! BA going south in a hurry!
The View from the Wing throws British Airways "under the bus"! Everyone agrees that cruising is the best vacation value! Carnival celebrates twenty years of…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 28, 2024. Do we need the Government questioning how airlines run their loyalty programs?
CORRECTION: American Airlines is serving Oat miLK, not goat milk! Souhwest's Bob Jordan is suddenly a "Corporate Capon" after Elliott Investment clears out his…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 24, 2024. Around the world without going! Villa Vie's toilets stop working only days into the cruise!
What a relief! This fall, American Airlines will now serve goat milk creamer! Royal Caribbean will build its own cruise port in Alaska! Most of Villa Vie's…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 23, 2024. Should you be allowed to hug your wife for more than three minutes at an airport? Not in New Zealand!
Carnival Cruise Line wisely WILL not show election results to the drunks by the pool! Dunedin airport institutes a 3-minute hug rule at dropoff! Delta gate…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 22, 2024. Royal Caribbean forced to pay high fines to the EPA for paperwork errors!
Queen Mary 2 is haunted by former guests who died and stayed onboard! Royal Caribbean settles with EPA after being charged with illegal waste disposal! Cruise…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 21, 2024. Is Azamara Cruises making any money yet? Carnival Cruise Line boss jumps from a plane?
Christine Duffy helps raise money for the Gary Sinise Foundation by jumping from a plane! Azamara is returning to Alaska in 2026 with more free stuff! How are…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 18,2024. The Seabourn Pursuit discovers cargo ship that sunk 110 years and not by hitting it!
Delta's new digital tool helps the airline decide how many annoying announcements they must make! Voters in Juneau, Alaska, decided to allow cruisers to…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 17, 2024. SS United States was burglarized! How could they tell? The US is at war with Yemen!
American Airlines is testing a new "you are a moron" boarding process! US B2's bomb the Holy Hemmoroids weapons storage facilities! Cruisers want round-trip…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 16, 2024. Royal Caribbean will buy Costa Maya and make it perfect!
Delta planes will get all new seats to go along with the same old snacks! Is Victoria Cruise another cruise-by-night outfit!? NCL Holdings signed a 10-year…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 15, 2024. Holland America promoting an overcrowded Alaska at their San Diego Expo!
Columbus Day parade-goers are not upset to hear Columbus might have been Jewish! Cunard's 2025 Fashion Cruise will include Christian Siriani! Anxious flyers…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 14, 2024. Is Oceania really offering a 368 day World Cruise on Regatta?
The CDC Vessel Sanitation program is unfair and designed to make the cruise industry look bad! The Guru thinks a 368-day World Cruise in Oceania is some travel…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 11, 2024. SS United States might be sunk once and for all! Norwegian and the NHL will be on ice together!
Disney guests and TikTok influencer became distraught over cruising during Hurricane Milton! Okaloosa County, Florida, is ready to buy and sink the SS United…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 10, 2024. Be quiet at the comedy show on Carnival or get tossed! Royal Caribean is building another private destination!
Some hotels in Florida lowered rates for hurricane evacuees! Oceania's new Allura will feature a Creperie for guests who come on the ship to enjoy the food…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 9, 2024. Haiti is safe because Royal Caribbean says so! The Chinese owned Waldorf Astoria should be renamed the Eavesdrop Inn!
Orlando tourism is up, but not by much. Could cruising be a better value? If you don't know that your suitcase will go under the bed on a ship..stay home!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 8, 2024. Talking about furniture will not sell cruises. Food, service and itinerary are important!
Explora Journeys is switching to seven-day cruises chasing the elusive young and rich vacationer! Could airlines ban kids in first class? Probably. But they…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 7, 2024. The FAA calls off babysitting United maintenance department! Amazon river running dry? Seabourn cancels their visit to Manaus!
Southwest CEO Bob Jordan refuses to be rushed by Elliott Investment! Israel remembers October 7th, one year later, by eliminating terrorist leaders one by one!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 4, 2024. Atlas Ocean President stepping down. Why? Cruise guests love hiding ducks. Why?
Longshoremen are back to work after getting a massive salary raise! All cruise ships are built in Europe. Why? James Rodriquez is stepping down at Atlas Ocean…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 3, 2024. Dumb questions from cruisers, plus smuggling a gun onboard and telling the world about it!
Royal Caribbean is getting into the Hotel business in Chile! Two Carnival guests were banned for life for bringing a gun onboard! You have to wear underwear to…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOct. 2,2024. Villa Vie back in port! Haines, Alaska is asking for nine dollars for nothing!
Botched paperwork forces Villa Vie Odyssey back to Belfast! Nine dollars per person from cruise ship passengers to visit Haines, Alaska? Guru wonders why…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeOctober 1, 2024. Villa Vie Odyssey made it to the Belfast cruise terminal!! That's a start!
MSC World America will have an Eataly onboard! Mangia! Two broken Delta planes caused the cancellation of an NHL pre-season game! Villa Vie hopes to sail to…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 30, 2024. On a plane should we dress for success or better than the flight attendants?
Villa Vie might sail today...sure... and the Guru might win the lottery! Dressing up for flying these days is like wearing a suit to a tractor pull! Is Virgin…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 28, 2024. Whoever wrote ABC's new cruise ship show Doctor Odyssey should be thrown overboard!
Victory Cruises is restarting next spring. Bookings are open now! Royal Caribbean will allow multiple USB chargers but not power strips! One Carnival guest…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 27, 2024. Kitesurfing off a cruise ship is the newest Virgin attraction! Villa Vie still stuck in port!
Norwegian Cruise Line is using a state-of-the-art system to combat bacteria on ships! Kitesurfer Tom Bridge surfs from the bow of Virgin's Resilient Lady!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 25, 2024. High winds cause cancellation of ports! Hotels workers in Frisco are getting frisky for money!
Turkish court sentences Croatian cabin to 30 years in prison! Hotel workers in several cities go on strike for more money and less work! Carnival is adding…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 24, 2024. Two Royal Caribbean Mega-Mothers develop problems!
Villa Vie Odyssey is finally ready to sail months late! Icon of the Seas cruise was canceled due to unnamed problems! Utopia of the Sea loses all power…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 23, 2024. Virgin making more changes to find that perfect elusive young non-cruiser!
Carnival Cruise Line is reminding people to turn the lights off!! Viking cruises are trying to make China work with their bi-polar ocean-going ship! Virgin…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSept. 21, 2024. Don't bring your own internet connection on Carnival!!
Maritime Squatter? Conservancy for the USS United States is still trying to stay in port without paying! Carnival banned potable StarLink dish that allowed…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 20, 2024. Easy Jet is not easy. It is a build your own flight airline! Amsterdam airport should help reduce travelers!
Virgin hires a company to help generate revenue streams in the medical center! Why are airports in Europe and the UK designed to torture travelers? Next time…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 18, 2024. Carnival will round trip from San Francisco to Alaska in 2026!
Cruise Lines only have to be cheaper than hotels to continue to grow! Saga's new TV ad will tell people their guests are not as old as they look! Join the Guru…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 17, 2024. UK is getting in on the Travel Waiver action!
Explora Journeys names their second "Ocean State of Mind" ship! Holy Hemorrhoids say the U.S. offered to recognize their government if they stopped being…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 16, 2024. Brightline's high speed trains will be built in Chemung County New York!
TSA will probably delay the RealID requirement again! Power Pork Politics! Chuck Schumer arranges for new high-speed trains to be built in Horseheads, NY!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 13, 2024. Villa Vie banned two guests from their ship that can't sail!
Explora Journeys takes delivery of one ship, cuts the steel for another, and slaps a coin on the ship being built. Lots to sell!! Oceania is sending Riviera to…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 12, 2024. Richard Branson is the "Greatest Showman" at sea. The pain of a seven hour Wizz!
Gary Kelly is out at Southwest. More to follow! Richard Branson is now Revered Branson. Villa Vie claims they have spent 2 Million on hotels for displaced…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 11, 2024. Remember 911!!! Villa Vie out of money? Perloff gets a new gig!
Explora Journeys has another new boss! Lisa Lutoff-Perlo is now Chairwoman of the Board at Hornblower! Two Delta planes kiss but don't make up! Royal…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSept. 10, 2024. Greek Prime Minister announces plan to slow down cruise ship visits!
Oceania guests give new pricing mixed reviews! Santorini and Mykonos are too crowded, according to Greek PM! Carnival's multi-device internet plan costs $75.00…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 9, 2024. Should a Cruise Director have a nickname of "Fire" on a cruise ship?
Is the battle for the Red Sea America's problem or Europe's? Oceania's culinary excursions were a hit with one travel writer! The Holy Hemorrhoids are claiming…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 6, 2024. Swiss Airlines buy new first class cubicles that are too heavy!
Ritz Carlton's new and bigger yacht, Ilma, is now sailing! Explora Journeys Explorer 2 will have a Godmother concerned about marine life! Flying First Class on…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 5, 2024. Is Prince Harry's Travalyst a money grab?
Carnival Corp. committed to buying Alaskan seafood for their hotels and ships Is Travalyst a Prince Harry money grab? Carnival's John Heald tells guests that…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 4, 2024. Thirteen-year-olds can stay alone in a cabin on Carnival? Good idea?
The Iranian Backed Wack Jobs say the tanker they attacked that might cause an environmental disaster is the fault of the U.S. military! Guests who left glasses…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeSeptember 3, 2024. Ritz Carlton attempting to create a new category of cruising. Yachting with 448 guests!
VShips Leisure CFO loves the new Ritz Carlton yacht with 448 guests! Ritz is also a client! Some Carnival guests want the motion light in the bathroom removed…