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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 DrakeJune 7, 2024. The Russians are coming to the Caribbean for exercises! Fleet Week in St. Bart's?
Carnival says wearing your military uniform on their ship is OK with them! MSC will now show one price on their sites to help the Californians who could not…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakePodcast June 6, 2024. Remember D-Day! United Boss Scott Kirby throws Spirit under the bus!
The LGBQT+ is important to the travel industry, according to Travel Weekly! United Boss Kirby says low-budget airlines are a lousy business model! Spirit…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeJune 5, 2024. Bye Bye P&O Australia! It will now be Carnival Australia! Villa Vie still not sailing!
Villa Vie Odyssey sailing is delayed again because of rudder post issues! Investigation clears Celebrity Edge of the charge of going to close to the Hawaiian…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeJune 4, 2024. Alaska is not as busy as usual this year and that might be a good thing!
Nicko cruises will give you free family cabins if you book their Grand Voyage! Cunard names an entire city the Godparent of the new Queen Anne! The Holy…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeJune 3, 2024. Is Margaritaville at Sea Islander ignoring the parrot heads and focusing on kids!
More and more travelers are only "woke" when it suits them! The cockeyed Houthis attack a grain bulker on the way to their sponsor, Iran! Margaritaville at Sea…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 31, 2024. Royal Caribbean Group ships will honor other lines loyalty rewards. The Guru likes that idea!
Princess Cruise will have Pitbull Vodka on Sun Princess! Four shots, and you will want to bite someone's leg! Overkill? MSC will have seven ships in the U.S…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 30, 2024. Viking lost close to a half-billion in the first quarter and the boss is pleased?
The completely refurbished Oceania Marina is out of drydock with many new features! Viking orders two more cookie-cutter ships and releases its first-quarter…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 29, 2024. ASTA's Zane Kerby tells Viking that you can't have your cake and eat it too!
Is running up the aisle naked on a Virgin Australia flight a new Aussie activity? A traveler in the Admirals Club in Miami visited to fill a zip-loc bag with…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 28, 2024. The new Ritz Carlton Yacht will carry 458 guests! It is a cruise ship! Not a yacht!
Carnival is the good deed cruise line rescuing young people from Vananatu! Explora Journeys partners up with the America's Cup that 1 billion people will…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 27, 2024. Does the new Azamara boss know her cruise line is hosting a sex cruise in 2026?
Killing Kittens announces their first sex cruise will be on Azamara in 2026! Carnival rescues 25 stranded on a boat off the coast of Mexico! The crew on Villa…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 24, 2024. Fincantieri joins the golf world taking millions from the Saudis!!
NCL Holdings talks more about its efficiency goals! Fincantieri is committed to showing Saudi Arabia how to build a boat in the desert! The Guru is back…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 23, 2024. The Guru loves Villa Casanova in Lucca, Italy! Breeze Airways expanding in Providence RI! Why not Pittsburgh?
NCL Holdings will be all about efficiency going forward! Regent Seven Seas Splendor Formula One cruise will include having a real race car on the pool deck!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 22, 2024. One travel advisor thinks Four Seasons Yachts have the right idea! NCL brigning more ships home next year!
Buckle up Ya Bums! Flying is not a block party! Norwegian Cruise Line leaving most of the big ships home next year!! Will Four Seasons Yachts be successful…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 21, 2024. Villa Vie residences finally ready to sail? The Guru is not a fan of Suntransfers!
Booking a transfer and taking the Guru's money without showing up is bad business! NCL Holdings rolls out a plan to achieve better results for their…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 20, 2024. Carnival Brand Ambassador not happy with people who post incorrect facts about his cruise line!
The DOT Secretary is now sticking his nose into investigating airlines' rewards programs! Take a nap, Pete! Cruise ships returning to Port of Baltimore at the…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 17, 2024. Is Carnival in too much of a hurry to return to Baltimore? Did the Judge who blocked the Spirit/JetBlue merger do more harm than good?
Virgin is offering their "work from hammock" deal in the Caribbean! Carnival wants guests on the Pride to ride the bus from Baltimore to join in Norfolk!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 16, 2024. More troubles at Boeing! More room at the Yacht Club on MSC! Another ship hits a bridge!
MSC World America will have more suites for guests with more money! The Feds are thinking about criminally prosecuting Boeing for being Boeing! Really? A fuel…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 15, 2024. Margaritaville at Sea Paradise gets hammered by CDC inspectors!
New rules in Bar Harbor force Princess ship to go to Portland! 758 PAX Silver Ray delivered to Silversea! More guests mean more bucks in the luxury market!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 14, 2024. Azamara has a new Boss! Victory cruises coming back! US Airlines suing those annoying Feds!
US Airlines are suing to keep the government from trying to run their airlines through needless regulations! Celebrity Cruises former VP of sales is now the…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 13, 2024. Oceania offering amazing upgrades! The Guru reviews Hotel Indigo Barcelona!
Norse Atlantic offers a good value in their premium class! Viking hires an experienced VP of investor relations who knows the cruise industry! Oceania's new…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 10, 2024. An unlucky MSC ship hits a whale! Seabourn inviting guests to sail a ship they no longer own!
Princess will be in Europe next year with five ships deployed! Port Canaveral will have its newest terminal ready by 2026! A&K stays Italian for their new…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 9, 2024. Is it time for a new cruise terminal in Boston? The Guru likes facial recognition in the airport!
Two Senators are trying to curtail facial recognition expansion in the airport! It's time for Massport Boston to spend some money on their facilities! Easy Jet…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 8, 2024. Boeing under investigation again! In the airline business the customer is always wrong!
A Jewish JetBlue passenger was unhappy with the flight attendant's Free Palestine pin, so they called the cops on him! Port Klawock will be the new hotspot in…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 7, 2024. Sprit making merchandising changes! What! More fees? BVI sad that the Breakaway cancelled calls!
Carnival Cruise Lines celebrates 30 years of sailing from New Orleans! Spirit is making changes to try and be profitable! Tortola officials say the cancelation…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 6, 2024. HAL guarantying a glacier visit! Perillo Tours getting hosed by hotels in Italy!
Princess is already pimping the 2026 solar eclipse cruise! Holland America giving a 15% credit if your ship does not visit a glacier! Perillo Tours is…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 3, 2024. How do you build four new cruise ships and none fit through the Panama Canal?
Cunard is showing off its first new build in fourteen years!! Virgin fixes the Brilliant Lady so they have one ship that bo through the canal! The life raft…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 2, 2024. NCL is right and the stranded couple from Utah are wrong! Be on time people!
Cruise ships are not private taxis. You should return the ship by the time you are told to return!! The Italian shoots down a Holy Hemmoroid drone and protects…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 1, 2024. Is Explora Journeys headed in the right direction? NCL adjust Breakaway itinerary!
The Houthis fire is on four ships, and it is missing everything!! Explora Journey's boss is confident about the line's future! NCL Breakaway has adjusted the…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 30, 2024. Royal Caribbean Group attracting more first-time cruisers! Teased by a Virgin? Virgin teasing the Briliant Lady's deployment!
Gloria Gaynor will perform on Crystal in October! UA Coast evacuates a young man (65) from a Holland America ship! Margaritaville at Sea Islander passes sea…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 29, 2024. Radiance of the Seas stuck in Vancouver! Hertz dumping another 10K EV duds!
Hertz is selling another 10,000 EV cars that customers do not want!! You are not going anywhere! Royal Caribbean sends all the guests home from Radiance of the…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 26, 2024. Venice begins charging admission! UK Navy shoots down Holy Hemorrhoid missile!
Norovirus visits the Sapphire Princess! UK Navy intercepts Houthis missile and helps save non-combatant lives! Explora Journeys appoints a new President for…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 25, 2024. Royal Caribbean skipping their Haiti private island for the summer! The Holy Hemmoroids fired on a US owned freighter!
The Iranian-backed wack jobs fired on a US-owned freighter, but US forces shot down the missile. God Bless our military!! The Sun Princess is christened in…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 24, 2024. Azamara adjusting itineraries because of world politics! California politician busting Clears's chops!
Germany removes their one frigate from protecting ships! Can't they send another one? Celebrity cruises are going on three- and four-day cruises and offering a…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 23, 2024. Amsterdam officials now trying to limit river ships from visiting! Who elects these people?
Suprise Suprise! Fincantieri will not have Star Princess ready for its inaugural sailing! Carnival President Christing Duffy is inducted into the CLIA Hall of…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 22, 2024. Paying 1.7 million for a 140-day World Cruise in a 4443 sq, ft suite is not that crazy!
Holland America's new "Glacier Day" is really just lipstick on an Iceberg! 1.7 million for the "Big Suite" on Regent seems more reasonable when compared to New…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 19, 2024. Rotal Caribbean bosses are all counting their cash! Richard Branson giving awsay more cruises
Sir Richard gives away another 200 Virgin cruises! Seabourn announces Godparens of the new Pursuit! Will music festivals at sea replace those on land? More…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 18, 2024. Carnival thinking about offering a World Cruise? Another San Francisco hotel defaults on loans!
The owners of the Kimpton in San Francisco decided to walk away from what they owed. One small town in Iceland will host 255,000 cruise guests this summer!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 17, 2024. Should cruise lines offer mental health services? Never enough! Port Canaveral moving ahead with another terminal!
USA Today's article questions whether cruise lines offer enough help for mental health situations! Port Canaveral's John Murray says the new terminal four will…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 16, 2024, Explora Journeys needs help spreading the word about their one of a kind product!
Icon of the Seas now has an assisted hearing system! Delta will change its boarding process beginning in May. Simpler? Probably not! US Coast Guard and Navy…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 15, 2024. Viking going to Outer Mongolia! A warning light on a Boeing plane forces an itinerary change!
An Air Canada 737 Max 8 flight lands in Boise instead of Vancouver after the pilot sees a warning light is on! Are you ready for Outer Mongolia? The Guru is…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 12, 2024. ASTA not happy about Viking's push to book more guests direct! HAL rolling out new shows with the same old content!
HAL VP of Entertainment Bill Prince announces new productions shows! Viking's Torsten Hagen is happy to book guests in any way they can! Bark Air will fly your…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 11, 2024. Order a new cruise ship with only 1% down! MSC will have swingers!
MSC World America will have swingers, thanks to the Cliffhanger! Carnival Mardi Gras Captain and crew recognized for their lifesaving efforts! United flight…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 10, 2024. Two more channels open in Baltimore! Guns meant for the Houthis go to the Ukraine!
Cruise line bosses agree that the industry needs to be greener! Carnival boss says you can not forget about the 30 billion of pandemic debt! Carnival announces…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 9, 2024. Did Viking really lose 1.8bn last year? NCL Holdings help make Fincantieri happy!
Sun Princess will have a Godmother and be christened! Tradition! Viking's F-1 prospectus provides some eye-opening numbers! Jimmy Kimmel loves Japan and calls…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 8, 2024. Oceania adds Giada DeLaurentis as Culinary Ambassador! Venice is now charging an entry fee but the Guru thinks it is not enoigh!
$5.40 to enter Venice is not enough to keep the tourists out! Southwest 737 loses engine cowling during take-off. Their attention to detail needs a little…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 5, 2024. Crystal says the Suez transit on Symphony was safe and it is over!
Hilton buys a luxury lifestyle brand, and the Guru likes it! Crystal Cruises reports that the Crystal Symphony Suez transit was safe and without incident!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 4, 2024. Are the Houthis running out of weapons? Crystal Symphony sails the Suez without guests!
Travel expert tells the NY Post how to avoid being left behind when cruising! Guru adds his thoughts! MSC's new mega-mother will have districts and not…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 3, 2024
Israel classifies the Holy Hemorrhoids as a terrorist organization. US Army Corps of Engineers opens a channel in Baltimore harbor! American Cruise Lines buys…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 2, 2024. Another United windshield cracks! Carnival Sunrise became the Carnival Waterlogged!
Carnival Sunrise takes on water during heavy rain, and guests are soaked and upset! The 1000-ton crane being used in Maryland was initially built for the CIA!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 1, 2024. No pranks just the facts! Carnival Corp. continues to attract new cruisers!
The story of the NCL guests left on an African island does not add up for the Guru! The Guru says, "In some places in the world, you should only book the…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 30, 2024. Big ships will still visit Key West! Queen Anne officers will have Savile Row uniforms!
Virgin backs off itinerary change and reinstates ports of call! The New Buffett ship will have eleven bars with cute names and six dining concepts with even…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 29, 2024. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will remove bridge debris in Maryland.
Magic Castle dinner on Princess is priced at $149.00. Guru thinks it will be popular! William Shatner will be onboard Seabourn Venture in Antarctica! Explora…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 28, 2024. Disney and Florida kiss and make up! The Houthis still firing but their aim is still off!
Carnival announces a first-quarter loss but a brighter future! Carnival's Celebration Key is fueling record 2024 sales! Could tug boats have steered the Dali…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 27, 2024. Could the Captain have missed that bridge? Houthis (Holy Hemorrhoids') continues to miss more than they hit!
Celebrity Cruises will offer 3 and four-day cruises next year! Good idea? Guru thinks not! Port of Galveston might give MSC a piece of the parking action!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 26, 2024. FAA puts United on notice! Boeing makes management changes! Carnival fights another funnel fire!
Houthis fired on Chinese freighter after telling China they would not do that! Holland America loses two crew members after a steam release accident! Boeing's…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 22, 2024. Russia and China allegedly in bed with the Holy Hemorrhoids!
Bloomberg reported that the Houthis will not attack Russian or Chinese ships! St. Helena hoping to increase tourism to an island that is impossible to get to!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 21, 2024. Somalian pirates are back. Oceania's Jaques Pepin moving to advisor status.
Disney has named its new ship the Destiny. The theme will be "Heroes and Villains," which will not be the story of Bob Iger's return. Somalian pirates have…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 20, 2024. Five years later the Norwegian Safety Authority issues their report on the Viking Sky blackout!
Virgin Voyages is rolling out its Eat and Drink festival! Huh? Every cruise is an eat-and-drink festival! A Houthis missile gets through Israel's defense…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 19, 2024. Houthis (no blowfish) are now the "Holy Hemorrhoids". United CEO is proud of the his culture!
US Coast cruise ship evacuations are amazing to watch! From inside the ship, please! Houthis (no blowfish) threaten to shoot at ships in the Indian Ocean!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 18, 2024. The U.S. and UK ask the UN to help stop the Iranian Backed Wack Jobs!
Boeing tells airlines flying the 7878 Dreamliner to check their cockpit seat switches after the pilot falls into the controls mid-flight! Guru thinks…