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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 DrakeMay 5, 2023 Cunard has a new boss! Quantum of the Sea skipping Skagway!
Cunard names former TUI marketing office President! Explora Journeys is partnering with a 3 Michelin-star Italian chef! Skagway can not handle Quantum of the…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 4, 2023. Man falls overboard in th Danube. Wife ignores the spalsh.
TSA is rolling out self-service facial recognition. Do it yourself, airport security! Cold Water! Cold Wife! Man falls off the Bolero riverboat and wife…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 3, 2023. Oceania takes delivery of the Vista. Regent Seven Seas world cruise suite $260.000.
US Coast Guard almost drops the chopper in the water during cruise ship medevac! Silverseas slaps a coin on their Nova! Regent Sevens Seas 2025 world cruise…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 2, 2023 American Airline Pilots vote to strike!
U.S. Coast Guard evacuates four guests from three cruise ships on the same day! Inspector General releases disturbing news about 737 Max 8! American Airlines…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMay 1, 2023. Monday in Mumbai! The World Tour and Slow Internet Speed Has Begun!
Virgin Atlantic treated the GURU right!! Nice work if you can get it. FDR paid 22 million last year! Lufthansa will offer 14 different seat choices! Hiding…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 28, 2023
HOLLAND AMERICA HAS A NEW MASCOT NAMED LEWIE? PORT CANAVERAL BUILDING A 7TH TERMINAL! ROYAL CARIBEAN’S NEW PROPOSED PRIVATE ISLAND IS GENERATING A LOT OF…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 27, 2023 Hilton popping out another brand! Viking has another new ship and the Chinese brand Adora looking for help!
JLo's Limitless Virgin Voyage was a huge success! The USA does not make the best places to eat Top 20! Chinese brand Adora launching a worldwide search for…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 26, 2023 Tourism in Jamaica is up 100%. The wait at the airport to get in is up 200%.
Exploras Journeys hires a brand ambassador who likes to take long hikes! The new Carnival Jubilee will have six zones of fun and cocktails with glitter…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 25, 2023. Quack Cabins? How hot is Malta? Oceania orders commemorative whiskey cask for Vista!
Crystal's Jack Andersen takes a leave of absence! MSC's Euribia passes 4 days of sea trials! Is Malta the next hotspot to visit? Oceania orders a whiskey cask…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 24, 2023. Virgin launching WPT poker room on Scarlet Lady. QM2 cancellation leaves thousands of guests disappointed.
A quiet hero! Captian Arma of Diamond Princess! Bring on the plants! Seadream Yacht Club rolls out its new Vegan menu. Virgin Orbit rockets into bankruptcy!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 22, 2023. From nude cruises to the morgue and Mailbag Saturday, we have it covered.
The GURU thinks it's time for a cabin in the mountains! Does a Nude Cruise have rules? Yup...make eye contact at all times! Celebrity is being sued over the…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 21, 2023. Carnival fisherman banned for life! Less ships next year for Junaeau.
Silversea CEO says the luxury demographic has changed! Holland America's 2024 World Cruise going pole to pole! Royal Caribbean includes diversity in its…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 20, 2023 Alaska Airlines kissing their kiosks goodbye!
MSC has deep pockets and big plans so watch out! Alaska Airlines thinks their kiosks cause congestion! Life at Sea? Good? It can be! Traveling overseas? Get…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 19, 2023. Southwest Airlines computer took a potty break and it all went to hell!
The Seabourn Odyssey will become a Japanese-themed ship after it is acquired by Mitsui! Massive delays at Southwest Airlines were caused by a temporary…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 18, 2023. The invasion of Alaska has officially started!
More of the things you should not bring on a cruise ship! The Port of Seattle sends the NCL Bliss North to Alaska. The summer invasion has begun! Guests on the…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 17, 2023. US DOT receives a record number of airline complaints in December. Why bother?
Southwest led the industry in DOT complaints in December! Are the nickel and airlines helping or hurting consumers? The GURU recommends a Kiel Canal cruise!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 15, 2023. Royal looking at another private island? Shore Power coming to Victoria Island
This is sick! A Sick company has developed a sensor to detect when a human goes overboard! Royal Caribbean Boss says they would be interested in a fourth…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 14, 2023. Another Fincantieri built ship survives sea trials!
Carnival Corp. CEO says they are going to propel the company forward and rebuild their fortress of a balance sheet. Exploras 1 completes its sea trials without…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 13, 2023. 5K for a business class seat and then you have pay to choose which seat. Sounds French!
The Podcast going on the road beginning on May 1. Air France wants to charge you an extra fee to pick your seat in business class. Carnival Corporation…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 12, 2023. Guests on Inaugural sailing of new Chinese ship Adora will receive a recording of everything they said!
Spirit will honor other airlines' loyalty points! Carnival Paradise rescues 24 Cuban refugees! Viking is now building riverboats in Egypt! With tires? A new…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 11, 2023. Fly Zipair from Tokyo to San Francisco. Business class 1K. Princess's new restaurarnt will be a Catch!
MSC still pushing saving the planet versus having a great cruise! Tokyo to San Francisco Business Class for 1K on Zipair! Port Canaveral's John Murray is still…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 10, 2023. Has everyone in the TSE Pre line paid for the service?
TSA Pre and Clear discussing a partnership! Disney will start selling Magic Bands on their ships! The Valiant Lady will renovate their gift ships during its…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 8, 2023. Princess ship misses two port due to winds! It happens! Get over it!
WAPO data geek reports more Trumpers cruise than Biden people! Princess increases 2025 world cruise after deciding guests could stand another six days! The…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 7, 2023 Celebrity boss gets elevated. NCL trying out Starlink. NCL Viva going big on digital art!
FedEx South Africa works bankers' hours compared to the US! Lisa Lutoff-Perlo leaving as President of Celebrity! NCL Holdings giving StarLink a high-speed…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 6, 2023. Thamm out as Costa CEO. Heald says Carnival does not throw ducks overboard!
Viking swimming upstream and keeping their Covid vaccination policy in place for now! Costa Group CEO has left the company! Carnival brand ambassador tells…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 5, 2023 Branson's rocket company fires a dud and files for bankruptcy!
Happy Passover! NCL adjusting rules on bringing your own fan. Air conditioners are still not allowed! Branson's rocket company goes belly-up and lays off 95%…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 4, 2023. Senator Blumenthal says cruise ships are unsafe. New Haven's not too good either!
MSC spending 8.2 billion on ten new ships! No joke! Emirates is launching a luxury cruise line! Four states agree with the DOJ and want the JetBlue Spirit…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 3, 2023. Emirates launching luxury cruise line or was it April Fools?
Carnival is raising gratuity prices, and that is not April Fools! Spirit is getting in the spirit and hiring 4,000 new employees! Senator Richard Blumenthal's…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeApril 1, 2023. Jet Blue forced by FAA to cut NYC flights. Portugal is known for cheap Rose' and sardines?
Jet Blue CEO says they spent millions getting ready for this summer and the FAA is preventing them from profiting! Breeze Airways is ready to connect…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 31, 2023. Grab a season pass now for Margaritaville at Sea! Unlimited sailing in 2023 for $899.00
Cruise ship entertainment is no longer programmed. It is curated with a secret sauce! Managers say a career at sea is hard and even more challenging if you…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 30,2023. BAM! You can sail and meet with "Food Guru" Emeril Lagasse!
BAM! Emeril Lagasse will sail the first cruise of the Carnival Venezia! MSC names their next ship MSC World America and the ship will homeport at their new…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 29, 2023. Del Rio tells other execs it's time to get back to providing great vacations!
NCL's Frank del Rio is not sure when the industry will reach net zero emissions! US State Department operation at glacial speed. 10-13 weeks to obtain a…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 28, 2023. Carnival Valor rescues three more. UK ship sailing from Port Canaveral not for Americans!
Marella Discovery sailing from Port Canaveral only "for the Brits"? HAL President Gus Antorcha has his line leaning on their itineraries! Carnival…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 27, 2023. Hotels soon will charge extra for housekeeping service.
A clean hotel room could soon cost extra! American Cruise Line is rolling out a 60-day Across America cruise! The UK Government sets a mandatory wage for…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 25, 2023. Refugees pass on a Carnival cruise? Is there a pilot in the house? Alaska will be like the mall at Christmas this summer!
An incapacitated Southwest pilot is replaced by a pilot sitting in row 5! Six men rowing in a wooden boat told Carnival Captain, who offered to rescue them…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 24, 2023. "Crystal" finally decided to make good previous Genting Hong King victims!!
NCL Viva will present, "Beetlejuice", a real horror story production show! Princess and LavAzza will share a cup of coffee on all their ships. FAA tells the…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 23, 2023. Jennifer Lopez empowering women on Virgin Voyages. Carnival spends $500,000 on garbage disposal parts!
Royal Caribbean closing the popular SKY Pad that was not that popular! Ritz Carlton lays the keel for the second cruise yacht! Carnival invests another 500K in…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 22, 2023. New Kids on the Block! Don't look now but the cruise industry has all new leaders!
Lindblad Expeditions says even a 21-year-old can be considered a kid! The cruise industry is now in the hands of all new people! Spending the night will be the…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 21, 2023. Sommer in and Del Rio out at NCL. Southwest ready with a three prong plan.
United rolls out its Grouchy sustainability plan! Carnival creating fleet belly-flop trainers! Frank Del Rio sailing into retirement at NCL! Southwest hoping…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 20, 2023. Smokers are wondering about non-smokers on the Wonder of the Seas.
Symphony sails to Europe with a record 7,604 guests! Royal Caribbean adds a non-smoking casino to the Wonders of the Seas! The new Ritz Carlton takes bland…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 18, 2023. The Odyssey over for Seabourn! The ship will be sold to a Japaneese company.
Jet Blue promising more Orlando routes if the Spirit merger is approved. P&O christens Arvia with a sand-filled ceremony! Silverseas adding 10 suites to…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 17, 2023. Margaritaville at Sea wants to put more parrot in their parrot head!
Alcohol-Free Dinks are more popular than ever on Carnival Cruise Line. Is that possible? Margaritaville at Sea trying to make their one ship Parrothead…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 16, 2023. Chef Nobu returns to Crystal. Will the guests?
Here is what the "Guru" found on the pile this morning! Does ABC's David Muir have a make-up artist with vision issues? Nate Berkus creates an amazing crew…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 15, 2023. Celebrity rescues more refugees. Orcas attack sailboat in the Strait of Gibraltar.
Celebrity Millenium stops to rescue struggling Cuban refugees! Unhappy Orcas bust another sailboat rudder in the Strait of Gibraltar! Costa Cruise line…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 14, 2023. Comedy Magician attacked on the Quantum of the Seas speaking out!
Comedy Magician Ben Murphy is not happy after being assaulted onstage on the Quantum of the Seas. The Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam wants certain tourists not to…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 13, 2023. The massive overbuilt Atlantis is worried about Royal's new 17-acre beach destination.
Paradise Island Atlantis President is worried that Royal Caribbean's new beach destination will damage the ecosystem and their business! The World Residence at…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 11, 2023. P&O will use rum instead of champagne to christen Arvia? Budget cuts?
One surprise guest on the Symphony of the Seas thought the cruise was HOOT! P&O will be using rum and not champagne to christen their new ship from the beach!…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 10, 2023. Wash Your Hands! Covid leaves and Norovirus returns!
280 sick on the Ruby Princess. Likely Culprit is the guest who brought it onboard! Cruise Hive reporting that NCL will skip Panama next year because of a…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 9, 2022. Cunard wants their guests party alone and dance to their own music. Let's go to the disco and read a book!
Look out NPR! The "GURU" will be broadcasting from the Oceania Insignia World Cruise beginning May 2 and adding some interviews with people the Drake likes…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 8. 2023. Bored at your all-inclusive. Resorts will now find something for you to do somewhere else!
You can now reach "The Drake" at a new email address. Thedrakepodcast@gmail.com Facebook Reach is up 27,112 %. Thank you!!! The Feds are going to court because…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 7, 2023. DOT Boss "Little Pete" says kids should not cost extra on a plane!
$24.00 dollars in tolls cost the GURU 99.00 after Sixt rent a car adds on their Junk Fees! Exploras Journeys unveils their new "digs" on Exploras 1. The Feds…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 6, 2023. No room at the Inn for many guests booked on the Wonder of the Seas!
You can now reach "The Drake" at a new email address. Thedrakepodcast@gmail.com Royal Caribbean announces an inventory error caused overbooking on the March…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 4, 2023. The last of the Genting's ship has found a new home in Saudi Arabia!
Time for the Saturday Morning Quickie! Goodbye Genting! The last of the Lim Kok Thay ships is sold to the Saudis! The new Boss at Seabourn is ready to surprise…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 3, 2022. A three-year world cruise? Interested? Please seek help!
Doing something “spur of the moment” can put a spur in your moment! Carnival Cruise Line loves Galveston and will add a fourth ship there! Is the cruise…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 2, 2023. Non-stop Orlando to London Premium Seat only $755.00 One Way.
The "GURU" has become the Big Lopper! NCL's Del Rio tells wall street his company has no weakness! Start-up Norwegian airlines add more non-stop US to London…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeMarch 1, 2023. Royal Caribbean might want you to put your own chocolates on your pillow!
The Romans settled their debts on March 15. Americans do it on April 15. 38,000 guests and crew recreate New Year's Eve in Times Square on one street in…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeFebruary 28, 2023. The Godmother of the Oceania Vista will be a big time "foodie".
Podcast Facebook likes and shares are up 477%. Thank you!! Oceania Vista's Godmother will be food network star Giada DeLaurentis. She will cook and Harry…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeFebruary 27, 2023. Port Canaveral beats Port Miami for the most cruise passengers in 2022.
WOW! More cruise passengers sailed from Port Canaveral than Port Miami in 2022! Mayor of Galveston wants to thank cruise lines for all their business by…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeFebruary 25, 2023. Saturday edition! Are you ready to book for 6 months on a start-up cruise line?
Start-up cruise line Victoria says they are 50% sold for their first 270-day cruise! Carnival cruise line listens to their guests and brings back the Funtime…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeFebruary 24, 2023. Last year 7.7 million people visited Mexico by ship. Most came back!
Cozumel is the number one cruise port in the world! Bring on the tequila! MSC's newest ship will be the most environmentally advanced ship in the world. But…