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Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
Doug Parker gives weekly cruise news, ship reviews, money saving tips, answers your travel questions, and helps you make the most of your cruise vacation.
Episodes
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
689 World's Largest Cruise Ship Review, Wonder of the Seas + News | Royal Caribbean
Scott gives us a review of the largest cruise ship in the world in 2022, Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas. This was a seven-night Western Caribbean voyage…
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688 Carnival Sunrise Review 2021 | Carnival Cruise Line
A review of Carnival Cruise Line's Miami-based Carnival Sunrise. This vessel used to be Carnival Triumph before a $200 million refurbishment in 2019. The…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
687 Royal Caribbean Private Island Review + News | Perfect Day at CocoCay
A review of Royal Caribbean's private island in the Bahamas, Perfect Day at CocoCay. Richard has cruise news: The CDC lowers the cruise travel health warning…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
686 Mariner of the Seas Review + Cruise News | Royal Caribbean
In this week's episode, we speak with Adam about his five-night Mariner of the Seas voyage out of Port Canaveral in December 2021. He discusses his cabin, the…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
685 Norwegian Getaway 2022 Review + News | Norwegian Cruise Line
Chris and his wife just returned from a five-night cruise to the western Caribbean aboard Norwegian Getaway. He tells us about his experience with a Haven aft…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
684 Scarlet Lady Review 2022 + Cruise News | Virgin Voyages
After six months in service, we get a review of Virgin Voyages' newly launched Scarlet Lady. This was a five-night cruise from PortMiami to Costa Maya, Mexico…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
683 Carnival Miracle 2022 Review + Cruise News | Carnival Cruise Line
Marc and his family recently returned from a six-night New Year's Eve cruise aboard Carnival Miracle from Long Beach, Califonia. This cruise went down to Cabo…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
682 Norwegian Gem Review to Bermuda | Norwegian Cruise Line
We get a review of Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Gem. This was a five-night cruise to Bermuda from New York City, with a double-dip at the island. Daniel…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
681 Freedom of the Seas Review + Cruise News | Royal Caribbean
A review of Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas. Four-night cruise from Port Miami to Nassau, Bahamas, and Royal Caribbean's private island Perfect Day at…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
680 Sky Princess 2022 Review + Cruise News | Princess Cruises
A Sky Princess review is on deck this week with Marc. This was his very first Princess sailing and it won't be his last. The ship sailed from Port Everglades…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
679 Carnival Magic 2021 Caribbean Review + News | Carnival Cruise Line
We talk with Isaiah about his recent seven-night cruise aboard Carnival Magic out of Port Canaveral, Florida. He goes over his experience in a balcony cabin…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
678 Norwegian Joy Western Caribbean Review | Norwegian Cruise Line
Brad chats with us about his recent five-night western Caribbean cruise aboard Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Joy. He goes over how well guests were…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
677 MSC Seashore 2021 Yacht Club Review | MSC Cruises
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…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
676 Celebrity Apex 2021 Review | Celebrity Cruises
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…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
675 Carnival Mardi Gras Full 2021 Review | Carnival Cruise Line
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…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
674 Allure of the Seas 2021 Review | Royal Caribbean
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…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
673 Norwegian Jade Review 2021 + Listener Q | Norwegian Cruise Line
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…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
672 Cruise News + Listener Questions Answered
This week Richard Simms gets us caught up on this week's cruise news. Another Carnival Cruise Line ship has issues John Heald gets dumps a bunch of cruise line…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
671 Norwegian Escape 2021 Review + Cruise News | Norwegian Cruise Line
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…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
670 First Time on Royal Caribbean, Oasis of the Seas | Royal Caribbean International
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…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
669 Aboard Holland America's News Cruise Ship | Holland America Line
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. Thoughts…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
668 Cruise News + How COVID-19 Has Changed Travel Insurance Policies
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…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
667 Mardi Gras Western Caribbean Review 2021 + News |Carnival Cruise Line
A review of Carnival Cruise Line's newest mega-ship Mardi Gras. This was a seven-night Western Caribbean sailing from Port Canaveral. This is a special…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
663 Majestic Princess Review 2021 + Cruise News | Princess Cruises
A review of Princess Cruises Majestic Princess. This ship was built for Asia and has been sailing in the region since 2017, until the pandemic. In the summer…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
662 Norwegian Encore 2021 Review + News | Norwegian Cruise Line
A review of Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Encore. This ship was launched in 2019 and only sailed a couple of months before the cruise industry shutdown…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
661 Freedom of the Seas Review 2021 + Cruise News | Royal Caribbean
A review of Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas. This was a four night cruise to Perfect Day at CocoCay and Nassau, Bahamas from Miami, Florida. Richard…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
660 Cruise News + First Thoughts of Scarlet Lady | Virgin Voyages
On this episode with talk with Tom McAlpin, CEO and President of Virgin Voyages. Virgin's newest ship Scarlet Lady is finally home in PortMiami where she is…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
659 Celebrity Millennium 2021 Alaska Cruise Review + News | Celebrity Cruises
Kirk just returned from a seven-night Alaska cruise on Celebrity Millennium from Seattle, Washington. We get a full review of sailing Alaska in 2021 and if…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
658 MSC Meraviglia Review 2021 + Cruise News | MSC Cruises
Carter and his wife recently returned from a cruise aboard one of MSC's newer ships, MSC Meraviglia. In this interview, they talk to us about the boarding…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
657 Disney Dream 2021 Review | Disney Cruise Line
In August, Daniel and his eight-year-old daughter took a four-night cruise aboard Disney Dream — their first cruise in 20 months. He joins us on the show to…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
656 Norwegian Gem Review 2021 | Norwegian Cruise Line
In the episode, we interview Kerry about his seven-night Western Caribbean cruise aboard Norwegian Gem. This was the first Norwegian Cruise Line ship to depart…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
655 Scarlet Lady 2021 Review | Virgin Voyages
Cruise writer Dave Monk recently took one of Virgin Voyages' first revenue sailings ever out of Portsmouth, England. Sailing a four-night "cruise to nowhere"…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
654 Celebrity Equinox Review 2021| Celebrity Cruises
Today we get a review of Celebrity Equinox. This is Celebrity Cruises' second cruise ship sailing from Florida. The cruise was a seven-night sailing to the…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
653 Carnival Mardi Gras Recap + Cruise News | Carnival Cruise Line
Ashley Kosciolek from The Points Guy, and Doug answer listener questions about Carnival Cruise Line's newest mega-ship Mardi Gras. Richard has cruise news on…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
652 Aboard Carnival's Mardi Gras Pre-Inaugural Sailing | Carnival Cruise Line
A sneak look at Carnival Cruise Line's maiden voyage of Mardi Gras, the ship that holds the same name as the company's first vessel in 1972. Thoughts or…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
651 Cruise Industry Restart with Retired Executive + News
We talk with former cruise line executive Art Sbarsky about the cruising industry restart and talk shop about moves the cruise lines are doing to earn extra…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
650 Freedom of the Seas 2021 Review + Celebrity Apex Check-in |Royal Caribbean
This week we get a review of Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas. This was a four-night cruise that called to private island Perfect Day at CocoCay and…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
649 Carnival Horizon First Cruise Back | Carnival Cruise Line
This week are sailing on the first Carnival Cruise Line ship from Florida. This was a six-night Eastern Caribbean cruise from PortMiami to Amber Cove and…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
648 Sailing Celebrity Edge, First Cruise Back from the U.S. | Celebrity Cruises
Just back from Celebrity Cruises' first ship revenue sailing back from the United States that took place aboard Celebrity Edge. This was a seven-night Western…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
647 Aboard Celebrity Edge and Royal Caribbean Group CEO
This week we broadcast from Celebrity Cruises' first ship to sail from the United States in 15-months, Celebrity Edge. Royal Caribbean Group CEO Richard Fain…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
646 Cruising From Nassau, Adventure of the Seas Review | Royal Caribbean
This week we talk to Nick who just returned from the very first Royal Caribbean sailing open to U.S. guests from Nassau, Bahamas. He details the process of…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
645 Celebrity Millennium Review + News | Celebrity Cruises
This week we get a review of Celebrity Millennium. This was the first North American cruise for Celebrity that was open to residents of the United States. The…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
644 Live to Celebrity Millennium + Cruise News | Celebrity Cruises
We check in with Stewart Chiron who is sailing aboard Celebrity Millennium this week from St. Maarten. This is the first cruise open to U.S. residents. We get…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
643 Remembering Gavin MacLeod, Captain Stubing from The Love Boat
This week we've put together a very special episode of Cruise Radio to honor and celebrate the life of 'The Love Boat' actor Gavin MacLeod, who passed away on…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
642 Protocols on the First Cruise Back + News | MSC Virtuosa
We get a preview of the first cruise to return to the sea from the UK in 14-months. Journalist Dave Monk just returned from a four-night sailing. He discusses…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
641 Cruise News and More CDC Cruising Progress
Stewart Chiron the Cruise Guy stops by to unpack the latest developments from the CDC as well as the state of Florida's lawsuit against the agency. Sherry has…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
640 Cruise News + Listener Cruising Questions Answered
As cruise lines prepare to resume sailings again, we are getting more and more questions about ships, destinations, casinos, and news ships that will be…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
639 Taking a Land Cruise During the Industry Shutdown
To avoid going completely insane during the industry shutdown, I decided to take a land cruise across America. Nancy Schretter from the Family Travel Network…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
638 Cruise News + Frequent First Time Cruise Questions
We answer your cruise questions: what type of cabin should I book? How do I know what cruise line to pick? Should I buy the stateroom upgrade? Stewart Chiron…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
637 How Travel Insurance Has Changed During COVID+ Cruise News
Travel insurance is more important than ever now. And policies have changed during the pandemic. Some items that used to be covered may not be covered, as well…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
636 First Ship Back, A Look at Adventure of the Seas | Royal Caribbean
We talk in detail about Royal Caribbean Adventure of the Seas. This is one of Royal Caribbean's first ships sailing for US residents. Where are the quiet…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
635 Empress of the Seas Throwback Review + Cruise News | Royal Caribbean
A review of Royal Caribbean's former cruise ship Empress of the Seas that took place on the vessel's very last sailing with the company. Sherry Laskin has…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
634 Comparing All-Inclusive Resorts vs Cruise Vacations
We compare and contract cruise vacations to all-inclusive resorts. What is the difference between the two? How are they similar? We get a full over of…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
633 Cruise News with Sherry Laskin
The show must go on for cruise lines, whether the CDC likes it or not. If Nassau, Bahamas or Bermuda isn't your cup of tea, you can head further south. Some…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
632 Weekly Cruise News Update
This week we catch up with Sherry Laskin with a busy week of cruise news. Sherry has news on: The first major cruise line sailing from the United States will…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
631 Passing Time During the Shutdown + Cruise News
What have you been doing since the cruise industry shutdown? We catch up with listener Tommy to see what he's been doing and what are some of the first things…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
630 Alaska, Key West, and Returning to Sea + Cruise News
Stewart Chiron, The Cruise Guy catches us up to date with some of the decisions the cruise lines have made over the past few months and what the landscape is…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
629 Return to Cruise Rules Released and Rescinded + Cruise News
Carnival Cruise Line released return-to-cruise protocols, then hours later it was rescinded. We break down what the rules initially said and why they were…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
628 Seabourn Alaska Cruise Review + News | Seabourn Sojourn
A review of Seabourn Sojourn on an 11-night sailing from Vancouver, BC to Anchorage, Alaska on a luxury cruise line. Find out what the difference is between a…
- Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
627 Norwegian Epic in the Mediterranean | Norwegian Cruise Line
We get a review of a cruise aboard Norwegian Epic. This was a seven-night sailing from Rome that hit all the popular ports of call. We learn what it is like…