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Welcome again to Cruise Radio. I'm Matt Baskford.

And I'm Doug Parker.

This week we talked to Suzanne, founder of Cruise Talk.org, about her experience on celebrity cruises.

Travel agent Stephanie talks to us about hot travel trends of the new year.

And in cruise news, find out the latest on the woman who jumped overboard on the monarch of

the seas.

But first, Stuart the cruise guy joins us once again.

You can find him at cruise guy.com, and he's got some incredible cruise deals a little bit later

on in the interview.

But first, Stuart, wave season is upon us.

And for those who don't know, what is wave season?

Well, wave season is an outdated, antiquated industry jargon term from almost 10 years ago.

But what it means was that by the end of March, 75% of that calendar year's bookings will

have been made.

So the cabins for the, you know, 75% of the cabins will have been filled by the end

of March.

And it really would have picked up, the booking pace would have picked up around

the second Sunday of January. So if you want to book, is wave season the time to book your

cruise for the summertime? Well, I mean, the sooner the better. And what I caution people,

guys on is that watch out for the whoopi do sales.

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