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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2010

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week, Stewart Chiron "The Cruise Guy" chats about a record breaking week for the Oasis of the Seas in Fort Lauderdale and Spirit Airlines carry-on baggage charges... will it impact you?

Paul Motter from CruiseMates.com discusses his recent article he wrote about Fuel Surcharges and its impact on you, the traveler.

Craig Cason, a computer programmer by trade was between jobs and spent a significant time traveling. Hear about his adventures, where he went, and tips for first time world travelers.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome aboard to Cruise Radio, your home port for everything, cruising and more.
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0:11.4	From the Cruise One Studios in Jacksonville, Florida, I'm Matt Baskford.
0:15.1	And I'm Doug Parker. Follow us on Twitter at Cruise Radio and sign up for our newsletter at
0:19.3	cruiseradio.net. On this show, Paul Moter,
0:22.5	editor-in-chief of CruiseMates.com, talks to us about fuel surcharges and what they mean for you,
0:27.9	the passenger. But first, as always, Stuart is Shiron the Cruise Guy joins us. He's a regular
0:32.6	contributor for ABC's Good Morning America, CNN, CNBC, and many others. You can find him at
0:37.2	cruis guy.com or follow him on Twitter at CruiseGye or call 1-800-881.
0:44.5	Hi, Stuart.
0:45.2	Hey, guys.
0:45.9	Hey, man.
0:46.6	Oasis of the Seas from Royal Caribbean has broken a record, I guess, is it overall or for themselves?
0:53.1	Well, it's another record.
0:54.8	They actually, the Oasis became the first cruise ship to ever exceed 6,000 passengers,
1:01.4	and that was based on the March 13th sailing.
1:04.6	So they actually had 6,0007 passengers, so the ship was full.
1:09.7	The ship was sold out, which is great news and a good
1:12.4	idea of things to come. But what also is interesting is that with spring break, the ship
1:18.5	was even fuller, I'm sure, over the next couple of sailings, including this past week, the March
1:24.7	27th sailing, I'm sure, probably broke the record as well.
1:29.3	I mean, the ship's in hot demand.
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