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From the Cruise One Studios in Jacksonville, Florida, I'm Matt Baskford.

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Today, travel guru Chris Elliott from elliot.org answers your questions on everything you ever wanted to know about flying

and volcanoes, but we're afraid to ask. If you're a fan of Guiding Light, you may want to take part

in this cruise. Kim Zimmer, who portrayed Riva on Guiding Light, talks to us about the So Long Springfield at Sea Cruise, taking place July 31st out of New York. But first, Stuart, the Cruise Guy, has just returned from Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, their first ever seven-night Western itinerary. Welcome back, my friend. Hey, Matt and Doug, glad to be here, and what a week it's been. Now, of course, we went aboard for a day and got to experience a little bit of it.

You have a tiny, tiny taste, but you're saying it was nothing compared to what you got to enjoy.

And even the two-night crews that we went on back in November, just couldn't properly prepare you for what seven nights on board of wasases is like and i could tell you

you know having been on several times since then the ship is just it's it's wonderful it's a wonderful

ship and you know the more you think about it and people talking about oh it's too big for too many

people i love when people in new york city talk about about going on a ship with too many people.

They live in a city with too many people.

But the nice thing is that this ship is so big that it offers so many different venues

for you to be able to experience each and everything that you want.

And the longest line that I waited on in the entire week was to get towels.

Wow.

But dining there at night under the stars is an extravaganza.

We ate at the nicest restaurant that they have, maybe the nicest restaurant aboard any cruise

ship in the world today, which is 150 Central Park.

We ate at Giovanni's table, which is the Italian restaurant.

And, I mean, we're talking 20 to 40 other people in these dining venues.

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