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

And I'm Doug Parker.

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First off, want to wish Renee and Rich Clusack, a very happy one-year anniversary. We appreciate

your email, and we're going to tackle that a little bit later on. On this show, we're going

to talk to a couple of social media strategists who we sailed with last week aboard the Epic,

Vegas Bill, and 24K. And I like this one.

Flying to your cruise port can be quite costly.

Randy Peterson, a frequent flyer professional, will share all of his secrets on how to rack

those frequent flyer miles up.

Yeah, and he's got some serious credentials because he's got over 17 million frequent flyer miles.

Wow.

But first, Stuart Shiran, the Cruise guy, joined us. He is a regular contributor

for Fox, CNN, and Good Morning America.

Hey, Stuart. Hey, guys. Okay,

so Alaska, we've talked about Alaska here

and there, and time and time again. What is the latest?

I understand tourism has taken a bit of a dip.

Well, Alaska has taken quite a hit because

cruise passenger numbers are way down, which is not

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