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

And broadcasting aboard the celebrity solstice in the Gulf of Mexico.

I'm Doug Parker.

I wish you were here, Matt.

Be sure to sign up for our newsletter at CruiseRadio.net. You can follow us on Twitter at Cruise Radio. Also, sign up for our Facebook page, Facebook.com slash cruise radio. You can see all the pictures I've been uploading all week long aboard this amazing ship. Yeah, I'm not going to lie, a little jealous that you're on one of my favorite ships, but I know you're having a great time. You got a lot of exciting interviews lined up with a lot of crew. They're very important crew members, I know, and also some passengers, so this would be a good show. And Matt, one more thing, too. The captain actually let us come up here with our cameras and video equipment so you can check all the pictures out of the bridge, how they operate the equipment, the computers, the gauges, the steering wheels, all the joysticks up here. Check it all out on our Facebook page, slash Cruise Radio. Right now, Stuart Sheron, the cruise guy, joins us. Hello, Stuart. Hey, Matt. Jealous that you're on the solstice with Doug? No, I'm actually quite thankful. Yeah, no doubt. That's one of my favorite ships. I love that ship. The ships are absolutely outrageous. I know, I know Doug has happened a good time, but my big question is whether or not solstice will be the same after a week with Doug on board. Certainly not. I know he's got a lot of interviews lined up, so we look forward to all that.

Speaking of Celebrities, new ships, the eclipse is out, but it won't be down here until November.

Is that right?

Yeah, right now it's sailing in the Mediterranean out of Chivitavecchio, which is the Port for Rome,

and it does its transatlantic on October the 31st Halloween.

And that should be a nice cruise.

And she actually starts doing two kick the tires introductory cruises on the 13th of November.

So it would be the 13th, the 15th, 15th to the 17th.

And then she'll do a short cruise and then begin her seven-day alternating eastern and

Western Caribbean out of Miami.

Hopefully we'll be on that ship soon when it comes down here.

Yeah, it's going to be great.

I know it's going to be packed because a lot of people that were supposed to be on back in April

couldn't go because of the disruption from the eruption of the Icelandic volcano.

So it would be nice to see her.

Thanks, Stuart.

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