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058 Live from Key West

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Doug Parker

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4.8609 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2010

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

This week Doug is down in Key West broadcasting from Pier B at Mallory Square.

Stewart Chiron the Cruise Guy talks about his rendezvous with some Queens in Southampton, England.

The Carnival Freedom Cruise Director joins Doug chatting about all things Carnival Freedom.

A street performer from Mallory Squares talks with us about performing daily in Key West at the Sunset Celebration.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome aboard to Cruise Radio, your home port for everything, cruising and more.

0:06.8

Subscribe to our newsletter and weekly radio show at cruiseradio.net.

0:11.3

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

0:14.6

And broadcasting from Pier B and Mallory Square in Key West Florida in front of the Carnival Freedom.

0:20.0

I'm Doug Parker.

0:21.0

You can follow us on Twitter at Cruise Radio. And check out our Facebook fan page, Facebook.com slash cruise radio. Yeah, for once, Doug is not actually taking a cruise. He's just hanging out in Key West. That's pretty much about it. Yeah, we'll be talking to the cruise director aboard the Carnival Freedom here in a little bit. Also talking to a street performer here at Mallory Square, which is a quite interesting character. We'll catch him in a bit too. Where you staying? Yeah, staying at the Hyatt Resort and Spa in Key West right here on a 601 Front Street. So if you're considering Key West as maybe a pre-cruise or post-crued destination. These folks will definitely hook you up.

0:54.8

Yes, just the stones throw away from the ship, isn't it?

0:56.7

Yeah, you could actually, outside of my hotel room, I could hit the water with a penny. Right now, though, Stuart, She-Ran-the-Cruise guy joins us. Hello, Stuart. Hey, Matt, hey, Doug. Did you have a lovely trip? Oh, we did. How is the ship?

0:51.7

The ship is outstanding,

0:53.7

and what I could really tell you about the ship

0:55.7

is it's a ship? The ship is outstanding, and what I could really tell you about the ship is it's a ship

1:13.9

where adults can be adults.

1:16.8

It's so sophisticated, it's so elegant.

1:19.7

The British flair, the pomp and circumstance, the feeling of royalty just embraces you.

1:28.2

And it's a very, very traditional British feel to it,

1:32.3

but it's just unbelievably elegant,

1:34.9

and to sail on a shelf of that high caliber,

1:38.3

it's going to make a lot of people very happy.

1:40.9

What is it that stands out the most as far as its elegance and whatnot compared to some of the

1:46.1

nicer lines and their nicer ships here? It's, you know, a lot of the new ships are coming out.

1:51.7

They're very modern. Right. This is more traditional. The, you know, the fabrics, the colors,

1:57.9

the rooms, the designs, the restaurants. I mean, and, you know, the history,

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