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068 Brilliance of the Seas Passenger

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Doug Parker

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4.8609 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2010

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Jose Pantago was aboard Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas on his honeymoon.  Early morning on December 12, 2010 the ship hit some bad weather off the coast of Egypt which caused the ship to rock back and forth. 

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0:00.0

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

0:06.8

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0:12.7

From the Cruise Once to News in Jacksonville, Florida, I'm Matt Baskford.

0:15.9

And I'm Doug Parker.

0:16.9

Follow us on Twitter and Facebook at Cruise Radio.

0:19.2

Also sign up for our newsletter at cruiseradio.net. Happy New Year! Pretty exciting year in the cruising world. Yeah, it has been. A lot of new ships were released. For example, the Celebrity Eclipse, the Norwegian Epic, Junard's Queen Elizabeth. There was also the Seaborne Sojourn, Holland America's New Amsterdam, and a brand new ship from MSC. And of course we can't forget about the world's largest cruise ship.

0:41.0

Royal Caribbean's allure of the seas, the sister ship to the oasis.

0:45.6

But there were some problems in 2010.

0:47.9

Take, for example, the Carnival Splendor, which experienced electrical problems, more or less.

0:52.5

It left the ship stranded out at sea in the Caribbean and paused passengers to drink warm

0:57.9

alcohol and eat cold sandwiches.

1:01.1

It was horrible.

1:03.5

Not to make fun because no one got hurt.

1:05.5

But it was quite a different story on Royal Caribbean's brilliance of the seas.

1:11.9

You're going for Stone Phillips job, aren't you?

1:14.0

I am.

1:14.6

Not to make light of the situation because it was a harrowing experience for all the passengers

1:19.5

on board.

1:20.0

We have with us.

1:20.9

Jose Pantoha is with us in here out of Miami and not too long ago.

1:25.9

Really three weeks ago, you were on the brilliance, and when all the stuff hit the fan,

1:32.2

tell us...

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