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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2011

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This week we interview writer Paul Motter from CruiseMates and Fox Business about "Defining Cruise 2.0." He explains how cruising has changed over the years.

Ralph Grizzle talks to us about the Allure of the Seas.

Holland America's master chef Rudi Sodamin tells us about their new Culinary Council.

Stewart Chiron The Cruise Guy® stops by with this weeks Cruise News.

AT&T is also releasing a package perfect for the cruises. To find out all about this Cruise Ship Passport package check out the Cellular at Sea website here.

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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.
0:12.7	From the Cruise Radio Studios in Jacksonville, Florida, I'm Matt Baskford.
0:16.3	And I'm Doug Parker.
0:17.1	Check us out on Facebook and Twitter at Cruise Radio.
0:19.8	On this show, Travel Writer, Paul Motter from CruiseMates.com. We'll join us to talk about how much cruising has changed. Ralph Grizzle from avidcruiser.com. Chats with us about the allure of the seas. And Holland America's master chef, Rudy Sotomine. We'll talk about the new culinary council. Big show today. Oh, yeah. First, Stuart Sheron the Cruise guy is with us. Hello, Stuart. Hey, Matt, hey, Doug?
0:21.5	Hey, yeah. First, Stuart Sharon the Cruise guy is with us. Hello, Stuart. Hey, Matt. Hey, man. Let's get right to it because I thought in regards to the tender boats in Belize, I felt Carnival and Belize had come to some sort of resolution with this whole thing. Yeah, well, actually, they haven't, so the situation still remains quite tender.
0:55.3	Oh, boy.
0:56.2	The prime minister of Belize was just out here with a contingent meeting with Carnival.
1:02.3	Carnival is mandating that Belize used tenders that can carry at least 150 passengers,
1:08.7	not to mention have a higher amount of insurance. And it's going to take
1:13.3	some time because they don't have the boats. They'll cost a million dollars, so Belize and various
1:19.5	businesses are going to be pulling together to come up with it. In the meantime, Carnival this past
1:25.0	week canceled a couple of sailings to Belize and routed their ships to Costa Maya and to Grand Cayman.
1:33.1	And coming up this week, Carnival is saying that Carnival Dream is supposed to go to Belize
1:41.2	based on the availability of the tenders.
1:45.9	However, they will be sending glory, valor, and legend to Costa Maya in the coming days, and they're working very hard to
1:52.5	work the situation out, but evidently it hasn't been resolved.
1:57.3	Does Holland America and other carnival brands go to Belize?
2:01.2	No. I mean, on different ships, but in this case we're specifically talking about Carnival cruise lines.
2:07.3	Right.
2:07.7	Okay, gotcha.
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