089 Behind the Scenes of a Cruise Terminal

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Doug Parker

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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2011

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

This week, Cruise Terminal Supervisor Gloria Tomkins talks about the Jacksonville cruise terminal. Hear just what it takes to turn a ship in a matter of hours; there is a lot more than you think. Stewart Chiron" The Cruise Guy" joins us with our weekly cruise news.

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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.
0:16.5	And I'm Doug Parker.
0:17.2	Follow us on Twitter and Facebook and our YouTube channel at cruiseradio. On this show, Gloria Tompkins, cruise terminal supervisor of Jack's Port will join us.
0:26.1	But first, Stuart, Stuart, you around the cruise guys here.
0:28.5	As always, hello, Stuart.
0:30.0	Hey, Matt, hey, Doug.
0:30.9	Hey, man.
0:32.0	Let's not waste any time.
0:34.2	The NCL Dawn is on Dry Dock undergoing some enhancements. What can we expect and how long
0:40.1	generally do ship sail between dry docks? Well, it could be a year. It could be three years.
0:46.8	It's usually about, you know, maybe somewhere in the middle of two. It just depends on what they
0:50.8	want to do and how extensive it is. In this case, Norwegian Dawn, which is about eight and a half years old, is having some, you know,
0:59.5	things moved around the ship.
1:01.4	They're going to be getting the very popular Brazilian Tarascarea, Moderno, on board.
1:09.7	And that's going to be taking the place of some, you know, maybe less utilized areas.
1:14.7	They're going to be adding 28 suites, and they're going to be moving, you know, the Spinnaker
1:21.0	Lounge, and they're going to be adding flat screen TVs.
1:25.0	And, you know, she's expected to reenter service just in time for the Bermuda season departing out of Boston. Are they going to do anything like the epic in the form of entertainment? Are they going to add any kind of big-name shows? No, I mean, this is just, you know, kind of maybe a little more than standard. It's not just, you know, pull up the carpeting.
1:48.5	I mean, they're going to be adding, you know, a few suites, some family suites, some inside cabins, the Tarascaria, which was previously used as a Tex-Mex restaurant.
1:55.7	And, you know, the Traskaria, of course, is incredibly, wildly popular on Norwegian Epic.
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