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From the Cruise Radio Studios in Jacksonville, Florida, I'm Matt Bouser.

And I'm Doug Parker. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at cruiseradio.net.

On this show, we'll talk to Michelle Sincler, program director of Coastal Conservation

League.

This has been a hot topic.

In fact, cruise writer Gene Sloan from USA Today broke the story last week in regards

to environmentalist in Charleston, South Carolina, possibly serving Carnival with a lawsuit.

Stewart Shiran is sailing in the Mediterranean, but he will return next week, so let's get right to our talking points. Barcelona had an almost record-breaking day last week. Doug, tell us more. Yeah, they did on Friday. They had 27,300 cruise passengers that came off of seven cruise ships, including a carnival ship, Acosta ship, MSC, Royal Caribbean, Holland America, and a couple of other European lines were over there. And that's not going to be the peak for Barcelona because on August 20th this year, they're going to have nine ships with over 30,000 cruise passengers in port in one day. All right. So the celebrity silhouette floated out last week from Meyerwerft Shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. When is it going in service?

It's going in the service in July is going to be the first inaugural cruise. Then it will do a couple of Mediterranean cruises. And then the winter it will spend up in New Jersey running Caribbean runs. You and I sail on the eclipse.

I want to know how is it going to be different from that?

There's going to be a couple new features.

They're going to have the lawn club grill where you can grill your own meats up on the lawn club.

That's cool. Also, private Wi-Fi equipped cabanas called the alcoves. The porch, that's new. It's a breezy kind of casual dining eatery. You feel in artsy. They have the art studio where you can bring out your inner artist um also they're

have the hideaway which is going to be a quiet spot kind of like a childhood tree house what number

ship is this in the solstice class this is number four and the fifth is coming out next which is

going to be the celebrity reflection cool all right carnival cruise lines is rolling out a late night

kit program give us the details on this. Yeah, parents cruising Carnival, who may be up for some late-night fun, can now put their kiddos in the Carnival Night Owls program. Now, according to the company's website, they're having three different programs for the kids. They have one broke down called Owl Jams, which is from kids two to 11, and it's basically $13 per child plus gratuity. They have fun till one, which is kids six to eight years old and takes place from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. That cost is $20 per child plus gratuity. And they have the fun at sea, which is basically an all-nighter for you party parents. It closes down at 3 a.m. Now, that's actually a little more expensive. It's going to be $33 per child plus gratuity, but included in that price. They'll also bring the children to your state room as well. Nice. One of my favorite ships, NCL's Norwegian Epic, will be offering dual embarkation options next year in the Med.

What are these cities going to be?

Yeah, it was announced earlier this week that starting in the 2012 med season,

which runs from April until October, folks will be able to embark from Barcelona or embark in Rome.

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