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Broadcasting from the Cruise Radio Studios in Jacksonville, Florida. This is Cruise Radio. Hey, I'm Matt Baskford. And I'm Doug Parker. Check out our new website, cruiseradio.net. On this show, we'll get a review of the Carnival Dream from listeners Scott and Jeannie Spradlin. But first, Stuart's here on the cruise guys here. Hello, Stuart. Hey, Maddie, Doug.

Hey, man. So today, NCL cut the steel for the new project breakaway ship. Now, for the folks

who don't know, what is cutting the steel signify in? How awesome are these ships going to be?

Well, it's interesting. I was actually there when the first piece of steel was cut at the

same shipyard back in March of 2010

for Celebrity Silhouette. So it's a pretty cool experience when, you know, the president of the

company stands there with the president of the shipyard, press the button, and in a room on the

other side, the very first piece of steel

for the ship is cut by a laser and it's a pretty

pretty cool moment when you start to see that laser cutting you know

the very first pieces of steel for the ship it's pretty exciting

cardinal corporation earnings came out for the third quarter in European

numbers were down a little bit.

What does this mean for the consumer?

Well, it really doesn't mean anything.

It does mean that the cruise passengers collectively did pay more for their cruise fares that Carnival Corporation and their brands of Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America, Princess,

Kinnard, Costa, Aida, and others actually fared pretty well.

The North American brands had revenue yields that were up 6% while the European, Asia, and Australian

brands were actually down 2%. but it just means, look,

the ships are sailing full, they're getting healthy yields.

The ships are selling well, which is certainly a good sign.

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