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Broadcasting from the Cruise Radio Studios in Jacksonville, Florida.

This is Cruise Radio. Hey, I'm Matt Bassford. And I'm Doug Parker. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at cruiseradio.net. Gosh, you've been missed greatly here in the studios. I know. I almost forgot everything. Oh, man. Well, you've been having too much fun, and we just love that for you. From gaddling.com, Chris Owen, will join us on this show. Plus, we'll get a review of... Royal Caribbean's Dual of the Seas from listeners, Phil and Lisa. They sailed on it over Thanksgiving weekend. A delightful married couple, I understand. Not quite married. Okay, then. It will be soon enough. First, Stuart, Stuart, Stuart, Stuart, Stuart.

Hey, Matt, hey, Doug, and a very happy new year to both of you guys.

Thank you.

Carnival launched a new marketing campaign this week to reach out to its first time cruisers.

What do you think?

Well, I think we've seen the good, the bad, the ugly over the last several weeks or last month

with some campaigns.

And, you know, Royal Caribbean came out with a great one.

Carnival just debuted their land versus sea.

And what's really nice about both approaches is it really dispels the myths surrounding cruising.

And it really brings, it really shows people, you know, as cruising continues to become more

mainstream, how exciting and how value oriented and how fantastic a cruise vacation is.

And you can check both those commercials out in the show notes at cruise radio.net.

Disney Fantasy was attacked by pirates.

Yeah, what do you think about that? It's a date. Attacked by pirates. Yeah, what do you think about that?

Attacked by pirates.

So Disney has a new cruise ship that's due out early next year, Disney Fantasy.

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