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This is Cruise Radio. Hey, I'm Matt Baskford. And I'm Doug Parker. Get caught up on the cruise news, our videos, all the good stuff at cruiseradio.net. On this show, we'll talk to Paul Motter, editor-in-chief ofcruismates.com. Paul's going to fill us in on one of his latest articles, Cruise Secrets Revealed, a guide to the basics of cruising with something for everyone to learn.

We'll also check in with Scott down in South Florida. He's with Kevin Sheehan, CEO of Norwegian

Cruise Lines, about the upcoming Norwegian breakaway. Also, listener Marcy Busey will give us her review

of Holland America's MS. Viendam. But first, Stuart Sheer on the cruise guys here,

hello, Stuart. How is your three-day Memorial Day weekend?

It was fantastic, and always thank you very much to our military men and women for everything

you're doing to protect our freedoms.

Absolutely.

Now, we didn't mention this last week, but the solution to raise Costa Concordia was recently

released and explained.

Stewart, tell us, how exactly did they plan to do it?

For almost the cost of a new ship, which is a little over $300 million, they are going to

attempt to refloat the ship in one piece.

They're going to build some platforms to prevent the ship from rolling, and they're going

to tilt it back onto its port side.

And essentially, you know, after it could take up to a year, but the idea would then be to get the ship, float it,

and then have it towed.

Livorno would like to have a piece of it, and they'd like to tear it apart and scrap

it, which is not too far from where the ship is.

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