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Okay, standby.

Broadcasting from the Cruise Radio studios in Jacksonville, Florida.

This is Cruise Radio.

Hey, Matt Baskford. This week, Doug, is down at Fort Lauderdale at Resolve Marine Group's

Maritime Training Facility.

He'll be joined by Bud Dar, Vice President of Technical and Regulatory Affairs for Clea, which

is the Cruise Lines International Association, asking him about the ongoing cruise industry operational safety

review.

He'll also be speaking to the CEO of the Maritime Training Facility, Joe Farrell, and how

cruise lines are utilizing it.

Later on in the program, we'll talk to Vicki Garcia, VP of Cruise Planners American

Express to find out if consumer confidence is still up post Costa Concordia.

But first, Stewart's here on the cruise guys here. Hello, Stuart.

Hey, Matt. Carnival Cruise Line had a couple of changes this past week. The first one is they changed their loyalty program from a per cruise basis to a point system.

Break that down for us.

Well, what they actually did is they took it from, they created, it's not just the amount

of cruises you've taken, but how many days you sailed with them.

So they have various tiers with what they're calling their VIPP club, which is their very important fun person program.

So what they're going to do is, you know, you're in the red zone if you're, you know, between two and 24 days sailed with them.

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