158 Broadcasting from Acapulco; is Mexico Safe?

Cruise Radio

Doug Parker

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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2012

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

We broadcast from Acapulco, Mexico, a city that was once booming with cruise ships but turned ghost town after a string of violence in Mexico. Hear how they are cleaning the town up and what there is to do.

Also, Cruise Guy is here with Cruise News.

Thoughts or reviews? Email me: [email protected]

Find in-depth cruise news and ship reviews at https://cruiseradio.net

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0:13.2	Okay, standby.
0:15.0	Broadcasting from the Cruise Radio studios in Jacksonville, Florida.
0:18.9	This is Cruise Radio.
0:20.8	Hey, I'm Matt Baskford. And I'm Doug Parker. Check us out online at cruiseradio.net. On this show, we'll hear some interviews from Doug's recent trip to Acapulco and about their cruise facility and things to do. Yeah, I hooked up with some vacationers down there as well as Theresa Massick, editor-in-chief of vacation agent magazine, so we'll get her
0:37.9	perspective on things as well. But first, Stewart, Stuart, you're on the cruise guys here. Hello, Stuart. Hey, Matt. Hey, Doug. Hey, man. Carnival announced last week that they are ending the popular future cruise booking program for the listeners who don't know what this is. What is it, and why did they can the program? Well, if it was popular, they would continue it, wouldn't they?
0:36.9	Right.
0:37.4	So evidently it wasn't. what this is. What is it, and why did they can the program? Well, if it was popular, they would continue it, wouldn't they?
0:56.5	Right.
0:57.1	So evidently it wasn't, but they're quoting it as low economic performance.
1:03.1	Well, low economic performance means poor financial sense for them, so the program's history.
1:08.7	So essentially what you did is if you booked a cruise, you were able to get these certificates
1:12.7	for up to $200 shipboard credits based on the amount of days.
1:16.9	So it didn't make sense for them.
1:18.6	People are going to book their cruises anyways.
1:20.8	They're going to get discounts, programs history.
1:23.4	Interesting.
1:25.0	Norwegian cruise lines announced this week the not godmother, but godmothers of Norwegian breakaway. Who is it?
1:32.1	They're going to have the rockets, which, I mean, you could have, you know, we could have had a committee of people,
1:38.9	and no one would have even come remotely close as far as, you know, choosing who the godmother would have been.
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