178 Farewell Carnival Destiny; Live in PortMiami
Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
Doug Parker
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🗓️ 6 February 2013
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Carnival Destiny has officially left Miami and now enroute to a 49-day, $155-million dollar dry dock. Hear from passengers and the Cruise Director about Carnival Sunshine.
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| 0:14.9 | Broadcasting from Port Miami, Cruise Radio says farewell to the carnival destiny. |
| 0:20.7 | Hey, I'm Matt Baskford. And I'm Doug Parker. Check us out online at cruiseradio.net. We are broadcasting from the Cruise Radio Mobile Studios aboard Carnival Destiny. This is one of my favorite ships. I know it is. A lot of history here. My first real cruise happened on this ship. What else happened for the first time? A lot of other cool things. |
| 0:37.7 | I want $250 in a slot machine with just one quarter. Nice. Well, it's kind of sad as this is her |
| 0:44.7 | final voyage. She'll end up at FinCantieri Shipyard in Italy for 49 days where she'll undergo a |
| 0:51.2 | $155 million renovation. Yeah, it's not all sad. |
| 0:55.0 | She'll reemerge as Carnival Sunshine after 49 days in Dry Dock, |
| 0:59.2 | and boy, she has some cool features coming. |
| 1:01.7 | Be sure you check out our picks at Facebook.com slash cruise radio. |
| 1:04.5 | We've got some wonderful moments from Carnival Destiny's very last embarkation day. |
| 1:09.5 | Yeah, we've spent seven hours on here today, taping video and audio, all to make a series leading up to the launch of Carnival Sunshine. I just want to say huge thanks to Vance Gullickson. We told him, like, well, we just need it for a couple hours. Yeah. Seven hours later. So really, really appreciate it. We did get to see Carnival victory leave Miami for the first time in years, though, so that was kind of cool. She's actually taking the place of Carnival Destiny while Destiny's over getting a facelift. We're going to talk to Kevin Noonan, the cruise director, also a passenger or two. And Cruise journalist and maritime historian. Peter Kinego will join us telling us all about Carnival Destiny and her awesome history she had. |
| 1:46.1 | But first, Stuart Sherawah, the Cruz guys here. Hello, Stuart. |
| 1:49.0 | Hey, Matt. Hey, Doug. |
| 1:49.8 | Hey, man. Carnival Victory is replacing Carnival Destiny in Miami. |
| 1:53.6 | Didn't she come from Puerto Rico and is anyone replacing her there? |
| 1:57.1 | Well, no one's replacing her, but Carnival is replacing her with another ship. She was doing |
| 2:03.2 | the Seven Night Southern Caribbean from San Juan, and Carnival Victory is now in Miami. Carnival |
| 2:08.2 | Valor, which previously had been in Miami, is replacing her down there. Carnival Victory is going to |
| 2:13.8 | be doing four-and-five-night cruises from Miami, |
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