191 Norwegian Breakaway Christening Recap + Cruise News
Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
Doug Parker
4.8 • 636 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2013
⏱️ ? minutes
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This week, we talk to Simon and Tim, co-hosts of CruiseChat; they were aboard Norwegian Breakaway for the big christening event in New York City. Hear all about the ship and their first impressions.
Plus, Cruise Guy with Cruise News.
Thoughts or reviews? Email me: doug@cruiseradio.net
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| 0:42.4 | This is Cruise Radio. Hey, I'm Matt Baskford. And I'm Doug Parker. Check out our cruise news, reviews, and videos at cruiseradio.net. On this show, our friends Simon Duval and Tim Willoughby, co-host of Cruise Chat on Twitter, check in from New York and report on the christening of Norwegian Cruise lines new ship breakaway. But first, Stewart's year on the cruise guy. Hello, Stuart. |
| 0:47.3 | Hey, Matt. Hey, Doug. Hey, man. The NCL breakaway christening was earlier today. And of course, |
| 0:52.0 | Doug and I will be up there this weekend to test her out and kick the tires a bit. How did that go? |
| 1:13.1 | And who christened her? Well, it was the Rockettes in New York City and it was very exciting. And, you know, the christening was, you know, pretty well attended and star-studded with, you know, them taking everyone for a quick spin around the ship. It looked pretty and look, it's going to be a great ship. Well, looking forward to seeing her some cool spots, like over 20 places to eat and all that cool stuff. |
| 1:14.7 | So full report next week. |
| 1:17.2 | Royal Caribbean, cutting back on Europe sailings. |
| 1:18.9 | How much exactly are they cutting back? |
| 1:21.8 | Well, they've pulled back essentially two ships. |
| 1:30.3 | They were going to have nine or down to seven with the announcement that Navigator of the Seas will actually stay in Galveston year-round for the foreseeable future at this point. |
| 1:34.7 | The European economies are really hitting the lines and to Beth. |
| 1:40.9 | It's kind of like hedging your bets with, you know, you're essentially |
| 1:45.6 | struggling for the last several years. |
| 1:48.0 | They're going to do much better keeping a ship here in the Caribbean, so they'll have Fort Lauderdale, |
| 1:52.7 | Canaveral, and then also Galveston with the year-round sailings to, you know, help protect. |
| 1:58.7 | So it's a good move. |
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