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194 Royal Caribbean Ship Fire

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Doug Parker

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4.8609 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2013

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The Royal Caribbean ship fire is the big talk of the week. This week we talk to a passenger who was aboard Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas when a fire started just off the coast of the Bahamas. Plus, more experts join us.

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This is Cruise Radio. Hey, I'm Matt Basker. And I'm Doug Parker. Hey, give our Facebook page a like. Facebook.com slash cruise radio. The big story, Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas caught fire, and we're going to talk to Stewart about it. Yeah, we'll also have a passenger who was on board the ship from Baltimore. He'll be on here later on in the show. And we'll check in with our old friend, travel writer, Chris Elliott. Plus, Dan Skilken, from Tripinsurance.com. He'll tell you the benefits of having trip insurance. Always a good thing. Yes. But first, Stuart, you're on the cruise guys here. Hello, Stuart. Hey, Matt. Hey, Doug. Hey, man. Grandeur of the seas. What happened? Well, it sounds like a Paris Hilton cruise. Oh, boy. That's hot. Whoa, going back, what, a decade there? Yeah, decade. But, look, we've also. Still topical. Still topical. And appropriate. But anyways, unfortunately, Monday morning, Royal Caribbean, Grandeurb the Seeds, which debuted in 1996 and

1:13.5

was just completely redone and relaunched into service. It did have a fire. It emanated on

1:20.6

deck three in the moorings area in the back, and that's where they have the ropes and the

1:26.2

mooring lines that tie the ship up. It was on its way

1:29.2

to Cocoa, their private island of the Bahamas, but because of this fire, which took two hours

1:34.7

to put out, they had to make way and head over to Freeport. Important to note that the ship never

1:41.1

lost power, and the passengers were mustered to their muster stations,

1:47.0

and were there for about four hours.

1:50.1

I'm sure there were certainly a lot of very scared people, but from everything we've heard,

1:55.6

the crew did a great job making sure that they knew what was going on,

2:00.0

getting them to their muster

2:01.1

stations just in case, you know, look, it was a precaution.

2:05.2

And, you know, the ship did exactly what it was supposed to do, protect and preserve life.

2:09.6

There were no injuries.

2:10.7

Have they figured out what started the fire yet?

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