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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2013

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

On this show, we talk to Michael Jirout, founder of ShipMate App, a free cruise app that has all the bells and whistles. Dan Skilken, CEO of TripInsurance.com answers your questions about losing a passport while traveling overseas and how a death in the family can affect your trip.

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0:00.0	Consider tripinsurance.com to cover your next cruise investment. Buy direct from the leading insurers and save up the 40% or more on comparable plans from the other sites. Get a quote today and save from tripinsurance.com.
0:13.4	Okay, man by it. Broadcasting from the tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida. This is Cruise Radio.
0:21.5	Hey, I'm Matt Baskford. And I'm Doug Parker. Make sure you follow us on Facebook. Give us a like at facebook.com slash cruise radio. On this show, we'll talk to Michael Jiro, creator of the Shipmate app, and he'll tell us all about it. I love that app. It's free, and it's, why am I telling you about it? It's awesome. We're interviewing.
0:17.3	He's going to tell us about it.
0:19.2	Also, we have Dan Skilkin, CEO of Trip Insurance.com, answering some of your listener questions. But first, Stuart, Stuart, Stuart, hey, Matt, hey, Doug. There's a new cruise ship about to debut. What's the latest? And because we understand you're going to be over there soon. I am going to be embedded next week aboard the Royal Princess,
0:58.0	which will be Princess Cruises' newest and largest ship.
1:01.0	It'll be the newest cruise ship in the world when she debuts.
1:04.6	She's currently making her away from Italy.
1:08.6	She just this morning actually crossed through the Strait of Gibraltar, and she
1:12.1	arrives in Southampton, England on June the 7th. So that'll be pretty exciting.
1:19.1	Well, that's going to be exciting, like you just said. These damn computers, hold on, I can't,
1:26.5	on between screens right now.
1:28.6	So we see where Royal Caribbean is going to extend their option for a third quantum-class ship, huh?
1:36.3	Well, that is very cool because actually they exercise the option, so the third ship has now been ordered.
1:43.0	So there will be three quantum class ships.
1:46.2	The third ship, of course, is unnamed.
1:49.1	We are pulling for certain suggestions, but we'll see what they do.
1:54.2	So how does this affect the third oasis class ship that's supposed to be built?
1:58.2	Well, the third oasis class ship, which was previously ordered, is also going to be,
2:05.2	you know, is going to happen.
2:07.2	And she will, essentially both ships will debut in 2016.
2:11.0	Damn, it's raining ships over there in Miami, huh?
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