201 Grandeur of the Seas Review + Cruise News
Cruise Radio
Doug Parker
4.8 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2013
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Nancy Schretter from the Family Travel Network talks about her recent sailing aboard Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas. The ship recently underwent a six week dry dock after a fire onboard in late May.
Stewart Chiron, The Cruise Guy® stops by with Cruise News:
- Carnival new safety trial
- Grand Cayman has low passenger counts
- Carnival Faster to the Fun on more ships
- Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas back in service
- Latest on Costa Concordia
- Purchasing frequent flyer miles
Thoughts or reviews? Email me: [email protected]
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| 0:13.2 | Okay, man, by it. Broadcasting from the tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida. This is cruise radio hey i'm matt bassford and i'm |
| 0:22.9 | doug parker check us out on facebook facebook dot com slash cruise radio and give us a like at the end of |
| 0:28.0 | this past may royal caribbean's grandeur of the seas experienced a little fire on deck three and since then |
| 0:33.9 | it has been repaired and is back in service nancy shredder from the Family Travel Network sailed upon grandeur of the season. |
| 0:39.8 | We'll talk to her about that. Also, we'll answer a listener question about Norwegian breakway. That's coming up later as well. But first, Stewart, you're on the cruise guys here. Hello, Stuart. Hey, Matt. Hey, Doug. Hey, man. Carnival starts a safety and reliability review board. They actually mentioned something like this at cruise shipping Miami this past March. |
| 0:37.0 | Is this one in the same? |
| 0:38.3 | Yes, but it's... and Reliability Review Board. They actually mentioned something like this at cruise shipping |
| 0:54.1 | Miami this past March. Is this one in the same? Yes, but let's just say it's a little more |
| 0:59.3 | in-depth considering everything that has gone on. And sure is they sure is their word, they're |
| 1:05.5 | ready to rock and roll with this new review board to ensure passenger and ship safety and comfort. |
| 1:11.4 | Well, there you go. |
| 1:12.1 | Grand Cayman is seeing record low passenger numbers. |
| 1:14.5 | What is this from? |
| 1:15.2 | Because there seems to be a lot of ships in the Caribbean for 2013. |
| 1:18.9 | Well, Doug, as I've been saying for years, the numbers in Grand Cayman have been plummeting. |
| 1:23.8 | And the simple reason for it is because the large ships, essentially most ships are avoiding Grand Cayman because they don't have a cruise ship here. |
| 1:32.3 | Can they build one? |
| 1:33.3 | Well, that's been the big question. |
| 1:36.3 | They've talked about it, but I mean, you know, since the first time I went there in like 92, |
| 1:41.3 | nothing's really changed, and it's just a horrible situation. |
| 1:46.4 | They thought they'd be able to go indefinitely without being able to build the piers. |
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