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Broadcasting from the EnsuremyTrip.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida.

This is Cruise Radio.

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My name is Doug Parker.

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On this show, we'll get a review of MSC Devina from Jason Cohen. But first, as always, it's Stuart Shearon, the Cruise Guy. What's up, Stuart? Hey, Doug, doing great. Why don't we get right to it? Hey, you took the words right out of my mouth. Carnival Cruise lines causing an uproar because they have changed their smoking policy, hopefully for good this time.

I don't think it's an uproar. I think, I mean, they're certainly reacting to customer, you know,

from their guest comments. And they really only changes. They've already discontinued

allowing smoking in the cabins. What they're doing now is they're extending that policy to the balconies. So there's no smoking in the cabins. What they're doing now is they're extending that policy to the

balconies. So there's no smoking in the cabins or on the balconies. And the other part of that

change, which begins on October 9th, is they are raising the service charges from $1.50 per person per day to $12 per person a day, which essentially brings

them in line with other cruise lines. Yeah, interesting. And I said uproar because

cruise critic and John Heald's Facebook page, people were all kinds of pissed off.

Whatever. Everybody else is doing it and, you know, they'll over it i don't smoke so i don't really care either

way um carnival speaking of is staying in new orleans for a little longer well it's it's not uh at all

a surprise they're locking in terms and guaranteeing improvements to the facilities uh they do have

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