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269 Staying Connected at Sea, Alaska Cruise Question + Cruise News

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Doug Parker

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4.8609 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2014

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This is a not-to-miss episode as we chat with the folks at MTN Communications and talk about staying connected at sea. MTN just launched the website ConnectAtSea.com and it's a portal filled with great information when it comes to your cruise vacation. Whether you're just texting, Facebooking, calling or surfing the web - everyone has to be connected these days.

Brent Horwitz, Senior VP & General Manager, Cruise for MTN joins us to cover all bases about staying connected at sea. There is no stone left unturned in this interview.

Stewart Chiron, The Cruise Guy stops by with Cruise News on: 

  • Quantum of the Seas is officially Royal Caribbean's and arrived in Southampton this week - how long until she heads westbound to the United States?
  • Holland America continues Dancing with the Stars through 2016
  • Disney Cruise Line itineraries have been announced for 2016 - anything new?
  • Have their been any cancelations or skipped ports overseas because of political unrest or ebola?
  • What's the latest talk from China? How's Hong Kong doing?

Listener Question

My wife and I want to go to Alaska on the Celebrity Solstice, when's the best time to go? Is it better to sail out of Seattle or Vancouver; we live in Ontario.

Thoughts or reviews? Email me: [email protected] 

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Transcript

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It's all downhill from here.

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

0:24.5

This is Cruise Radio.

0:26.5

Hey, what's up? My name is Doug Parker.

0:28.0

Thank you so much for being here, my friend.

0:29.9

And don't forget to check out our website at cruiseradio.net.

0:33.5

Also, our new player there, where you could actually browse our past episodes right there with a single click of a button yeah cruise radio dot net big show today yeah we have the actually a really really good segment because one time i was on a cruise and i had an AT&t cell phone bill of over five hundred dollars so we have brent horowitz of mt n communications to talk to us about using your cell phone and smartphone at sea and staying connected.

0:59.0

But first, as always, we have Stuart Chiron the cruise guy.

1:02.1

What's up, Stuart?

1:03.0

Hey, Doug.

1:03.4

How's going?

1:04.0

Good, man.

1:04.4

Thank you.

1:05.0

So Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas is officially theirs.

1:09.8

And as we speak, she's arriving in Southampton. And

1:13.1

what are we going to see her here in the U.S. and when will she start carrying passengers

1:17.1

besides that first transatlantic journey? Well, she departs Southampton on November 2nd and

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