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Broadcasting from the EnsuremyTrip.com Studios in Jacksonville, Florida. This is Cruise Radio. Hey, what's up? My name is Doug Parker. Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. So happy to have you here, my friend. Coming up a little later on in the program, we're going to check out 16 cruise hacks and tips that everyone should know. Ben Sousa from Cruisefever.

Dot will be stopping by to share those with us. But first, as always, Stuart,

Stuart, Stuart, Stuart, Richard Branson being sued for stealing a cruise ship idea? What is this about?

We've heard him over the years talking about getting into the cruise industry.

Last year, in February, he mentioned it.

And then in November or December, it was announced that he was going to start up Virgin Cruises.

And he was going to have a former Disney executive, Tom McAlpan, as president and CEO of the company.

And he was going to build two ships.

And, you know, it's just too close, I mean, there's too much information or too much plans

that, you know, that, you know, from an outsider to get their hands on. So there's no doubt that

someone like a Colin Beach was involved in providing the plans for Virgin Cruises.

There's just there's just, it's unmistakable, just like the song, you know, with, Farrell Williams,

and Robin Thick and Marvin Gay, there was just too much, there were too many similarities.

They were too far ahead to have gotten the concept of financing and the ship,

essentially, the contracts and the relationship with a yard that Colin had previously done with, which is Meyerworth.

It's just, it's just unmistakable.

I guess I'm confused then.

Did Richard Branson fire this old NCL exec?

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