Cruise Radio is brought to you in part by Tripinsurance.com. Travel insurance done right by the people who know travel insurance. Get a quote today at Tripinsurance.com.

Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.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. I'm so happy to have you here. Dan Skokin from Tripinsurance.com is on the line. I wrote an article about two weeks ago called Seven excuses. People use not to carry travel insurance created quite the controversy. So looking forward to talking to Dan here. Before we get to Cruise News with Stuart Sheeron-the Cruise Guy, don't forget about Cruise Radio Insider, daily podcast just like this, catching you up on the cruise news, just quick hits of the news throughout the week. So just search it right here on iTunes or IHeart Radio or Stitcher Radio Network. Also, Cruise Radio Insider, our Facebook page, we'd love to have you on there as well, so just search us on Facebook, or check out the show notes for all these links, cruiseradio. Dot net. All right, Stuart, Stuart, Stuart, Stuart, Stuart. Hey, Doug. So we both just got back from Carnival's new cruise port, they're opening in October, called Amber Cove. What were your thoughts of it?

I actually liked it a lot, Doug. I think it has tremendous potential.

We saw incredible cooperation between the government, the cruise line, the port

owners, and I mean, I don't think, I mean, it was almost like it was too easy to put

this project together. I mean, everyone was't think, I mean, it was almost like it was too easy to put this project together.

I mean, everyone was just so cooperative, so happy.

It's going to be a great facility for the Carnival Court brands.

I also think it's going to be a great staging point for the Fathom brand.

And I think people are really going to enjoy Porta Plata, which, you know, really hasn't had, you know, cruise ships

visiting there on a regular basis, believe it or not, in 30 years.

Yeah.

But it's got tremendous opportunity and activities just there at the port, but they're really

encouraging passengers and providing various, you know, trips for people to get into the countryside.

And what I mean, Countryside, Doug.

I mean, you know what I'm talking about.

I mean, they've got quite a countryside.

If you want to get out in the middle of nowhere, they've got a tour and options for you.

Yeah, yeah.

They have 42 of them at Amber Cove there.

One thing I like about this one, Stuart, is that they have a zip line in the cruise port,

...