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Hey, what's up? My name is Doug Parker. Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio.

Looking at the calendar here.

Already last week of September.

Wow. Where did the month go? Where did the year go? Pumpkin spice season is upon us. But I haven't got my first pumpkin spice, whatever yet, because it's not cold enough here in Florida. It's still like in the 80s. So with that said, we always like to get your cruise reviews here on the show.

If you just return from a cruise and would like to share your experience, shoot me an email, Doug, at cruiserrady.net. We'll get you on the show here, like Richard. He just returned back from a seven-night sailing aboard Norwegian gym from Manhattan. It was a Florida-Bahamas cruise, and Richard's on line right now. How's it going, my friend?

I'm fantastic.

Thanks for having me.

Absolutely, man.

So we're going to talk all about Norwegian gym today, but before we get to the actual ship itself, let's take a step back and give me your thoughts.

What makes you want to take this seven-night Florida Bahamas cruise on Jim?

I've done this same ship and itinerary before.

I've only cruised on gym. I've done this same ship and itinerary before. It was my, I've only cruised on Norwegian. I've done the breakaway in the gem because I like to home port. I'm really big on home porting out of New York. I'm one of those people who, when the trip is over, I want it to be over. I want it to go to the airport and do all that. I want to, you know, just feel like you lose your vacation buzz that way. So the gem is sort of a smaller ship. I like, I like the smaller as opposed to

breakway being a little bit bigger, although I am sailing her again in March. So it was kind

of a no-brainer. I like this particular time of year. I went to the Saturday before Memorial Day,

no, Labor Day, Labor Day.

And I kind of like that because theoretically there are less kids because they're back in school.

So it sort of was a no-brainer for me.

Nice.

Now, you said you love the home port and you do live in the New York City area.

So logistically getting to the cruise pier, pretty simple for you?

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