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Doug Parker

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4.8609 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Ben just returned from Viking Ocean Cruises' Viking Star. He sailed a four night re-positioning cruise from New York City to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ben gives us a full review of what to expect on Viking Ocean Cruises, how they differ from other ships operating in the Caribbean, and shares his experience. Viking Star is in the Caribbean for 13 cruises this season offering longer Southern Caribbean sailings. 

We hear from Steven Fox with Passport Photo Creator, a cool new app that lets you take your passport photo on your own terms. You can learn more at PassportPhotoCreator.com.
 
Cruise News: 
 
New passport rule in effect effective November 1 (no more glasses in photos)
Steel cut for Norwegian Bliss 
Carnival Cruise Line adding another ship to Florida
Port Canaveral preparing for the arrival of Oasis of the Seas 

Thoughts or reviews? Email me: [email protected] 

Find in-depth cruise news and ship reviews at https://cruiseradio.net

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Here we go.

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

0:15.8

This is Cruise Radio.

0:18.8

Hey, what's up?

0:19.4

My name is Doug Parker.

0:20.6

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

0:23.3

Very happy to have you here.

0:24.8

Wow, it's already November and two christenings this month that are pretty big.

0:29.7

Carnival Vista getting christened on November 4th over in New York City.

0:33.4

That's tomorrow.

0:34.8

In fact, I'm flying over there and about two and a half hours to join up with Carnival for the christening tomorrow.

0:41.0

And then Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas getting christened down in Fort Lauderdale next Thursday, November 10th.

0:47.5

So we're checking that out as well down in Lauderdale.

0:49.6

So a lot of exciting things happening.

0:51.4

You can follow along Facebook.com slash cruise radio or follow us on Snapchat. Just type in cruise radio. Also, our other show, River Cruise Radio, really starting to take some life of its own. If you want to check that out or interested in river cruising, rivercruiseradio.net. On this show, we'll get a review of Viking Star from Viking Ocean Cruises.

1:12.2

We'll also talk to a creator of a really cool new app called Passport Photo Creator. You can

1:17.3

download it and take your passport photo on your own terms and then send it over to Walgreens to get

1:23.0

it developed. So we'll talk all about this app in just a few minutes. But first, Sherry Kennedy has cruise news.

1:28.9

What's up, Sherry? Not too much, Doug. How are you? Good. Thank you. November 1st, the State Department

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