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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Scott just returned from a four-night Bahamas cruise on Carnival Conquest. You'll want to hear this review from a seasoned cruise, but first time sailing Carnival Cruise Line.

Sherry has cruise news:

NCL changes final payment due date
Carnival changing up cruise ships in the Gulf of Mexico
Disney Magic will get an extensive renovation
Port Canaveral reached a milestone

Listener Question: Going to the Western Caribbean next summer on Royal Caribbean and trying to decide between a passport card and a passport book - are there any advantages of one over the other? Carl - Detroit

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0:00.0	This is Cruise Radio.
0:02.0	You hear me say this every week.
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0:10.2	Broadcasting from the tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida.
0:15.0	This is Cruise Radio.
0:17.5	Hey, what's up?
0:18.0	My name is Doug Parker.
0:18.8	Thanks for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio.
0:21.9	Very happy to have you here.
0:17.7	Coming up on this week's show, we'll get a review of Carnival Conquest. Sherry Kennedy here with Cruise News in just a couple of seconds. And don't forget about Cruise Radio News. It's our Cruise Radio Facebook group. We'd love to have you in there and kick around the cruise conversation with us. All right. Hey, Sherry.
0:18.3	Hey, Doug.
0:21.7	I feel like this first story, we should queue up David Bowie's changes.
0:38.4	Norwegian Cruise Line moved the final payment due date to 120 days prior to sailing, which is
0:45.4	quite a ways out there. What do you have on this? Yep, it was recently announced that Norwegian
0:51.2	Cruise Line will require guests to make final payment 120 days before
0:56.7	their cruise begins. Previously, the final payment date had been at the 90-day point. No details
1:02.5	were available when I checked as to when the new policy will go into effect or whether it will
1:08.4	be implemented across all failings. Norwegian is putting their own spin on this,
1:13.4	and they're telling travel agents that this will lock in the customer early,
1:17.8	and agents will then get paid 30 days earlier.
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