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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

We get a review of Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Vista. This sailing was an eight-night Southern Caribbean cruise out of Miami, Florida. Ports of call included Grand Turk, Dominican Republic, Curacao, and Aruba.

Stewart has cruise news on:

Royal Caribbean gratuity increase
MSC star-studded christening
Carnival expands their easy-pay program
Norwegian unveils new app
What should we look for in 2018?

Listener Question: How do I know what cruise will have fewer kids, is it the cruise line itself, the ship, or the time of year? David, CA

Comments or suggestions? Email me: [email protected]

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0:00.0	This is Cruise Radio.
0:02.0	Your New Year's resolution should be to always travel with travel insurance.
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0:09.3	Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida.
0:13.7	This is Cruise Radio.
0:16.8	Hey, what's up? My name is Doug Parker.
0:18.3	Thanks for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio.
0:20.3	Very happy to have you here.
0:22.0	A review of Carnival Vista coming up this week.
0:24.2	Also, Stuart Sheeran, the Cruise guy here with Cruise News.
0:27.5	I got a chance to see Garth Brooks close out his North American tour up in Nashville last weekend.
0:32.7	And got to meet a couple of listeners up there, Jenna and Craig.
0:36.1	And between them two, Nashville and the
0:38.8	Jack, they totally kicked my butt, but had a great time. All right, Stuart Sheeer on the cruise
0:43.5	guy. What's up, man? How's it going? Good, man. Happy New Year. And a very happy new year to you.
0:47.8	And this new year, Royal Caribbean, is increasing their gratuities. Well, I think that's a very good news for their employees,
0:57.1	considering, I guess, this is what the third time they've done it. The tips are going up about
1:02.7	by a little more than 7% to about $14.50 per person. And, you know, if you've got a family of
1:10.7	four, it's more than
1:12.4	four hundred dollars for your convenience of course I mean you know it does
1:16.3	alleviate the need to have to go downstairs wait in lines at the person's desk
1:21.3	to get cash stuff envelopes but you know I still think it I mean it is it is optional meaning
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