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Welcome to this week's episode of Cruise Radio. My name is Doug Parker. Very happy to have you here.

A review of celebrity silhouette this week. Also, Sherry Kennedy is here with Cruise News and to answer one of your listener questions. A quick reminder, if you want to find out about any of the stories we talk about on the show, they can all be found on the website at cruiseradio.net. And if you want to come join the Cruise Radio Facebook group, that's Cruise Radio News. All right, Sherry Kennedy is here. Hey, Sherry.

Hey, Doug. So two weeks ago, we were talking about there being a travel ban to Mexico by the State

Department, but it looks like that has recently been lifted. It's kind of complicated. There was a Mexico

travel warning for tourists, and you're right, it was lifted this week by the U.S. State

Department. The tourists were being warned against taking the ferry from Cozumel to Playa and

Del Carmen so that they can do a shore excursion to the ruins, you know, the Mayan ruins, which

would be like Tulum or even a longer one at Chechnica. But the warning was put in place, as we said, a couple of weeks ago because the device

had exploded on a tourist ferry boat and there were some injuries to American tourists and even

some locals who were just going back and forth.

And then when they found a second but not undettonated device, That's what prompted the travel warning.

You don't know all the reasons why they issue these restrictions, but that was pretty

severe.

So now the ban or the warning has been lifted.

Short excursions are again resuming to the Mayan ruins in Tulum, and you can go on the

ferry boats back and forth,

but they are still encouraging tourists to be vigilant,

which is always good when you travel anyway.

And it looks like prices are going up, up, up for gratuities,

Norwegian Cruise Line, the latest cruise line to raise gratuities.

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