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Doug Parker

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4.8609 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

We get a three-night review of Carnival Cruise Line's Long Beach based Carnival Inspiration. Lauren took this cruise because the pricing was perfect and she was already out in California for work. She also gives us her review of Carnival's Chef Table and the CHEERS! unlimited beverage package. 

Sherry has cruise news: 

  • Royal Caribbean announces a $115-million makeover of one of their cruise ships.
  • Port Canaveral breaks an all time cruise record 
  • Virgin Voyages announces their first destination of their 2020 ship
  • Follow up: Princess cruises responds to their dining change that was met with pushback 
  • Upcoming ships: Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas, Celebrity Edge, and Holland America's Nieuw Statendam
  • Listener question: What amenities come with a suite on Carnival Cruise Line?

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0:00.0

This is Cruise Radio.

0:02.0

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0:05.5

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0:09.0

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

0:13.8

This is Cruise Radio.

0:15.8

Hey, how's it going?

0:16.4

My name is Doug Parker.

0:17.3

Thanks for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio, a review of Carnival Inspiration,

0:21.6

all the way out on the West Coast this time. We don't hear from any ships out there, so

0:25.7

Lauren's going to give us her review of her latest sailing just like two weeks ago. Also,

0:30.9

Sherry Laskin is here with Cruise News on a cruise right now. So if you want to follow along,

0:35.5

you could follow along with our daily trip reports.

0:37.9

That's at cruise.net. By the way, also, our daily news briefs still happening, even though we're

0:42.6

sailing, still pumping them out. That's Cruise Radio News. You can search for that podcast feed

0:47.5

there as well. All right, Sherry Laskin, hello there. Hey, Doug. So last week, Royal Caribbean

0:53.2

announced that their ship Navigator of the Seas was going to get like,

0:57.9

it was over $100 million worth of makeovers in 2019. Yeah, in fact, it's $115 million, but who's counting?

1:06.8

Yeah, and so literally, starting from the top of the ship, you know, I guess the whole deal now is to fix water parks and make them, you know, there's this competition, right?

1:16.3

That's what I think.

1:17.0

So they're going to have an aqua coaster that they're saying will be the longest water slide at sea.

1:23.4

I think it's like 800 feet with hills and turns and things.

1:28.1

And then they're putting this, I don't know how this is going to work,

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