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567 Norwegian Bliss Review 2019 + Cruise News | Norwegian Cruise Line

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Doug Parker

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4.8609 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We get a review of a seven-night Bahamas cruise on Norwegian Bliss from New York City. The cruise went to Nassau, Port Canaveral, and Great Stirrup Cay. Norwegian Bliss was launched in 2018 from Norwegian Cruise Line. 

Sherry has cruise news on

  • Holland America ship cancels sailing from Port Everglades 
  • Royal Caribbean will bring a mega-ship to Texas 
  • Cruising is only getting bigger according to a new report
  • Port Everglades breaks a cruise world record 
  • Carnival says watch what you wear onboard

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This is Cruise Radio.

0:19.2

Hey, how's it going?

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My name is Doug Parker.

0:37.5

Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. A review of Norwegian Bliss this week. Also, Sherry Laskin is here with Cruise News. Cruise Radio News are daily quick hits of the news Monday through Friday. The three things you need to know. check it out at Cruise Radio News.

0:39.9

All right, Sherry Laskin is here with Cruise News.

0:40.5

Hey, Sherry.

0:41.2

Hey, Doug.

0:45.9

So Holland America had to cancel a cruise in South Florida over the weekend.

0:52.1

Yes, and December 14th, the departure of Holland America's new Amsterdam was canceled.

0:55.8

The decision to cancel the seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise was due to issues with one of the ship's azepad propellers. A spokesman for the line said

1:01.8

that the ship could safely proceed with only one azepod engine working, but it would have to be

1:07.8

approved by several regulatory authorities. So rather than wait, the voyage was canceled.

1:13.6

The good news is passengers received a full refund of their cruise fare,

1:17.6

reimbursement for any air change fees,

1:20.6

plus they received a 100% future cruise credit.

1:24.6

Some passengers were able to rebook themselves on Holland America's Koningsdom and the

1:29.2

new Staten Dam, which were also sailing from Port Everglades on Sunday. This is a nice little

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