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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Chris gives us a review of Norwegian Crusie Line's brand new Norwegian Encore. This was a seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise.

Sherry has cruise news on:

Carnival Mardi Gras floated out of dry dock
Cruise ships are canceling voyages because of coronavirus
There's a lawsuit against a major cruise line
A new cruise port has opened in Jamaica
A man goes overboard on Oasis of the Seas

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0:00.0	This is Cruise Radio. It's 2020. Make sure you're covered on your next vacation. Get yourself a
0:06.3	trip insurance policy at tripinsurance.com. Broadcasting from the tripinsurance.com studios in
0:13.1	Jacksonville, Florida. This is Cruise Radio. Hey, how's it going? My name is Doug Parker.
0:18.5	Thanks for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio.
0:28.7	A review of Norwegian encore today. Rob answers some of your cruise excursion questions, and Sherry Laskin is here with Cruise News.
0:34.1	And as always, don't forget about Cruise Radio News. Daily quick hits of the news. The three things you need to know.
0:41.4	You could find it where you listen to your favorite podcast. Just search Cruise Radio News. All right, Sherry Laskin is here with Cruise News. Hi, Sherry.
0:47.5	Hey, Doug. Another big milestone for Carnival, Mardi Gras. Yep. So, Marty Gras reached, as you said,
0:54.2	another major milestone as it floated out at Finland's Myert Turku shipyard last Thursday morning.
0:57.8	And on hand, of course, was Brand Ambassador John Heald.
1:02.1	He was there for the event, and he live-streamed the float out on Facebook.
1:05.8	So that was kind of an interesting way to watch it long distance.
1:09.2	And so when the dry dock was filled with seawater,
1:12.4	the ship slowly moved to a new location in the shipyard so that the workers could complete the 2,600 state rooms and the public spaces.
1:18.6	It's at this new location that the bolt roller coaster will be installed.
1:23.6	And, you know, it's interesting because when you look at the hull, if you're familiar with other
1:27.7	carnival ships, you know, right away, you'll notice that the Mardi Gras hull appears different.
1:33.1	So instead of the standard white hull that you see on all the other ships, Mardi Gras forward
1:38.3	section of the hull is painted dark blue with a red and white stripe.
1:43.0	It's really, it's really pretty and it's just sort of flows with the
1:47.5	curve of the ship and sort of ocean-y-looking. So anyway, Marty Grau will begin sailing out of Port Canaveral,
1:54.1	Florida on November 14th. The ship will offer seven-day cruises to the Caribbean and the Bahamas
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