589 Cruise Director Onboard During Shutdown + News | Crew Member
Cruise Radio
Doug Parker
4.8 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
We talk to a cruise director who was onboard a cruise ship during the COVID outbreak. Our guest chats with us what it was like being onboard when the cruise industry shutdown and how he had pivot as they attempted to get cruisers home.
Sherry has cruise news:
- Grand Cayman isn't ready to take back cruise ships
- Marine firm launches a project to keep ships clean
- A video could show the future of cruising
- Norway-based cruise company will return to service in June
- Norwegian Cruise Line opens sailings through 2023
Listener Question: How early can I drop by bag off at the Long Beach Cruise Terminal?
Hear Cruise Director Kabir's podcast here.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Cruise Radio. If this whole thing we're going through right now has taught us anything, it is to always have travel insurance. Get a quote today at tripinsurance.com. Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida. Cruise Radio. Hey, how's it going? My name is Doug Parker. Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. |
| 0:22.8 | Very happy to have you here. |
| 0:24.3 | We're going to talk to Cruise Director Kabir today. |
| 0:27.5 | He was actually on board a ship in the Caribbean when the industry went silent, and he was |
| 0:32.8 | actually on the ship for like six weeks afterwards because he could not get home. |
| 0:36.7 | So we're going to share that experience, what it was like on get home. So we're going to share that |
| 0:38.1 | experience, what it was like on the ship. And we're going to ask some listener questions to him as |
| 0:43.4 | well. If you have a question to ask, Doug at cruiserad.net, all of that will come right after |
| 0:49.1 | Sherry Laskin with Cruise News. Hey, Sherry. Hi, Doug. One Western Caribbean cruise port said they're not quite ready to |
| 0:56.5 | welcome cruisers back. Well, that's true. The tourism minister for Grand Cayman said that their island |
| 1:02.8 | will remain closed until at least September 1st. The date could even be pushed back further, |
| 1:08.2 | and this is a change from the original reopening date of June 1. |
| 1:13.2 | So as reported in the island's local newspaper that Cayman Compass, the new reopening date |
| 1:18.6 | will soon be official, and it's worth noting that this new date is, of course, tentative |
| 1:23.8 | and will be reviewed in the future, despite the fact, this is interesting, that Carnival |
| 1:29.2 | Cruise Line already has Grand Cayman on their August itineraries. Grand Cayman officials have stated |
| 1:36.2 | they were not consulted before Carnival made the announcement. The August 2nd and 16th |
| 1:42.1 | sailings of Carnival Horizon from Miami include stops at Grand Cayman, |
| 1:47.0 | as well as Ocho Rios and Cozumel. |
| 1:49.6 | And from the looks of how it stands right now, there's a good chance Grand Cayman won't open |
| 1:53.7 | for cruise ships until sometime next year. |
| 1:57.2 | A marine firm has recently launched a project designed to help cruise ships stay clean. |
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