596 Regal Princess Cruise Ship Review + News | Princess Cruises
Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
Doug Parker
4.8 • 636 Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
A review of an 11-night cruise on Princess Cruises' Regal Princess. This was a Baltic cruise that sailed from Copenhagen with an overnight in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Sherry Laskin has cruise news:
- Carnival Mardi Gras launched delayed and Carnival Radiance postponed
- Two cruise lines join forces to develop healthy protocols
- New EU cruise guides recommend masks and no buffets
- Royal Caribbean delays its new ship
- P&O Cruises has sold Oceana
Listener Question: We have a couple of cruises coming up see that California is having COVID trending the wrong way. Our final payment is due July 14. While our deposit loss would be minimal because we booked the early saver, would we get credit for the cruise if it cancels? - Howard
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| 0:00.0 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:02.0 | If this whole thing we're going through right now has taught us anything, it is to always have travel insurance. |
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| 0:12.1 | Broadcasting from the tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| 0:16.3 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:18.8 | Hey, how's it going? |
| 0:19.8 | My name is Doug Parker. |
| 0:20.8 | Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. |
| 0:23.7 | A review of Regal Princess today. |
| 0:26.1 | And as always, Sherry Laskin from Cruisemaven.com is here with Cruise News. |
| 0:30.7 | Hey, Sherry. |
| 0:31.5 | Hi, Doug. |
| 0:32.3 | A couple of news stories out of the Carnival Cruise Line camp this week. |
| 0:35.8 | Yeah, so on Tuesday, Carnival Cruise Line notified |
| 0:38.8 | travel agents and guests that the new Mardi Gras and the soon-to-be refurbished Carnival |
| 0:43.6 | Radiens' arrival dates are delayed into 2021. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the delivery |
| 0:50.9 | of Mardi Gras to Port Canaveral was pushed back to February 6th of next year. |
| 0:56.7 | And remember, we've talked about this a million times. |
| 0:59.0 | Mardi Gras will be the first LNG liquidified natural gas-powered cruise ship in the Western Hemisphere. |
| 1:06.0 | And it will also have the first roller coaster at sea. |
| 1:09.6 | And then Carnival Victory, which will be renamed Carnival |
| 1:13.1 | Radiance, is still in Cadiz, Spain, awaiting word on when the $200 million dry dock |
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