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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Since MSC Cruises returned to cruising this past week, it's only appropriate to get a review of the MSC Meraviglia. Sheri and her family had an opportunity to sail the Yacht Club (ship within a ship concept) in the Mediterranean. We get a full review of one of MSC Cruises' newest ships.

Sherry has cruise news:

Cruises are officially underway in Europe and a couple was kicked off the ship
Cruise line cleared of health incident
Carnival Corp compromised by hackers
Grand Cayman tells cruise ships no
Carnival Corp gives a financial update

Listener Q: We are in the early planning stages of our 2022 summer cruise. We are older and do not like crowds and crazy traffic. What is easier to navigate - Port Canaveral or Fort Lauderdale?

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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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0:11.4	Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida.
0:15.9	This is Cruise Radio.
0:18.7	Hey, how's it going?
0:19.4	My name is Doug Parker.
0:20.4	Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. A review of MSC Meravilla today from Sherry from Cruise Tips TV. Also, Sherry Laskin is here with Cruise News. A Sherry Overload today, and I like it. So we'll jump right to Sherrylaskin from cruis maven.com. Hey, Sherry.
0:38.1	Hi, Doug. MSC cruises has officially returned to cruising and so far so good, unless you're
0:44.4	one family, but we'll get to that in just a couple of moments. Right. So then last Sunday,
0:49.6	MSC Grandiosa departed from Italy on the first cruise by a major cruise line since the pandemic began.
0:56.5	Only Europeans were allowed to book a reservation and sale, and it was the perfect time for a
1:01.4	social media event to occur, and that included several FaceTime live streams as the ship pulled
1:06.9	away from the shore and everybody was all excited to see the first ship set sail.
1:11.6	So MSC cruises developed their own set of onboard health protocols as well as what to do when
1:18.1	going to shore.
1:19.0	So on board, passengers would be tested and have their temperatures taken at embarkation.
1:24.4	And when going ashore, the only way to leave the ship is with the ship's own shore excursions.
1:30.3	No wandering off on your own would be allowed in port.
1:33.8	Face masks would need to be worn whenever it was not possible to maintain social distance.
1:39.7	Just shortly after MSC Grandiosa set out, it was revealed that the CEO of MSC Cruises was on board.
1:48.0	And what you were talking about, Doug, this just came in.
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