611 You Can Buy a Room On This Cruise Ship + Cruise News
Cruise Radio
Doug Parker
4.8 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever wanted to live on a cruise ship? It can now happen. An entrepreneur in Panama bought a Carnival Corporation cruise ship that was for sale and is turning it into floating condos at sea. We learn all about this deal and how you can bid on a condo at sea starting at $25,000.
Richard has cruise news on:
- A Federal Judge tries to delay Carnival Corporation from returning to service
- Royal Caribbean outlines what returning to cruise will look like in Asia
- Royal Caribbean trademark a device called a "tracelet"
- One cruise line says they are returning on December 18, 2020
- Carnival Cruise Line ship comes to the aid of a sinking boat
Listener Question: I don't see any sailings from Florida to Bermuda, why is that?
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| 0:00.0 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:02.3 | If this whole thing we're going through right now has taught us anything, it is to always |
| 0:06.8 | 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. |
| 0:18.5 | Hey, how's it going? |
| 0:19.1 | My name is Doug Parker. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome to this week's episode of Cruise Radio. I'm excited about this week's show, more than usual, because I have Chad Elwirtaski coming on in just a little bit. This is the guy who just straight up bought a cruise ship that was for sale. He's turning into floating condos off the coast of Panama. You can bid on one of these cabins for $25,000. |
| 0:39.6 | It's both bizarre and intriguing. So Chad is going to stop by and unpack this and how you can get |
| 0:45.2 | yourself a floating condo at sea. Also, staff writer Richard Sims is here with Cruise News. Hey, buddy. |
| 0:50.9 | Hey, Doug. Thanks for having me. A federal judge in Miami has different plans for |
| 0:55.2 | Carnival Corporation returning to service. Yeah, this is the same judge who you'll remember |
| 1:00.2 | a year or so ago, came down very hard on Carnival, sort of threatened that if they didn't get |
| 1:06.4 | their environmental act together, she was going to prevent them from sailing out of any port in the |
| 1:11.8 | United States. Nothing really came of that. But now as we start, you know, heading toward ramping up |
| 1:18.3 | for the return to service again, she is now saying that she might put out an order that says |
| 1:24.6 | that they have to basically give her 60 days in, they notify her 60 days in advance before they reenter water so that she can get each ship certified, meaning, and it's a little unclear whether she means each ship that is planning to sail as it's going to sail or all the ships at once. |
| 1:43.7 | For example, you know, Carnival has talked about the fact that they're only going to sail or all the ships at once. For example, |
| 1:44.5 | you know, Carnival has talked about the fact that they're only going to sail a couple of ships |
| 1:47.9 | to start. She may mean only those ships right now and then the other ships when they are ready |
| 1:53.9 | to sail, but she could also mean the entire fleet has to be certified before they're able to |
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