642 Protocols on the First Cruise Back + News | MSC Virtuosa

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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We get a preview of the first cruise to return to the sea from the UK in 14-months. Journalist Dave Monk just returned from a four-night sailing. He discusses the protocols onboard, what dining, the buffets, and the mask situation are like onboard.

Sherry Laskin has cruise news on:

Royal Caribbean gets permission to cruise
A tone of optimism from cruise line executives
The Alaska Tourism Restoration Act passes
A cavalcade of cruise lines intends to sail Alaska this summer
Carnival has outlined its Alaska cruise protocols
Viking gears up for a summer 2021 restart
Another cruise line extends Bahamas sailings due to an overwhelming response
Norwegian Cruise Line details its 2021 restart for the US

Listener Question: What is the weather like in Southeast Alaska for late August? — Nicole

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0:00.0	Now more than ever, you should consider trip insurance for any kind of trip you take, not just cruises.
0:05.5	Get a free quote at tripinsurance.com.
0:08.3	Broadcasting from the tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida.
0:12.6	This is Cruise Radio.
0:14.8	Cruise Radio.
0:15.7	Hey, how's it going?
0:16.5	My name is Doug Parker.
0:17.4	Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio.
0:20.3	Happy to have you here.
0:21.4	A review of MSC Virtuosa today. So it was actually the very first cruise ship to sail from the UK in over 14 months.
0:30.9	And Dave Monk stops by to talk about his sailing, what the protocols were like and everything that we want to know about cruising in this crazy time.
0:41.0	Sherry Laskin is here with Cruise News.
0:42.7	A quick reminder, cruise radio news briefs Monday through Friday, either on the YouTube channel or just opposite of this channel where you're listening to the show, just type in Cruise Radio News.
0:53.0	All right, Sherry Laskin is here with Cruz News.
0:55.3	Hello, Sherry.
0:56.3	Hi, Doug.
0:56.9	So permission to cruise.
0:58.9	Right.
0:59.7	So according to the CDC, if vaccination of 98% of crew members and 95% of paying guests
1:06.3	cannot be achieved, then test cruises are permitted.
1:10.4	So earlier this week, because Royal Caribbean
1:12.9	carries families with unvaccinated younger kids, the CDC gave Royal Caribbean permission to begin
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