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Hey, how else going? My name is Doug Parker.

Thank you so much for checking out this episode of

Cruise Radio. Very happy to have you here, my friend. A review of Norwegian getaway today. It was a

five-night cruise out of Miami over to the Western Caribbean. Chris will be joining us here in

just a little bit. Staff writer Richard Sims on deck with Cruise News and Cruise Radio News,

the daily three things you need to know,

Monday through Friday, sometimes Saturday. It can be found at Cruise Radio News or on the Cruise

Radio YouTube channel. All right, checking in one final time before his seven-night cruise on Norwegian

getaway this weekend. It's staff writer Richard Sims. Hey, Richard.

Hey, Doug. By the time March 1st rolled around, eight cruise lines have dropped mask mandates.

Yeah, you know, we sort of heard rumblings about this. And when the CDC lowered the health

travel advisory warning, it sort of all seemed like it was heading in this direction. And it makes

sense as this is the

direction that a lot of the country is heading in as well. So the lines that sort of very recently

dropped the mask mandate are Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line,

Oceania Cruises, Princess Cruises, Regent Seven Seas, and Seaboard. Now, if you're looking at that list, you'll notice that they sort of all fall into one of two categories. It's either Carnival Corporation ships or Norwegian Cruise Line holding ships. As far as the others, most of them have dropped it at this point. Virgin Voyages has dropped theirs.

But the really smart thing to do here is to make sure that you're checking your cruise lines website

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