4.8 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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A 2023 review of Carnival Luminosa. This was a three-night sailing from Brisbane, Australia with no ports, otherwise known as a cruise to nowhere. A frequent Carnival Cruise Line cruiser, John gives us the details about the ship and his initial thoughts on the refurbishment that Luminosa underwent following its transfer from Costa Cruises.
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0:24.5 | A review of Carnival Luminosa this week, our very first review of the ship. |
0:28.7 | John just returned after a quick three-night sailing out of Brisbane, Australia. |
0:33.7 | It's actually in a couple of weeks. |
0:36.1 | So early April, it will be doing a 21-night cruise from |
0:39.2 | Brisbane to Seattle to start repositioning for the Alaska season this summer before it heads |
0:44.2 | back to Australia this fall. So we'll punch John up here in just a couple of moments to talk about |
0:48.7 | Carnival Luminosa. And coming up this week on the Cruise Radio Patreon will be airing that |
0:53.6 | 30-minute unedited interview |
0:55.6 | with Carnival's brand ambassador, John Heald, had a chance to catch up with him a couple of months |
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1:14.7 | As I mentioned, John is on the line, and he just got back from a three-night cruise on Carnival Luminosa, and he's here to talk all about it before it comes to Seattle. |
1:23.6 | John, how you doing, my friend? |
1:25.0 | Yeah, I'm good, Doug yourself. |
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