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Hey, how's it 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.

On deck today, a review of Sun Princess and staff writer Richard Sims is here.

As always, hello, Richard.

Hey, Doug.

We start with more news from Carnival about what we can expect out of their destination celebration key when it opens.

Yeah, this is very exciting for anybody who likes food because they have announced, you know, a lot of times you go to a private island and there's like maybe a buffet.

And, you know, if you're lucky, there might also be like a little restaurant or something,

but Celebration Key, they are clearly rolling out the food and beverage program.

They are offering 30 different food and beverage outlets there when it opens in Grand Bahama in July of next year.

And these offerings are going to include everything from full-service restaurants.

There's going to be a food hole, nine food trucks, five snack shacks, two-counter

service kiosks, and 12 different bars.

And everybody now thinks, like, swim swim up bars are the big thing.

And this one's going to have a 100-seat swim-up bar in one of the, at Calypso Lagoon.

There's also going to be, in Calypso Lagoon, there'll be a swim-up bar that's loud and has the DJ, and there'll be a quieter one for people who want something a little bit quieter. There's also going to be a bar where you can sit on swings. I've seen this in, I want to say, Nassau, but I don't think it was Nassau. it was Freeport. In Freeport, I saw a bar like that where, you know, you could go up and you could sit on a swing while you're having a drink, which seems a little dangerous if you have a three or four drinks, it might just fall right off that swing. What's interesting to me is this particular bit, and I don't know that I fully understand it. The press release regarding this said, and I'm

quoting here, carnival guests will enjoy an Island Eat's offering where each guest, utilizing their

sale and sign card, may enjoy one complimentary Island Eat meal at a quick, casual outlet, snack

shack, or food trucks across the destination, or choose instead

to receive 25% off one entree per person at the full service restaurants excluding, and then

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