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My name is Doug Parker.

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On this episode, a review of Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas from Jason.

But first, staff writer Richard Sims is here with Cruise News.

Hey, Richard.

Hey, Doug.

We kick things off with a topic. It's

always near and dear to people's heart and also riles them up, raising cruise gratuities.

That's right. Royal Caribbean is hiking gratuities by 50 cents per person per day, and that's

across all state room categories. I think the real question here is twofold. Will other cruise lines follow

suit and what's the breaking point? Like, how much will people accept when it comes to these

once or twice a year increases by the various lines? And here's the thing. When cruising first came

back after the shutdown, I think all of us were feeling really generous toward the lines.

They would raise the rates on, you know, whether it was they would raise the specialty dining

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