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873 Navigator of the Seas Review 2025 + Taking Listener Questions

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Doug Parker

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4.8609 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Brian just returned from a three-night cruise on Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas out of Los Angeles. Staff writer Richard Simms tackles some of your listener questions. 

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0:00.0

This is Cruise Radio.

0:02.2

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0:05.5

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0:09.3

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0:11.7

Here we go.

0:13.6

Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida.

0:17.9

This is Cruise Radio.

0:21.4

How's it going?

0:22.3

My name is Doug Parker.

0:25.3

Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio.

0:30.9

A review of Navigator of the Seas this week, a short three-night cruise from L.A.

0:37.0

Doing things a little bit different this week because I am over in Portugal on the Norwegian Aqua.

0:37.8

So instead of trying to look into the crystal ball and figure out what news is happening,

0:43.5

we're just going to answer some listener questions this week.

0:46.0

Sound good, Richard?

0:47.2

It sounds great, but I want to just point out that you just did like the ultimate humble brag.

0:52.1

I'm going to Portugal to sail on a ship that you're all

0:55.3

dying to sail on and I'm going to be the first one to sail. So, you know, way to make us all

1:00.4

feel petty, Doug. All right. How you doing, Richard? I'm wonderful, Doug. Thank you.

1:04.8

First question comes from Mark. I know cruise lines have canceled ports of call to Santorini because of an earthquake, but why haven't they returned yet? I did not know this, actually. It's something I have, a Santorini is like one of those places that's on my bucket list. I don't know if I'll ever get there, but I really want to go there. And you may recall that a couple years ago, they had some, or more recently, really, they've had issues with overcrowding.

1:29.0

And so I thought maybe there was a miscommunication here, and they were talking about some of the port calls that have been canceled because of over tourism.

1:37.0

But no, due to a recent earthquake swarm, the Greek maritime ministry has temporarily banned cruise ships from docking in Santorini.

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