This is Cruise Radio. I cruise a lot and I always sail with travel insurance. You should too. Get a free quote today at Tripinsurance.com. Here we go. Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida. This is Cruise Radio. 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. A review of celebrity silhouette today, a three-night cruise from Port Everglades. So Matt's going to check in with us in a little bit and share that experience. Also, staff writer Richard Sims on deck with this week's cruise news. And as always, Cruise News today found just opposite

of this channel here. It's the daily two-minute news briefs Monday through Friday to get you

caught up what you need to know in the cruise world. All right. Staff writer Richard Sims on deck. Hey,

Richard. Hey, Doug. kicking things off with the news that Carnival Cruise Line is conducting a bit of an experiment.

Yeah, that's right, Doug. Carnival has long branded itself as America's most family-friendly line and boasts that they carry around 1 million children a year.

Now, to someone like me who tries to avoid children, that's a boast that, you know, doesn't really get home.

But for ages,

people have suggested that Carnival try two things, a smoke-free cruise ship and a kid-free ship. Well, at least one of those things is coming to pass, at least temporarily, because

it looks as if the November 1st sailing of the Carnival Magic will be a special

adults-only sailing designed to cater specifically to casino players. Now, obviously,

Carnival, like other cruise lines, makes a lot of money off of the casino. You know, when they

talk about onboard spend, that is one of the areas where they make a whole lot of money.

So it makes sense that they might want to do things that would cater toward the gambling audience. And they already do a lot of things through their casino program. They do a lot of

special sailings where they might give you either a free room or discount or on board money to spend in the

casino.

Anyway, in this case, they're doing a very specific adult-only sailing, which means the minimum

age for those wanting to board will be 21.

Now, it looks like two different letters have gone out to guests.

One, to those who already had a

reservation, and everyone on their reservation is 21 or older. Then there's another letter that

went to those with younger passengers saying, essentially, sorry, we're going to have to boot you

from this sailing and offering them either a refund or help in booking a different sailing.

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