Adventure of the Seas 2026 Review, John Heald Interview + Cruise News | Royal Caribbean
Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
Doug Parker
4.8 • 636 Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Doug Parker covers major cruise industry news, including Norwegian Viva's canceled San Juan sailings and a worker strike disrupting Royal Caribbean ports in Costa Maya, a heroic passenger rescue at Costa Maya and a mile long cruise ship.
Brand Ambassador John Heald discusses Carnival's new Relax Away section at Half Moon Cay, highlighting the new pier, free beach chairs, and natural surroundings.
Kevin reviews Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas, praising its suite experience, dining, and ports while noting it lacks some newer ships' amenities.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:02.0 | I cruise a lot and I always sail with travel insurance. |
| 0:05.0 | You should too. |
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| 0:09.0 | Here we go. |
| 0:10.0 | Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| 0:15.0 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:17.0 | Hey, how's it going? |
| 0:18.0 | My name is Doug Parker. |
| 0:19.0 | Thank you so much for checking out this |
| 0:20.8 | episode of Cruise Radio. Very happy to have you here, my friend. A big show on deck. We talked to |
| 0:26.7 | Carnival's brand ambassador John Heald when we were on Carnival's sunrise, well, like literally |
| 0:31.7 | hours ago. Also, staff writer Richard Sims is here with Cruise News and a review of Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas. |
| 0:40.3 | All right, Richard, this first story is going to impact thousands of cruisers. |
| 0:44.5 | Yeah, and they're not going to be happy about it. |
| 0:46.5 | Right about now, a whole lot of Norwegian cruise line guests are being notified via letter that their sailings on board the Norwegian Viva have been canceled. |
| 0:56.2 | That's because they're actually canceling three months' worth of sailings out of San Juan |
| 1:01.5 | in order to reposition the vessel to Miami where it will do a series of short cruises to the Caribbean. |
| 1:07.4 | The letter being sent out reads in part, and I'm quoting here, |
| 1:12.0 | while we try to maintain original itineraries as much as possible, at times modifications are made to optimize |
| 1:18.2 | voyages due to changing port availability. It goes on to say that it is this port availability |
| 1:24.7 | issue that's causing the sailings between November of 2027 and late January of 2028 to be canceled. |
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