Behind The Scenes of a Cruise Terminal | CRR 065

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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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We get behind the scenes look of a cruise terminal and find out what happens on embarkation day, how luggage gets sorted, and what really makes tempers flare at boarding.

Date: September 20, 2020

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0:00.0	You are listening to this is Cruise Radio Rewind. Real reviews from real cruisers.
0:08.2	Welcome to this weekend's episode of Cruise Radio Rewind. My name is Doug Parker.
0:12.1	A dreary weekend here in Jacksonville this weekend, but only a couple of days away from fall.
0:17.8	That's on the 22nd, I believe. So finally going to get some of that 60 degree weather
0:23.2	here in Jacksonville. It's been a minute since we've gotten some nice cool weather. So if you have
0:28.1	cold weather, push it our way, please. David Crissot joins us on the program today. He's an
0:32.5	embarkation agent at the Tri-City Cruise Terminal. So we're talking about Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Cape Liberty.
0:39.6	He joins us on the program to give us a peek behind the curtain and see what a day in his life is like.
0:44.0	How you doing, David?
0:44.8	Doing great dogs.
0:45.9	I want to come right out of the gate and ask you, what advice would you have for the cruise lines in the age of social distancing when it comes to cruise embarkation?
0:54.1	Because you've been doing this for years, so you've seen a lot of the patterns and everything around. the cruise lines in the age of social distancing when it comes to cruise embarkation because
0:54.3	you've been doing this for years. So you've seen a lot of the patterns and everything.
0:58.5	What would you say? During these trying times, I would advise the cruise lines to tell the guests
1:06.1	to arrive around noontime, not so early around 10, because then everyone tries to get there thinking,
1:14.7	oh, we're going to be the first one on board. Not so fast. If you want to, if you want to control
1:22.1	the crowd and not have a crowd buildup, which the CDC is not so in favor of at this point, might as well
1:29.8	break it up and allow people to come in loosely, not in one massive crowd.
1:35.9	Yeah, and that totally makes sense. You work in the Tri-City area, so Brooklyn, Manhattan,
1:40.9	and what is it, Cape Liberty or Bayonne, I guess they call it, New Jersey.
1:44.8	What's the favorite part of your job working up there?
1:47.6	I've always enjoyed just blending in with the guests and just being happy with them.
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