BONUS: Carnival Sunrise Christening Ceremony 2019 | Carnival Cruise Line
Cruise Radio
Doug Parker
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🗓️ 24 May 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Carnival Cruise Line christened Carnival Sunrise on Thursday, May 23 in New York City. We were at the christening celebration and have interviews from the scene.
On this episode we hear from:
- Kathie Lee Gifford, former spokeswoman for Carnival Cruise Line
- Carnival Brand Ambassador John Heald
- The Flying Scotsman, Carnival Sunrise Cruise Director
- Writer Richard Simms
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| 0:00.0 | This is Cruise Radio. Here we go, Kelly, over to you. May she always have fair seas and following winds, and may God bless and protect all who sail on her. I officially name the ship Carnival Sunrise. Ladies and gentlemen, you are now officially aboard the Carnival Sunrise. |
| 0:25.6 | Broadcasting in New York City. |
| 0:28.6 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:31.4 | Hey, how's it going? |
| 0:32.2 | Welcome to this week's episode of Cruise Radio, where we are aboard Carnival Sunrise. |
| 0:36.9 | The ship just got christened by the brand new godmother. |
| 0:40.5 | Kelly Erison, of course, her mother, Madeline Arison, was the original godmother of Carnival Triumph, which, speaking of Carnival Triumph, the ship was launched in 1999, and 2018, Carnival said they're going to invest about $200 million and make it Carnival Sunrise. |
| 0:58.1 | That they did, and now the ship is looking better than ever. |
| 1:01.5 | Coming up on this week, show will have Carnival's brand ambassador John Heald stopped by, |
| 1:05.8 | also the cruise director on board the Carnival Sunrise, the Flying Scotsman, |
| 1:10.1 | and Richard stops by to give his |
| 1:11.8 | thoughts of the ship. Kathy Lee Gifford was here at the christening ceremony today, of course, |
| 1:16.6 | Kathy Lee Gifford spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Line for 20 years. She's also the godmother of |
| 1:21.5 | carnival ecstasy and the former carnival celebration. So with that said, we'll jump right to |
| 1:26.9 | Kathy Lee Gifford and what she said |
| 1:28.6 | today at the christening ceremony. In 1987, I stood at the back of a theater, not too |
| 1:36.7 | dissimilar to this, standing the back as a bar waiter, and I watched this lady, and coming from England, I didn't really know who she was. |
| 1:47.9 | But as I grew to watch what she was doing, I realized in awe that this lady was only just famous, |
| 1:56.1 | but she was so wonderful. And as we look back at those times when she did walk on our ships and say |
| 2:05.3 | if you could see me now that thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of people |
| 2:11.5 | sat in their homes and thought well i want to be that. I want to be on a fun ship cruise, |
| 2:19.2 | eating all that food and choosing to do what we do, if they could see me now. And ladies and |
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