This is Cruise Radio.

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

This is Cruise Radio.

Hey, how's it going?

My name is Doug Parker.

Thanks for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio.

And no, you're not going crazy.

It's not Thursday, although I wish it was.

This is a bonus episode of Cruise Radio because overnight carnival cruise line had some pretty

big news about carnival triumph one of their ships that were launched um it was launched in 1999 and they're

going to do a pretty big overhaul to it so we're going to talk with gus and torsia he's on the line

he's the chief operating officer over at Carnival Cruise Line.

But first, contributor Richard Sims is on the line. Richard, what makes you think this is such a smart move for Carnival, turning Carnival triumph into Carnival sunrise? Because, I mean, this is a pretty big overhaul. It's actually smart on a lot of levels when you think about it. For one thing, even at $200 million, it's a lot cheaper to

refurb an older ship than it is to build a new one from scratch. And Carnival already has big ships

rolling out. You know, we had Vista, we just had Horizon this year, we'll have Panorama

next year. So this gives them another ship that is basically new.

I mean, it's getting a new name, a whole lot of features added, so it's going to feel like a new ship, but it's in a smaller class.

And even though a lot of people really love the mega ships, there are still people who prefer something a little bit smaller.

We're sort of intimidated by the big ships.

So on that level, it gives them exactly that.

It gives them a smaller ship that is still sort of basically new.

Yeah, I don't know about you, but I prefer the ships that are between 2,500 and 3,000, 3,500-ish.

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