Carnival Conquest Review 2025, Trip Insurance + Cruise News | Carnival Cruise Line

Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips

Doug Parker

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4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

A review of a nine-night cruise on Carnival Conquest down to the ABC islands, Dan Skilken of TripInsurance.com answers your listener questions, and staff writer Richard Simms is on deck answering this week's cruise news.

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0:00.0	This is Cruise Radio.
0:02.3	I cruise a lot and I always sail with travel insurance.
0:05.3	You should too.
0:06.2	Get a free quote today at Tripinsurance.com.
0:09.3	Here we go.
0:11.2	Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida.
0:15.5	This is Cruise Radio.
0:17.5	Hey, how's it going?
0:18.2	My name is Doug Parker.
0:19.2	Thank you so much for making Cruise Radio a part of your day. Very happy to have you here, my friend. Coming up this week, a review of Carnival Conquest, and one of their sea cruises, those adults-only ceilings they launched to gear towards the casino folks. A review of that, a nine-niner to the ABC Islands. Dan Skilkin, president of trip insurance.com, drops by to answer a couple of your questions.
0:40.3	And as always, staff writer Richard Sims on deck with Cruise News.
0:44.2	Hey, Richard.
0:45.4	But first, staff writer Richard Sims with Cruise News.
0:48.5	Hey, Richard.
0:50.0	Good afternoon, Douglas.
0:51.7	Good afternoon.
0:52.3	We're kicking things off this week with Carnival Cruise Line issuing a third warning against a popular pastime.
0:59.8	Doug, it's no secret that I like to gamble. I spend a fair amount of time during any given cruise in the casino, usually playing slots.
1:08.0	But I've also over the years taken part in what Carnival would consider a illegal
1:13.4	pastime. It's pretty low-key as these things go, but like a lot of other cruisers, I've been
1:18.2	known to get together with friends and play a dice game known as one, two, three. It's a lot of fun.
1:24.0	I've also played low-stakes poker for cash outside of the casino.
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