You're listening to the Cruise Tips TV Unplugged podcast.

Today we are having some fun and we have a very special guest on the show who's going to talk with me about things you used to be able to do on a cruise ship but definitely can't do any longer.

Welcome to Cruise Tips TV Unplugged.

I'm your host Sherry and we invite you to join our cruise-loving family as we travel the world

creating cruise videos and vlogs.

In this podcast, we talk tips, tactics, and strategies to help you make every cruise

your dream cruise. Hey, cruisers. I am here in the Cruise Tips TV Unplugged podcast studio with my

very dear friend, Bill Panoff. Bill has 20, well, over 20 years experience, really in the cruise business, right,

Bill? Over 20 years? Over 30, actually. Where did I get 20 years? Where's this coming from?

I know. I'll take it. I'll take 20. So Bill started off as a magician in the cruise business,

then worked his way up the ranks and was a cruise director.

And now he holds the position of editor-in-chief and founder of Port-Hole Cruise and Travel Magazine.

Bill, welcome back to the show.

It is so great to have you here.

It's great to be here again.

How are you?

I'm doing awesome.

Thank you. We've had some really exciting cruise news lately, in fact, just today.

Whereas the day that we're recording this, I believe, is August 22nd. We just heard that Royal Caribbean is dropping some of their cruise protocols and allowing unvaccinated guests on most cruises.

And my gosh, the world is opening up isn't it it's almost back to

normal i mean it's super exciting to see what's happening and it's long overdue you know we

the industry has been resilient and have come back in in a big way and uh the guests are there

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