Cruise Radio News Brief - December 16, 2018

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🗓️ 16 December 2018

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Cruise Radio News Brief - December 16, 2018. Carnival Cruise Line has announced the first roller coaster at sea. Disney Cruise Line is hiking some prices. And a recently study shows that over 28 million people will cruise in 2018.

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0:00.0	I'm Doug Parker, and this is your Sunday morning news brief for December 16th, 2018.
0:05.5	Carnival Cruise Line announced on Thursday that their upcoming ship will have a roller coaster called Bolt, the ultimate roller coaster.
0:12.6	This is the first roller coaster at sea and will feature over 800 feet of track and take you 187 feet above sea level.
0:20.5	You can see the renderings of the coaster and a video at cruise radio.net.
0:25.0	If you're cruising Disney Cruise Line, you'll be paying a little bit more money to dine
0:28.9	or to take grounds transportation to and from the port to the airport or the resort.
0:35.0	The ground transportation has gone from $35 to $39 per person.
0:40.0	Paolo dinner and champagne brunch has gone from $30 to $40. And Remy Dinner Experience has gone
0:47.5	from $95 to $125. These new changes go into effect immediately. And finally, the Cruise Line International Association estimates that 30 million people will take a cruise vacation in 2019.
1:01.3	That's up from 6% from the expected $28.2 million in 2018.
1:06.9	The United States still maintains a wide lead as the top passenger source market, followed by China, Germany, the UK, Australia, Canada, Italy, Spain, France, and then Brazil.
1:19.2	You could find more stories at cruise radio.net and subscribe to Monday through Friday Cruise News Briefs at our Cruise Radio News podcast feed.
1:27.8	I'm Doug Parker with Cruise Radio News.

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