Cruise Radio News Brief - December 2, 2018

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🗓️ 2 December 2018

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Cruise Radio News Brief - December 2, 2018. Carnival Cruise Line has three major changes that all take place in December. Virgin Voyages is building a massive cruise terminal in Miami and committing ships to the South Florida cruise port. Holland America took delivery of their new ships. And Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Encore will have a thrilling go kart track.

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0:00.0	I'm Doug Parker, and this is your Sunday morning news brief for December 2nd, 2018.
0:04.9	December has brought three changes to Carnival Cruise Line.
0:07.8	Daily gratuities have went up from 1295 to 1399 per person per day.
0:13.3	Also, if you get caught smoking on a balcony, you will receive a $500 fine and risk getting kicked off the ship.
0:19.7	And thirdly, the drink gratuities have went up from
0:22.5	15% to 18%. You can get a full recap of all these changes at cruise radio.net. Virgin Voyages
0:29.5	announced they are building a 100,000 square foot cruise terminal at Port Miami. Virgin's first ship,
0:35.0	Scarlet Lady, will sail from Miami throughout 2021, and the company's
0:38.7	unnamed second ship will also sail during the fall and winter cruise season of 2021 and
0:44.2	2022.
0:46.1	Holland America's new 99,000 tonne New Statendam was delivered this past week at FinCentieri
0:51.4	Shipyard in Italy.
0:52.8	Her first voyage from Europe is later on this week and
0:55.7	will sail from Port Everglades later this month. And finally, Norwegian Cruise Line announced that the
1:01.0	go-cart track on their upcoming Norwegian Encore will be larger and more thrilling than the track
1:05.7	currently on Norwegian Bliss. The new ship's track will have 10 turns with 13 feet extending over the side of the ship.
1:13.0	Norwegian Encore will debut in Miami fall 2019. More storiescruiseradio.net. Doug Parker,
1:19.5	CruiseRadio News.

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