Cruise Radio News Brief - September 9, 2018

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🗓️ 9 September 2018

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Cruise Radio News Brief - September 9, 2018. The tropics are on pretty active with potential hurricanes impacting the southeast. A Windstar Cruises' ship broked down in Buzzards Bay on Friday. And the Carnival Cruise Line airship (blimp) tour marches on.

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0:00.0	I'm Doug Parker, and this is your Sunday morning news brief for September 9th, 2018.
0:04.8	Three tropical storms, two potential hurricanes, and one tropical disturbance.
0:09.1	That's what the Atlantic Ocean is dealing with this weekend.
0:11.6	Currently, Tropical Storm Florence, soon to be hurricane, is diverting a handful of cruise ships,
0:16.4	Carnival Horizon, Carnival Pride, Carnival Vista, Grander of the Seas, Norwegian Escape, Norwegian
0:21.9	Dawn, and Oceana Serena are all being diverted or changing itineraries because of the storms.
0:27.4	You can get a full list of ship diversions and itinerary changes at cruiseradio.net.
0:32.7	A cruise ship broke down in Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts on Friday.
0:35.9	Windstar Cruise's Star Pride lost power on Friday for a few hours, rather.
0:41.0	According to Windstar Cruises, the vessel experienced a loss of cooling water for the engine systems,
0:45.4	causing an automatic shutdown of propulsion and ox engines while navigating Buzzard's Bay on Friday.
0:51.3	During the time, the ship was without power, it got up and going a few hours later.
0:55.6	And finally, the Carnival Cruise Line airship tour continues, the blimp they have that says
1:00.2	choose fun across it. It'll be in Galveston on September 9th, New Orleans on the 10th, Mobile
1:05.5	on the 13th, Tampa on September 15th, Miami on September 16th through 20th, Orlando, September 21st, Port Canaveral on the 22nd, Jacksonville on the 23rd, and Atlanta on the 26th through 30th.
1:19.9	If you see the blimp, make sure you post it on social media with the hashtag Choose Fun for a chance to win a free cruise.
1:26.0	You can find more stories at cruise radio.net.
1:29.0	Doug Parker Cruise Radio News.

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