Liberty of the Seas Canada/New England Review + Cruise News | Royal Caribbean
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Doug Parker
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🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
A review of Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas.
Staff writer Richard Simms cover major cruise industry news, including Carnival's $300,000 negligence verdict for over-serving alcohol, Norwegian Cruise Line's $2 million COVID-era settlement, and a tragic murder aboard Carnival Horizon.
Updates include MSC Cruises raising gratuities and Holland America's $500 million fleet refurbishment featuring solo cabins.
Guest Rob reviews Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas on a nine-night Canada and New England itinerary, highlighting excellent dining, impressive entertainment, and memorable port calls in Boston, Sydney, Halifax, and Saint John.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Cruise Radio. |
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| 0:11.2 | Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| 0:15.5 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:17.4 | Hey, how's it going? |
| 0:18.0 | My name is Doug Parker. |
| 0:19.0 | Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. Very happy to have you here, my friend. A review of Royal Caribbean's Liberty |
| 0:25.5 | of the Seas this week in a cruise that was taken over the fall up to the Canada, New England |
| 0:30.9 | area, and staff writer Richard Sims is on deck with cruise news. Hey, Richard. Hey, Doug, we have a lot |
| 0:37.2 | to get to today. It looks like |
| 0:38.8 | Carnival Cruise Line may have to pay out 300 grand as a result of a lawsuit. There is so much |
| 0:45.4 | about this story that fascinates me. So back in January of 2024, Diana Sanders was a passenger |
| 0:52.3 | aboard the Carnival Radiance, and according to the lawsuit, |
| 0:55.2 | she brought against the Carnival Corporation, which is the parent company of Carnival, |
| 0:59.7 | she was served approximately 14 tequila shots over an eight-hour period. |
| 1:05.3 | As one might expect, she got drunk, passed out, sustained some pretty severe injuries. She sued Carnival, |
| 1:13.7 | saying that their bartenders were negligent in not cutting her off. A jury eventually found |
| 1:18.9 | that Carnival was in fact negligent and that they should pay her $300,000, which, by the way, |
| 1:25.1 | is $50,000 more than she'd actually been seeking. |
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