MSC's New Luxury Brand Explora 1 Review + Cruise News | Explora Journeys
Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
Doug Parker
4.8 • 636 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Doug Parker and cruise correspondent Richard Simms discuss the latest cruise news, including Carnival's new express dining, Princess Cruises' gratuity increases, and a proposed Tampa mega terminal. They also cover a man overboard false alarm and entertainment updates from Royal Caribbean and Norwegian.
Guest Daniel reviews his seven-night luxury cruise on MSC's Explorer One, sharing insights on the ship's all-suite accommodations, exceptional dining, unique ports, and overall experience. The episode offers listeners a comprehensive mix of industry updates and an in-depth review of MSC Cruises' new luxury cruise brand, Explora Journeys.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:02.0 | I cruise a lot and I always sail with travel insurance. |
| 0:05.0 | You should too. |
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| 0:09.0 | Here we go. |
| 0:11.0 | Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| 0:15.0 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:17.0 | 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 |
| 0:21.2 | of Cruise Radio. Very happy to have you here, my friend. This week's show, a review of Explorer |
| 0:27.6 | One. That's from Explorer Journey's MSC Cruise's luxury brand. Daniel stopped by to give his |
| 0:33.8 | review here. But as always, staff writer Richard Sims on deck with Cruz News. Hey, Richard. |
| 0:39.6 | Hey, Doug. I'm actually looking forward to that interview. I'm very curious about that ship. |
| 0:43.8 | Yeah, I want to sail it after hearing about it for sure. All right, to the news, Carnival Cruise Line is |
| 0:48.5 | abbreviating your dining time, if you so choose. You know, I can't tell you how many times I've |
| 0:53.5 | sat down with people who they want to have a good dinner, but they also want to see a show. |
| 0:58.0 | And the show starts in like an hour or an hour and a half. |
| 1:00.8 | And they don't think they're going to be able to do both. |
| 1:03.2 | Well, good news because Carnival Cruise Line is rolling out something called Express Dining, which promises to have you in and out of the main dining room |
| 1:11.4 | in an hour or less. This is sort of an extension of something that they rolled out a while back, |
| 1:16.6 | which was the Family Express line at the buffet. It offered, it was a small section of the buffet, |
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