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🗓️ 15 July 2018
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Your cruise news brief for July 15, 2018. Norwegian Cruise Line has extended the option for two additional Project Leonardo-class vessels, Royal Caribbean has a minor delay in the Perfect Day at CoCoCay project, Virgin Cruises shows us the progress of their upcoming ship, and Carnival Horizon breaks a St. Jude fundraising record.
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0:00.0 | I'm Doug Parker, and this is your Sunday morning news brief for July 15, 2018. |
0:05.2 | Norwegian Cruise Line has confirmed the option for two more Leonardo-class cruise ships, |
0:09.4 | bringing the total to six. |
0:11.2 | Last spring, the cruise line placed in order for four new ships with the option for two more. |
0:16.3 | The first ship will be delivered in 2022 and going every year until 2027. |
0:20.6 | The project Leonardo-class will be 140 in 2022 and going every year until 2027. The Project Leonardo class will be |
0:22.9 | 140,000 tons, carry 3,300 guests, and follow the breakaway plus class ship. The last |
0:29.2 | breakaway plus class will be Norwegian encore delivered in 2019. The Royal Caribbean blog is reporting |
0:35.3 | that some December and January sailings to Royal Caribbean's private island Cocoa K are being replaced with a stop in Miami |
0:42.2 | due to a minor construction delay of the project happening called The Perfect Day at Cocoa. |
0:48.3 | Royal Caribbean's Island is currently in the process of a $200 million transformation, |
0:52.7 | turning Cocoa K into a destination within itself, |
0:56.0 | including a water park, zip line, a tethered hot air balloon, adults-only areas, restaurants, |
1:01.0 | and high-speed Wi-Fi. If your sailing is impacted, you'll be notified via email. |
1:06.1 | Well, it's no secret that I've dreamed of building a cruise line for a very, very long time. |
1:11.6 | That was Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin brand. |
1:14.2 | Virgin Voyages gave us another peak today at their upcoming adults-only cruise ship |
1:18.3 | that's being built at FinCentieri's shipyard in Italy. |
1:21.6 | Until recently, the cruise line has been slow to release details about the upcoming ship. |
1:26.2 | So far, we know that it'll carry 2,750 guests |
1:29.9 | have an outdoor retreat area called the dock, a high-end Mexican restaurant named Pink Agave, |
1:35.8 | and 86% of the cabins on the ship will have balconies. You can get a glimpse of the construction |
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