I'm Doug Parker and this is your Sunday morning cruise news brief for July 29th at 2018.

Carnival cruiser sailing from New Orleans will now find it easier making their way on board.

Carnival Dream and Carnival Triumph are the latest cruise ships to receive the new Keyless embarkation program.

Keyless embarkation is the effort to speed up the boarding process allowing guests to retrieve their signsale card once they're in their state room. As a side note, if you want to buy a drink,

you can still do so with your boarding pass. If you're cruising to the Bahamas, take note.

When you are eating your cum salad, the question that you should ask every vendor, did you

wash that cum in fresh water?

That was the Minister of Health, Dr. Dwayne Sands.

The ministry is warning visitors if they plan to eat raw conch to ensure that it has been washed with

fresh water, or better yet, order it cooked.

Eating conk that has not been washed in fresh water can lead to gastro illness that can last up to 10 days.

This month alone has seen over two dozen conch poisoning cases since July 1st.

And Disney is the latest company to do away with plastic straws.

This will take effect across the brand's theme parks, resorts, and Disney Cruise Line.

Celebrity Edge has officially started sea trials.

The 117,000-ton ship will go through

60 different tests while she's at sea. Celebrity Edge is scheduled to be delivered in October

and is sailing in the Caribbean this fall. And finally, Hawaii is back open to cruises after the

volcano eruption on the big island this past spring. CruiseCritic.com is reporting that there are more cruises to Hawaii now than there were before

the eruptions began.

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I'm Doug Parker with CruiseRadio News.

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