May 17, 2012

River Cruise Line Christens Two Unique Ships In Holland

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Recently,  Avalon Waterways unveiled and christened two of what they call “Suite Ships” in Enkhuizen, Holland.  Avalon Visionary and Avalon Vista mark the company’s 2nd and 3rd Suite Ships in just 12 months Staterooms on Avalon’s “Suite Ships” feature a large seating area adjacent to a wall to wall panoramic windowthat when opened transforms the entire [...]

Sweet Suites Top Hot Cruise Promo List

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Cruise promotions seem to be happening all the time.  It seems that some cruise line has this itinerary or that ship on sale with bonus amenities, discount prices and other offers all the time.  It gets to where “on sale” doesn’t really mean all that much in many cases but when it comes to top-end [...]

Cruise Like A Norwegian: Freeport, Bahamas

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Doug is at sea this week aboard Norwegian Sky. This morning started out great.  I woke up around 7am to watch Norwegian Sky pull into Freeport, Bahamas. It was pretty overcast today and really windy so I’m sure a lot of people hung around the pier and didn’t try to go out to the beach. [...]

Cruise line sustainability program eliminates bad choice seafood

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The idea of a Sustainable Seafood Program is focused on helping consumers understand and recognize unsustainable and environmentally destructive seafood harvesting, and to encourage people to purchase sustainable seafoods in restaurants and markets.  Now, cruise lines are joining in with programs of their own. About a year ago, Holland America Line announced its Sustainable Seafood [...]

Travel agent biz perks up, looks ahead

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Publishing a new report this week at Cruise Three Sixty,  the official travel agency conference of the cruise line industry, the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) called for a travel-industry dialogue aimed at elevating the role of the travel agent. In “From Travel Agent to ‘Travel Advisor’: Defining, Elevating and Promoting the Role of Travel [...]

Norwegian Sky surprises guest with 100th Birthday Celebration

Fort Lauderdale resident celebrates her 100th birthday by cruising like a Norwegian.

MIAMI – January 4, 2012 – Norwegian Sky had a lot to celebrate last week. On January 1, 2012, the ship rang in the New Year and the 100th birthday of Mrs. Zara Holtz. Mrs. Holtz, originally from Queens, NY, now residing in Fort Lauderdale, FL, was sailing on board Norwegian Sky with her son, [...]

The Muppets debut on Disney’s newest cruise ship Disney Fantasy

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PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (Nov. 29, 2011) – The Muppets make their debut on Disney Cruise Line in a new adventure game aboard the Disney Fantasy, the new Disney ship setting sail in March 2012. Throughout the Disney Fantasy, guests will discover creative and whimsical technical innovations – whether it’s mealtime, playtime or bedtime. “Paintings” spring [...]

Episode 65 – Travel Scams

Recently on the Today Show, Mark Orwoll from Travel+Leisure Magazine talks about travel scams that can happen anywhere. Stewart Chiron the Cruise Guy drops in to give us a full run down of this weeks Cruise News. Powered by Podbean.com Be sure to check out Cruise Radio Premium content on CruiseRadio.net. Subscribe to our weekly [...]

Cruise Radio Premium Content

We have been getting a lot of requests for our content that we don’t air on Cruise Radio. To tell you the truth, we just had it sitting on a server. Until now. We introduce Cruise Radio Premium Content. Unlimited access to our behind the scenes content. Interviews with some of the top crew members [...]

Episode 40 – Pensacola Beach Show

This week we broadcast live from the Hilton – Pensacola Beach, despite the oil just miles off the coast. We talked to Ashley Chisholm, spokesperson for the Pensacola Convention and Visitors Bureau. Owner of Joe Patti’s Seafood, Frank Patti joined us talking about the effects of the oil spill and his business. Stewart Chiron (Cruise [...]