Episode 51 – Aboard the Carnival Dream

We are aboard the Carnival Dream doing it live from Port Canaveral.  Hear all about the Dream and what life on board is like. Stewart Chiron The Cruise Guy® also joins us with his weekly Cruise News and commentary. Powered by Podbean.com Subscribe to our weekly show on iTunes. Be sure to follow us on [...]

Episode 39 – Aboard the Carnival Fascination

an effort to promote the Cruise Port here in Jacksonville, FL……and pretty much just find another excuse to get on board a ship, we visited the Carnival Fascination. We had the pleasure of speaking with the Hotel Director, Chef du Cuisine, and the Assistant Cruise Director.

Jacksonville to Look at Cruise Terminal Again

Jacksonville Business Journal – by Mark Szakonyi -Staff Writer The Jacksonville Port Authority will decide within the next two months whether it will pursue a new cruise terminal in Mayport. Authority board Chairman David Kulik’s plans to direct his staff on Monday to restart the pursuit of a new terminal come a year after the [...]

Episode 25 – Carnival Cruise Rate Increase

The Cruise Guy, Stewart Chiron joins us talking about Carnival Cruise Lines rate increase, a new cruise ship to be home-ported in Tampa, Florida and the noro-virus outbreak on the Celebrity Mercury. An avid traveler and an award-winning journalist, Ralph Grizzle joins us with a recent article he wrote called “Extracting More Joy from Your Cruise.” Frequent [...]

Carnival Fascination Upgrades

As a member of the media, every time a cruise ship goes through a refurbishment I get to head to the port and check it out. Recently, the Miami based Carnival Cruise Lines’ ship the ‘Fascination’ underwent a $34 million dollar renovation as part of Carnival’s “Evaluations of Fun” upgrades. The ‘Fascination’ currently operates out [...]

VIDEO: Carnival Fascination back in Jacksonville, Florida

// VIDEO: Carnival Fascination back in Jacksonville, Florida

Carnival Cruise Lines Returns to Europe Summer 2011

MIAMI– Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest ship, the 3,690-passenger Carnival Magic, will debut with a schedule of seven-, nine- and 12-day Mediterranean cruises operating round-trip from Barcelona from May to October 2011. This marks Carnival’s first full season of Mediterranean cruises in three years, as well as the first time the line has home-ported a ship [...]

On the Prowl for a New Ship

So I see them out all the time at the clubs where we do radio station events, I am talking about cougars.  No, not the animals. I am talking about women in their 40′s or older scouting out younger men.  They are actually quite comical to sit back and watch as they sharpen their claws [...]

My Time/ Your Time Dining….. huh?

Cruise lines have always been fairly regimented regarding dining times. Eat around six or eight thirty. So what if you want to stay at the resort a little longer, drink another pina colada on the beach or watch the sunset into the ocean….. will you miss dinner totally? This post comes from a phone call [...]

CARNIVAL DEBUTS NEW TV COMMERCIALS

MIAMI, FL. – Carnival Cruise Lines debuts a new television advertising campaign today featuring three new spots that speak to the unique kind of genuine, participatory fun unleashed on a Carnival cruise.  The new commercials, produced by Arnold Worldwide, retain the brand’s existing “Fun For All. All For Fun” tagline. Each spot features the song [...]