May 22, 2012

Episode 134 – Carnival Triumph detained + Cruise News

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Maritime attorney Jim Walker joins us to talk about the Carnival Triumph that got detained in Galveston, Texas over the weekend by the feds.  Travel writer Chris Owen weighs in on the consumer side of this weekend’s debacle. Cruise Guy is giving us the latest cruise news on the Disney Fantasy preview cruise, fire aboard [...]

Carnival Victory exits San Juan market, Valor enters

Carnival Victory

Carnival Cruise Lines announced today that Carnival Victory will leave San Juan, Puerto Rico, effective February 2013, to reposition to Miami, while Carnival Valor leaves Miami and heads to San Juan. Also announced, Carnival Destiny will move to the European market spring 2013. Here’s the scoop: Carnival Victory will head to Miami offering guests four and [...]

Episode 50 – Cruise Line Industry Report

MS-NBC’s travel guru Chris Elliott explains his latest article Revenge of the hotel clerks: 5 things they’ll do to difficult guests.  Johnny Jet, the world traveler travels over 150,000 miles a year. Find out how he went being afraid to fly to making a living out of it. A dynamic guy. Stewart Chiron The Cruise [...]

Episode 48 – Fighting Norovirus

One of our favorite guests on Cruise Radio, actor and game show host Geoff Edwards, joins us talking about his battle with norovirus on the cruise ship and gives us a first hand take at it and his latest book. Faraz Qureshi, President of the social media cruise site MeetOnCruise talks about the Meet On [...]

Episode 47 – A Port in Brownsville?!

If you missed our write up in the Florida Times Union, we’d love for you to check it. Andy Garnett, CEO of of Special Needs at Sea chats with us about their convenient services for providing mobility assistance at sea. Rene Klusek, a listener of Cruise Radio chats with us about her July 4th cruise [...]

Episode 45 – Frequent Flyer Miles and Cruise Ports 101

Randy Peterson shares with us how to get the most frequent flyer miles out of your dollar, reducing your overall cruise price. Social Media Strategists, VegasBill and 24K (as known on twitter) give their experience of the Norwegian Epic and just how much it compares to Vegas. They are with us live from Sin City. [...]

Episode 23 – NCL Epic

This week Stewart the Cruise Guy joins us to talk about the NCL ‘Epic’ and Barcelona. With the rising costs of airfare and the tighter restrictions on airport security, Paul Motter, Editor of Cruise Mates reveals the true advantages of driving to your cruise port.  Check out Paul’s article on Driving to Your Cruise Port. [...]

Episode 20 – Royal Caribbean Catches Criticism from Media

If you have watched this news this week, the Cruise Lines have been front and center. In this episode, The Cruise Guy, Stewart Chiron, sets the record straight about all the media hype criticizing Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines for continuing service into their private beach in Labadee, Haiti. Julie Watson, Communication Consultant for VisitJacksonville.com talks about things [...]

Why I Love Cruising

Yesterday at work someone asked me:   Why do you love cruising so much?   I couldn’t help but laugh as I gave him a laundry list of reasons.   Everything is all inclusive You only have to unpack once It’s impossible to get a DUI on a cruise ship! Where else can you walk [...]

Meals on a Cruise Ship

Every day I get questions from first time cruisers or just folks who have general questions about cruising. Now, while I have never claimed to be an expert, if I don’t have the answer, I will get it. I checked my email after getting back into town today and someone asked me a question about [...]