Cruise Addicts Talk Show

Fran Golden, cruise expert and Trip Coach for Budget Travel Magazine talks to us about the brand spanking new Disney Fantasy. Hear Fran’s take on the entertainment, dining and nightlife for adults.

Cruise Guy stops by with our weekly dose of Cruise News and Doug talks to a movie goer about Titanic 3D and gets their thoughts.

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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 Azamara Quest, Princess Cruises home-porting a ship in Asia, and Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas out of dry dock after a $54-million dollar renovation.

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This week Doug is broadcasting from Amsterdam aboard Viking River Cruises brand new longship, Viking Odin. Many journalists stop by the broadcast this week like: CBS News Travel Editor Peter Greenberg, Avid Traveler’s Ralph Grizzle, Fran Golden from Budget Travel, and more!

Hear what Viking Odin longship is like and why these longships are gaining so much popularity.  Follow our Daily SeaBlog from the sailings.

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Doug’s down in Panama this week with the Captain aboard Holland America’s ms Zuiderdam plus Cruise Guy joins us with Cruise News.

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This week is one of the biggest conferences in the Cruise Industry as Cruise Shipping Miami takes place at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Doug is broadcasting live and he’ll have Cruise Guy; Carolyn Spencer Brown, editor-in-chief of Cruise Critic; Charles Robertson, ceo of American Cruise Lines; and travel industry VP Vicky Garcia stops by to talk about travel trends.

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On this episode Lania Rittenhouse, VP of Product Development for Carnival Cruise Lines joins us to talk about the big transformation announcement on Tuesday morning. Carnival Destiny turns into Carnival Sunshine, hear all about it.

Cruise Guy is giving us the Cruise News for the week: New Royal Caribbean ship order, Disney Fantasy arriving in Port Canaveral, Cruise industry goes to Capitol Hill, and Costa Cruises fire.

Travel writer Craig Zabransky from Stay Adventurous joins us to review the cruise port of Puerto Limon, Costa Rica. Hear first time tips and excursion ideas.

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Doug is sailing aboard Holland America Line’s ms Zuiderdam. They are on a 10-night sailing heading over to the Panama Canal. Make sure to follow the SeaBlog to follow his journey. His co-host this week is Craig Zabransky from Stay Adventurous.

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This episode we check in with Doug Parker aboard MSC Cruises’ MSC Poesia on a 7-night Western Caribbean itinerary. He will have a couple of passenger reviews and get all the details on the sailing. You can hear our previous show aboard MSC Poesia here.

Stewart Chiron the Cruise Guy stops by to catch us up on Carnival news, Disney news, and a new Norovirus vaccine that could be in the works.

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This week we talk to Stewart Chiron the Cruise Guy on the new muster drill policy, Carnival putting a new ship in NY, and Carnival putting Carnival Legend in Europe. We talk to Dan Skilken of TripInsurance.com and he takes listener calls on the subject of Travel Insurance. Clem Bason, President of the Hotwire Group drops by to tell us how their cruise trends are doing post Costa Concordia accident.

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This week Doug joins Stewart Chiron the Cruise Guy in Miami for Cruise News. Get caught up to speed on the recent Carnival and Princess Cruises refurbishments, Disney Fantasy being delivered, Costa Concordia update, and the norovirus that struck some ships last week.

We replay an interview from our medical correspondent, Ed McDonough, and listener Kristin joins us from St. Louis to review their Mediterranean sailing on Celebrity Equinox. You can read her review here.

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