Kurt gives a review of a four-night Bahamas cruise on MSC Seashore. Staff writer Richard Simms has this week's run down of cruise news. Dan Skilken, President of TripInsurance.com, joins us to discuss buying travel insurance and its benefits. 

A review of MSC Cruises Meraviglia from Brooklyn, New York, to The Bahamas with staff writer Richard Simms. 

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A review of MSC Lirica. We answer your trip insurance questions. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news. 

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A seven-night cruise review of MSC Euriba from Southampton, England. 

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A review of MSC Meraviglia. This was a seven-night cruise from Brooklyn, New York, down to Ocean Cay Marine Reserve and Port Canaveral (Orlando). The itinerary also calls to Nassau, Bahamas but it was changed on this sailing because of a medical emergency onboard the ship. 

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A review of MSC Seashore, a newer MSC Cruises ship that sails from Port Canaveral this summer. Hear a perspective from a cruiser with over 30 sailings and first time on MSC. 

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The latest cruise news with staff writer Richard Simms. And a review of MSC Cruises's World Europa. 

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Daniel reviews MSC Cruises's ship Meraviglia, which is homeported in Brooklyn, New York City, and sails Caribbean and Bahamas cruises. This is MSC Cruises' first ship that sails year-round from New York City. 

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A review of MSC Meraviglia to the Bahamas and Florida. 

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A review of MSC Seaside from Port Canaveral, Florida. This was a three night cruise down to Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve. 

Dan Skilken of TripInsurance.com drops by the tackle some of your listener questions. 

Richard Simms has cruise news. 

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Matt reviews his seven-night Mediterranean cruise on MSC Seaview that sailed roundtrip from Barcalona, Spain, over Memorial Day weekend. 

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Kristin and her husband Scott recently took a seven-night western Caribbean cruise out of Miami aboard MSC Cruises’ newest ship, MSC Seascape. Hear what they thought of their cabin, the food on board, the entertainment, and how they ended up with an extra day at MSC’s private island, Ocean Cay.

Richard Simms has cruise news on: 

• Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) is moving the financial needle in the right direction 
• Carnival Cruise Line releases a lot of sailings from 15 to 31 nights to and from the Pacific region
• Nearly half of Princess's cruise fleet will sail Alaska next year 
• Details revealed on Sun Princess 
• Crystal Cruises is back and will sail this summer 

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A review of MSC Cruises Seashore from PortMiami that was taken in summer 2022. 

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A seven-night cruise on MSC Cruises MSC Lirica that was roundtrip from Athens, Greece. 

Richard Simms has cruise news: 

• Policy changes regarding testing across most major cruise lines 
• Norwegian Cruise Line is changing up menus and celebrating the float-out of its next Prima-class ship
• Carnival Cruise Line has over three million guests served 
• Glacier Bay National Park is tightening the reins on cruise ships
• A fishing boat hit a cruise ship in New England 

Listener Q: I have a medical condition and can not get the drink package. Can my wife get one on our Royal Caribbean cruise next summer? — Tim

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Chad chats with us about his recent sailing aboard MSC Cruises' new ship MSC Seashore. He discusses his stay in the vessel's ship-within-a-ship complex The Yacht Club, as well as his experience with other dining, activities, and entertainment around the ship.

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A 7-night review of MSC Seaside. This cruise went to San Juan, St. Maarten, and Nassau, Bahamas. We get a comprehensive review of the ship and the Eastern Caribbean ports of call. 

Richard Simms has cruise news: 

• Return to cruising plans have been submitted to the CDC 
• Carnival Cruise Line debuts a new atrium for Mardi Gras 
• One of the founders of Norwegian Cruise Line passes 
• Princess Cruises is selling ships 
• Virgin Voyages announced longer itineraries 

Question: How likely is it that cruises will only go to private islands and the Bahamas for the foreseeable future? 

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Since MSC Cruises returned to cruising this past week, it's only appropriate to get a review of the MSC Meraviglia. Sheri and her family had an opportunity to sail the Yacht Club (ship within a ship concept) in the Mediterranean. We get a full review of one of MSC Cruises' newest ships. 

Sherry has cruise news: 

• Cruises are officially underway in Europe and a couple was kicked off the ship 
• Cruise line cleared of health incident 
• Carnival Corp compromised by hackers 
• Grand Cayman tells cruise ships no 
• Carnival Corp gives a financial update 

Listener Q:  We are in the early planning stages of our 2022 summer cruise. We are older and do not like crowds and crazy traffic. What is easier to navigate - Port Canaveral or Fort Lauderdale? 

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A 2020 review of MSC Grandiosa. This was a Mediterranean cruise that was cheaper than a lot of his other vacation options. 

Sherry has cruise news: 

• Royal Caribbean announces delays and cancellations 
• Good news for 3,000 Carnival Cruise Line crew members
• A cruise line will be sailing from Port Canaveral for the first time 
• Norwegian Cruise Line talks masks, buffets, and muster drills 
• You must test negative for COVID-19 to come to Alaska

Listener Q: What is the best way to go about seeing how booked a cruise is before we sail?

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A review of MSC Meraviglia. This is one of MSC Cruises Meraviglia-class ships that is now sailing seasonally from Port Miami. Hear how this stacks up against other cruise ships sailing from Miami and what it's really like. 

Richard has cruise news on: 

• Another cruise line raises gratuities
• Celebrity Cruises is dropping a surcharge
• A man went overboard on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship 
• Princess launched what they are calling their "best sale ever" - is it a good deal? 
• MSC cruise ship hits the dock in Italy

Listener Question: What happens if we don't use up all our onboard credit on Harmony of the Seas? 

We get a detailed review of MSC Cruises MSC Seaside. This was a seven-night Eastern Caribbean sailing to the Eastern Caribbean. The cruise stopped at San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, and Nassau. This review is from a first time MSC cruiser and packed with great information about the cruise line, the service onboard, and the ship itself. 

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Cruise Radio is being released a day early this week because of Hurricane Florence.

We get a review of MSC Cruises' newest ship to the Caribbean MSC Seaside. This was a seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise. 

Matt from Royal Caribbean Blog fills us in on the ship that is taking shelter from Hurricane Florence in Florida. 

Action News Meteorologist Greg Dee answers some hurricane questions on tracking these storms, how rough it gets in the ocean, and a couple pieces of advice for cruising during hurricane season. 

Richard Simms has cruise news on:

• Carnival Cruise Line's steakhouse price hike 
• Norwegian Cruise Line's hull art for the upcoming Norwegian Encore 
• Nassau trying to improve their port, again 
• Listener question: First-time cruiser on Carnival, should I purchase the beverage package.  

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This week we get a review of MSC Meraviglia, a ship that was introduced by MSC Cruises in 2016. Dr. Kris gives us a comprehensive review of the ship, his thoughts on the layout, the ports of call, and how the service was sailing MSC Cruises in the western Mediterranean.

Sherry Kennedy has cruise news on: 

• A cruise ship hitting the pier in Honduras 
• Norwegian Cruise Line's Bliss being delivered 
• Carnival Cruise Line cutting back on the use of straws 
• Listener Question: The best way to stay in touch with family when docking in port. 

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Adam and his wife just returned from a seven-night Western Caribbean cruise on MSC Seaside. We get a bow to stern review on the newest cruise ship from MSC Cruises. He talks about what he liked and disliked on MSC Seaside.

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MSC Divina certainly gets mixed reviews. Hear our latest review of MSC Cruises from a couple who spent seven nights on MSC Divina. 

Sherry has cruise news on: 

• Carnival adds 13 longer sailings
• Disney Cruise Line reveals new itineraries for 2018
• Holland America raises daily tips
• Princess Cruises debuting Ocean Medallion class on fourth ship
• NCL dropping the prices of bottled water cases

Thoughts or reviews? Email me: doug@cruiseradio.net 

Howard just returned from a seven-night Bermuda cruise on MSC Divina. Not only was it a Bermuda cruise, it was a Bermuda cruise spent in the MSC Yacht Club - MSC Cruises' ship within a ship feature. Hear this full MSC Divina review. 

Stewart Chiron The Cruise Guy has Cruise News on:

• Norwegian Cruise Line charging for room service
• Norwegian Sky goes all-inclusive alcohol in 2016
• MSC Divina returns to Miami
• Cunard's Royal meet up
• Cruise port in New Zealand turns down Ovation of the Seas
• Princess puts 2017 new build in China 

Ben Souza, from CruiseFever, just returned from a two-night Bahamas cruise aboard MSC Divina. On this cruise Ben got to take part in the MSC Cruises experience and share what it's like.

In this episode, Ben does a bow to stern review of MSC Divina, including: food, entertainment, cabins, service, the ship, and Nassau, Bahamas.

Stewart Chiron The Cruise Guy has Cruise News:

• Cunard ships meet in Long Beach and San Francisco
• Carnival Vista is heading to PortMiami in Florida
• Steel cut for the fourth Oasis-class ship
• Royal Caribbean has been offering free wifi on Quantum of the Seas as a testing stage
• Viking River Cruises Ocean brand, Viking Star completed sea trials

Listener Question: We are going on a spring break cruise from Port Canaveral and are getting conflicting reports from friends and the cruise line – do we need a passport or not? 

On this episode, we talk to Jason Cohen about his latest cruise on MSC Cruises MSC Divina, a cruise ship that sails from Miami seasonally.

We break down why it's important to have travel insurance. 

Stewart Chiron, The Cruise Guy® stops by with Cruise News:

• Carnival changes smoking policy
• Carnival staying in NOLA for another five years
• AIDA ship gets missile debris on deck 
• Atlantic City wants cruise ships  
• What is all this hype about Tampa and the skyway bridge? 
• Question: Since marijuana is legal in Washington state now, is it still illegal to bring on an Alaska sailing embarking from Seattle, Washington?

Thoughts or reviews? Email me: doug@cruiseradio.net 

This week, we are broadcasting aboard MSC Divina in South Florida. An MSC Cruises ship that's new to the port of Miami. MSC Divina will be in Port Miami year-round offering guests 7-night roundtrip Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises. Hear our complete review from executives, passengers and journalists. 

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We link up with Doug aboard MSC's Poesia and he talks to some passengers to get their take on this ship based seasonally out of Fort Lauderdale. We also get a dose of our weekly cruise news from Cruise Guy. 

Thoughts or reviews? Email me: doug@cruiseradio.net