Sheldon chats with us about his experience on Celebrity Apex's third cruise ever — a six-night Greek Isles voyage out of Athens. He goes over his first impressions of the brand-new ship, his cabin with infinite veranda, the dining, entertainment, and how the extremely low capacity on board affected the sailing.

Richard just returned from a seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise on Carnival Cruise Line's newest megaship Mardi Gras. This was his first cruise and two years, and he treated himself to an aft excel suite balcony. We get a comprehensive review of the ship, ports of call, and what he thoughts of BOLT the first roller coaster at sea. 

Thoughts or questions? doug@cruiseradio.net 

Kevin and his family just returned from a seven-night Western Caribbean cruise on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas. We get a full review of the ship, itinerary, and the new protocols that Royal has during the cruise industry restart on its largest ships. 

Thoughts or questions? doug@cruiseradio.net 

Staff writer Richard Simms checks in with us from Carnival Cruise Line's newest ship Mardi Gras. He is on a seven-night cruise and gives us his first impressions and how he's enjoying his Excel suite (that includes access to Loft 19). 

Walter just returned from a seven-night cruise aboard Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Jade from Athens, Greece. This was a Greek Isles cruise with vaccinated guests only. On top of sailing in the Mediterranean this summer, he also booked a Haven Suite. We talk about his experience and just how it was. 

Listener Q: Matt from Royal Caribbean Blog answers a listener question on getting a child tested for a Christmas sailing with a lot of the pharmacies being closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 

Thoughts or questions? doug@cruiseradio.net 

This week Richard Simms gets us caught up on this week's cruise news. 

1. Another Carnival Cruise Line ship has issues 
2. John Heald gets dumps a bunch of cruise line news 
3. Celebrity Cruises' changes its vaccination policy 
4. Norwegian Cruise Line resumes sailing from the Gulf Coast 
5. Virgin Voyages donates 100s of cabins on Scarlet Lady
6. NCL cancels sailings from South Africa

Listener Question: 

Thoughts or questions? doug@cruiseradio.net