Doug Parker and Richard Simms focus on cruise trade updates, together with a minor fireplace on the world’s largest cruise ship, Carnival Company’s monetary success of $92M revenue, warmth warnings for Greece, and Seattle’s 2027 shore energy mandate, and Princess Cruises’ loyalty factors promotion.
Kurt shares his expertise on Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas, detailing the ship’s structure, eating choices, leisure, and ports of name like Bermuda, Saint Martin, San Juan, and Puerto Plata. Kurt’s suggestions highlights constructive features and areas for enchancment on the cruise.
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Timestamps:
- The fireplace on the Icon of the Seas (00:00:36): Focus on a small fireplace on the Icon of the Seas cruise ship, the response, and the impression on passengers.
- Carnival Company’s monetary report (00:02:26): Overview of Carnival Company’s newest quarterly report and monetary efficiency, together with excessive occupancy and onboard spending.
- Excessive warmth warnings in Greece (00:06:24): Cruise passengers in Greece obtained warnings resulting from record-breaking temperatures and ensuing fatalities.
- Port of Seattle’s shore energy mandate (00:07:59): Mandate for cruise ships to modify to shore energy by 2027 on the Port of Seattle, and its environmental significance.
- Princess Cruise Line’s loyalty factors provide (00:09:29): Particulars of Princess Cruise Line’s limited-time provide to double loyalty factors for sure cruise packages, with extra factors for reserving a set.
- Evaluate of Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas (00:14:17): A visitor’s expertise on a nine-night Caribbean voyage on Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas, together with embarkation and first impressions.
- The structure of the ship (00:16:52): Comparability of ship structure and expectations, minor variations famous.
- Promenade and stateroom (00:17:25): Comparability of promenade choices and stateroom expertise, together with surprising modifications.
- Eating experiences (00:20:52): Evaluate of meals high quality and selection in Windjammer and the principle eating room.
- Leisure on board (00:24:13): An outline of manufacturing reveals, an aerialist group, a hypnotist, and an Elton John tribute act.
- Ports of name (00:28:28): Focus on actions and experiences in Bermuda, together with buying and exploring.
- Saint Martin port (00:30:54): Description of actions in Saint Martin, together with visiting a duty-free store and having fun with the seaside.
- San Juan port (00:32:22): Exploration of the native bakery, Isla Verde Seashore, and the outdated city space of San Juan.
- Porta Plata port (00:34:21): Overview of the day within the Dominican Republic, together with visiting a grocery retailer and the outdated city space.
- The developed port areas (00:34:29): Dialogue in regards to the developed port space, the free pool, and the lazy river as a substitute for the unique port resulting from troubles in Haiti.
- Debacle at disembarkation (00:35:08): Description of the sluggish disembarkation course of and the bizarre delay resulting from a gangway situation.
- Ideas for crusing and room points (00:36:19): Recommendation on checking the room totally and coping with room upkeep points, together with a tip for getting a specialty lunch as a substitute of preventing via the buffet.
- Closing ideas on Liberty of the Seas (00:37:50): Total impressions of the ship, comparability to different vessels, and distinctive options resembling the large slide.
