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Doug Parker gives weekly cruise news, ship reviews, money saving tips, answers your travel questions, and helps you make the most of your cruise vacation.
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Visit website →Staff writer Richard Simms cover major cruise industry news and gives us a review of Celebrity Apex from Port Canaveral in March 2026.
News highlights include two tragic incidents aboard Carnival Splendor, an update on a murder trial involving Car
Haley shares her experience on a nine-night Mediterranean cruise aboard Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Equinox, sailing from Barcelona to Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. Haley reviews the ship's service, buffet, and specialty dining, while discussing por
A review of Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas.
Staff writer Richard Simms cover major cruise industry news, including Carnival's $300,000 negligence verdict for over-serving alcohol, Norwegian Cruise Line's $2 million COVID-era settlement, and a
In this episode of Cruise Radio, host Doug Parker and staff writer Richard Sims cover major cruise news, including a video voyeurism arrest on Celebrity Beyond, a fishermen's protest blocking ships in Corsica, a grounding incident in Fiji, Holland Am
A review of Princess Cruises' newest ships, Star Princess. This was a seven-night Eastern Caribbean sailing from Port Everglades.
Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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Doug Parker and Richard Simms discuss major cruise news, including a man-overboard prank, new residential cruise concepts, Disney's plans in Japan, and Norwegian's Philadelphia debut.
Guest Heather shares her solo experience aboard Norwegian Joy, co
A review of Celebrity Infinity.
Doug interviews Andrea about her ten-night "Best of Greece" cruise aboard Celebrity Infinity. Andrea discusses the ship's recent technical issues, her decision to sail, and highlights from the itinerary, including po
A review of Carnival Cruise Line's first Excel ship Mardi Gras.
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Doug Parker and cruise correspondent Richard Simms discuss the latest cruise news, including Carnival's new express dining, Princess Cruises' gratuity increases, and a proposed Tampa mega terminal. They also cover a man overboard false alarm and ente
In this Cruise Radio episode, Doug Parker and staff writer Richard Simms cover cruise news about:
• Conflict in the Middle East
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• Private island news from Norwegian Cruise Line
• Drink package news from Royal Caribbean B
Doug Parker interviews Madison about her seven-night family cruise on Norwegian Cruise Line's new Prima-plus class ship, Norwegian Aqua, sailing from New York City to Bermuda.
Madison shares detailed insights on embarkation logistics, stateroom comf
A review of Princess Cruises' Sky Princess. This was a 14 night land of the midnight sun cruise from Southampton, UK up to Norway and back.
Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news on the latest events with Carnival Cruise Line in Mexico, a lawsu
Tim talks about his eight night sailing on Carnival Magic to Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao in the Southern Caribbean. This ABC cruise left from Port Miami and had an extended stay at each of the islands lasting into the evening.
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In this Cruise Radio episode, Doug interviews Rick about his recent transatlantic voyage on Cunard's Queen Mary 2, sailing from Southampton to New York.
Rick shares highlights including pre-cruise adventures in London and Paris, smooth embarkation,
In this episode of Cruise Radio, host Doug Parker and staff writer Richard Simms cover the latest cruise news, including dramatic man-overboard incidents, a major Carnival IT outage, a man unhappy with an onboard purchase, and cruise line Royal Carib
A review of a Hawaii cruise on Norwegian Cruise Line's Pride of America.
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• Carnival Hikes Gratuities & Drink Package – Starting April 2, gratuities rise to $17/day in standard rooms and $19/day in suites. Bottomless B
In this episode of Cruise Radio, host Doug Parker and staff writer Richard Simms discuss the latest cruise industry news.
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• Norwegian Cruise Line's first overnight docking at Great Stirrup Cay.
• The impact of Winter Storm Fern on
A review of Norwegian Getaway in 2026. Plus staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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In this episode of Cruise Radio, host Doug Parker and staff writer Richard Simms cover the latest industry news, including Royal Caribbean's extended suspension of Haiti port calls, norovirus outbreaks, Norwegian Cruise Line branding changes, and the
In this episode of Cruise Radio, Ralph shares an in-depth review of his seven-night cruise on MSC Grandiosa, a ship that recently started sailing from Port Canaveral, Florida after repositioning from Europe.
He discusses embarkation, ship design, c
A review of Carnival Venezia on a nine-night Caribbean cruise from New York City. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news. TripInsurance.com president Dan Skilken answers some listener question.
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This week on Cruise Radio, we cover cruise news along with a ship review of Disney Wish. Stories include a rescue at Celebration Key, Hawaii's new cruise passenger tax, and changes at Norwegian Cruise Line's private destination, Great Stirrup Cay.
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A seven-night cruise on Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas from Bayonne, New Jersey to Florida and The Bahamas. This cruise had a stop in Nassau, Port Canaveral, and Perfect Day at CocoCay.
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An eight-night review of Carnival Panorama from Long Beach, California to the Mexican Riviera.
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A review of the newly launched Celebrity Xcel on a two night preview cruise from Port Canaveral. Hear first impressions of the fifth Edge-class ship.
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A review of the brand new Star Princess, the second Sphere class.
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A review of Norwegian Jade on a repositioning cruise from Vancouver to San Diego, California, with stops in Southeast Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Staff writer Richard Simms has this week's cruise news.
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A review of the inaugural cruise of Disney Destiny.
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A review of a five night Western Caribbean cruise on Carnival Valor to Progresso, Mexico and Cozumel from New Orleans. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A Bahamas review of Norwegian Escape. Richard Simms has cruise news. Learning about how travel insurance impacts passengers during air traffic control delays and flight cancellations.
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Margie gives a review of her second Virgin Voyages cruise. This time she sailed from Athens on an eight-night Greek Isles cruise in a balcony cabin. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A review of the ABC islands from Dale. He sailed Celebrity Reflection earlier this year out of Port Everglades. This was his first time sailing with Celebrity Cruises. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A review of a three-night cruise of MSC Seashore from Port Canaveral. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A review of Royal Caribbean's Star of the Seas. A four night cruise from Port Canaveral with a stop in Perfect Day at CocoCay.
Royal Caribbean Group Chairman and former CEO Richard Fain wrote a book called Delivering the Wow. Ricahrd joins us to ta
A seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise review of Enchanted Princess to private destination Princess Cay, Amber Cove, Grand Turk, and San Juan Puerto Rico.
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Norwegian Sun review of a 14-night South Pacific cruise from Hawaii to Tahiti. This bucketlist cruise hit a lot dream islands before rounding out in Tahaiti. We get a comprehensive review of the itinerary and Norwegian Sun before she leaves the Norwe
A four night review of Carnival Glory out of Port Canaveral, Florida. This sailing went to Nassau, Bahamas and and Carnival Cruise Line's new private destination Celebration Key. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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Rick shares his review of a 14-night transatlantic cruise on Holland America Line's ms Oosterdam. This was a one way eastbound from Port Everglades, Florida to Barcelona, Spain. Dan Skilken from TripInsurance.com breaks down buying travel insurance d
A review of Margaritaville at Sea Islander from Ashley. This was a seven-night cruise that sailed to the Western Caribbean from Tampa, Florida. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news on Carnival moving ship from New York City, big changes at Norw
Heather took a seven-night Western Caribbean review of Norwegian Escape from PortMiami.
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Carnival Legend review out of Tampa, Florida to the Western Caribbean. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A review of the second cruise on Virgin Voyages Brilliant Lady. This was a five-night Bermuda cruise from New York City.
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A review of a transatlantic cruise on Celebrity Eclipse from Port Everglades to Southampton. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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Staff writer Richard Simms gives his take of the seven-night Alaska cruise on Holland America Line's ms Koningsdam from Vancouver, BC to Southeast Alaska.
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A review of a seven-night cruise on Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas out of Tampa, Florida.
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A review of a nine-night cruise on Carnival Conquest down to the ABC islands, Dan Skilken of TripInsurance.com answers your listener questions, and staff writer Richard Simms is on deck answering this week's cruise news.
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A review of Virgin Voyages cruise ship Resilient Lady. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A review of a seven-night Greek Isles cruise on Norwegian Viva. Norwegian Cruise Line's second ship in its highly successful Prima-class. Ben gives us a detailed bow to stern review.
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A six-night review of Carnival Magic from PortMiami that called to Half Moon Cay, Amber Cove, and Grand Turk. Plus, staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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Tim gives us a review of MSC World America from PortMiami to the Eastern Caribbean. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A review of Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Gem on a three-night cruise from PortMiami to Nassau, Bahamas and Great Stirrup Cay, NCL's private island.
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A review of Diamond Princess on a cruise out of Tokyo, Japan.
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A review of an Alaskan cruise on Oceania Riviera. This was an eight-night sailing from Whitter, Alaska to Vancouver, British Columbia. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A firsthand look at Celebration Key on Grand Bahama Island, one week into its grand opening to cruise ships. This is Carnival Cruise Line's latest $600 million development.
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A review of Carnival Dream, a six-night cruise out of Galveston, Texas, to Cozumel, Costa Maya and Belize City.
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A review of Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas from Bayonne, NJ to Bermuda. He traveled on a casino comp cruise on this voyage.
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Dale and his wife took a four night cruise on the Celestyal Discovery out of Athens, Greece as part of a tour package. He shares his experience of Celestyal Cruises and reviews the itinerary and ship.
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A review of Harmony of the Seas to the Bahamas and Western Caribbean. Staff writer Richard Simm has cruise news.
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Heather gives us a review of Celebrity Solstice on a cruise to Southeast Alaska out of Vancouver, BC.
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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.
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A review of a four-night cruise to Bermuda on Carnival Venezia out of New York City.
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A review of Norwegian Getaway from New York City to Bermuda in 2025. Plus staff writer Richard Simms has this week's cruise news.
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A review of Carnival Panorama from Long Beach, California on a six-night cruise to Cabo and Ensenada. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A review of Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Jewel in 2025 from Tampa, Florida to Boston, Massachusetts.
A review of the MSC World America from a first time MSC Cruise passenger. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A review of Carnival Jubilee.
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Brit reviews her Bahamas cruise on Carnival Spirit. Dan Skilken, President of TripInsurance.com, stops by to explain the difference between an annual travel insurance policy and a per-trip policy.
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A review of a three night Celebrity Cruises ship Celebrity Silhouette on a three night cruise from Port Everglades, Florida. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A review of Norwegian Cruise Line's brand new ship Norwegian Aqua. This was a seven-night cruise from Port Carnival to the Eastern Caribbean.
Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news on Carnival selling a ship, Royal Caribbean bailing on Labadee,
Carnival Horizon eight night sailing to the ABC islands. Co-creators of The Cruise Globe joins us.
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A Mexican Riveria review of Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Joy. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news on Royal Caribbean earnings, Norwegian Cruise Line loss, Carnival Cruise Line fighting, and a guest arrested on Royal Caribbean.
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A review of Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas during spring break 2025. Staff writer Richard Simms has this week's cruise news. Captain Murray, Port Director of Port Canaveral drops by to share the big changes happening at one of the world's busi
A review of Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady sailing from Port Miami. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
A review of Carnival Venezia on a seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise from Port Canaveral, Florida. Dan Skilken from TripInsurance.com answers listener-related travel insurance questions.
Scott gives us a review of Norwegian Cruise Line's first Prima-class ship, Norwegian Prima. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
A review of a seven-night cruise on Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Brian just returned from a three-night cruise on Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas out of Los Angeles. Staff writer Richard Simms tackles some of your listener questions.
A review of Symphony of the Seas for a seven-night cruise in a star suite. Staff writer Richard Simms joins us with cruise news.
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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 Carnival Cruise Line's first Excel-class ship Mardi Gras.
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A review of Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Escape.
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A Carnival Breeze six-night cruise review from Galveston, Texas. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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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 review of Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Equinox on a seven-night cruise from Port Canaveral, Florida.
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A three-night review of Royal Caribbean's Utopia of the Seas. This sailing went to Nassau, Bahamas and Perfect Day at CocoCay, Royal Caribbean's private island.
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Ben shares his cruise on Norwegian Bliss to Southeast Alaska from Seattle, Alaska.
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Krystal took an eight-night Western Caribbean cruise on Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas over New Year's Eve, and shares her experience.
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A review of Norwegian Cruise Line's Pride of America on a seven-night Hawaiin cruise that sailed roundtrip from Honolulu. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A five night cruise on Disney Dream to the Bahamas from Port Everglades, Florida. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A review of Carnival Dream during an eight-night sailing from Galveston, Texas.
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A review of Royal Caribbean's mega ship Icon of the Seas on a seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise from Port Miami, Florida.
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A seven-night cruise review of MSC Euriba from Southampton, England.
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A review of Regal Princess to the Western Caribbean in 2024. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A review of Carnival Firenze. This was a seven-night cruise from Long Beach, California.
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A review of Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas. This was a 12 night cruise from Southampton, United Kingdom.
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A review of Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Pearl on a 10 night Mediterranean cruise from Venice to Rome.
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A review of Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Valor. Staff writer Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A review of a 12-night transatlantic cruise to Port Everglades, Florida from Southampton, UK on Celebrity Apex.
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A review of Holland America's ms Oosterdam. Richard Simms has cruise news.
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A 2024 review of Celebrity Silhouette. Richard Simms has cruise news.
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