We are back after a long absence with a detailed cruise profile of Azamara Club Cruises. During our hiatus, there was a lot of cruise news which we will attempt to cover. Additionally, find out what is going on with us and with the future of the podcast.

We return this week with lots of cruise news featuring another new ship for Royal Caribbean, ocean cruising for Viking, a pair of refurbished ships from Carnival and an odd situation at Celebrity.  Jason and his father provide a live ship review from the Norwegian Breakaway with details about entertainment, dining, ship features and much more!

We cover a wide variety of topics this week as Jason gives us his take on several news stories which occurred during his vacation.  Our correspondent, Mark, gives us details from Cruise Shipping Miami and his tour of the Carnival Breeze. Cruise news features a Viking River ship on the Mississippi, new European itineraries for Celebrity and new safety upgrades for Carnival.

With all the negative cruise press recently, we decide to tackle the things that might convince us to consider not cruising in the future. We look at cruise line specific issues including the recent Carnival drama.  Our cruise news features new information about upcoming ships from Norwegian and Princess, a new dress code for Cunard, as well as the aforementioned Carnival woes.

This week we talk about all the activities offered on board cruise ships during the day and highlight some of our favorites. We go through the day from beginning to end and discuss some of the differences in activities between cruise lines. 

This week we recap our recent vacation with surprises, disappointments, and favorite moments.  Cruise news features tons of new ship announcements, a review of the new Celebrity Reflection and a policy change from Royal Caribbean.

There was a lot of cruise news this week, and we cover it all in depth! Carnival discontinues a popular program as they add a controversial one.  Royal Caribbean invites you to cruise with Barbie, to Barbados and possibly to the Ukraine.  Disney finds success in Galveston.  Protests in Venice and North Africa disrupt cruise itineraries.

Matt from the unofficial Royal Caribbean blog at www.royalcaribbeanblog.com joins us to tell us all about the cruise line including news from a recent earnings call regarding potential new ships and new deployments.  Our cruise news features Carnival's new "Faster to the Fun" pass which gets you into your stateroom right away with priority embarkation and immediate luggage delivery. We also discuss the new Queen of the Mississippi and the possible effects of Hurricane Ernesto.

This week we battle illness to bring you answers to a wide variety of listener questions related to cruising and ports.  Our cruise news covers the new Carnival Breeze, Pixar themed cruises from Disney, and the end of pilot strikes in Norway.

Mikey of mikeyscruiseblog.com joins us this week to talk about his recent tours of the Holland America MS Maasdam and the Carnival Liberty. We also cover lots of cruise news including stories about the Titanic II, new features on the Carnival Breeze, and new regulations from Costa.

Show Outline 
  Cruise News
     al Qaeda considered terrorist attack of cruise ship
     Costa institutes new safety measures
     Australian Billionaire to build Titanic II
     Carnival Breeze to feature new sushi and barbecue restaurants
  Cruise3Sixty Tours with Mikey
      MS Maasdam from Holland America
      Carnival Liberty
         Guy's Burger Joint
       Stories from Cruise3Sixty
  Wrap Up
      Find Mikey at mikeyscruiseblog.com, Marian at travelshopgirl.blogspot.com & Hans at disneycruiseblog.net
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