CrownCast Podcast

Welcome to CrownCast.org, the original unofficial website for podcasts about the cruise ships of Royal Caribbean International and the ports they visit. Founded in October 2006, CrownCast is a hobby for its hosts, Jamie and Veronica Snyder. Jamie and Veronica became cruising enthusiasts following their inaugural cruise aboard Voyager of the Seas in 2003.

Upon returning, and in the process of researching their next cruise adventure, they found a vibrant community of cruisers who were interested in sharing information, keeping up to date and getting the most out of their cruise experience. With that in mind, the idea of a podcast about cruising on Royal Caribbean was born. After some more research, CrownCast was ready to set sail.

Next CrownCast Cruise:

Free Cruise Clocks

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The CrownCast podcast is about our experiences with Royal Caribbean International. We enjoy discussing different ships, itineraries and ports of call. We feature news items relating to Royal Caribbean and offer insightful information on a variety of cruise related topics. We enjoy bringing the information to you and hope that it shows in some of our features such as other things you didn’t know and our hot post from the message boards. The success of CrownCast lies with our listeners, and listener participation helps to that end. So if you are excited about cruising and want to share that enthusiasm, email us and we would love to have you as a guest on a future episode.

The CrownCast podcast is available through iTunes and many other outlets for automatic downloading. One click subscriptions are available on the navigation bar on your right. The podcast is also available right here on our website. Just go to Categories, and you will see CrownCast Podcast. Click here to go to all the available podcasts. If you click on the player found at the bottom of each podcast release, you can listen to it or download it and listen to it later.

CrownCast contact information: Jamie Snyder or Veronica Snyder

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Here at CrownCast, we have tried to make accessing the information you want about cruising easy to find.Some of the highlights of our webpage are:

• Listener area for cruise trip reports, photos and downloads.
• An About Us area where you can learn about your hosts, Jamie and Veronica.
• Style switcher - change the color of our website to your liking.
• Register for an account (absolutely free!) and post comments.
• Participate in a CrownCast Poll-Your opinion matters.
• Access to One Click iTunes Subscription and RSS Feed location.
• Links recommended websites for the novice and veteran cruiser.
• Search ability-use the search engine to search for any topic.

We now have a Logo “Shop On Board” where you can find CrownCast logo merchandise.

We have also set up a Tip Jar where we can accept donations for CrownCast through PayPal. That link can be found on the lower right corner of this website.

We are very thankful to all our listeners who have made purchases of logo merchandise or made donations. All of those monies are used to help offset the cost of the website and to upgrade equipment for the CrownCast Podcast. We appreciate all of the support of all our loyal listeners.

We hope that this site will be informative and fun for you during those long shore excursions in-between cruises.

Episode 101.2 is now available for download.

Questions can be e-mailed to Questions@crowncast.org
Hosts: Jamie and Veronica Snyder
Location: Live from the Sea view Cafe aboard Jewel of the Seas
Guest:

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Topics:

• Top news stories and rumors of the week
• The conventional wisdom these days is that cruising is the best way to see Europe. But the conventional wisdom is flat-out wrong, says Conde Nast Traveler’s Wendy Perrin.
• Cruises Are NOT the Best Way to Stretch Your Dollar in Europe
• Norwegian Cruise Line shakes up cabin design, Norwegian unveiled the groovy look, which includes walls that are curved.

Norwegian unveiled the groovy look, which includes walls that are curved.

• USA TODAY’s Mimi Hall reports that the U.S. government plans to start fingerprinting foreign travelers — including cruisers — as they leave the USA.
  
• Potpourri - 1886 - Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that would later be named “Coca-Cola”
• On this episode we will have the final part of two preview shows about the CrownCast upcoming cruise aboard Explorer of the Seas eight night Eastern Caribbean Cruise out of Bayonne, NJ.
• Hot Post - Discussion of a hot post on Cruise Critic.com
• Another my time dinning  post.

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Explorer of the Seas

Running Time: 41:02

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Island picnic

Episode 101.1 is now available for download.

Questions can be e-mailed to Questions@crowncast.org
Hosts: Jamie and Veronica Snyder
Location: Live from the Sea view Cafe aboard Jewel of the Seas
Guest: Stefanie Lesher from ACME Pet Services

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Topics:

• What’s on eBay
• New Royal Caribbean Photo Folio - Photo Explorer of Sea - May-06-08 11:26:42 PDT
  
• Potpourri -Today -1937 - Hindenberg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenberg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
• Welcome to A.C.M.E. Pet Services, LLC
• On this episode we will have the first part of two preview shows about the CrownCast upcoming cruise aboard Explorer of the Seas eight night Eastern Caribbean Cruise out of Bayonne, NJ.
• Hot Post - Discussion of a hot post on CruiseCritic.com
• Tell me if you have heard this one?
  

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Our Diggy Dog, Rex

Running Time: 43:18

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RIGA, Latvia (AP) — A stranded cruise ship off Latvia with nearly 1,000 people on board will be evacuated Monday, the country’s coast guard said.

The Mona Lisa’s captain had agreed to evacuate the ship after unsuccessful efforts to free it from a sand bank off Latvia’s coast, coast guard officer Ruslans Kulesovs said. (more…)

Episode 100 is now available for download.

Questions can be e-mailed to Questions@crowncast.org
Hosts: Jamie and Veronica Snyder
Location: Live from the Sea view Cafe aboard Jewel of the Seas
Guest: Christie from NJ and Lee form Canada

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Topics:

• On this episode we discuss other cruise lines and the new “Genesis ship” with Christie from New Jersey and Schplinky from Canada.

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The Central Park at Night

Picture from Royal Caribbean International’s Project Genesis Media Center

Running Time: 44:43

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