Welcome

Welcome to CrownCast, 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.

The Podcast

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 Veronica and we would love to have you as a guest on a future episode.

Definition: A podcast is a pre-recorded audio program that’s posted to a website and is made available for download so people can listen to them on personal computers or mobile devices.

Current Podcast  Schedule

We are currently posting new episodes on Tuesday mornings and trip report episodes on Thursdays mornings when they are available.

The CrownCast podcast is available through iTunes and many other outlets for automatic downloading. 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.

To add CrownCast to your iTunes click here

CrownCast contact information: Jamie Snyder or Veronica Snyder

The Website

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.
  • There is an About Us area where you can learn about your hosts, Jamie, Veronica and Tess.
  • Register for an account (absolutely free!) and post comments.
  • Participate in a CrownCast Poll – Your opinion matters.
  • Links recommended websites for the novice and veteran cruiser.
  • Search ability-use the search engine to search for any topic.

What’s New

  • We have added a new “Flat Tess” site off of the main page. On the site you can read about flat Tess and her adventures on the seas.
  • 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.
  • Voice feedback – record a message for us about the show or just your thoughts on cruising. Leave us a message on the Moba Talk feedback system in the lower right corner of the 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.

Our next CrownCast Adventure

  • Our next CrownCast cruise will be in January 2010 aboard Freedom of the Seas doing a seven night Western Caribbean cruise. Before we leave on that cruise a group including Veronica will be participating in the Walt Disney World® Half Marathon on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 5:50 a.m.
  • If you are looking for more information about our next cruise or you are thinking of joining us, take some time to look at this forum board and contact any of the folks who are going.

Countdowns to Adventure

Counting down to the Walt Disney World® Half Marathon: 2010-1-9 00:00:00 GMT+05:00

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The Message Boards

CrownCast also has a form that can be reached here. It’s a great place to post up your thoughts, questions and suggestions on the podcast and cruising in general.

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