CrownCast Episode 82
January 31, 2008
Episode 82 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: None
Episode Sponsor: None
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Topics:
- Top news stories and rumors of the week
- We want to make you aware of a new boarding policy. Due to new government regulations, all guests must board 90 minutes prior to sailing or will not be permitted to sail.
- The Nickelodeon brand of kids’ entertainment has extended its growing influence in the travel industry to include family cruising.
- Now that you’ve reserved your cruise, how about enjoying some freedom of choice in your dinner options.
- Here’s some additional information to keep in mind:
- Dinner is served in the Main Dining Room
- Same menu as traditional seating
- Same impeccable service as traditional seating
- Must pre-pay gratuities to participate - this includes tips for your waiter, assistant waiter, head waiter and stateroom attendant
- Guests will not receive a table assignment or permanent table mates
- You will have the ability to request a certain waiter
- My Time Dining waiters share their gratuities amongst the other My Time Dining waiters; feel free to reward your waiter with an extra tip for providing excellent service
- You will be seated with the party you arrive with; you can request to be seated with other guests or alone
- Once dinner service begins for your table, no additional guests will be seated (to provide you with a smooth, non-disruptive meal)
- Reservations are recommended in order to avoid a delay in seating (reservations will be taken once onboard)
- When reserving your cruise, you will need to provide your reservation number and the number of guests participating in the My Time Dining option
- Offer is subject to availability
- Available on the:
- Brilliance of the Seas from February 22 - July 18, 2008,
- Freedom of the Seas October 15, 2007 - April 26, 2009
- Serenade of the Seas from March 8 - June 7, 2008.
- Potpourri
- Groundhog Day or Groundhog’s Day is a holiday celebrated in New York and Pennsylvania on February 2. In weather lore, if a groundhog, also known as a woodchuck, marmot or ground squirrel, emerges from its burrow on this day and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end. If the groundhog sees its shadow, it will return into its burrow, and the winter will continue for 6 more weeks.
Photo from - Webshots user mageprydain
This episodes contest if you can tell us how John met Jane? the first to post up or comment will get a inflatable RCI ship.
- On this episode we will have the third episode of “So much fun on the Sovereign”
- Day two on Sovereign of the Seas we dock in Nassau Bahamas
- We have an eclectic lunch onboard
- We went to the straw market and picked up a couple t-shirts
- We also went to the British Colonial Hilton for a day pass
- Hot Post - Discussion of a hot post on Cruise Critic
- Safe, we didn’t have a safe?
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The British Colonial Hilton - The path to the beach (sorry, no “abruptness” in sight)
Running Time: 36:29
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Royal Caribbean Cruises today announced record net income for the fourth quarter 2007
January 30, 2008
MIAMI – January 30, 2008 – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE/OSX: RCL) today announced record net income for the fourth quarter 2007 of $70.8 million, or $0.33 per share, compared to net income of $46.6 million, or $0.22 per share, in 2006. Revenues were better than expected, driven by stronger close-in bookings, while fuel costs were higher due to rising fuel prices. Revenues for the fourth quarter 2007 increased to $1.5 billion from revenues of $1.2 billion in the fourth quarter 2006. [Read more]
This weeks listener cruise photograph
January 30, 2008
The Sovereign of the Seas
Photo from Jamie from New York
Nickelodeon and Royal Caribbean International Team Up
January 29, 2008
NEW YORK – Jan. 28, 2007 – Nickelodeon, a unit of MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International, Inc. (NYSE: VIA B), and Royal Caribbean International, a cruise line owned and operated by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE/OSX: RCL), announced a new agreement where the two will introduce the “Nickelodeon Family Cruise with Royal Caribbean.” The first-ever Nickelodeon cruise will set sail on August 10-17, 2008, departing out of Miami, Fla., on an exclusive, seven-day Nickelodeon family summer vacation. [Read more]
CrownCast Episode 81
January 29, 2008
Episode 81 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: None
Episode Sponsor: None
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Topics:
- What’s on eBay
- Royal Caribbean Club Royal Casino Key Chain - Jan-29-08 15:02:02 PST
- Potpourri
- Today -1900 - The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.
- On this episode we will have the second episode of “So much fun on the Sovereign”
- Our interview with Berenice Merchan-Reina, Guest Services Manager of Sovereign of the Seas
- Discussions with;
- Sharon Zhang, Hotel Director from China via Colorado, USA.
- Casey Pelter, Cruise Director from British Colombia, Canada.
- Ole Pedersen, Chief Engineer from Norway.
- Lani Vos, Loyalty Ambassador from Pretoria, South Africa.
- We would like to thank the entire Staff of Sovereign of the Seas for taking the time to talk with us.
- Hot Post - Discussion of a hot post on CruiseCritic.com
- Can we cash in on our kids?
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The Sovereign of the Seas Staff - Berenice Merchan-Reina with Jamie (upper left photo), Sharon Zhang, (upper right photo), Ole Pedersen with Veronica (lower left photo) and Casey Pelter with Veronica (lower right photo)
Running Time: 33:43
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For the third consecutive year, Celebrity Constellation earned the number-one slot
January 24, 2008
MIAMI – January 23, 2008 – On the heels of announcing its industry-first Lawn Club on its new ship, Celebrity Solstice, Celebrity Cruises today celebrates its first-place ranking in the prestigious Conde’ Nast Traveler magazine’s annual “Top Cruise Ships in the World” readers’ poll. [Read more]
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