Azamara Cruises ship

MIAMI – April 30, 2008 – When travelers sail the Caribbean on an Azamara Cruises ship, they enjoy indulgent onboard experiences, spectacular blue waters and an exotic array of islands, islets, reefs and cays. Azamara aims to offer all that and more with its lineup of itineraries in the region in late 2009 and early 2010, which opened for sale today. [Read more]

This weeks listener cruise photograph

Mariner of the Seas

Mariner of the Seas is one of five Voyager-class cruise ships from Royal Caribbean International; it is one of the largest in its fleet and among the largest passenger ships in the world. It was constructed at Aker Finnyards in Turku, Finland in 18 months. The ship will move to the U.S. West Coast in 2009, providing 7-night cruises to Mexico.

Celebrity Galaxy will become the first ship of TUI Cruises

MIAMI – April 29, 2008 – Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Galaxy will become the first ship of TUI Cruises, a new cruise brand established through a joint venture between Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and TUI AG.
“Celebrity Galaxy has been a treasured member of our family of ships since her maiden voyage in December 1996, and the outstanding crew onboard will continue to offer the service with style Celebrity is known for right up until the shift to TUI Cruises,” said Celebrity Cruises President and CEO Dan Hanrahan. “We look forward to transitioning those fine shipboard colleagues to the balance of the Celebrity fleet as we grow the brand with our new Solstice class.” [Read more]

Celebrity Summit scheduled drydock completed

MIAMI – April 28, 2008 – For many homeowners, “spring cleaning” can be an overwhelming chore. But just imagine if the effort involved replacing 2,707 square feet of tile, 9,843 square feet of carpeting, and 2,500 yards of fabric. [Read more]

CrownCast Episode 99.2

Episode 99.2 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: Stephanie and David from Florida

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Topics:

• Royal Caribbean Savor recipe
• Top news stories and rumors of the week
• US Airways will begin charging customers $5 to reserve aisle or window seats in the first several rows of the coach, effective May 7.
  
• On Thursday Norwegian became the latest line to announce plans for a higher surcharge, noting that on May 1 its fees will jump to $9 per person per day for the first and second passengers in a cabin.
• The word from Honolulu today is that the line’s 2002-passenger Pride of Aloha has rescued an eight-month-old pooch that was shipwrecked on a remote Pacific island.
• On this episode we will have Honeymooners Stephanie and David from Florida talk about their seven night Freedom of the Seas cruise out of Miami.
• The Honeymooners is an American television situation comedy produced by Jackie Gleason enterprises, inc. for CBS from 1955–56. It was based on characters developed by Jackie Gleason in 1951 and popularized in a series of sketches first performed on the successful variety show Cavalcade of Stars, and subsequently on The Jackie Gleason Show. The show was set in the Bensonhurst, Brooklyn apartment of Ralph Kramden (Gleason) and his wife Alice (Audrey Meadows), a struggling working class couple, and also featured upstairs neighbors Ed Norton (Art Carney) and his wife Trixie (Joyce Randolph).
• Hot Post - Discussion of a hot post on CruiseCritic.com
• Tea for you?

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The Beach in Cozumel

Running Time: 42:48

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CrownCast has broken 70000+ Downloads

We just broke through the 70,000 show downloads barrier this week. We just wanted to take the time to thank all the listeners who have made our show possible.
Thank You
Jamie & Veronica

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