Cruise News Time. In today’s episode we look at the latest cruise headlines including the story of the cruise line let shoreside workers go just 11 days before Christmas. We also talk about the World Explorer rescue at sea. There are potential plans for MSC to go to Texas. Cruising is returning to Japan and a UK Pop Star made a $17,000 cruise mistake. Cruise News and My Views. Let’s talk about it.
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Galveston has a fog delay problem Spring, Fall and especially Winter. The Caribbean routes offered and many Mexico/east coast and central America ports are lack-lustre/dangerous.
Yeeee Haaaaaw !!!!!!!
I sailed out of Miami on NCL in April 2022 and the on boarding was horrible so cutting staff there if it is the customer facing staff they are making a huge mistake
I always watch Titanic and Poseidon the week before I cruise.
Just curious, what’s the naughty cruisers page name👍🏼. Thanks🙋♀️.
Boy stop! Mechanical bull 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Always love hearing good news about my home port Galveston. I keep telling folks Galveston TX is all that. Thank you for the update.
That doesn't sound like a cruise mistake, more like paranoia. She must be very rich to waste $17,000
As a Texas cruiser I rather virgin cruise line comes. We don’t say “yee haw”
I call my cabin attendant my cabin 😇 Angel.
no more tender? wow. we didn't need to "tender" on the mardi gras this past January. room steward.
fanny flutter? wow.
all I want for Hanukkah is cruise news with a punishment……
Will still call the boats from ship to shore a tender and the great individual that takes care of us is still a steward.
Who comes up with this stuff?
We are Texas cruisers and not happy that they are bringing in yet another large ship.
Guess we will be driving the 8 hours to NOLA to be able to cruise on a smaller ship.
4:21 my condolences to the family of the lady that went overboard. I wonder if the cruise lines will look at this recent spike of these events and put plexiglass up to avoid these tragedies
YEE HAW! Go Texas
So is the CEO of Norwegian named Ebenezer? Maybe he’ll be visited by three spirits who’ll convince him to renege on his decision!
And my son was homeported in Galveston in 2005, with Katrina, Rita, and Wilma on his USCG cutter giving rides to people whose rafts and overloaded ships were sinking. A really nice port but frequently really windy
I love your humor.
Service Charge Increase Letter – NCL I received this letter via email from NCL on Saturday, December 17, 2022
December 17, 2022
Dear Valued Guests and Travel Partners,
On behalf of Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), we thank you for your loyalty and for making us your vacation of choice.
The following is important information regarding your upcoming cruise. Travel partners should share the below
information with guests who may be affected.
At Norwegian Cruise Line, we are committed to delivering exceptional guest experiences at every step of the cruise
journey, and with the dedication of our shipboard team, we are able to turn your vacation dreams into reality. As such,
we make it easy for guests to show their appreciation for these vacation heroes with discretionary daily services
charges, which provide gratuities to key onboard team members, including room stewards, restaurant servers and
behind-the-scenes support staff.
Beginning January 1, 2023, we will be making a nominal adjustment to our daily service charges, as follows.
• $25.00 per person per day – The Haven & Suite
• $20.00 per person per day – Club Balcony Suite and below
Guests who make a reservation on or before December 31, 2022, will have the option of prepaying their service
charges at the current rate, if done prior to sail date. If guests booked on or before December 31, 2022 choose to
pay their service charges while onboard, they will be charged the prevailing rates. Guests with existing cruise
reservations who have already pre-paid their service charges at the current rate are not affected.
Service charges can be prepaid in the Vacation Summary section on My NCL.
As always, we are at your service and look forward to welcoming you aboard very soon for your dream vacation at
sea!
Sincerely,
Norwegian Cruise Line
Texas cruiser here. I'm glad they are bringing new ships to Galveston, but unfortunately the itineraries could use some work.
Considering "steward" & "stewardess" are gender specific terms, some cruise lines have been using "attendant" for quite a long time.
Galveston tickets booked.
"Cabin Attendent" is ok, sounds better than Steward, love your videos and good info. I am told Galveston is the 4 th most busy or biggest in the us for cruise ports.We use that port all the time
fanny flutters? holy cow 🙂
Haha … Would be freaking awesome if saddling a horse was one of the requirements! Be even more awesome if there was a way to ride horses on the ship. Probably need higher railings. Those rascals can jump, you know!
Oh Tony… did the Brit who said "fanny flutters" to you make it clear that fanny, in the UK, means lady bits?
Where can I find information on the p&o pirate cruise?
“A P&O cruise ship out in the wild” 😂😂😂
We live in San Antonio, and have exclusively cruised out of Galveston on Royal Caribbean for the last several years. November 27th was our first time to see the new terminal…we were blown away! One thing we'd like to see more of is more locations, and maybe a couple of voyages that last longer than 7 days. We may try Princess, and we'd sure love to see Norweigian and MSC show up to the Galveston game!!
I call the room steward exactly that. Room attendant seems like a step back.
Cabin Steward? Cabin Attendant? I use Cabin Magician!
I'm surprised you even mentioned the celebrity who lost her money, how does that make the news.
Fewer expectations from an attendant than a steward.
I live in Texas. I've never ridden a mechanical bull and I don't own cowboy boots. I should also mention I retired in TX from WI…maybe that's the issue…LOL
My last company didn't start with layoffs until they were a private company.