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The Mail Buoy Episode 127   

London’s Calling! This is our last show before we depart for England and the Queen Elizabeth 2.  This week the cruise lines had quite a bit of news as well.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, Carnival has managed to stir up a little controversy.  As Galveston works to recover from the devastating storm, Carnival has decided to shift their Galveston operations to Houston’s new Bayport Terminal which is already up and operational.

It’s taken three years, but repairs on Carnival’s Cozumel dock are almost complete after three years.  The dock is expected to re-open next month.

Port Canaveral’s efforts to prevent shoaling that could shut the port down performed flawlessly.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises is launching a $40 milion refurb program on three ships, and Cruise West has announced a curious decision to offer Europen river cruises.

Crystal says they’re headed to Iran as part of their 2010 World Cruise.

QM2 has embarked on her 100th trans-Atlantic sailing and QE2 made her final call on Boston.

Royal Caribbean has revealed the latest neighborhood on Oasis of The Seas.

We expected that we’d get a reveal from NCL in response to the Oasis reveal, instead what we got were reports of a dispute between the ship’s builder, Aker-STX and NCL that at may delay the ship’s delivery.  However, there’s talk that Aker-STX is actually trying to sell the ship.




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