Hello to all of our loyal fans.
It seems like just a couple of days ago, Michael and I were chatting on the podcast about the efforts in Haiti and talking about everyone doing there part. Well, while I thought my part would be to write a check in support — Michael found out that his part involved him being deployed as part of the effort, though for now he will be assisting with the coordination efforts stateside.
We here at the Mail Buoy are super proud of Michael’s job and what he will be doing, but since he is the technical support recording master of the podcast, I need to let you all know that the podcast is going to be on hold until his return.
I will do my best to keep things updated here and on the Facebook page and keep you updated on Michael’s doings as I can. Please send him good thoughts as he heads out.
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to returning to podcasting regularly as soon as we can.
I think it goes without saying that this was one of those weeks. Things looked good Monday – but as you are probably well aware they got much worse as the week progressed…
This week – NCL gave us more details about their Studio cabins – most importantly they’re going to be singles and shouldn’t include a single supplement!
NCL also announced a partnership with Nickelodeon to bring Nick themed entertainment to some ships.
The keel of Carnival Magic was laid this past Tuesday, and Royal Caribbean and Rolls Royce have kissed and made up over Celebrity’s Mermaid Pods.
The situation in Haiti also touched the cruise industry and we talk about Royal Caribbean’s aid efforts and their return to Haiti as well as some of the other things going on to help out those in need.
What are your thoughts about Royal Caribbean’s quick return to Labadee? We want to know, and you can leave your thoughts over on the Facebook page…
It was a relatively quiet week this week – plus Chuck is back and well we like you all… but Chuck’s been gone for a while and all…
Anyway in the luxury segment, Crystal is expanding it’s luxury hotel partnerships and Cunard will be showcasing Julliard School students during many trans-Atlantic sailings on QM2.
Disney is revamping their youth programs by adding some unique Disney twists, sadly they’re also bringing back fuel supplements for some too…
Finally, cruise ship Norovirus outbreaks were down significantly in 2009 even though more people were cruising in 2009 than in previous years…
We’re back and this week we offer up our 4th Annual New Year’s Prediction Show – although we recap our predictions for 2009 first. Overall I think we did much better with our 2009 predictions than we expected.
So we shake up our Magic 8 Balls and give it a go for 2010, and sadly things look just as cloudy for 2010 as they were looking to us going in to 2009.
Finally, a special thanks to Rob for sharing his 2010 predictions – don’t forget we still want to hear your predictions for the New Year, be sure to share them with us either here or over on our Facebook page.
On our last show before the holidays we start off with an important travel tip…. and then we’re off with the news.
Last week was a mess along the Gulf Coast with fog causing delays all along the Gulf of Mexico.
Crystal announces who will be joining their 2010 Presidents Cruise and also is inviting kids to sail free on two European itineraries.
NCL will be celebrating 10 years of Freestyle Cruising next year and we have some details on Queen Victoria’s maiden call to San Francisco next month.
We also have more details about Oceania’s newest ship Marina.
Veendam apparently has some issues with Hamilton Bermuda…
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