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Princess Cruises today announced a first-of-its-kind cruise industry partnership with three-time Oscar winner and composer of Wicked, Pippin and Godspell Stephen Schewart. The cruise line’s new relationship with such a major creative talent from Broadway and Hollywood includes a multi-year agreement to oversee the creative development of four new musicals to debut across the fleet over the next several years.   During his 40-year career, Schwartz has won four Grammys, three Academy Awards for “Best Song” and “Best Score” for Pocahontas and “Best Song” for The Prince of Egypt and has been nominated for six Tony Awards. He is the only songwriter in Broadway history to ever have three shows run more than 1,900 performances. On this episode from New York City we talk with Broadway celebrity Stephen Swartz and Love Boat television personality Jill Whelan (Vicki Stubing).  

Princess Cruises today announced a first-of-its-kind cruise industry partnership with three-time Oscar winner and composer of Wicked, Pippin and Godspell Stephen Schewart. The cruise line’s new relationship with such a major creative talent from Broadway and Hollywood includes a multi-year agreement to oversee the creative development of four new musicals to debut across the fleet over the next several years.   During his 40-year career, Schwartz has won four Grammys, three Academy Awards for “Best Song” and “Best Score” for Pocahontas and “Best Song” for The Prince of Egypt and has been nominated for six Tony Awards. He is the only songwriter in Broadway history to ever have three shows run more than 1,900 performances. On this episode from New York City we talk with Broadway celebrity Stephen Swartz and Love Boat television personality Jill Whelan (Vicki Stubing).  

Matthew Clark and his family are from Pittsburg, PA and took a well deserved winter cruise on Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Dawn, on a seven-night Western Caribbean cruise. Matt gives a bow to stern review, covering: embarkation, suite life, dining, entertainment, ports, and first timer tips!Hear this Norwegian Dawn review!Carnival Cruise Line just announced Carnival Journeys, a series of longer than normal cruises that offer destination immersion and onboard enrichment. Terry Thornton, VP of Itinerary Planning for Carnival Cruise Line is on the show to talk to us about Carnival Journeys and answer questions I have.

Matthew Clark and his family are from Pittsburg, PA and took a well deserved winter cruise on Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Dawn, on a seven-night Western Caribbean cruise. Matt gives a bow to stern review, covering: embarkation, suite life, dining, entertainment, ports, and first timer tips!Hear this Norwegian Dawn review!Carnival Cruise Line just announced Carnival Journeys, a series of longer than normal cruises that offer destination immersion and onboard enrichment. Terry Thornton, VP of Itinerary Planning for Carnival Cruise Line is on the show to talk to us about Carnival Journeys and answer questions I have.

Listener Kabir just returned from a sailing aboard Norwegian Epic, taking him on a seven-night jaunt around the Western Caribbean. Kabir gives us a full Norwegian Epic review, including embarkation, the stateroom, dining options, entertainment and shares his tips and secrets.Bill Panoff, president and CEO of Fort Lauderdale-based PPI Group, began his career as a cruise director and went into cruise publishing. Bill took his company a step further and now has over 60 port shopping lecturers. No one knows cruise port shopping like Bill. Bill joins us to answer a listener question about Caribbean port shopping.Stewart Chiron the Cruise Guy has cruise vacation news on:Carnival Vista itinerariesNorwegian Cruise Line tipping increasesNew venue for upcoming Holland America shipDisney adds Star Wars themed cruisesCaptain of Costa Concordia sentenced

Listener Kabir just returned from a sailing aboard Norwegian Epic, taking him on a seven-night jaunt around the Western Caribbean. Kabir gives us a full Norwegian Epic review, including embarkation, the stateroom, dining options, entertainment and shares his tips and secrets.Bill Panoff, president and CEO of Fort Lauderdale-based PPI Group, began his career as a cruise director and went into cruise publishing. Bill took his company a step further and now has over 60 port shopping lecturers. No one knows cruise port shopping like Bill. Bill joins us to answer a listener question about Caribbean port shopping.Stewart Chiron the Cruise Guy has cruise vacation news on:Carnival Vista itinerariesNorwegian Cruise Line tipping increasesNew venue for upcoming Holland America shipDisney adds Star Wars themed cruisesCaptain of Costa Concordia sentenced

To welcome Carnival Freedom to Galveston, Texas on Valentine’s Day, Carnival Cruise Line teamed up with Operation Homefront, a nonprofit organization that supports military families. During the event aboard the ship Carnival Cruise Line gave over 1,000 military members a free concert by country star Martina McBride, dinner in the main dining room and a full evening of entertainment onboard the ship. Before the Martina McBride concert, Carnival Cruise Line presented Operation Homefront with a $100,000 to help military families throughout the country. We were broadcasting live from the lido deck (pardon the wind), overlooking 1000s of military men and woman. 

To welcome Carnival Freedom to Galveston, Texas on Valentine’s Day, Carnival Cruise Line teamed up with Operation Homefront, a nonprofit organization that supports military families. During the event aboard the ship Carnival Cruise Line gave over 1,000 military members a free concert by country star Martina McBride, dinner in the main dining room and a full evening of entertainment onboard the ship. Before the Martina McBride concert, Carnival Cruise Line presented Operation Homefront with a $100,000 to help military families throughout the country. We were broadcasting live from the lido deck (pardon the wind), overlooking 1000s of military men and woman. 

Ben Souza from CruiseFever just returned from a two-night Bahamas cruise aboard MSC Divina. On this cruise Ben got to experience the MSC Cruises experience and share what it's like.In this episode Ben does a bow to stern review of MSC Divina, including: food, entertainment, cabins, service, the ship and Nassau, Bahamas. Stewart Chiron The Cruise Guy has Cruise News:Cunard ships meet in Long Beach and San FranciscoCarnival Vista is heading to PortMiami in FloridaSteel cut for the fourth Oasis-class shipRoyal Caribbean has been offering free wifi on Quantum of the Seas as a testing stageViking River Cruises Ocean brand, Viking Star completed sea trialsListener Question: We are going on a spring break cruise from Port Canaveral and are getting conflicting reports from friends and the cruise line – do we need a passport or not? 

Ben Souza from CruiseFever just returned from a two-night Bahamas cruise aboard MSC Divina. On this cruise Ben got to experience the MSC Cruises experience and share what it's like.In this episode Ben does a bow to stern review of MSC Divina, including: food, entertainment, cabins, service, the ship and Nassau, Bahamas. Stewart Chiron The Cruise Guy has Cruise News:Cunard ships meet in Long Beach and San FranciscoCarnival Vista is heading to PortMiami in FloridaSteel cut for the fourth Oasis-class shipRoyal Caribbean has been offering free wifi on Quantum of the Seas as a testing stageViking River Cruises Ocean brand, Viking Star completed sea trialsListener Question: We are going on a spring break cruise from Port Canaveral and are getting conflicting reports from friends and the cruise line – do we need a passport or not? 

Don Bucolo and his wife just returned from Royal Caribbean's brand new Quantum of the Seas, based in Bayonne, NJ - for now.This cruise ship has it all from almost two dozen dining venues, indoor skydiving, robotic bartenders to bumper cars. This is one ship you'll want to take a cruise vacation on!

Hear the Carnival Vista reveal live from New York City with Senior Cruise Director John Heald and the Senior VP of Guest Operations, Mark Tamis. 

January has proven to be a busy month for the cruise industry with the reveal of Norwegian Cruise Line's upcoming Norwegian Escape, Carnival Cruise Line announcing a new smartphone app and brand new internet at sea packages.We were in New York City aboard Norwegian Breakaway when the revealed more details about the upcoming Norwegian Escape, like brew hall, tapas bar, new shows and more. We get the overall response.Carnival Cruise Line just announced their new smartphone app that allows you to talk to other cruisers and keep track of your on board spending. This app is aligned with other cruise line apps in the industry. But on top of the app, Carnival announced internet packages aboard their ships for as little as $5 a day.Adrian Greystone, Director of Guest Technology stops by the gives us the scoop un the new smartphone app.

Kathie Lee Gifford, former spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Line, returned to Carnival on Sunday to introduce her GIFFT Collection of wines at a tasting event for cruise guests on Carnival Breeze at PortMiami. The wines are now available for sale fleetwide on Carnival's 24 ships.Hear about the Kathie Lee Gifford wine partnership.

Jason Leppert returns to talk about his latest family vacation aboard Disney Cruise Lines' Disney Fantasy. Jason discusses his experience aboard Disney Cruise Lines, what it's like traveling during the holiday season on Disney and goes into detail about the dining experiences.