Episode: Empress of the Seas 2016 Review + Cruise News

[smart_track_player url=”https://traffic.libsyn.com/cruiseradioshow/EPI390JUL2016.mp3″ title=”Empress of the Seas Review + Cruise News” artist=”Cruise Radio” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ]On this show, we get a review of Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas, a ship they recently put back in service after spending years with their European brand. Could this ship be coming back to do Cuba cruises?

Sherry has cruise news on:

• Lifeboat accident leads to crewmember death.
• Carnival announced new itineraries for 2018 – but nothing too new.
• Celebrity Cruises is taking a ship out of the Mediterranean in 2017 – where is it going?
• Any updates on Istanbul or ports of call in Turkey after last weekend’s horrible incident?

Listener Question:

Can we renew our passport one year early? And if so, would that give me 11 years until next renewal or will it still be 10 years from when I renew?

Resources mentioned:

• Cruise Radio Insider Facebook Group
• Cruise Radio News (iTunes)
• Cruise Radio News (non-iTunes)

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