The Daily Cruise and Travel News ”Podcast” with Tom Drake

Amtrak is finally bringing back the Mardi Gras train after Katrina! Bookings.com agrees to pay a $9.5 million fine for not disclosing fees in Texas! Officials create new dumb rules for the dumb tourists who spend millions in overcrowded and overpriced Venice. Holland America finds a new home for Eland for their favorite Moose!

Bookings from trains are way up. The Guru knows why! Gas-fired curling irons are now banned by TSA! Global Warming almost flooded out Junaeau! Delta and American are being sued for selling window seats without windows!

Clear suddenly has competition!!  From the Federal Government! Say what? Tampa Marine officers save a stranded pontoon boat from being run over by a cruise ship! Celebrity says it's ok to give them $500.00 to get on the list to book one of their new riverboats! Chutpah? You betcha! Air Canada flight attendants will vote to return to work!  

NCL Holdings will use a new switch to help regulate bandwidth on ships! Italy wants to build the largest suspension bridge in the world! Airlines for America hires a former Governor as their mouthpiece! A tour bus in Italy backs over two guests in the Port of Livorno!    

Houthis won't give up. Don't plan on a Suez Canal transit on your World Cruise! Royal Caribbean names an "almost Astronaut" the Godmother of the "Star of the Seas" Two guests at Celebration Key passed away in the water? Cruise line at fault? No! MSC Magnifica is the first to drop the Suez Canal transit during its World Cruise!

Regent Seven Seas announces special cruises for the final days of Navigator! The Guru disagrees with the latest study of the best sail-in ports! Virgin Voyages is rolling out an old disco act for their Red Hot Sailing Voyage in 2026! Atlas Ocean Voyages gives some suites a new name with more perks that will cost more money!   

US District Court upholds Bar Harbor ban on big ships! The Guru thinks that the new entertainment boss at HAL is doing some good things! Another glass shatters on another Royal Caribbean ship! Don't look up! Why is Karaoke on a cruise ship popular? The Guru has thoughts!

The largest landslide in 10 years closes the Tracy Arm fjord! Spirit Airlines STILL might go belly-up after all! Thanks, Judge! Cleveland Research estimated that Royal Caribbean's private island will generate $600 million in revenue this year! The Guru reminds World Cruisers that they probably won't go through the Suez Canal in 2026!

Cunard's Queen Anne is charging for certain shows! Very tacky! Turkish Authorities release Croatian Captain after two years in prison! The guest injured when the Icon of the Seas waterslide fell apart intends to sue! Greenland residents fighting over tourist dollars from cruise ships1  

How does Villa Vie get all these puff stories written about their one old ship? Sailing on Oceania has been this inexpensive for a "luxury" cruise line. A false bomb threat emptied a P&O ship during embarkation! Remember, people, if you are late getting back to the ship, the Captain does not have to wait for you!