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

A Carnival guest is angry because he could not install his own ceiling fan! Southwest flight leaving Burbank forced to make evasive maneuvers! The Houthis, like your mother-in-law, are not going away anytime soon! Hollad America remembering what they used to do right! Explorer 2 gets another excellent review!  

The Guru is not sure that high-end hotels will find their place in the cruise industry! Excellent review for Explora Journeys Explora II. The former mail ship for Mt. Helena will now be an expedition ship! The Captain of the USS Firxgerald tells an Iranian helicopter to take a hike!

The Guru thinks buying a ship's suite from Crescent Seas is a good deal for those with money to burn! Carnival guests were arrested trying to smuggle in a drug used to sedate large animals! No comment! FAA gives U.S. airlines another year to install a second cockpit door! Are cruise ship production shows getting too busy and too technical?

Anti-Israel protesters force Israeli Cruise ship to skip a port! Princess tweaks their Premier package and raises the price! The TSA Family program should be called "The Rugrat Express". Crescent Seas appoints an inaugural CEO with luxury sales experience!  

The new $250.00 Visa to visit the U.S. is refundable if you leave when you are supposed to! Are surveys on travelers' intent really valuable or a waste of money? Say What? The Guru could be wrong, and maybe Nice is nice! Israel bombs the Houthis again? Will the Suez even be safe for cruise ships?

Oceania is now offering $175.00 wine pairing lunch! Carnival Celebration Key is now open, and the Guru is done talking about it! The Celebrity Beyond can't get past the pier, so the cruise is cancelled! The Economist says that Europe is feeble when it comes to dealing with the Houthis! Norse Atlantic and cheap, but the economy seats can feel claustrophobic!

The TSA is studying reducing the scrutiny of liquids at check-in. How much is the UN spending on a virtue signaling climate convention? Now you see the laundry room on HAL for $179.00 per person! In an effort to control cruise tourism, Barcelona will build a new terminal that can accommodate up to 7,000 guests!

Five ships in the Great Lakes watched the CBP remove crew members from the ship! The Chinese government wants you to ride the escalator, not walk on it. Celebration Key, which cost Carnival $500 million, opens tomorrow! 136 guests on the Navigator of the Seas woke up with Norovirus!

The new Star Princess will offer "new" dynamic production shows! The Delta Whistleblower received an $825,000 reward! Who can the Guru rat out? A fire in the Island Princess kitchen messes up breakfast! Decorative pillows are the source of the most germs in a hotel room!    

Explora Journeys is putting it together!  Southwest announces it will fly to St. Thomas! They just don't know when or when they will get approval! The gas bags at the U.N. pass another useless resolution that won't help stop the Houthis! Costa unloads another old ship to Margaritaville at Sea!